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Jason Dickinson

#16 · Centre · Edmonton Oilers

Born Jul 4, 1995 in Georgetown, Ontario, CAN (age 31) · 6'2", 204 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 29th overall in 2013 by DAL (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Markus Hannikainen CBJ · 2 P in 10 GP Matthew Peca TBL · 2 P in 10 GP Taylor Leier PHI · 2 P in 10 GP Justin Dowling DAL · 2 P in 9 GP Peter Cehlarik BOS · 2 P in 11 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.

01020302015-16: 1 points115-162016-17: 2 points216-172017-18: 2 points217-182018-19: 22 points2218-192019-20: 21 points2119-202020-21: 15 points1520-212021-22: 11 points1121-222022-23: 30 points3022-232023-24: 35 points3523-242024-25: 16 points1624-252025-26: 17 points1725-262026-27: 0 points026-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 DAL 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.00 $894K
2016-17 DAL 10 2 0 2 -3 0 9 8 0.20 $894K
2017-18 DAL 27 0 2 2 -2 17 16 45 0.07 $894K
2018-19 DAL 67 6 16 22 9 23 94 106 0.33 $875K
2019-20 DAL 65 9 12 21 7 6 85 89 0.32 $1.5M
2020-21 DAL 51 7 8 15 -2 18 66 78 0.29 $1.5M
2021-22 VAN 62 5 6 11 -1 19 66 101 0.18 $2.65M
2022-23 CHI 78 9 21 30 -29 28 114 112 0.38 $2.65M
2023-24 CHI 82 22 13 35 4 43 126 143 0.43 $2.65M
2024-25 CHI 59 7 9 16 -11 38 56 102 0.27 $4.25M
2025-26 CHI 47 6 7 13 -7 10 52 51 0.28 $4.25M
2025-26 EDM 17 1 3 4 -3 10 21 34 0.24
2026-27 EDM 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 $4M
12 seasons Career 567 75 97 172 -37 212 708 870 0.30

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2018-19 DAL 13 3 2 5 0 4 26 17 0.38
2019-20 DAL 24 2 2 4 -6 8 26 67 0.17
2025-26 EDM 4 2 1 3 2 0 5 6 0.75
3 seasons Playoffs 41 7 5 12 -4 12 57 90 0.29

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
10 2 0 2 -3 0 9 8 0.20 22.2 11:47

Contract

$894KCap hitends in 2018, then RFA
$447KCap dollars per point2 points in 10 games
$672KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.3 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Signed by the Dallas Stars on May 31, 2014, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.775M, beginning in 2015-16. It runs through 2017-18, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2015-16 $894K $833K $93K $925K
2016-17 $894K $833K $93K $925K
2017-18 $894K $833K $0 $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
Jun 21, 2026 Edmonton Oilers Extension 2026-27 to 2030-31 5 $20M $4M
Jan 16, 2024 Chicago Blackhawks Extension 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $8.5M $4.25M
Aug 14, 2021 Vancouver Canucks New contract 2021-22 to 2023-24 3 $7.95M $2.65M
Jul 11, 2019 Dallas Stars New contract 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $3M $1.5M
Jul 6, 2018 Dallas Stars New contract 2018-19 to 2018-19 1 $875K $875K
May 31, 2014 Dallas Stars Entry-level 2015-16 to 2017-18 signed for 2014-15, slid 3 $2.775M $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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Rating

+1.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.4Even-strength defence+0.9Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.5

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-505102015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

53.4Corsi for %101 attempts for, 88 against
+4.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.5Expected goals for %4.3 expected for, 3.2 against
+7.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
28.6Goals for %2 for, 5 against
93.2PDO3.6% shooting + 89.6% saves
18Attempts 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
Radek Faksa · Devin Shore · Jason Dickinson424:4665.168.10-1
Adam Cracknell · Justin Dowling · Jason Dickinson218:3281.384.81-0
Adam Cracknell · Radek Faksa · Jason Dickinson414:4956.365.60-0
Justin Dowling · Brett Ritchie · Jason Dickinson212:5764.380.60-0

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
1.5Expected goalsfrom 14 unblocked attempts
+0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.78 expected goals per 60 minutes65th
Shot quality 10.9% chance per attempt99th
Finishing +0.5 goals above expected61stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 421 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Goals 2Expected 1.5

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 8, 2017 vs COL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:26
Apr 6, 2017 vs NSH L 3-7 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 11:45
Apr 4, 2017 vs ARI W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 11:12
Apr 2, 2017 @ TBL L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:59
Apr 1, 2017 @ CAR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:50
Mar 30, 2017 @ BOS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:47
Mar 28, 2017 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 14:06
Mar 26, 2017 @ NJD W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:46
Dec 27, 2016 @ ARI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:55
Dec 8, 2016 vs NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:08