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Jonathan Drouin

#92 · Left wing · Free agent, last with the St. Louis Blues

Born Mar 28, 1995 in Ste-Agathe, Quebec, CAN · 5'11", 189 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 3rd overall in 2013 by TBL (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Filip Zadina DET · 15 P in 28 GP Nicolas Aube-Kubel PHI · 15 P in 36 GP Brian Boyle FLA · 15 P in 39 GP Drake Caggiula CHI · 15 P in 40 GP Troy Terry ANA · 15 P in 47 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.

020402014-15: 32 points3214-152015-16: 10 points1015-162016-17: 53 points5316-172017-18: 46 points4617-182018-19: 53 points5318-192019-20: 15 points1519-202020-21: 23 points2320-212021-22: 20 points2021-222022-23: 29 points2922-232023-24: 56 points5623-242024-25: 37 points3724-252025-26: 24 points2425-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2014-15 TBL 70 4 28 32 3 34 76 55 0.46 $894K
2015-16 TBL 21 4 6 10 1 4 25 18 0.48 $894K
2016-17 TBL 73 21 32 53 -13 16 183 50 0.73 $894K
2017-18 MTL 77 13 33 46 -28 30 164 55 0.60 $5.5M
2018-19 MTL 81 18 35 53 -8 26 190 55 0.65 $5.5M
2019-20 MTL 27 7 8 15 -6 14 51 25 0.56 $5.5M
2020-21 MTL 44 2 21 23 -8 20 76 42 0.52 $5.5M
2021-22 MTL 34 6 14 20 -9 23 62 27 0.59 $5.5M
2022-23 MTL 59 2 27 29 -18 18 69 29 0.49 $5.5M
2023-24 COL 79 19 37 56 12 28 127 41 0.71 $825K
2024-25 COL 43 11 26 37 4 6 56 14 0.86 $2.5M
2025-26 NYI 55 3 18 21 -3 19 73 13 0.38 $4M
2025-26 STL 9 1 2 3 -2 0 13 5 0.33
12 seasons Career 672 111 287 398 -75 238 1165 429 0.59

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 TBL 6 0 0 0 -6 2 6 6 0.00
2015-16 TBL 17 5 9 14 -1 14 35 39 0.82
2019-20 MTL 10 1 6 7 3 8 16 19 0.70
2023-24 COL 3 0 3 3 -1 2 4 6 1.00
2024-25 COL 7 0 3 3 -6 0 9 5 0.43
5 seasons Playoffs 43 6 21 27 -11 26 70 75 0.63

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
27 7 8 15 -6 14 51 25 0.56 13.7 15:42

Contract

$5.5MCap hitends in 2023, then UFA
$367KCap dollars per point15 points in 27 games
$37.975MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.1 goals above replacement
$796KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$4.7MValueworth 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 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Montreal Canadiens on Jun 15, 2017, as an extension of the contract he was on: 6 years and $33M, beginning in 2017-18. It runs through 2022-23, with 3 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
2017-18 $5.5M $5.5M $1M $6.5M
2018-19 $5.5M $5.5M $0 $5.5M
2019-20 $5.5M $5.5M $0 $5.5M
2020-21 $5.5M $2.5M $2M $4.5M
2021-22 $5.5M $5.5M $0 $5.5M M-NTC
2022-23 $5.5M $5.5M $0 $5.5M 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
2025-26 to 2026-27 $4M
Jul 1, 2024 Colorado Avalanche New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $2.5M $2.5M
Jul 1, 2023 Colorado Avalanche New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $825K $825K
Jun 15, 2017 Montreal Canadiens Extension 2017-18 to 2022-23 6 $33M $5.5M
Jul 5, 2013 Tampa Bay Lightning Entry-level 2014-15 to 2016-17 signed for 2013-14, slid 3 $9.675M $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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.1Goals above replacement493rd of 670 skaters, 353rd of 439 forwards
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 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-0.3 47th percentileEven-strength defence-0.3 37th percentilePower play-0.2 31st percentilePenalty kill-0.1 37th percentilePenalties-0.1 31st 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.

-2024682014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-25Goals 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

52.1Corsi for %331 attempts for, 304 against
-1.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.1Expected goals for %14.0 expected for, 12.9 against
-2.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
44.8Goals for %13 for, 16 against
97.8PDO7.6% shooting + 90.1% saves
63Attempts 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
Joel Armia · Jonathan Drouin · Max Domi1485:0252.855.17-2
Joel Armia · Jonathan Drouin · Jesperi Kotkaniemi960:4747.839.72-2
Brendan Gallagher · Phillip Danault · Jonathan Drouin1342:2355.450.71-0
Joel Armia · Jonathan Drouin · Nick Suzuki641:5058.662.70-5

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.

7Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.8Expected goalsfrom 70 unblocked attempts
+2.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.68 expected goals per 60 minutes36th
Shot quality 6.8% chance per attempt14th
Finishing +2.2 goals above expected77thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Goals 7Expected 4.8

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
Feb 25, 2020 vs VAN L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:12
Feb 22, 2020 @ OTT W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:09
Feb 20, 2020 @ WSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 14:04
Feb 18, 2020 @ DET L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 11:45
Feb 14, 2020 @ PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 14:31
Feb 12, 2020 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 14:20
Feb 10, 2020 vs ARI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 13:43
Feb 8, 2020 vs TOR W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 11:49
Nov 15, 2019 @ WSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 12:20
Nov 12, 2019 vs CBJ W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 19:52
Nov 9, 2019 vs LAK W 3-2 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 22:10
Nov 7, 2019 @ PHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 13:24
Nov 5, 2019 vs BOS W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 15:59
Nov 2, 2019 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 15:49
Oct 31, 2019 @ VGK W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 16:00
Oct 30, 2019 @ ARI W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 16:00
Oct 26, 2019 vs TOR W 5-2 2 0 2 1 2 4 3 18:50
Oct 24, 2019 vs SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 21:27
Oct 20, 2019 @ MIN L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:09
Oct 19, 2019 @ STL W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 12:45
Oct 17, 2019 vs MIN W 4-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 14:15
Oct 15, 2019 vs TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 19:09
Oct 12, 2019 vs STL W 6-3 1 1 2 1 0 4 1 14:02
Oct 10, 2019 vs DET L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 17:52
Oct 9, 2019 @ BUF L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16:49
Oct 5, 2019 @ TOR W 6-5 (SO) 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 16:52
Oct 3, 2019 @ CAR L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 16:39