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Thomas Chabot

#72 · Defence · Ottawa Senators

Born Jan 30, 1997 in Sainte-Marie, Quebec, CAN (age 29) · 6'2", 203 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 18th overall in 2015 by OTT (round 1)

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.

Brent Burns COL · 3 P in 5 GP Cole Hutson WSH · 3 P in 5 GP Dylan DeMelo WPG · 3 P in 5 GP Jakob Chychrun WSH · 3 P in 5 GP Josh Manson COL · 3 P in 5 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.

020402016-17: 0 points016-172017-18: 25 points2517-182018-19: 55 points5518-192019-20: 39 points3919-202020-21: 31 points3120-212021-22: 38 points3821-222022-23: 41 points4122-232023-24: 30 points3023-242024-25: 45 points4524-252025-26: 31 points3125-262026-27: 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 OTT 1 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 0.00 $894K
2017-18 OTT 63 9 16 25 -12 14 94 44 0.40 $863K
2018-19 OTT 70 14 41 55 -12 32 185 71 0.79 $863K
2019-20 OTT 71 6 33 39 -18 42 186 79 0.55 $863K
2020-21 OTT 49 6 25 31 -15 36 120 68 0.63 $8M
2021-22 OTT 59 7 31 38 -3 26 173 73 0.64 $8M
2022-23 OTT 68 11 30 41 -11 52 165 79 0.60 $8M
2023-24 OTT 51 9 21 30 -3 22 118 44 0.59 $8M
2024-25 OTT 80 9 36 45 17 24 179 58 0.56 $8M
2025-26 OTT 57 7 24 31 6 22 99 36 0.54 $8M
2026-27 OTT 5 1 2 3 4 4 15 3 0.60 $8M
11 seasons Career 574 79 259 338 -49 274 1335 556 0.59

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2024-25 OTT 6 1 3 4 1 2 11 8 0.67
2025-26 OTT 4 0 0 0 -6 2 8 2 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 10 1 3 4 -5 4 19 10 0.40

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
5 1 2 3 4 4 15 3 0.60 6.7 27:07

Contract

$8MCap hitends in 2028, then UFA
$2.667MCap dollars per point3 points in 5 games
$875KCap dollars per goal above replacement9.1 goals above replacement, projected
$9.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.6MValueworth 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 the whole season: the games played so far, plus the games left at the rate of the last three seasons and this one. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 652 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Ottawa Senators on Sep 19, 2019, as an extension of the contract he was on: 8 years and $64M, beginning in 2020-21. 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
2020-21 $8M $7M $0 $7M
2021-22 $8M $7M $0 $7M
2022-23 $8M $4M $0 $4M
2023-24 $8M $8M $0 $8M
2024-25 $8M $10M $0 $10M M-NTC
2025-26 $8M $10M $0 $10M M-NTC
2026-27 $8M $10M $0 $10M M-NTC
2027-28 $8M $8M $0 $8M 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
Sep 19, 2019 Ottawa Senators Extension 2020-21 to 2027-28 8 $64M $8M
Sep 30, 2015 Ottawa Senators Entry-level 2017-18 to 2019-20 signed for 2015-16, slid 3 $3.855M $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 5 games (+1.4 goals above replacement), plus the 63 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.

+9.1Goals above replacement81st of 652 skaters, 19th of 228 defencemen
+1.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+3.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 228 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+5.0 94th percentileEven-strength defence-0.8 36th percentilePower play-1.1 5th percentilePenalty kill+0.6 94th percentilePenalties+0.1 81st 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.

-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

51.2Corsi for %105 attempts for, 100 against
+8.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.6Expected goals for %5.4 expected for, 4.1 against
+16.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
63.6Goals for %7 for, 4 against
105.4PDO14.9% shooting + 90.5% saves
23Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 17 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Thomas Chabot · Jordan Spence569:5549.754.14-4
Thomas Chabot · Carter Yakemchuk513:5956.769.31-0
Thomas Chabot · Nikolas Matinpalo56:1150.045.70-0
Thomas Chabot · Tyler Kleven12:3666.70.00-0

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
0.8Expected goalsfrom 19 unblocked attempts
+0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.35 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 4.1% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +0.2 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 0.8

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 10, 2026 vs NSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 28:43
Oct 8, 2026 vs PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 29:19
Oct 6, 2026 @ DET L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 26:16
Oct 5, 2026 @ BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 24:13
Oct 3, 2026 @ TOR W 3-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 27:06