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John Marino

#6 · Defence · Utah Mammoth

Born May 21, 1997 in North Easton, Massachusetts, USA (age 29) · 6'1", 200 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 154th overall in 2015 by EDM (round 6)

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.

Artyom Levshunov CHI · 1 P in 5 GP Chris Tanev TOR · 1 P in 5 GP Connor Clifton BOS · 1 P in 5 GP Elias Pettersson VAN · 1 P in 5 GP Jalen Chatfield CAR · 1 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.

01020302019-20: 26 points2619-202020-21: 13 points1320-212021-22: 25 points2521-222022-23: 18 points1822-232023-24: 25 points2523-242024-25: 14 points1424-252025-26: 36 points3625-262026-27: 1 points126-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2019-20 PIT 56 6 20 26 17 20 61 72 0.46 $925K
2020-21 PIT 52 3 10 13 5 8 56 48 0.25 $925K
2021-22 PIT 81 1 24 25 1 23 90 73 0.31 $4.4M
2022-23 NJD 64 4 14 18 21 20 67 44 0.28 $4.4M
2023-24 NJD 75 4 21 25 -6 41 57 39 0.33 $4.4M
2024-25 UTA 35 1 13 14 1 2 30 9 0.40 $4.4M
2025-26 UTA 80 4 32 36 42 16 55 28 0.45 $4.4M
2026-27 UTA 5 0 1 1 -1 2 3 0 0.20 $4.4M
8 seasons Career 448 23 135 158 80 132 419 313 0.35

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 PIT 4 0 1 1 -1 2 10 1 0.25
2020-21 PIT 6 0 0 0 -1 6 6 3 0.00
2021-22 PIT 7 0 1 1 2 2 8 4 0.14
2022-23 NJD 12 0 4 4 -1 0 8 3 0.33
2025-26 UTA 6 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 0.17
5 seasons Playoffs 35 1 6 7 -1 10 36 13 0.20

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
5 0 1 1 -1 2 3 0 0.20 0.0 20:20

Contract

$4.4MCap hitends in 2027, then extended to 2035
$4.4MCap dollars per point1 points in 5 games
$2.481MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.8 goals above replacement, projected
$2.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.9MValueworth 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 648 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Pittsburgh Penguins on Jan 3, 2021, as an extension of the contract he was on: 6 years and $26.4M, beginning in 2021-22. It runs through 2026-27, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Utah Mammoth on Jul 21, 2026, 8 years and $54M at $6.75M a season, beginning in 2027-28.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2021-22 $4.4M $1.75M $0 $1.75M
2022-23 $4.4M $3.5M $0 $3.5M
2023-24 $4.4M $5.25M $0 $5.25M
2024-25 $4.4M $6.15M $0 $6.15M M-NTC
2025-26 $4.4M $5.3M $0 $5.3M M-NTC
2026-27 $4.4M $4.45M $0 $4.45M 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, 2026 Utah Mammoth Extension not begun 2027-28 to 2034-35 8 $54M $6.75M
Jan 3, 2021 Pittsburgh Penguins Extension 2021-22 to 2026-27 6 $26.4M $4.4M
Aug 8, 2019 Pittsburgh Penguins Entry-level 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $3.55M $925K

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 (-0.5 goals above replacement), plus the 64 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.

+1.8Goals above replacement370th of 648 skaters, 104th of 225 defencemen
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.7Goals 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-2.4 23rd percentileEven-strength defence-0.4 46th percentilePower play-0.2 38th percentilePenalty kill-0.3 16th percentilePenalties+0.6 90th 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.

02468102019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

53.8Corsi for %86 attempts for, 74 against
-5.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.8Expected goals for %4.1 expected for, 4.0 against
-8.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
42.9Goals for %3 for, 4 against
95.9PDO7.3% shooting + 88.6% saves
8Attempts 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
Nate Schmidt · John Marino566:4156.050.32-4
John Marino · Dmitri Simashev49:3836.444.51-0
John Marino · Mikhail Sergachev34:4036.457.40-0
MacKenzie Weegar · John Marino32:48100.0100.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.1Expected goalsfrom 5 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.08 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 2.6% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.1 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.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.1Goals 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 8, 2026 @ BOS L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:33
Oct 6, 2026 @ NJD W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:13
Oct 4, 2026 @ NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 21:07
Oct 3, 2026 @ CBJ W 4-1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 20:27
Oct 1, 2026 vs CHI W 6-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 21:22