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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 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alex Nylander CHI · 26 P in 65 GP Chandler Stephenson VGK · 26 P in 65 GP Ivan Barbashev STL · 26 P in 69 GP Barclay Goodrow TBL · 26 P in 70 GP Andrew Copp WPG · 26 P in 63 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

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
67 10 16 26 -2 10 109 35 0.39 9.2 14:28

Contract

$2.8MCap hitends in 2021
$108KCap dollars per point26 points in 67 games
$1.91MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.5 goals above replacement
$1.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$903KValueworth 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 Boston Bruins on Jul 9, 2019, as a new contract: 2 years and $5.6M, beginning in 2019-20. It runs through 2020-21, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2019-20 $2.8M $2.825M $0 $2.825M
2020-21 $2.8M $2.775M $0 $2.775M

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 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

Rating

+1.5Goals above replacement371st of 670 skaters, 262nd of 439 forwards
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.2Goals 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-1.6 25th percentileEven-strength defence+0.6 64th percentilePower play-0.5 15th percentilePenalty kill-0.4 9th percentilePenalties+0.7 67th 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

49.4Corsi for %709 attempts for, 727 against
-1.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.6Expected goals for %30.8 expected for, 28.9 against
+0.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
51.9Goals for %28 for, 26 against
100.3PDO7.1% shooting + 93.2% saves
142Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 583 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 lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
David Krejci · Danton Heinen · Jake DeBruskBOS18106:0741.641.03-5
Charlie Coyle · Danton Heinen · Anders BjorkBOS24102:4252.252.23-2
Ryan Getzlaf · Sonny Milano · Danton HeinenANA766:1152.256.12-4
Charlie Coyle · Brett Ritchie · Danton HeinenBOS1262:0754.248.42-0

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.

10Goalsnot counting empty-netters
11.9Expected goalsfrom 139 unblocked attempts
-1.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.74 expected goals per 60 minutes46th
Shot quality 8.6% chance per attempt69th
Finishing -1.9 goals above expected28thOne 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.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 11.9Goals 10

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
Mar 11, 2020 vs STL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:25
Mar 10, 2020 vs OTT W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 08:47
Mar 8, 2020 vs MIN L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 17:05
Mar 6, 2020 vs TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:54
Mar 4, 2020 @ COL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:15
Mar 3, 2020 @ CHI L 2-6 1 0 1 -2 0 4 0 16:00
Mar 1, 2020 vs NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 15:55
Feb 28, 2020 vs PIT W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 20:48
Feb 25, 2020 vs EDM W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 18:00
Feb 22, 2020 @ VAN L 3-9 0 0 0 -4 0 0 2 13:44
Feb 21, 2020 @ CGY W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:36
Feb 19, 2020 @ EDM W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:58
Feb 16, 2020 @ NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:42
Feb 15, 2020 vs DET W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 15:22
Feb 12, 2020 vs MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:08
Feb 9, 2020 @ DET L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12:02
Jan 31, 2020 @ WPG W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:20
Jan 21, 2020 vs VGK W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 10:38
Jan 19, 2020 @ PIT L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:20
Jan 16, 2020 vs PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 09:02
Jan 14, 2020 @ CBJ L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 16:28
Jan 13, 2020 @ PHI L 5-6 (SO) 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 12:48
Jan 11, 2020 @ NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 13:02
Jan 9, 2020 vs WPG W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 12:43
Jan 7, 2020 @ NSH W 6-2 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 11:17
Jan 4, 2020 vs EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 14:05
Jan 2, 2020 vs CBJ L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:08
Dec 29, 2019 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:21
Dec 27, 2019 @ BUF W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 16:22
Dec 23, 2019 vs WSH W 7-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:38
Dec 21, 2019 vs NSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:03
Dec 19, 2019 vs NYI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:33
Dec 17, 2019 vs LAK L 3-4 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 16:38
Dec 14, 2019 @ FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 13:32
Dec 12, 2019 @ TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 12:52
Dec 11, 2019 @ WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:01
Dec 9, 2019 @ OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 11:50
Dec 7, 2019 vs COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:46
Dec 5, 2019 vs CHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 6 2 19:36
Dec 3, 2019 vs CAR W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 16:44
Dec 1, 2019 vs MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 16:38
Nov 29, 2019 vs NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:50
Nov 27, 2019 @ OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:39
Nov 26, 2019 @ MTL W 8-1 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 12:58
Nov 23, 2019 vs MIN W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:00
Nov 21, 2019 vs BUF W 3-2 0 2 2 -1 0 1 0 15:02
Nov 19, 2019 @ NJD W 5-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 15:52
Nov 16, 2019 vs WSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 17:53
Nov 15, 2019 @ TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:02
Nov 12, 2019 vs FLA L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 20:27
Nov 10, 2019 vs PHI L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17:26
Nov 8, 2019 @ DET L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:42
Nov 5, 2019 @ MTL L 4-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 14:45
Nov 4, 2019 vs PIT W 6-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:56
Nov 2, 2019 vs OTT W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 16:34
Oct 29, 2019 vs SJS W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16:48
Oct 27, 2019 @ NYR W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:13
Oct 26, 2019 vs STL W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11:48
Oct 22, 2019 vs TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11:59
Oct 19, 2019 @ TOR L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 15:02
Oct 17, 2019 vs TBL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:33
Oct 14, 2019 vs ANA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:42
Oct 12, 2019 vs NJD W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:47
Oct 10, 2019 @ COL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:59
Oct 8, 2019 @ VGK W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:13
Oct 5, 2019 @ ARI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:32
Oct 3, 2019 @ DAL W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 16:41