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Phillip Danault

#24 · Centre · Montréal Canadiens

Born Feb 24, 1993 in Victoriaville, Quebec, CAN (age 33) · 6'1", 200 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 26th overall in 2011 by CHI (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

A.J. Greer ANA · 1 P in 3 GP Alex Killorn ANA · 1 P in 3 GP Alex Newhook MTL · 1 P in 3 GP Alex Ovechkin WSH · 1 P in 3 GP Alex Turcotte LAK · 1 P in 3 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.

020402014-15: 0 points014-152015-16: 10 points1015-162016-17: 40 points4016-172017-18: 25 points2517-182018-19: 53 points5318-192019-20: 47 points4719-202020-21: 24 points2420-212021-22: 51 points5121-222022-23: 54 points5422-232023-24: 47 points4723-242024-25: 43 points4324-252025-26: 17 points1725-262026-27: 1 points126-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2014-15 CHI 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.00 $863K
2015-16 CHI 30 1 4 5 -3 6 48 33 0.17 $863K
2015-16 MTL 21 3 2 5 -2 8 24 12 0.24
2016-17 MTL 82 13 27 40 5 35 133 76 0.49 $913K
2017-18 MTL 52 8 17 25 0 34 94 59 0.48 $913K
2018-19 MTL 81 12 41 53 17 39 132 95 0.65 $3.083M
2019-20 MTL 71 13 34 47 18 32 131 119 0.66 $3.083M
2020-21 MTL 53 5 19 24 9 24 73 76 0.45 $3.083M
2021-22 LAK 79 27 24 51 14 38 194 74 0.65 $5.5M
2022-23 LAK 82 18 36 54 -8 63 152 81 0.66 $5.5M
2023-24 LAK 78 17 30 47 12 18 159 80 0.60 $5.5M
2024-25 LAK 80 8 35 43 20 26 123 83 0.54 $5.5M
2025-26 LAK 30 0 5 5 3 6 42 22 0.17 $5.5M
2025-26 MTL 45 6 6 12 -6 20 49 41 0.27
2026-27 MTL 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 0.33 $5.5M
13 seasons Career 789 131 281 412 80 349 1359 855 0.52

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2016-17 MTL 6 0 2 2 1 2 10 19 0.33
2019-20 MTL 10 1 2 3 -1 6 24 29 0.30
2020-21 MTL 22 1 3 4 -1 6 39 38 0.18
2021-22 LAK 7 3 2 5 6 2 11 14 0.71
2022-23 LAK 6 2 3 5 1 12 17 25 0.83
2023-24 LAK 5 0 1 1 0 4 9 6 0.20
2024-25 LAK 6 2 6 8 2 0 9 13 1.33
2025-26 MTL 19 2 8 10 3 8 18 33 0.53
8 seasons Playoffs 81 11 27 38 11 40 137 177 0.47

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
3 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 0.33 0.0 13:37

Contract

$5.5MCap hitends in 2027, then UFA
$5.5MCap dollars per point1 points in 3 games
$1.366MCap dollars per goal above replacement4.0 goals above replacement, projected
$4.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$843KValueworth 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. The season is still being played, so each rating is projected over all of it: what the player has done so far, plus the games left at a rate taken from his last three seasons and this one. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 647 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Los Angeles Kings on Jul 28, 2021, as a new contract: 6 years and $33M, beginning in 2021-22. It runs through 2026-27, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2021-22 $5.5M $750K $3.25M $4M NMC
2022-23 $5.5M $2.25M $3.25M $5.5M NMC
2023-24 $5.5M $3.75M $3M $6.75M NMC
2024-25 $5.5M $3.75M $3M $6.75M M-NTC
2025-26 $5.5M $4.75M $1M $5.75M M-NTC
2026-27 $5.5M $3.25M $1M $4.25M M-NTC

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 28, 2021 Los Angeles Kings New contract 2021-22 to 2026-27 6 $33M $5.5M
Jul 15, 2018 Montreal Canadiens New contract 2018-19 to 2020-21 3 $9.25M $3.083M
Jul 5, 2016 Montreal Canadiens New contract 2016-17 to 2017-18 2 $1.825M $913K
Jan 1, 2012 Chicago Blackhawks Entry-level 2013-14 to 2015-16 signed for 2011-12, slid 3 $3.075M $863K

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 2026-27 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.

2026-27 analytics

Rating, projected over the full season

2026-27 is still being played, so these are a projection of his whole season, not a count so far: what he has done in 3 games (+0.3 goals above replacement), plus the 77 more he is taken to play, going by how much of his team's games he has played before, at a rate set by his last three seasons and this one. The more he plays, the more this season counts, and by the last game it is simply his season.

+4.0Goals above replacement230th of 647 skaters, 164th of 422 forwards
+0.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 422 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-0.3 43rd percentileEven-strength defence+1.0 71st percentilePower play-0.9 5th percentilePenalty kill0.0 36th percentilePenalties+0.6 65th 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.

-50510152014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

46.3Corsi for %19 attempts for, 22 against
-1.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.4Expected goals for %1.0 expected for, 1.0 against
+7.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
60.0Goals for %3 for, 2 against
124.7PDO42.9% shooting + 81.8% saves
3Attempts 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
Phillip Danault · Alexandre Texier · Kirby Dach215:3942.316.51-2
Phillip Danault · Alexandre Texier · Zachary Bolduc16:5450.069.41-0
Phillip Danault · Kirby Dach · Zachary Bolduc10:480.00.00-0
Phillip Danault · Josh Anderson · Kirby Dach10:32100.0100.01-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.6Expected goalsfrom 5 unblocked attempts
-0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.87 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 11.9% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.6 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 0 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.6Goals 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
Oct 6, 2026 vs CAR L 4-6 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 13:50
Oct 3, 2026 @ PIT L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:24
Sep 29, 2026 @ TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15:37