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Marko Dano

#56 · Centre · Columbus Blue Jackets

Born Nov 30, 1994 in Eisenstadt, AUT · 5'11", 201 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 27th overall in 2013 by CBJ (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Chris Tierney SJS · 21 P in 43 GP Brad Richardson VAN · 21 P in 45 GP Joffrey Lupul TOR · 21 P in 55 GP Lauri Korpikoski ARI · 21 P in 69 GP Tobias Rieder ARI · 21 P in 72 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.

051015202014-15: 21 points2114-152015-16: 10 points1015-162016-17: 11 points1116-172017-18: 3 points317-182018-19: 0 points018-192019-20: 0 points019-20

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 CBJ 35 8 13 21 12 14 84 94 0.60 $925K
2015-16 CHI 13 1 1 2 0 2 15 15 0.15 $925K
2015-16 WPG 21 4 4 8 -7 8 39 47 0.38
2016-17 WPG 38 4 7 11 0 10 44 83 0.29 $925K
2017-18 WPG 23 2 1 3 -2 6 22 26 0.13 $850K
2018-19 COL 8 0 0 0 -1 7 3 16 0.00 $800K
2019-20 CBJ 3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 5 0.00 $800K
6 seasons Career 141 19 26 45 1 49 209 286 0.32

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
35 8 13 21 12 14 84 94 0.60 9.5 13:15

Contract

$925KCap hit2014-15
$44KCap dollars per point21 points in 35 games
$140KCap dollars per goal above replacement6.6 goals above replacement
$4.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3.6MValueworth 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 649 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2019-20 to 2019-20 $800K
2018-19 to 2018-19 $800K
2014-15 to 2017-18 $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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Rating

+6.6Goals above replacement146th of 665 skaters, 106th of 432 forwards
+1.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+5.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 432 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+3.2 83rd percentileEven-strength defence+1.8 84th percentilePower play-0.1 40th percentilePenalty kill0.0 35th percentilePenalties+0.4 51st 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. 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.

-2024682014-152015-162016-172017-182018-192019-20Goals 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

54.1Corsi for %412 attempts for, 350 against
+6.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.3Expected goals for %19.5 expected for, 14.6 against
+9.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
64.9Goals for %24 for, 13 against
103.6PDO9.9% shooting + 93.8% saves
123Attempts 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
Scott Hartnell · Marko Dano · Alexander Wennberg15154:0465.971.29-2
Nick Foligno · Artem Anisimov · Marko Dano1047:1263.073.06-2
Scott Hartnell · William Karlsson · Marko Dano326:3939.646.13-1
Mark Letestu · Matt Calvert · Marko Dano724:3956.875.91-0

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. 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.

8Goalsnot counting empty-netters
7.2Expected goalsfrom 103 unblocked attempts
+0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.93 expected goals per 60 minutes87th
Shot quality 7.0% chance per attempt43rd
Finishing +0.8 goals above expected64thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Goals 8Expected 7.2

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 11, 2015 @ NYI W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 13:03
Apr 10, 2015 vs BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:21
Apr 8, 2015 vs TOR W 5-0 0 1 1 1 0 6 1 14:04
Apr 6, 2015 @ NYR L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 12:34
Apr 4, 2015 vs PIT W 5-3 0 2 2 1 0 5 2 14:03
Mar 31, 2015 vs NJD W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:16
Mar 28, 2015 @ STL W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 11:46
Mar 27, 2015 @ CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 14:28
Mar 24, 2015 vs ANA W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 13:50
Mar 21, 2015 @ CGY W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:45
Mar 19, 2015 @ VAN W 6-2 2 1 3 3 0 3 1 17:59
Mar 18, 2015 @ EDM W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 16:44
Mar 15, 2015 vs CAR L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 13:44
Mar 13, 2015 vs EDM W 5-4 (SO) 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 15:10
Mar 12, 2015 @ DET W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 13:25
Mar 10, 2015 @ CAR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 15:02
Mar 7, 2015 vs COL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 4 3 11:36
Mar 6, 2015 @ NJD W 3-2 1 0 1 1 2 4 4 13:18
Mar 3, 2015 vs WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17:49
Mar 1, 2015 @ PIT L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 10:05
Feb 28, 2015 vs NJD L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 10:14
Feb 26, 2015 vs MTL L 2-5 1 0 1 -2 0 4 4 15:03
Feb 24, 2015 vs BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 13:17
Feb 22, 2015 @ NYR L 3-4 (SO) 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 14:15
Feb 21, 2015 @ MTL L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 6 11:20
Feb 19, 2015 @ PIT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:20
Feb 17, 2015 @ PHI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 11:52
Nov 4, 2014 vs CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:25
Nov 1, 2014 @ NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 08:12
Oct 31, 2014 vs TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 6 14:36
Oct 28, 2014 vs OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 11:04
Oct 26, 2014 @ LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 15:26
Oct 14, 2014 vs DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:13
Oct 11, 2014 vs NYR W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 3 12:08
Oct 9, 2014 @ BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 14:33