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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 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dylan Larkin DET · 23 P in 44 GP Lars Eller WSH · 23 P in 44 GP Andreas Athanasiou LAK · 23 P in 47 GP Brendan Gallagher MTL · 23 P in 35 GP Gabriel Vilardi LAK · 23 P in 54 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

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
44 2 21 23 -8 20 76 42 0.52 2.6 16:05

Contract

$5.5MCap hitends in 2023, then UFA
$239KCap dollars per point23 points in 44 games
-$375KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$5.9MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 633 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 2 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 2020-21 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.

2020-21 analytics

Rating

-1.1Goals above replacement569th of 643 skaters, 390th of 430 forwards
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 430 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 44th percentileEven-strength defence-1.5 11th percentilePower play-0.3 27th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 57th percentilePenalties-0.9 4th 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. 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

53.8Corsi for %581 attempts for, 498 against
-1.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.5Expected goals for %23.8 expected for, 22.4 against
-4.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
45.1Goals for %23 for, 28 against
97.3PDO7.5% shooting + 89.8% saves
107Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 579 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Anderson · Jonathan Drouin · Nick Suzuki30245:0256.060.111-11
Josh Anderson · Jonathan Drouin · Jesperi Kotkaniemi1483:1852.247.63-2
Tyler Toffoli · Jonathan Drouin · Nick Suzuki1050:0663.364.01-3
Joel Armia · Jonathan Drouin · Nick Suzuki1033:5147.249.43-0

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
6.1Expected goalsfrom 96 unblocked attempts
-4.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.52 expected goals per 60 minutes12th
Shot quality 6.3% chance per attempt7th
Finishing -4.1 goals above expected7thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 411 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Expected 6.1Goals 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 21, 2021 @ EDM W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 4 2 0 11:52
Apr 19, 2021 @ EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:08
Apr 17, 2021 vs OTT L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:59
Apr 16, 2021 vs CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:55
Apr 14, 2021 vs CGY L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 17:11
Apr 12, 2021 vs TOR W 4-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 14:50
Apr 10, 2021 vs WPG L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 17:01
Apr 8, 2021 vs WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 12:12
Apr 7, 2021 @ TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:49
Apr 5, 2021 vs EDM W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:58
Apr 3, 2021 vs OTT L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 18:47
Apr 1, 2021 @ OTT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:28
Mar 30, 2021 vs EDM W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:58
Mar 20, 2021 vs VAN W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 21:13
Mar 19, 2021 vs VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 18:53
Mar 17, 2021 @ WPG L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 18:29
Mar 15, 2021 @ WPG W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 16:10
Mar 13, 2021 @ CGY L 1-3 0 1 1 0 2 4 2 17:59
Mar 11, 2021 @ CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 16:36
Mar 10, 2021 @ VAN W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 16:42
Mar 8, 2021 @ VAN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:43
Mar 6, 2021 vs WPG W 7-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 17:37
Mar 4, 2021 vs WPG L 3-4 (OT) 0 2 2 0 2 2 4 17:45
Mar 2, 2021 vs OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:32
Feb 27, 2021 @ WPG L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 19:52
Feb 25, 2021 @ WPG L 3-6 0 1 1 -2 0 2 3 17:54
Feb 23, 2021 @ OTT L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 19:32
Feb 21, 2021 @ OTT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:11
Feb 20, 2021 vs TOR L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:43
Feb 13, 2021 @ TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 13:26
Feb 11, 2021 vs EDM L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:06
Feb 10, 2021 vs TOR L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 14:45
Feb 6, 2021 @ OTT W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 13:50
Feb 4, 2021 vs OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 15:51
Feb 2, 2021 vs VAN W 5-3 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 14:58
Feb 1, 2021 vs VAN W 6-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 14:51
Jan 30, 2021 vs CGY L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17:59
Jan 28, 2021 vs CGY W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 14:33
Jan 23, 2021 @ VAN W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 12:32
Jan 21, 2021 @ VAN W 7-3 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 17:03
Jan 20, 2021 @ VAN L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:05
Jan 18, 2021 @ EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:18
Jan 16, 2021 @ EDM W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 14:05
Jan 13, 2021 @ TOR L 4-5 (OT) 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 17:36