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Dylan Strome

#17 · Centre · Washington Capitals

Born Mar 7, 1997 in Mississauga, Ontario, CAN (age 29) · 6'4", 200 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 3rd overall in 2015 by ARI (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

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

Alex Laferriere LAK · 3 P in 3 GP Alex Tuch WSH · 3 P in 3 GP Artemi Panarin LAK · 3 P in 3 GP Bo Horvat NYI · 3 P in 3 GP Brandon Hagel TBL · 3 P in 3 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.

0204060802016-17: 1 points116-172017-18: 9 points917-182018-19: 57 points5718-192019-20: 38 points3819-202020-21: 17 points1720-212021-22: 48 points4821-222022-23: 65 points6522-232023-24: 67 points6723-242024-25: 82 points8224-252025-26: 58 points5825-262026-27: 3 points326-27

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 7 0 1 1 -5 0 6 3 0.14 $894K
2017-18 ARI 21 4 5 9 4 8 30 7 0.43 $863K
2018-19 ARI 20 3 3 6 -10 6 40 2 0.30 $863K
2018-19 CHI 58 17 34 51 2 14 105 11 0.88
2019-20 CHI 58 12 26 38 1 16 97 23 0.66 $863K
2020-21 CHI 40 9 8 17 -16 14 71 8 0.43 $3M
2021-22 CHI 69 22 26 48 -6 28 126 11 0.70 $3M
2022-23 WSH 81 23 42 65 -4 24 154 20 0.80 $3.5M
2023-24 WSH 82 27 40 67 -13 22 169 12 0.82 $5M
2024-25 WSH 82 29 53 82 2 34 149 23 1.00 $5M
2025-26 WSH 80 19 39 58 2 46 143 11 0.73 $5M
2026-27 WSH 3 0 3 3 0 0 4 2 1.00 $5M
11 seasons Career 601 165 280 445 -43 212 1094 133 0.74

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 CHI 9 2 1 3 -3 2 10 4 0.33
2023-24 WSH 4 1 1 2 -1 0 10 6 0.50
2024-25 WSH 10 2 9 11 0 2 15 5 1.10
3 seasons Playoffs 23 5 11 16 -4 4 35 15 0.70

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
3 0 3 3 0 0 4 2 1.00 0.0 14:55

Contract

$5MCap hitends in 2028, then UFA
$1.667MCap dollars per point3 points in 3 games
$1.342MCap dollars per goal above replacement3.7 goals above replacement, projected
$4.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$631KValueworth less cap hit

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 Washington Capitals on Feb 3, 2023, as an extension of the contract he was on: 5 years and $25M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2027-28, 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
2023-24 $5M $4.5M $2M $6.5M
2024-25 $5M $4M $2M $6M
2025-26 $5M $2.5M $2M $4.5M
2026-27 $5M $2M $2M $4M
2027-28 $5M $2M $2M $4M

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
Feb 3, 2023 Washington Capitals Extension 2023-24 to 2027-28 5 $25M $5M
Jul 14, 2022 Washington Capitals New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $3.5M $3.5M
Jan 3, 2021 Chicago Blackhawks New contract 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $6M $3M
Jul 6, 2015 Arizona Coyotes Entry-level 2017-18 to 2019-20 signed for 2015-16, slid 3 $10.2M $863K

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 3 games (+0.3 goals above replacement), plus the 80 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.

+3.7Goals above replacement245th of 647 skaters, 175th of 422 forwards
+0.6Wins 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 422 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+3.1 80th percentileEven-strength defence-4.9 2nd percentilePower play+1.9 93rd percentilePenalty kill+0.0 64th percentilePenalties-0.5 14th 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.

-50510152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

35.2Corsi for %25 attempts for, 46 against
-16.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.3Expected goals for %1.6 expected for, 2.2 against
-12.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
33.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
66.7Goals for %2 for, 1 against
115.2PDO20.0% shooting + 95.2% saves
3Attempts 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
Alex Ovechkin · Dylan Strome · Ryan Leonard213:4429.726.71-0
Alex Ovechkin · Dylan Strome · Anthony Beauvillier16:1340.046.11-0
Dylan Strome · Anthony Beauvillier · Ryan Leonard21:510.00.00-0
Alex Ovechkin · Dylan Strome · Jordan Kyrou21:010.00.00-1

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.9Expected goalsfrom 6 unblocked attempts
-0.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.22 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 15.1% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.9 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

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

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.9Goals 0

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 7, 2026 vs PIT W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 13:31
Oct 3, 2026 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:02
Oct 2, 2026 @ CAR W 5-2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 13:11