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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)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alan Quine NYI · 3 P in 21 GP Seth Griffith BUF · 3 P in 21 GP Frederick Gaudreau NSH · 3 P in 20 GP Shawn Matthias WPG · 3 P in 27 GP A.J. Greer COL · 3 P in 17 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

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
23 2 1 3 -2 6 22 26 0.13 9.1 7:11

Contract

$850KCap hit2017-18
$283KCap dollars per point3 points in 23 games
$17.851MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.0 goals above replacement
$643KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$207KValueworth 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 691 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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Rating

+0.0Goals above replacement516th of 691 skaters, 349th of 451 forwards
+0.0Wins 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 451 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-0.6 45th percentileEven-strength defence+0.3 51st percentilePower play-0.1 50th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 65th percentilePenalties-0.1 33rd 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

49.7Corsi for %144 attempts for, 146 against
0.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.4Expected goals for %5.2 expected for, 5.5 against
-0.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
41.7Goals for %5 for, 7 against
97.6PDO6.3% shooting + 91.3% saves
38Attempts 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
Matt Hendricks · Marko Dano · Jack Roslovic628:2060.753.00-3
Matt Hendricks · Shawn Matthias · Marko Dano414:0450.046.31-2
Shawn Matthias · Marko Dano · Brandon Tanev211:5445.549.80-0
Matt Hendricks · Marko Dano · Kyle Connor310:3752.644.70-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.0Expected goalsfrom 33 unblocked attempts
0.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.73 expected goals per 60 minutes50th
Shot quality 6.1% chance per attempt12th
Finishing 0.0 goals above expected53rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 423 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Game 20Expected 2.0Goals 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 3, 2018 @ MTL W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 08:25
Mar 15, 2018 vs CHI W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 08:04
Mar 13, 2018 @ NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:03
Feb 9, 2018 vs STL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:59
Feb 6, 2018 vs ARI W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 09:25
Feb 3, 2018 vs COL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:23
Jan 25, 2018 @ ANA L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 08:45
Jan 23, 2018 @ SJS W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 05:53
Jan 21, 2018 vs VAN W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 08:26
Jan 20, 2018 @ CGY W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 05:58
Jan 13, 2018 @ MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:35
Jan 12, 2018 @ CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 06:02
Jan 9, 2018 @ BUF W 7-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 07:43
Jan 7, 2018 vs SJS W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 04:28
Jan 5, 2018 vs BUF W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 04:13
Jan 2, 2018 @ COL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 06:55
Dec 31, 2017 @ EDM W 5-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 08:32
Oct 27, 2017 @ CBJ L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 08:40
Oct 17, 2017 vs CBJ L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 09:14
Oct 14, 2017 vs CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:53
Oct 12, 2017 @ VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 05:46
Oct 9, 2017 @ EDM W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:50
Oct 4, 2017 vs TOR L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:06