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Christian Dvorak

#22 · Centre · Philadelphia Flyers

Born Feb 2, 1996 in Palos, Illinois, USA (age 30) · 6'1", 190 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 58th overall in 2014 by ARI (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jamie McGinn FLA · 7 P in 19 GP Erik Haula VGK · 7 P in 15 GP Michael Dal Colle NYI · 7 P in 28 GP Maxime Comtois ANA · 7 P in 10 GP Taro Hirose DET · 7 P in 10 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.

020402016-17: 33 points3316-172017-18: 37 points3717-182018-19: 7 points718-192019-20: 38 points3819-202020-21: 31 points3120-212021-22: 33 points3321-222022-23: 28 points2822-232023-24: 9 points923-242024-25: 33 points3324-252025-26: 51 points5125-262026-27: 1 points126-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2016-17 ARI 78 15 18 33 7 22 88 72 0.42 $839K
2017-18 ARI 78 15 22 37 -19 22 151 92 0.47 $839K
2018-19 ARI 20 2 5 7 -2 2 25 16 0.35 $839K
2019-20 ARI 70 18 20 38 6 12 134 39 0.54 $4.45M
2020-21 ARI 56 17 14 31 -11 12 95 48 0.55 $4.45M
2021-22 MTL 56 11 22 33 -19 24 87 32 0.59 $4.45M
2022-23 MTL 64 10 18 28 -12 6 88 13 0.44 $4.45M
2023-24 MTL 30 5 4 9 -5 4 35 16 0.30 $4.45M
2024-25 MTL 82 12 21 33 -5 16 104 44 0.40 $4.45M
2025-26 PHI 80 18 33 51 11 27 151 38 0.64 $5.4M
2026-27 PHI 6 0 1 1 -3 2 5 8 0.17 $5.15M
11 seasons Career 620 123 178 301 -52 149 963 418 0.49

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2019-20 ARI 9 2 1 3 1 0 11 9 0.33
2024-25 MTL 5 2 0 2 -1 4 7 5 0.40
2025-26 PHI 10 0 4 4 -1 8 16 20 0.40
3 seasons Playoffs 24 4 5 9 -1 12 34 34 0.38

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
20 2 5 7 -2 2 25 16 0.35 8.0 14:23

Contract

$839KCap hitends in 2019, then extended to 2025
$120KCap dollars per point7 points in 20 games
$735KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.1 goals above replacement
$1.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$569KValueworth 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 696 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Arizona Coyotes on Apr 19, 2015, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $3.413M, beginning in 2016-17. It runs through 2018-19, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Arizona Coyotes on Aug 9, 2018, 6 years and $26.7M at $4.45M a season, beginning in 2019-20.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2016-17 $839K $700K $93K $345K $793K
2017-18 $839K $800K $93K $245K $893K
2018-19 $839K $833K $0 $213K $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
Jan 5, 2026 Philadelphia Flyers Extension 2026-27 to 2030-31 5 $25.75M $5.15M
Jul 1, 2025 Philadelphia Flyers New contract 2025-26 to 2025-26 1 $5.4M $5.4M
Aug 9, 2018 Arizona Coyotes Extension not begun 2019-20 to 2024-25 6 $26.7M $4.45M
Apr 19, 2015 Arizona Coyotes Entry-level 2016-17 to 2018-19 signed for 2015-16, slid 3 $3.413M $839K

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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Rating

+1.1Goals above replacement441st of 699 skaters, 303rd of 455 forwards
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 455 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+0.4 58th percentileEven-strength defence+0.1 45th percentilePower play-0.1 40th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 61st percentilePenalties+0.0 36th 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.

-4-2024682016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

46.6Corsi for %207 attempts for, 237 against
-0.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.1Expected goals for %10.2 expected for, 10.1 against
+0.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
45.0Goals for %9 for, 11 against
99.1PDO7.7% shooting + 91.4% saves
31Attempts 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
Richard Panik · Christian Dvorak · Clayton Keller11107:3749.052.86-3
Josh Archibald · Christian Dvorak · Lawson Crouse1338:4851.261.62-2
Michael Grabner · Christian Dvorak · Christian Fischer315:2846.733.00-0
Christian Dvorak · Christian Fischer · Clayton Keller414:5257.128.80-0

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
3.7Expected goalsfrom 34 unblocked attempts
-1.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.77 expected goals per 60 minutes54th
Shot quality 10.9% chance per attempt99th
Finishing -1.7 goals above expected37thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 426 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Expected 3.7Goals 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 6, 2019 vs WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:52
Apr 4, 2019 @ VGK W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 14:30
Apr 2, 2019 vs LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:55
Mar 31, 2019 vs MIN W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:45
Mar 29, 2019 @ COL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:37
Mar 26, 2019 vs CHI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:56
Mar 24, 2019 @ NYI L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:16
Mar 23, 2019 @ NJD L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:37
Mar 21, 2019 @ FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:07
Mar 18, 2019 @ TBL L 1-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:13
Mar 16, 2019 vs EDM L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 14:58
Mar 14, 2019 vs ANA W 6-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 16:09
Mar 12, 2019 @ STL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:11
Mar 11, 2019 @ CHI L 1-7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 17:21
Mar 9, 2019 vs LAK W 4-2 2 0 2 0 0 4 1 18:26
Mar 7, 2019 vs CGY W 2-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 14:31
Mar 5, 2019 vs ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:52
Mar 2, 2019 vs DET W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 15:58
Feb 28, 2019 vs VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:10
Feb 26, 2019 vs FLA W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -3 0 2 2 13:18