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Danny DeKeyser

#65 · Defence · Detroit Red Wings

Born Mar 7, 1990 in Detroit, Michigan, USA · 6'3", 183 lb · Shoots left

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.

Jakob Chychrun ARI · 20 P in 53 GP Ben Hutton VAN · 20 P in 69 GP Jordan Oesterle ARI · 20 P in 71 GP Radko Gudas PHI · 20 P in 77 GP Ben Chiarot WPG · 20 P in 78 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.

01020302012-13: 1 points112-132013-14: 23 points2313-142014-15: 31 points3114-152015-16: 20 points2015-162016-17: 12 points1216-172017-18: 12 points1217-182018-19: 20 points2018-192019-20: 4 points419-202020-21: 12 points1220-212021-22: 11 points1121-22

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2012-13 DET 11 0 1 1 4 2 15 9 0.09
2013-14 DET 65 4 19 23 10 30 84 64 0.35 $925K
2014-15 DET 80 2 29 31 11 42 89 74 0.39 $2.188M
2015-16 DET 78 8 12 20 2 44 72 88 0.26 $2.188M
2016-17 DET 82 4 8 12 -22 33 85 100 0.15 $5M
2017-18 DET 65 6 6 12 2 28 65 76 0.18 $5M
2018-19 DET 52 5 15 20 2 39 59 79 0.38 $5M
2019-20 DET 8 0 4 4 0 4 12 6 0.50 $5M
2020-21 DET 47 4 8 12 3 18 43 44 0.26 $5M
2021-22 DET 59 0 11 11 -8 26 57 49 0.19 $5M
10 seasons Career 547 33 113 146 4 266 581 589 0.27

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2012-13 DET 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00
2013-14 DET 5 0 0 0 -1 6 6 7 0.00
2014-15 DET 7 1 0 1 -4 12 3 10 0.14
2015-16 DET 5 0 1 1 -3 4 5 13 0.20
4 seasons Playoffs 19 1 1 2 -8 22 14 35 0.11

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
52 5 15 20 2 39 59 79 0.38 8.5 21:58

Contract

$5MCap hitends in 2022, then UFA
$250KCap dollars per point20 points in 52 games
$1.283MCap dollars per goal above replacement3.9 goals above replacement
$3.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.7MValueworth 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 2021-22, with 3 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2018-19 $5M
2019-20 $5M
2020-21 $5M
2021-22 $5M

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
2020-21 to 2021-22 $5M
2018-19 to 2021-22 $5M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $5M
2014-15 to 2015-16 $2.188M
2013-14 to 2013-14 $925K

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

+3.9Goals above replacement260th of 699 skaters, 72nd of 244 defencemen
+0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.1Goals 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+1.7 84th percentileEven-strength defence+1.2 71st percentilePower play-0.2 30th percentilePenalty kill-1.3 3rd percentilePenalties-1.3 23rd 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.

-4-202462012-132014-152016-172018-192020-21Goals 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

48.2Corsi for %850 attempts for, 912 against
+2.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.8Expected goals for %37.1 expected for, 42.2 against
+5.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
53.8Goals for %43 for, 37 against
101.9PDO9.5% shooting + 92.4% saves
122Attempts 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
Nick Jensen · Danny DeKeyser32411:4848.749.922-14
Danny DeKeyser · Filip Hronek24245:2748.948.56-7
Danny DeKeyser · Madison Bowey1278:5451.943.15-6
Danny DeKeyser · Dennis Cholowski1875:4150.339.03-3

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.

5Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.3Expected goalsfrom 87 unblocked attempts
+1.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.17 expected goals per 60 minutes36th
Shot quality 3.7% chance per attempt75th
Finishing +1.7 goals above expected84thOne 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.

012345Game 20Game 40Goals 5Expected 3.3

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
Mar 31, 2019 vs BOS W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:23
Mar 29, 2019 vs NJD W 4-0 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 22:21
Mar 28, 2019 @ BUF W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 24:13
Mar 25, 2019 @ SJS W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 26:28
Mar 23, 2019 @ VGK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 24:53
Mar 21, 2019 @ STL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 24:58
Mar 19, 2019 @ NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 24:09
Mar 16, 2019 vs NYI W 2-1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 28:55
Mar 14, 2019 vs TBL L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 23:05
Mar 12, 2019 @ MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 27:40
Mar 10, 2019 @ FLA L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 20:10
Mar 9, 2019 @ TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 4 21:02
Mar 7, 2019 vs NYR W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 7 2 25:09
Mar 5, 2019 @ COL L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 2 1 1 23:53
Mar 2, 2019 @ ARI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 24:33
Feb 26, 2019 vs MTL L 1-8 0 0 0 -5 0 0 0 18:37
Feb 24, 2019 vs SJS L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 21:42
Feb 22, 2019 vs MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 20:06
Feb 20, 2019 vs CHI L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 23:33
Feb 17, 2019 vs PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -3 0 2 6 21:52
Feb 16, 2019 @ PHI L 5-6 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 2 1 23:42
Feb 14, 2019 vs OTT W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 25:10
Feb 12, 2019 @ NSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 21:35
Feb 10, 2019 @ CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 20:06
Feb 9, 2019 @ BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:00
Feb 7, 2019 vs VGK L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:48
Feb 2, 2019 @ OTT W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 23:35
Feb 1, 2019 vs TOR W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 22:25
Jan 22, 2019 @ EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 23:13
Jan 20, 2019 @ VAN L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 21:24
Jan 18, 2019 @ CGY L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 19:38
Jan 15, 2019 vs ANA W 3-1 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 17:13
Dec 4, 2018 vs TBL L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 16:08
Dec 2, 2018 vs COL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20:46
Dec 1, 2018 @ BOS W 4-2 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 22:00
Nov 28, 2018 vs STL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25:35
Nov 26, 2018 vs CBJ L 5-7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 23:53
Nov 24, 2018 vs BUF L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 24:41
Nov 23, 2018 @ WSH L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 21:40
Nov 21, 2018 vs BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 23:44
Nov 17, 2018 @ NJD W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 25:09
Nov 15, 2018 @ OTT L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21:23
Nov 13, 2018 vs ARI W 6-1 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 18:59
Nov 10, 2018 @ CAR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 21:32
Nov 9, 2018 vs NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 22:09
Nov 6, 2018 vs VAN W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 23:04
Nov 3, 2018 vs EDM L 3-4 1 0 1 -3 0 1 1 18:31
Oct 13, 2018 @ BOS L 2-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 01:31
Oct 11, 2018 vs TOR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 9 0 2 18:25
Oct 8, 2018 @ ANA L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 27:13
Oct 7, 2018 @ LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 24:31
Oct 4, 2018 vs CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 24:53