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Danton Heinen

#58 · Left wing · Columbus Blue Jackets

Born Jul 5, 1995 in Langley, British Columbia, CAN (age 31) · 6'2", 190 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 116th overall in 2014 by BOS (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

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

T.J. Oshie WSH · 47 P in 74 GP Travis Konecny PHI · 47 P in 81 GP Alex Killorn TBL · 47 P in 82 GP Mika Zibanejad NYR · 47 P in 72 GP Patrick Marleau TOR · 47 P in 82 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.

0102030402016-17: 0 points016-172017-18: 47 points4717-182018-19: 34 points3418-192019-20: 26 points2619-202020-21: 14 points1420-212021-22: 33 points3321-222022-23: 22 points2222-232023-24: 36 points3623-242024-25: 29 points2924-252025-26: 12 points1225-262026-27: 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
2016-17 BOS 8 0 0 0 -3 2 7 6 0.00 $873K
2017-18 BOS 77 16 31 47 10 16 135 45 0.61 $873K
2018-19 BOS 77 11 23 34 13 16 114 54 0.44 $873K
2019-20 BOS 58 7 15 22 3 8 90 33 0.38 $2.8M
2019-20 ANA 9 3 1 4 -5 2 19 2 0.44
2020-21 ANA 43 7 7 14 -9 0 76 32 0.33 $2.8M
2021-22 PIT 76 18 15 33 6 16 138 66 0.43 $1.1M
2022-23 PIT 65 8 14 22 -5 12 96 76 0.34 $1M
2023-24 BOS 74 17 19 36 16 28 119 83 0.49 $775K
2024-25 VAN 51 6 12 18 -1 31 44 50 0.35 $2.25M
2024-25 PIT 28 3 8 11 3 0 37 31 0.39
2025-26 PIT 13 1 1 2 1 8 14 16 0.15 $2.25M
2025-26 CBJ 33 5 5 10 6 8 30 38 0.30
2026-27 CBJ 4 0 0 0 -2 0 6 3 0.00 $1M
11 seasons Career 616 102 151 253 33 147 925 535 0.41

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2017-18 BOS 9 1 0 1 -1 2 8 4 0.11
2018-19 BOS 24 2 6 8 7 2 32 24 0.33
2021-22 PIT 7 3 0 3 -1 4 18 12 0.43
2023-24 BOS 8 0 1 1 0 0 10 12 0.13
4 seasons Playoffs 48 6 7 13 5 8 68 52 0.27

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
77 16 31 47 10 16 135 45 0.61 11.9 15:01

Contract

$873KCap hitends in 2019
$19KCap dollars per point47 points in 77 games
$98KCap dollars per goal above replacement8.9 goals above replacement
$6.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$5.4MValueworth 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

Signed by the Boston Bruins on Apr 11, 2016, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.988M, beginning in 2016-17. It runs through 2018-19, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2016-17 $873K $675K $93K $158K $768K
2017-18 $873K $833K $93K $925K
2018-19 $873K $833K $93K $213K $925K

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
Jul 22, 2026 Columbus Blue Jackets New contract (two-way) 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $1M $1M
Jul 1, 2024 Vancouver Canucks New contract 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $4.5M $2.25M
Oct 30, 2023 Boston Bruins New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Jul 27, 2022 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $1M $1M
Jul 29, 2021 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $1.1M $1.1M
Jul 9, 2019 Boston Bruins New contract 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $5.6M $2.8M
Apr 11, 2016 Boston Bruins Entry-level 2016-17 to 2018-19 3 $2.988M $873K

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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+8.9Goals above replacement92nd of 691 skaters, 68th of 451 forwards
+1.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+5.7Goals 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+1.2 68th percentileEven-strength defence+4.6 99th percentilePower play-0.9 9th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 27th percentilePenalties+0.9 73rd 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.

-202468102016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

55.1Corsi for %942 attempts for, 769 against
+1.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
59.7Expected goals for %39.4 expected for, 26.6 against
+7.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
61.4Goals for %43 for, 27 against
101.8PDO8.5% shooting + 93.2% saves
188Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 600 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
David Backes · Riley Nash · Danton Heinen37334:1956.261.215-12
Patrice Bergeron · David Pastrnak · Danton Heinen19112:2753.651.24-2
Sean Kuraly · Tim Schaller · Danton Heinen1060:1658.173.23-2
David Krejci · Ryan Donato · Danton Heinen638:3255.755.12-2

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.

16Goalsnot counting empty-netters
13.3Expected goalsfrom 178 unblocked attempts
+2.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.69 expected goals per 60 minutes44th
Shot quality 7.5% chance per attempt49th
Finishing +2.7 goals above expected75thOne 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.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 16Expected 13.3

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 8, 2018 vs FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 10:52
Apr 7, 2018 vs OTT W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 11:42
Apr 5, 2018 @ FLA L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 13:54
Apr 3, 2018 @ TBL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 14:21
Apr 1, 2018 @ PHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 13:55
Mar 31, 2018 vs FLA W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:08
Mar 29, 2018 vs TBL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:46
Mar 27, 2018 @ WPG L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 1 1 13:24
Mar 25, 2018 @ MIN W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:43
Mar 23, 2018 @ DAL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:53
Mar 21, 2018 @ STL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 15:17
Mar 19, 2018 vs CBJ L 4-5 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 16:52
Mar 17, 2018 @ TBL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:59
Mar 15, 2018 @ FLA L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 15:23
Mar 13, 2018 @ CAR W 6-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 10:02
Mar 11, 2018 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:20
Mar 10, 2018 vs CHI W 7-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:03
Mar 8, 2018 vs PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 12:30
Mar 6, 2018 vs DET W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12:26
Mar 3, 2018 vs MTL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:35
Feb 27, 2018 vs CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:25
Feb 25, 2018 @ BUF L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:10
Feb 24, 2018 @ TOR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:09
Feb 20, 2018 @ EDM W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 16:04
Feb 19, 2018 @ CGY W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 14:17
Feb 17, 2018 @ VAN L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 16:26
Feb 13, 2018 vs CGY W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 10:45
Feb 11, 2018 @ NJD W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:04
Feb 10, 2018 vs BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:12
Feb 7, 2018 @ NYR W 6-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 15:04
Feb 6, 2018 @ DET W 3-2 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 19:51
Feb 3, 2018 vs TOR W 4-1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 16:35
Feb 1, 2018 vs STL W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 17:04
Jan 30, 2018 vs ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 18:17
Jan 25, 2018 @ OTT W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 15:27
Jan 23, 2018 vs NJD W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 13:41
Jan 20, 2018 @ MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 15:20
Jan 18, 2018 @ NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:14
Jan 17, 2018 vs MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 16:26
Jan 15, 2018 vs DAL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:06
Jan 13, 2018 @ MTL W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 16:19
Jan 7, 2018 @ PIT L 5-6 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 13:43
Jan 6, 2018 vs CAR W 7-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 14:46
Jan 2, 2018 @ NYI W 5-1 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 16:35
Dec 30, 2017 @ OTT W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:16
Dec 28, 2017 @ WSH L 3-4 (SO) 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 18:30
Dec 27, 2017 vs OTT W 5-1 1 1 2 4 0 3 0 15:55
Dec 23, 2017 vs DET W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:54
Dec 21, 2017 vs WPG W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 20:11
Dec 19, 2017 @ BUF W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 16:12
Dec 18, 2017 vs CBJ W 7-2 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 13:15
Dec 16, 2017 vs NYR L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 15:25
Dec 14, 2017 vs WSH L 3-5 0 2 2 -1 0 2 0 15:33
Dec 13, 2017 @ DET W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:24
Dec 9, 2017 vs NYI W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 18:29
Dec 7, 2017 vs ARI W 6-1 1 0 1 3 0 3 0 19:25
Dec 4, 2017 @ NSH L 3-5 0 1 1 -2 0 0 2 16:49
Dec 2, 2017 @ PHI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:14
Nov 29, 2017 vs TBL W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 17:04
Nov 26, 2017 vs EDM L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 19:48
Nov 24, 2017 vs PIT W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 22:03
Nov 22, 2017 @ NJD W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 20:14
Nov 18, 2017 @ SJS W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 15:27
Nov 16, 2017 @ LAK W 2-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 17:13
Nov 15, 2017 @ ANA L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 14:26
Nov 11, 2017 vs TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:39
Nov 10, 2017 @ TOR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 14:11
Nov 8, 2017 @ NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 18:28
Nov 6, 2017 vs MIN W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 17:36
Nov 4, 2017 vs WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:16
Nov 2, 2017 vs VGK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:55
Oct 30, 2017 @ CBJ L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 13:34
Oct 28, 2017 vs LAK L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:44
Oct 26, 2017 vs SJS W 2-1 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 08:39
Oct 15, 2017 @ VGK L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:44
Oct 14, 2017 @ ARI W 6-2 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 15:41
Oct 11, 2017 @ COL L 3-6 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 09:23