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Daniel Sprong

#10 · Right wing · New Jersey Devils

Born Mar 17, 1997 in Amsterdam, NLD · 6'0", 195 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 46th overall in 2015 by PIT (round 2)

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.

Max Sasson VAN · 7 P in 29 GP Colton Dach CHI · 7 P in 25 GP Klim Kostin SJS · 7 P in 35 GP Ethen Frank WSH · 7 P in 24 GP Calle Jarnkrok TOR · 7 P in 19 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.

0102030402015-16: 2 points215-162017-18: 3 points317-182018-19: 23 points2318-192019-20: 2 points219-202020-21: 20 points2020-212021-22: 20 points2021-222022-23: 46 points4622-232023-24: 43 points4323-242024-25: 7 points724-25

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 PIT 18 2 0 2 -1 0 23 14 0.11 $693K
2017-18 PIT 8 2 1 3 2 0 22 9 0.38 $693K
2018-19 PIT 16 0 4 4 -7 0 16 12 0.25 $750K
2018-19 ANA 47 14 5 19 -9 10 109 23 0.40
2019-20 ANA 8 1 1 2 -2 0 17 4 0.25 $750K
2020-21 WSH 42 13 7 20 7 12 74 28 0.48 $725K
2021-22 WSH 47 8 6 14 6 8 102 35 0.30 $725K
2021-22 SEA 16 6 0 6 -6 0 51 8 0.38
2022-23 SEA 66 21 25 46 13 14 147 33 0.70 $750K
2023-24 DET 76 18 25 43 -5 22 160 32 0.57 $2M
2024-25 VAN 9 1 2 3 -2 2 19 5 0.33 $975K
2024-25 SEA 10 1 1 2 1 0 12 6 0.20
2024-25 NJD 11 0 2 2 0 0 24 21 0.18
9 seasons Career 374 87 79 166 -3 68 776 230 0.44

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2020-21 WSH 3 0 1 1 0 4 11 2 0.33
2022-23 SEA 10 1 1 2 -3 0 20 15 0.20
2024-25 NJD 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0.00
3 seasons Playoffs 14 1 2 3 -4 4 31 19 0.21

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
30 2 5 7 -1 2 55 32 0.23 3.6 12:12

Contract

$975KCap hitends in 2025, then UFA
$139KCap dollars per point7 points in 30 games
-$424KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.4MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. 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 20, 2024, as a new contract: 1 year and $975K, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2024-25, 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
2024-25 $975K $775K $200K $975K

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 20, 2024 Vancouver Canucks New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $975K $975K
Jul 1, 2023 Detroit Red Wings New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $2M $2M
Oct 3, 2022 Seattle Kraken New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $750K $750K
Sep 18, 2020 Washington Capitals Extension 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $1.45M $725K
Jun 25, 2018 Pittsburgh Penguins Extension 2018-19 to 2019-20 2 $1.5M $750K
Aug 28, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins Entry-level 2015-16 to 2017-18 3 $2.775M $693K

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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-1.5Goals above replacement620th of 698 skaters, 416th of 456 forwards
-0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.5Goals 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-1.9 25th percentileEven-strength defence-0.4 40th percentilePower play-0.4 23rd percentilePenalty kill0.0 34th percentilePenalties+0.2 47th 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player.

-505102015-162018-192020-212022-232024-25Goals 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

51.4Corsi for %285 attempts for, 269 against
-0.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.5Expected goals for %9.2 expected for, 11.0 against
-7.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
52.2Goals for %12 for, 11 against
100.6PDO9.8% shooting + 90.8% saves
81Attempts 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 lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jaden Schwartz · Chandler Stephenson · Daniel SprongSEA432:2652.851.42-3
Daniel Sprong · Cody Glass · Paul CotterNJD322:0855.628.90-2
Yanni Gourde · Daniel Sprong · Brandon TanevSEA217:2446.734.80-0
Daniel Sprong · Pius Suter · Nils HoglanderVAN316:3546.445.81-1

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.6Expected goalsfrom 80 unblocked attempts
-1.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.60 expected goals per 60 minutes24th
Shot quality 4.5% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -1.6 goals above expected36thOne 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.

0123Game 20Expected 3.6Goals 2

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
Apr 16, 2025 vs DET L 2-5 0 1 1 -2 0 7 1 17:56
Apr 13, 2025 vs NYI L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 14:52
Apr 11, 2025 vs PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11:20
Apr 8, 2025 vs BOS L 2-7 0 1 1 -1 0 3 5 12:56
Apr 5, 2025 vs NYR W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:30
Mar 31, 2025 vs MIN W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11:03
Mar 29, 2025 @ MIN W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:52
Mar 22, 2025 vs OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 09:55
Mar 20, 2025 vs CGY L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 12:22
Mar 15, 2025 @ PIT L 3-7 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:10
Mar 9, 2025 @ PHI W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 11:24
Dec 28, 2024 @ VAN W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 10:12
Dec 21, 2024 @ VGK L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:16
Dec 19, 2024 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10:54
Dec 12, 2024 vs BOS W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:17
Nov 27, 2024 vs ANA L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 10:06
Nov 25, 2024 @ ANA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:20
Nov 23, 2024 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 18:36
Nov 20, 2024 vs NSH W 3-0 1 0 1 2 0 6 0 14:10
Nov 17, 2024 vs NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:55
Nov 16, 2024 vs NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:55
Nov 7, 2024 @ LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 09:32
Nov 5, 2024 @ ANA W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 13:22
Nov 2, 2024 @ SJS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:38
Oct 30, 2024 vs NJD L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 15:19
Oct 28, 2024 vs CAR L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 12:27
Oct 26, 2024 vs PIT W 4-3 0 1 1 1 2 3 3 10:37
Oct 19, 2024 @ PHI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 11:41
Oct 11, 2024 vs PHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:11
Oct 9, 2024 vs CGY L 5-6 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 13:07