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Dylan McIlrath

#52 · Defence · Washington Capitals

Born Apr 20, 1992 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN (age 34) · 6'5", 245 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 10th overall in 2010 by NYR (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Simon Despres ANA · 4 P in 32 GP Andrew Bodnarchuk COL · 4 P in 37 GP Jared Cowen OTT · 4 P in 37 GP Matt Tennyson SJS · 4 P in 30 GP Viktor Svedberg CHI · 4 P in 27 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.

012342013-14: 0 points013-142014-15: 0 points014-152015-16: 4 points415-162016-17: 1 points116-172018-19: 0 points018-192019-20: 0 points019-202022-23: 1 points122-232023-24: 1 points123-242024-25: 2 points224-252025-26: 0 points025-262026-27: 0 points026-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2013-14 NYR 2 0 0 0 -1 7 0 2 0.00 $703K
2014-15 NYR 1 0 0 0 0 9 0 2 0.00 $703K
2015-16 NYR 34 2 2 4 7 64 28 93 0.12 $600K
2016-17 NYR 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0.00 $800K
2016-17 FLA 5 1 0 1 -2 10 3 13 0.20
2018-19 DET 7 0 0 0 2 4 6 19 0.00 $650K
2019-20 DET 16 0 0 0 -4 23 14 48 0.00 $700K
2022-23 WSH 6 0 1 1 -6 7 1 14 0.17 $750K
2023-24 WSH 3 0 1 1 1 5 1 9 0.33 $775K
2024-25 WSH 17 0 2 2 -3 28 10 38 0.12 $775K
2025-26 WSH 13 0 0 0 -1 10 5 26 0.00 $800K
2026-27 WSH 2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 0.00 $850K
11 seasons Career 107 3 6 9 -8 173 68 267 0.08

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2015-16 NYR 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.00
2023-24 WSH 4 0 0 0 2 10 1 7 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 5 0 0 0 3 10 2 7 0.00

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
34 2 2 4 7 64 28 93 0.12 7.1 14:07

Contract

$600KCap hitends in 2016
$150KCap dollars per point4 points in 34 games
$2.618MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.2 goals above replacement
$707KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$107KValueworth 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 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the New York Rangers on Jul 15, 2015, as a new contract: 1 year and $600K, beginning in 2015-16. It runs through 2015-16, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2015-16 $600K $600K $0 $600K

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
Mar 27, 2025 Washington Capitals Extension 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $1.65M $800K
Jul 2, 2023 Washington Capitals New contract 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $1.55M $775K
Jul 28, 2021 Washington Capitals New contract 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $1.5M $750K
May 8, 2019 Detroit Red Wings Extension 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $1.4M $700K
Jun 28, 2017 Detroit Red Wings Extension 2017-18 to 2018-19 2 $1.3M $650K
Jul 15, 2016 New York Rangers New contract 2016-17 to 2016-17 1 $800K $800K
Jul 15, 2015 New York Rangers New contract 2015-16 to 2015-16 1 $600K $600K
Mar 6, 2011 New York Rangers Entry-level 2012-13 to 2014-15 signed for 2011-12, slid 3 $3.975M $703K

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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacement483rd of 675 skaters, 156th of 230 defencemen
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 230 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-0.9 43rd percentileEven-strength defence+0.7 62nd percentilePower play0.0 69th percentilePenalty kill+0.2 74th percentilePenalties-1.3 27th 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.

-3-2-1012013-142015-162018-192022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

51.2Corsi for %402 attempts for, 383 against
+1.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.5Expected goals for %15.6 expected for, 17.3 against
-0.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
63.0Goals for %17 for, 10 against
103.8PDO8.5% shooting + 95.2% saves
68Attempts 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
Keith Yandle · Dylan McIlrath32231:1853.552.48-5
Marc Staal · Dylan McIlrath2888:1850.740.54-3
Dan Boyle · Dylan McIlrath975:4647.937.42-2
Ryan McDonagh · Dylan McIlrath1615:5865.674.61-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.0Expected goalsfrom 46 unblocked attempts
+1.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.12 expected goals per 60 minutes24th
Shot quality 2.1% chance per attempt5th
Finishing +1.0 goals above expected74thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 230 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Game 20Goals 2Expected 1.0

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
Apr 9, 2016 vs DET W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 22:57
Apr 7, 2016 vs NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 16:05
Apr 5, 2016 vs TBL W 3-2 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 12:31
Mar 6, 2016 vs NYI L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 03:38
Mar 3, 2016 @ PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 14:57
Feb 29, 2016 vs CBJ W 2-1 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 04:54
Feb 23, 2016 @ NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 12:26
Feb 21, 2016 vs DET W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:12
Feb 17, 2016 vs CHI L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:10
Feb 14, 2016 vs PHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 7 0 3 08:54
Feb 12, 2016 vs LAK L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13:09
Feb 10, 2016 @ PIT W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 13:27
Feb 8, 2016 vs NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 14:26
Feb 4, 2016 vs MIN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:42
Jan 25, 2016 vs BUF W 6-3 1 0 1 2 0 3 2 14:12
Jan 17, 2016 @ WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 13:09
Jan 14, 2016 @ NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 6 0 5 14:30
Dec 22, 2015 vs ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 17:42
Dec 20, 2015 vs WSH L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 19:43
Dec 18, 2015 @ WPG L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 19:15
Dec 17, 2015 @ MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 14:52
Dec 15, 2015 vs EDM W 4-2 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 18:38
Dec 12, 2015 @ CGY L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:13
Dec 11, 2015 @ EDM L 5-7 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 18:15
Dec 9, 2015 @ VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:50
Dec 6, 2015 vs OTT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 15:36
Dec 3, 2015 vs COL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:15
Dec 2, 2015 @ NYI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 15:21
Nov 28, 2015 vs PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 7 1 3 13:09
Nov 27, 2015 @ BOS L 3-4 0 0 0 1 17 1 1 10:04
Nov 15, 2015 vs TOR W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 11:00
Nov 6, 2015 @ COL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 13:51
Nov 3, 2015 vs WSH W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 19:50
Oct 13, 2015 vs WPG L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:20