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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 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brett Sutter CAR · 3 P in 15 GP Sean Avery NYR · 3 P in 15 GP Linus Omark EDM · 3 P in 14 GP Zac Dalpe CAR · 3 P in 16 GP Matt Calvert CBJ · 3 P in 13 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

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
15 2 1 3 -4 2 21 13 0.20 9.5 10:03

Contract

$654KCap hitends in 2012, then RFA
$218KCap dollars per point3 points in 15 games
$1.201MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.5 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Signed by the Florida Panthers on Jul 10, 2009, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $1.963M, beginning in 2009-10. It runs through 2011-12, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2009-10 $654K $525K $88K $263K $613K
2010-11 $654K $575K $88K $213K $663K
2011-12 $654K $600K $88K $188K $688K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

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 2011-12 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.

2011-12 analytics

Rating

+0.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.3Even-strength defence-0.2Power play-0.1Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.0

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-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

54.2Corsi for %141 attempts for, 119 against
+6.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.5Expected goals for %5.7 expected for, 5.5 against
+4.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
38.5Goals for %5 for, 8 against
96.2PDO6.4% shooting + 89.7% saves
28Attempts 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
Marco Sturm · Mike Santorelli · Evgenii Dadonov422:0968.277.33-0
Jack Skille · Shawn Matthias · Evgenii Dadonov312:3355.038.80-0
Tomas Kopecky · Sean Bergenheim · Evgenii Dadonov49:4330.023.00-2
Stephen Weiss · Tomas Fleischmann · Evgenii Dadonov38:1057.136.50-0

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. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.0Expected goalsfrom 28 unblocked attempts
+0.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.78 expected goals per 60 minutes67th
Shot quality 7.0% chance per attempt41st
Finishing +0.0 goals above expected56thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Goals 2Expected 2.0

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
Dec 27, 2011 vs TOR W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 06:59
Dec 23, 2011 @ BOS L 0-8 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 13:11
Dec 22, 2011 @ OTT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:24
Dec 9, 2011 @ BUF L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 07:27
Dec 5, 2011 vs WSH W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:53
Dec 1, 2011 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:46
Nov 29, 2011 @ CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:45
Nov 26, 2011 @ TBL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 10:21
Nov 25, 2011 vs TBL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 13:45
Nov 23, 2011 vs NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 07:59
Nov 21, 2011 vs NJD W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 08:56
Nov 19, 2011 vs PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:57
Nov 17, 2011 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:35
Nov 15, 2011 @ DAL W 6-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 10:24
Nov 13, 2011 vs PHI L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 09:22