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Colton White

#45 · Defence · Columbus Blue Jackets

Born May 3, 1997 in London, Ontario, CAN (age 29) · 6'1", 187 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 97th overall in 2015 by NJD (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alex Goligoski MIN · 6 P in 46 GP Chris Wideman MTL · 6 P in 46 GP Ben Harpur NYR · 6 P in 42 GP Daniil Miromanov VGK · 6 P in 14 GP Jake Bean CBJ · 6 P in 14 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.

02462018-19: 0 points018-192019-20: 0 points019-202020-21: 0 points020-212021-22: 4 points421-222022-23: 6 points622-232025-26: 4 points425-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2018-19 NJD 3 0 0 0 -2 2 1 2 0.00 $728K
2019-20 NJD 6 0 0 0 -2 4 2 3 0.00 $728K
2020-21 NJD 2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 0.00 $700K
2021-22 NJD 27 0 4 4 2 8 18 24 0.15 $750K
2022-23 ANA 46 0 6 6 -17 8 30 34 0.13 $763K
2025-26 NJD 23 0 4 4 2 2 14 23 0.17 $775K
6 seasons Career 107 0 14 14 -18 24 68 88 0.13

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
46 0 6 6 -17 8 30 34 0.13 0.0 14:32

Contract

$763KCap hitends in 2024, then UFA
$127KCap dollars per point6 points in 46 games
-$505KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.3MValueworth 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 695 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Anaheim Ducks on Jul 14, 2022, as a new contract: 2 years and $1.525M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2023-24, 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
2022-23 $763K $750K $0 $750K
2023-24 $763K $775K $0 $775K

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 6, 2026 Columbus Blue Jackets New contract (two-way) 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $1.75M $875K
Jul 1, 2024 New Jersey Devils New contract 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $1.55M $775K
Jul 14, 2022 Anaheim Ducks New contract 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $1.525M $763K
Jul 14, 2021 New Jersey Devils Extension 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $750K $750K
Oct 29, 2020 New Jersey Devils New contract 2020-21 to 2020-21 1 $700K $700K
Sep 21, 2016 New Jersey Devils Entry-level 2017-18 to 2019-20 signed for 2016-17, slid 3 $2.775M $728K

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 2022-23 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.

2022-23 analytics

Rating

-1.7Goals above replacement601st of 696 skaters, 188th of 235 defencemen
-0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 235 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-3.0 22nd percentileEven-strength defence-0.8 37th percentilePower play-0.1 55th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 42nd percentilePenalties-0.1 73rd 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. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-2-1012018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232025-26Goals 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

40.6Corsi for %436 attempts for, 637 against
-3.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
36.9Expected goals for %18.7 expected for, 31.9 against
-3.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
38.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
37.7Goals for %20 for, 33 against
98.7PDO8.4% shooting + 90.2% saves
55Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 613 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
Nathan Beaulieu · Colton White24233:4437.935.28-15
Colton White · Simon Benoit2880:5637.037.53-3
Kevin Shattenkirk · Colton White2271:3942.438.04-3
Cam Fowler · Colton White3260:5641.835.71-3

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. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.5Expected goalsfrom 39 unblocked attempts
-1.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.13 expected goals per 60 minutes18th
Shot quality 3.8% chance per attempt70th
Finishing -1.5 goals above expected19thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 233 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Game 20Game 40Expected 1.5Goals 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
Apr 13, 2023 vs LAK L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16:58
Apr 9, 2023 vs COL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 17:43
Apr 8, 2023 @ ARI L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17:05
Apr 5, 2023 vs EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:52
Apr 2, 2023 @ CGY L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 14:39
Apr 1, 2023 @ EDM L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 13:15
Mar 30, 2023 @ SEA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:04
Mar 27, 2023 vs COL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:23
Mar 25, 2023 vs STL L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 14:43
Mar 23, 2023 vs WPG L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 15:14
Mar 21, 2023 vs CGY L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:16
Mar 19, 2023 vs VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:42
Mar 17, 2023 vs CBJ W 7-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 17:46
Mar 15, 2023 vs NYI L 3-6 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 15:16
Mar 12, 2023 vs NSH L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 16:47
Mar 10, 2023 @ CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:01
Mar 8, 2023 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:39
Mar 7, 2023 @ SEA L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:31
Mar 3, 2023 vs MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:50
Mar 1, 2023 vs WSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 12:51
Feb 23, 2023 @ WSH W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:23
Feb 21, 2023 @ TBL L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 18:20
Feb 17, 2023 vs LAK L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:00
Feb 12, 2023 @ VGK L 2-7 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 13:50
Feb 10, 2023 vs PIT L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:11
Feb 7, 2023 @ CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 17:52
Jan 26, 2023 @ COL W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 13:42
Jan 24, 2023 @ ARI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:10
Jan 8, 2023 vs BOS L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:39
Jan 6, 2023 vs SJS W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 12:20
Dec 17, 2022 @ EDM W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:24
Dec 13, 2022 @ TOR L 0-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 14:20
Dec 6, 2022 vs CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:46
Dec 4, 2022 @ WPG L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10:06
Nov 29, 2022 @ NSH L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 20:14
Nov 27, 2022 vs SEA L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:58
Nov 25, 2022 vs OTT L 1-5 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 14:20
Nov 23, 2022 vs NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 12:28
Nov 21, 2022 @ STL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:32
Nov 19, 2022 @ STL L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 15:17
Nov 17, 2022 @ WPG L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13:37
Nov 15, 2022 vs DET W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10:51
Nov 12, 2022 vs CHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:53
Nov 5, 2022 @ SJS W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:26
Oct 30, 2022 vs TOR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:31
Oct 17, 2022 @ NYR L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:38