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Vince Dunn

#29 · Defence · Seattle Kraken

Born Oct 29, 1996 in Mississauga, Ontario, CAN (age 29) · 6'0", 200 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 56th overall in 2015 by STL (round 2)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2018-19

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brayden McNabb VGK · 4 P in 4 GP Declan Carlile PIT · 4 P in 4 GP Erik Karlsson PIT · 4 P in 4 GP Kaedan Korczak PIT · 4 P in 4 GP Samuel Girard PIT · 4 P in 4 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.

02040602017-18: 24 points2417-182018-19: 35 points3518-192019-20: 23 points2319-202020-21: 20 points2020-212021-22: 35 points3521-222022-23: 64 points6422-232023-24: 46 points4623-242024-25: 39 points3924-252025-26: 44 points4425-262026-27: 4 points426-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2017-18 STL 75 5 19 24 1 20 138 29 0.32 $723K
2018-19 STL 78 12 23 35 14 45 150 48 0.45 $723K
2019-20 STL 71 9 14 23 15 27 138 50 0.32 $723K
2020-21 STL 43 6 14 20 -8 18 73 36 0.47 $1.875M
2021-22 SEA 73 7 28 35 -21 63 121 76 0.48 $4M
2022-23 SEA 81 14 50 64 28 55 149 115 0.79 $4M
2023-24 SEA 59 11 35 46 8 78 120 39 0.78 $7.35M
2024-25 SEA 62 11 28 39 -3 33 137 29 0.63 $7.35M
2025-26 SEA 81 11 33 44 -24 54 179 27 0.54 $7.35M
2026-27 SEA 4 1 3 4 0 6 4 3 1.00 $7.35M
10 seasons Career 627 87 247 334 10 399 1209 452 0.53

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2018-19 STL 20 2 6 8 -5 8 31 14 0.40
2019-20 STL 6 0 2 2 1 4 10 7 0.33
2022-23 SEA 14 1 6 7 2 22 27 24 0.50
3 seasons Playoffs 40 3 14 17 -2 34 68 45 0.43

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
4 1 3 4 0 6 4 3 1.00 25.0 21:46

Contract

$7.35MCap hitends in 2027, then UFA
$1.838MCap dollars per point4 points in 4 games
$2.955MCap dollars per goal above replacement2.5 goals above replacement, projected
$3.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$4.2MValueworth 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. The season is still being played, so each rating is projected over all of it: what the player has done so far, plus the games left at a rate taken from his last three seasons and this one. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 647 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Seattle Kraken on Jul 21, 2023, as a new contract: 4 years and $29.4M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2026-27, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $7.35M $9M $0 $9M
2024-25 $7.35M $8M $0 $8M NTC
2025-26 $7.35M $7M $0 $7M M-NTC
2026-27 $7.35M $5.4M $0 $5.4M 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 21, 2023 Seattle Kraken New contract 2023-24 to 2026-27 4 $29.4M $7.35M
Aug 6, 2021 Seattle Kraken New contract 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $8M $4M
Dec 31, 2020 St. Louis Blues New contract 2020-21 to 2020-21 1 $1.875M $1.875M
Sep 24, 2015 St. Louis Blues Entry-level 2017-18 to 2019-20 signed for 2015-16, slid 3 $2.775M $723K

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 2026-27 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.

2026-27 analytics

Rating, projected over the full season

2026-27 is still being played, so these are a projection of his whole season, not a count so far: what he has done in 4 games (-0.3 goals above replacement), plus the 70 more he is taken to play, going by how much of his team's games he has played before, at a rate set by his last three seasons and this one. The more he plays, the more this season counts, and by the last game it is simply his season.

+2.5Goals above replacement325th of 647 skaters, 89th of 225 defencemen
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 225 ranked defencemen: 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+2.3 85th percentileEven-strength defence-4.3 3rd percentilePower play-0.2 30th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 60th percentilePenalties-0.7 40th 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 defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance.

-50510152017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

37.7Corsi for %61 attempts for, 101 against
-10.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.3Expected goals for %3.0 expected for, 3.9 against
-10.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
39.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
60.0Goals for %3 for, 2 against
104.9PDO9.7% shooting + 95.2% saves
7Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Adam Larsson · Vince Dunn458:4736.639.63-1
Vince Dunn · Cale Fleury24:4933.3100.00-0
Vince Dunn · Ryker Evans13:5242.943.50-1
Brandon Montour · Vince Dunn43:3960.075.80-0

The pairs 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 pairs 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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.3Expected goalsfrom 5 unblocked attempts
+0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.17 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 5.0% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +0.7 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 0 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.3

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. 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
Oct 6, 2026 vs VGK L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 24:01
Oct 4, 2026 vs CGY W 6-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 18:34
Oct 3, 2026 @ EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 4 1 1 23:50
Oct 1, 2026 @ CGY W 6-1 1 2 3 1 0 2 2 20:37