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Dalton Prout

#5 · Defence · San Jose Sharks

Born Mar 13, 1990 in Kingsville, Ontario, CAN · 6'3", 215 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 154th overall in 2010 by CBJ (round 6)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jordan Schmaltz STL · 2 P in 20 GP Ian McCoshen FLA · 2 P in 19 GP Philippe Myers PHI · 2 P in 21 GP Chad Ruhwedel PIT · 2 P in 18 GP David Schlemko MTL · 2 P in 18 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.

024682011-12: 0 points011-122012-13: 7 points712-132013-14: 6 points613-142014-15: 8 points814-152015-16: 9 points915-162016-17: 6 points616-172017-18: 0 points017-182018-19: 2 points218-192019-20: 0 points019-20

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2011-12 CBJ 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 0.00
2012-13 CBJ 28 1 6 7 15 25 16 51 0.25 $667K
2013-14 CBJ 49 2 4 6 -7 37 56 99 0.12 $667K
2014-15 CBJ 63 0 8 8 -14 85 64 166 0.13 $1.075M
2015-16 CBJ 64 3 6 9 -6 102 69 139 0.14 $1.075M
2016-17 CBJ 15 0 3 3 4 14 6 24 0.20 $1.575M
2016-17 NJD 14 0 3 3 -5 30 7 20 0.21
2017-18 NJD 4 0 0 0 -2 13 5 7 0.00 $1.575M
2018-19 CGY 20 1 1 2 1 8 14 36 0.10 $800K
2019-20 SJS 2 0 0 0 0 7 2 3 0.00 $800K
9 seasons Career 264 7 31 38 -13 321 241 550 0.14

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2013-14 CBJ 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 0.00
1 season Playoffs 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 0.00

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
20 1 1 2 1 8 14 36 0.10 7.1 13:07

Contract

$800KCap hitends in 2019, then UFA
$400KCap dollars per point2 points in 20 games
$1.176MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.7 goals above replacement
$1.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$292KValueworth 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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 696 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2018-19, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2018-19 $800K

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
2019-20 to 2019-20 $800K
2018-19 to 2018-19 $800K
2016-17 to 2017-18 $1.575M
2014-15 to 2015-16 $1.075M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $667K

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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Rating

+0.7Goals above replacement475th of 699 skaters, 152nd of 244 defencemen
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 244 ranked defencemen: 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-0.2 64th percentileEven-strength defence+0.3 53rd percentilePower play0.0 79th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 57th percentilePenalties-0.3 63rd 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 defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-4-20242011-122013-142015-162017-182019-20Goals 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

50.6Corsi for %216 attempts for, 211 against
-1.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.0Expected goals for %10.0 expected for, 8.5 against
+2.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
52.4Goals for %11 for, 10 against
98.8PDO9.5% shooting + 89.4% saves
40Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dalton Prout · Oliver Kylington10106:5450.857.36-2
TJ Brodie · Dalton Prout862:4955.150.84-4
Dalton Prout · Rasmus Andersson430:5545.761.41-1
Dalton Prout · Noah Hanifin1213:3334.427.30-1

The pairs 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 pairs 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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.6Expected goalsfrom 26 unblocked attempts
+0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.13 expected goals per 60 minutes15th
Shot quality 2.2% chance per attempt8th
Finishing +0.4 goals above expected66thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 244 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Game 20Goals 1Expected 0.6

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 6, 2019 vs EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:11
Apr 3, 2019 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 17:40
Apr 1, 2019 @ LAK W 7-2 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 20:28
Mar 31, 2019 @ SJS W 5-3 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 12:12
Mar 29, 2019 vs ANA W 6-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17:52
Mar 6, 2019 @ VGK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 13:49
Feb 26, 2019 @ NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 15:59
Feb 22, 2019 vs ANA W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13:57
Feb 18, 2019 vs ARI W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 15:45
Feb 7, 2019 vs SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 12:16
Feb 3, 2019 @ CAR W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 15:02
Jan 16, 2019 vs BUF L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:14
Jan 13, 2019 vs ARI W 7-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 17:46
Jan 9, 2019 vs COL W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 08:12
Dec 18, 2018 @ DAL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 02:43
Dec 15, 2018 @ MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 03:48
Dec 9, 2018 @ EDM L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 11:22
Dec 8, 2018 vs NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 14:22
Dec 4, 2018 @ CBJ W 9-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 11:56
Oct 6, 2018 vs VAN W 7-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 13:45