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Evgenii Dadonov

#33 · Left wing · Free agent, last with the New Jersey Devils

Born Mar 12, 1989 in Chelyabinsk, RUS · 5'11", 188 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 71st overall in 2007 by FLA (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Matt Rempe NYR · 1 P in 26 GP Kurtis MacDermid OTT · 1 P in 19 GP Owen Beck MTL · 1 P in 15 GP Parker Ford WPG · 1 P in 15 GP Luca Del Bel Belluz CBJ · 1 P in 14 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

02040602009-10: 0 points009-102010-11: 17 points1710-112011-12: 3 points311-122017-18: 65 points6517-182018-19: 70 points7018-192019-20: 47 points4719-202020-21: 20 points2020-212021-22: 43 points4321-222022-23: 33 points3322-232023-24: 23 points2323-242024-25: 40 points4024-252025-26: 1 points125-26

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2009-10 FLA 4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 0.00 $654K
2010-11 FLA 36 8 9 17 0 14 60 45 0.47 $654K
2011-12 FLA 15 2 1 3 -4 2 21 13 0.20 $654K
2017-18 FLA 74 28 37 65 10 8 188 27 0.88 $4M
2018-19 FLA 82 28 42 70 -6 8 195 33 0.85 $4M
2019-20 FLA 69 25 22 47 -7 10 167 29 0.68 $4M
2020-21 OTT 55 13 7 20 -9 4 89 38 0.36 $5M
2021-22 VGK 78 20 23 43 4 18 177 65 0.55 $5M
2022-23 MTL 50 4 14 18 -10 16 72 19 0.36 $5M
2022-23 DAL 23 3 12 15 2 2 38 14 0.65
2023-24 DAL 51 12 11 23 -6 8 67 35 0.45 $2.25M
2024-25 DAL 80 20 20 40 1 10 123 44 0.50 $2.25M
2025-26 NJD 24 1 0 1 -6 2 21 7 0.04 $1M
12 seasons Career 641 164 198 362 -32 102 1222 372 0.56

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2019-20 FLA 4 0 1 1 1 2 7 3 0.25
2022-23 DAL 16 4 6 10 5 2 29 18 0.63
2023-24 DAL 19 3 4 7 0 2 26 21 0.37
2024-25 DAL 16 1 3 4 -3 2 16 19 0.25
4 seasons Playoffs 55 8 14 22 3 8 78 61 0.40

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
24 1 0 1 -6 2 21 7 0.04 4.8 10:39

Contract

$1MCap hitends in 2026
$1MCap dollars per point1 points in 24 games
-$1.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.8MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 715 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the New Jersey Devils on Jul 1, 2025, as a new contract: 1 year and $1M, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $1M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 1, 2025 New Jersey Devils New contract 2025-26 to 2025-26 1 $1M $1M
Jun 27, 2023 Dallas Stars Extension 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $4.5M $2.25M
Oct 15, 2020 Ottawa Senators New contract 2020-21 to 2022-23 3 $15M $5M
Jul 1, 2017 Florida Panthers New contract 2017-18 to 2019-20 3 $12M $4M
Jul 10, 2009 Florida Panthers Entry-level 2009-10 to 2011-12 3 $1.963M $654K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2025-26 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2025-26 analytics

Rating

-3.0Goals above replacement682nd of 715 skaters, 462nd of 476 forwards
-0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 476 ranked forwards: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence-2.6 18th percentileEven-strength defence-1.4 23rd percentilePower play-0.3 30th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 40th percentilePenalties+0.5 58th percentile

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player.

-50510152010-112017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

42.1Corsi for %201 attempts for, 277 against
-11.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
32.9Expected goals for %6.6 expected for, 13.4 against
-16.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
23.1Goals for %3 for, 10 against
95.2PDO3.4% shooting + 91.8% saves
37Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Evgenii Dadonov · Cody Glass · Lenni Hameenaho526:2338.526.31-0
Evgenii Dadonov · Connor Brown · Paul Cotter524:3640.922.50-0
Evgenii Dadonov · Luke Glendening · Paul Cotter317:3242.454.00-0
Evgenii Dadonov · Jesper Bratt · Jack Hughes517:2553.348.80-1

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.4Expected goalsfrom 27 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.33 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 5.2% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected58thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 444 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Game 20Expected 1.4Goals 1

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 14, 2026 @ BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 11:08
Apr 2, 2026 vs WSH W 7-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 05:43
Mar 31, 2026 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:09
Mar 29, 2026 vs CHI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:47
Mar 28, 2026 @ CAR L 2-5 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 12:36
Mar 26, 2026 @ NSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:06
Mar 8, 2026 vs DET L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:27
Feb 5, 2026 vs NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:41
Jan 31, 2026 @ OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:15
Jan 29, 2026 vs NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:11
Jan 27, 2026 vs WPG L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:41
Jan 25, 2026 @ SEA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:38
Jan 23, 2026 @ VAN W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 11:32
Jan 20, 2026 @ EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:45
Jan 19, 2026 @ CGY W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:06
Jan 17, 2026 vs CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:29
Jan 14, 2026 vs SEA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 08:49
Jan 12, 2026 @ MIN W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:22
Jan 11, 2026 @ WPG L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:00
Nov 24, 2025 vs DET W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 13:41
Nov 22, 2025 @ PHI L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 09:43
Nov 20, 2025 @ FLA L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:31
Nov 18, 2025 @ TBL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:51
Oct 9, 2025 @ CAR L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:32