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Mathew Dumba

#24 · Defence · Free agent, last with the Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Jul 25, 1994 in Regina, Saskatchewan, CAN · 6'0", 191 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 7th overall in 2012 by MIN (round 1)

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King Clancy Memorial Trophy Leadership and Humanitarian Contribution 2019-20

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.

Cody Ceci OTT · 26 P in 75 GP Kevin Klein NYR · 26 P in 69 GP Niklas Kronwall DET · 26 P in 64 GP Ryan Murray CBJ · 25 P in 82 GP Ben Hutton VAN · 25 P in 75 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.

010203040502013-14: 2 points213-142014-15: 16 points1614-152015-16: 26 points2615-162016-17: 34 points3416-172017-18: 50 points5017-182018-19: 22 points2218-192019-20: 24 points2419-202020-21: 21 points2120-212021-22: 27 points2721-222022-23: 14 points1422-232023-24: 12 points1223-242024-25: 10 points1024-252025-26: 3 points325-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2013-14 MIN 13 1 1 2 -5 2 12 9 0.15 $894K
2014-15 MIN 58 8 8 16 13 23 86 42 0.28 $894K
2015-16 MIN 81 10 16 26 1 38 152 83 0.32 $894K
2016-17 MIN 76 11 23 34 15 59 131 96 0.45 $2.55M
2017-18 MIN 82 14 36 50 15 41 176 136 0.61 $2.55M
2018-19 MIN 32 12 10 22 -5 21 93 60 0.69 $6M
2019-20 MIN 69 6 18 24 -7 41 167 98 0.35 $6M
2020-21 MIN 51 6 15 21 1 46 89 74 0.41 $6M
2021-22 MIN 57 7 20 27 9 47 116 114 0.47 $6M
2022-23 MIN 79 4 10 14 -8 81 99 104 0.18 $6M
2023-24 ARI 58 4 6 10 -13 55 61 150 0.17 $3.9M
2023-24 TBL 18 0 2 2 -5 33 25 52 0.11
2024-25 DAL 63 1 9 10 -5 60 57 70 0.16 $3.75M
2025-26 PIT 11 1 2 3 -5 11 7 16 0.27 $3.75M
13 seasons Career 748 85 176 261 1 558 1271 1104 0.35

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2014-15 MIN 10 2 2 4 -1 2 15 24 0.40
2015-16 MIN 6 0 2 2 -2 6 5 6 0.33
2016-17 MIN 5 0 0 0 -1 2 7 19 0.00
2017-18 MIN 5 1 1 2 -4 4 10 13 0.40
2019-20 MIN 4 0 1 1 1 2 14 4 0.25
2020-21 MIN 7 1 2 3 -1 17 6 13 0.43
2021-22 MIN 6 1 0 1 4 2 15 14 0.17
2022-23 MIN 6 0 2 2 0 4 9 11 0.33
2023-24 TBL 5 0 0 0 -2 0 7 25 0.00
9 seasons Playoffs 54 5 10 15 -6 39 88 129 0.28

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
81 10 16 26 1 38 152 83 0.32 6.6 16:50

Contract

$894KCap hitends in 2016, then RFA
$34KCap dollars per point26 points in 81 games
$296KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.0 goals above replacement
$2.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.6MValueworth 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 Minnesota Wild on Jul 19, 2012, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $4.9M, beginning in 2013-14. It runs through 2015-16, 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
2013-14 $894K $833K $93K $425K $925K
2014-15 $894K $833K $93K $850K $925K
2015-16 $894K $833K $0 $850K $833K

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, 2024 Dallas Stars New contract 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $7.5M $3.75M
Aug 6, 2023 Arizona Coyotes New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $3.9M $3.9M
Jul 21, 2018 Minnesota Wild New contract 2018-19 to 2022-23 5 $30M $6M
Jul 28, 2016 Minnesota Wild New contract 2016-17 to 2017-18 2 $5.1M $2.55M
Jul 19, 2012 Minnesota Wild Entry-level 2013-14 to 2015-16 signed for 2012-13, slid 3 $4.9M $894K

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

+3.0Goals above replacement302nd of 675 skaters, 91st of 230 defencemen
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.5Goals 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+0.2 67th percentileEven-strength defence-3.6 8th percentilePower play+1.3 97th percentilePenalty kill+0.2 70th percentilePenalties+0.3 85th 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. 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.

-10-505102013-142015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

47.6Corsi for %968 attempts for, 1067 against
-0.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.9Expected goals for %38.5 expected for, 41.9 against
-3.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
53.9Goals for %48 for, 41 against
102.0PDO9.4% shooting + 92.6% saves
204Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 561 skaters who played enough to be ranked: 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. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marco Scandella · Mathew Dumba67409:1745.044.120-16
Jonas Brodin · Mathew Dumba57389:3948.745.211-15
Ryan Suter · Mathew Dumba60148:0756.859.48-2
Mike Reilly · Mathew Dumba2275:1848.653.96-3

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.

10Goalsnot counting empty-netters
9.4Expected goalsfrom 224 unblocked attempts
+0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.41 expected goals per 60 minutes98th
Shot quality 4.2% chance per attempt92nd
Finishing +0.6 goals above expected69thOne 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.

0246810Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Goals 10Expected 9.4

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 9, 2016 vs CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 23:28
Apr 3, 2016 @ WPG L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 19:38
Apr 1, 2016 @ DET L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 22:02
Mar 31, 2016 vs OTT L 2-3 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 26:52
Mar 29, 2016 vs CHI W 4-1 0 1 1 1 5 1 0 12:46
Mar 26, 2016 @ COL W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 15:41
Mar 24, 2016 vs CGY W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:36
Mar 22, 2016 vs LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 13:00
Mar 20, 2016 @ CHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 16:02
Mar 19, 2016 vs CAR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 11:53
Mar 17, 2016 @ NJD L 4-7 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 17:24
Mar 15, 2016 @ OTT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 14:21
Mar 12, 2016 @ MTL W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 18:29
Mar 10, 2016 vs EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 17:09
Mar 6, 2016 vs STL L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 18:10
Mar 5, 2016 @ BUF W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 19:46
Mar 3, 2016 @ TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 19:50
Mar 1, 2016 vs COL W 6-3 0 1 1 3 0 3 3 23:38
Feb 28, 2016 vs FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 19:06
Feb 26, 2016 @ WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:09
Feb 25, 2016 @ PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:32
Feb 23, 2016 vs NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 19:40
Feb 21, 2016 vs CHI W 6-1 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 17:43
Feb 18, 2016 @ EDM W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 15:18
Feb 17, 2016 @ CGY W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:35
Feb 15, 2016 @ VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 21:19
Feb 13, 2016 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21:48
Feb 11, 2016 vs WSH L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 24:26
Feb 9, 2016 vs DAL L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 2 2 3 4 18:09
Feb 6, 2016 @ STL L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 20:29
Feb 4, 2016 @ NYR L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 15:49
Feb 2, 2016 @ NYI L 3-5 0 2 2 -2 0 3 0 15:35
Jan 25, 2016 vs ARI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:15
Jan 23, 2016 @ SJS L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:11
Jan 21, 2016 @ LAK W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:22
Jan 20, 2016 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:16
Jan 16, 2016 @ NSH L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13:36
Jan 15, 2016 vs WPG L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:36
Jan 12, 2016 vs BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:13
Jan 10, 2016 vs NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:18
Jan 9, 2016 @ DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 13:33
Jan 7, 2016 vs PHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 10:29
Jan 5, 2016 @ CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 17:02
Jan 3, 2016 @ FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 15:53
Jan 2, 2016 @ TBL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 9 1 20:25
Dec 31, 2015 @ STL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:18
Dec 28, 2015 vs DET W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 15:43
Dec 26, 2015 vs PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 21:25
Dec 22, 2015 vs MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 15:42
Dec 21, 2015 vs DAL L 3-6 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 14:00
Dec 19, 2015 @ NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:33
Dec 17, 2015 vs NYR W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 14:19
Dec 15, 2015 vs VAN W 6-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 18:24
Dec 12, 2015 @ SJS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:23
Dec 11, 2015 @ ARI L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:04
Dec 7, 2015 @ COL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:10
Dec 5, 2015 vs COL W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 15:39
Dec 3, 2015 vs TOR W 1-0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 13:14
Dec 1, 2015 @ CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 14:48
Nov 28, 2015 vs DAL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 13:59
Nov 27, 2015 vs WPG L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 19:01
Nov 25, 2015 vs VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:33
Nov 21, 2015 vs NSH W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:25
Nov 19, 2015 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 20:59
Nov 17, 2015 @ PIT L 3-4 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 14:54
Nov 14, 2015 @ DAL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:55
Nov 12, 2015 @ CAR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:18
Nov 10, 2015 vs WPG W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:27
Nov 7, 2015 vs TBL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:24
Nov 5, 2015 vs NSH L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 17:28
Oct 31, 2015 @ STL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:43
Oct 30, 2015 vs CHI W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 12:31
Oct 27, 2015 vs EDM W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:18
Oct 25, 2015 @ WPG L 4-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 14:21
Oct 24, 2015 vs ANA W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 17:10
Oct 22, 2015 vs CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:38
Oct 18, 2015 @ ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 16:46
Oct 16, 2015 @ LAK L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 19:08
Oct 15, 2015 @ ARI W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 18:54
Oct 10, 2015 vs STL W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 21:09
Oct 8, 2015 @ COL W 5-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 16:50