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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 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Joel Armia MTL · 29 P in 81 GP Marcus Foligno MIN · 29 P in 77 GP Jeff Skinner EDM · 29 P in 72 GP Ross Colton COL · 29 P in 61 GP Victor Olofsson VGK · 29 P in 56 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

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
79 9 20 29 2 31 81 81 0.37 11.1 13:27

Contract

$2.25MCap hitends in 2026, then UFA
$78KCap dollars per point29 points in 79 games
$1.76MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.3 goals above replacement
$1.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$491KValueworth 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 698 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Vancouver Canucks on Jul 1, 2024, as a new contract: 2 years and $4.5M, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2025-26, with 1 season 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
2024-25 $2.25M $775K $1.725M $2.5M M-NTC
2025-26 $2.25M $775K $1.225M $2M 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
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 2024-25 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.

2024-25 analytics

Rating

+1.3Goals above replacement437th of 698 skaters, 291st of 456 forwards
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 456 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-0.5 46th percentileEven-strength defence-0.3 42nd percentilePower play-0.8 11th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 49th percentilePenalties-0.1 34th 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.

-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

49.3Corsi for %833 attempts for, 855 against
-0.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.4Expected goals for %34.3 expected for, 36.6 against
-0.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %37 for, 37 against
100.4PDO9.8% shooting + 90.6% saves
140Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 598 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
Teddy Blueger · Danton Heinen · Kiefer SherwoodVAN29179:0249.649.49-11
J.T. Miller · Danton Heinen · Brock BoeserVAN1453:1546.233.71-2
Evgeni Malkin · Danton Heinen · Philip TomasinoPIT1039:4644.038.43-1
Danton Heinen · Pius Suter · Kiefer SherwoodVAN1138:4252.558.72-1

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.

9Goalsnot counting empty-netters
9.8Expected goalsfrom 120 unblocked attempts
-0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.56 expected goals per 60 minutes18th
Shot quality 8.2% chance per attempt62nd
Finishing -0.8 goals above expected45thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 428 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 9.8Goals 9

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 17, 2025 vs WSH W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 16:18
Apr 13, 2025 vs BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:30
Apr 11, 2025 @ NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:24
Apr 8, 2025 vs CHI W 5-0 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 10:54
Apr 6, 2025 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:42
Apr 5, 2025 @ DAL W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 15:32
Apr 3, 2025 @ STL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:35
Mar 30, 2025 vs OTT W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10:52
Mar 27, 2025 @ BUF L 3-7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10:52
Mar 25, 2025 @ TBL L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:48
Mar 23, 2025 @ FLA L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:49
Mar 21, 2025 vs CBJ W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10:20
Mar 18, 2025 vs NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:01
Mar 15, 2025 vs NJD W 7-3 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 13:13
Mar 13, 2025 vs STL W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 17:03
Mar 11, 2025 vs VGK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:26
Mar 7, 2025 @ VGK L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 13:27
Mar 4, 2025 @ COL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:18
Mar 2, 2025 vs TOR L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 07:19
Mar 1, 2025 vs BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:45
Feb 27, 2025 vs PHI W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 11:49
Feb 25, 2025 @ PHI L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 3 11:02
Feb 23, 2025 vs NYR L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 14:34
Feb 22, 2025 vs WSH L 3-8 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 14:15
Feb 8, 2025 @ PHI L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 15:28
Feb 7, 2025 @ NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 14:08
Feb 4, 2025 vs NJD L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:48
Feb 1, 2025 vs NSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 12:42
Jan 31, 2025 @ DAL L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12:41
Jan 29, 2025 @ NSH W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:14
Jan 27, 2025 @ STL W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:34
Jan 25, 2025 vs WSH W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:19
Jan 23, 2025 @ EDM L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:52
Jan 21, 2025 vs BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 14:03
Jan 18, 2025 vs EDM W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 12:56
Jan 16, 2025 vs LAK L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:24
Jan 14, 2025 @ WPG L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:13
Jan 11, 2025 @ TOR W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16:30
Jan 10, 2025 @ CAR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:53
Jan 8, 2025 @ WSH L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:05
Jan 6, 2025 @ MTL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:08
Jan 3, 2025 vs NSH L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 14:18
Jan 2, 2025 @ SEA W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:25
Dec 31, 2024 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:11
Dec 28, 2024 vs SEA L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 13:50
Dec 23, 2024 vs SJS W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 17 0 0 09:30
Dec 21, 2024 vs OTT L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 13:35
Dec 19, 2024 @ VGK L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 15:08
Dec 18, 2024 @ UTA L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 13:40
Dec 16, 2024 vs COL W 3-1 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 13:22
Dec 14, 2024 vs BOS L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:40
Dec 12, 2024 vs FLA W 4-0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 16:46
Dec 10, 2024 vs STL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:47
Dec 8, 2024 vs TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:26
Dec 6, 2024 vs CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 11:51
Dec 3, 2024 @ MIN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:11
Dec 1, 2024 @ DET W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 13:10
Nov 29, 2024 @ BUF W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12:46
Nov 27, 2024 @ PIT L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:43
Nov 26, 2024 @ BOS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:53
Nov 23, 2024 @ OTT W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12:36
Nov 19, 2024 vs NYR L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 12:54
Nov 17, 2024 vs NSH L 3-5 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 13:01
Nov 16, 2024 vs CHI W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 14:27
Nov 14, 2024 vs NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:27
Nov 12, 2024 vs CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 15:10
Nov 9, 2024 vs EDM L 3-7 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 16:55
Nov 7, 2024 @ LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 15:41
Nov 5, 2024 @ ANA W 5-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 12:45
Nov 2, 2024 @ SJS W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:46
Oct 30, 2024 vs NJD L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 2 0 4 14:41
Oct 28, 2024 vs CAR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:10
Oct 26, 2024 vs PIT W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:41
Oct 22, 2024 @ CHI W 6-3 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 14:35
Oct 19, 2024 @ PHI W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 13:50
Oct 17, 2024 @ FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 10:03
Oct 15, 2024 @ TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:57
Oct 11, 2024 vs PHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:22
Oct 9, 2024 vs CGY L 5-6 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 14:00