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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 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dylan DeMelo OTT · 22 P in 77 GP Jordie Benn MTL · 22 P in 81 GP Brenden Dillon SJS · 22 P in 82 GP Filip Hronek DET · 23 P in 46 GP Cam Fowler ANA · 23 P in 59 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

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
32 12 10 22 -5 21 93 60 0.69 12.9 23:23

Contract

$6MCap hitends in 2023, then UFA
$273KCap dollars per point22 points in 32 games
$1.098MCap dollars per goal above replacement5.5 goals above replacement
$4.4MWorth 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 696 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Minnesota Wild on Jul 21, 2018, as a new contract: 5 years and $30M, beginning in 2018-19. It runs through 2022-23, with 4 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2018-19 $6M $5.2M $0 $5.2M
2019-20 $6M $7.4M $0 $7.4M
2020-21 $6M $4.8M $0 $4.8M
2021-22 $6M $7.4M $0 $7.4M M-NTC
2022-23 $6M $5.2M $0 $5.2M 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 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 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

+5.5Goals above replacement183rd of 699 skaters, 50th of 244 defencemen
+0.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+3.0Goals 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+4.1 95th percentileEven-strength defence-2.0 23rd percentilePower play+1.4 97th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 32nd percentilePenalties-0.4 58th 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.

-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

51.3Corsi for %586 attempts for, 557 against
+2.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.3Expected goals for %30.7 expected for, 22.8 against
+4.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
49.0Goals for %25 for, 26 against
98.4PDO7.7% shooting + 90.7% saves
138Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 591 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
Ryan Suter · Mathew Dumba30421:4050.557.718-15
Jonas Brodin · Mathew Dumba13128:4655.859.64-8
Jared Spurgeon · Mathew Dumba1210:2445.031.80-1
Greg Pateryn · Mathew Dumba74:0218.829.30-1

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.

12Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.1Expected goalsfrom 130 unblocked attempts
+5.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.49 expected goals per 60 minutes99th
Shot quality 4.7% chance per attempt97th
Finishing +5.9 goals above expected98thOne 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.

0510Game 20Goals 12Expected 6.1

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
Dec 15, 2018 vs CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 5 0 0 05:37
Dec 13, 2018 vs FLA W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 23:47
Dec 11, 2018 vs MTL W 7-1 2 0 2 2 0 3 1 19:18
Dec 7, 2018 @ EDM L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 25:52
Dec 6, 2018 @ CGY L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 24:50
Dec 4, 2018 @ VAN W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 2 1 4 24:42
Dec 1, 2018 vs TOR L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 2 2 1 23:33
Nov 29, 2018 @ CBJ L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 24:13
Nov 27, 2018 vs ARI L 3-4 0 1 1 -4 0 2 3 23:55
Nov 23, 2018 vs WPG W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 4 1 22:48
Nov 21, 2018 vs OTT W 6-4 2 0 2 0 2 5 4 19:30
Nov 18, 2018 @ CHI L 1-3 0 1 1 -2 0 7 0 26:06
Nov 17, 2018 vs BUF L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 25:10
Nov 15, 2018 vs VAN W 6-2 1 1 2 2 0 3 4 20:03
Nov 13, 2018 vs WSH L 2-5 1 0 1 -2 2 5 1 22:46
Nov 11, 2018 @ STL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 27:32
Nov 9, 2018 @ ANA W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 24:06
Nov 8, 2018 @ LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 24:38
Nov 6, 2018 @ SJS L 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 24:51
Nov 3, 2018 @ STL W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 23:32
Oct 30, 2018 @ EDM W 4-3 0 1 1 -3 2 1 2 24:10
Oct 29, 2018 @ VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 6 3 24:11
Oct 27, 2018 vs COL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 22:59
Oct 25, 2018 vs LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 23:12
Oct 20, 2018 vs TBL W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 5 24:48
Oct 19, 2018 @ DAL W 3-1 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 24:58
Oct 16, 2018 vs ARI W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 24:16
Oct 15, 2018 @ NSH L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 25:19
Oct 13, 2018 vs CAR L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 23:02
Oct 11, 2018 vs CHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 25:50
Oct 6, 2018 vs VGK L 1-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 25:56
Oct 4, 2018 @ COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 7 22:32