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Dante Fabbro

#15 · Defence · Columbus Blue Jackets

Born Jun 20, 1998 in Coquitlam, British Columbia, CAN (age 28) · 6'0", 202 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 17th overall in 2016 by NSH (round 1)

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.

Mario Ferraro SJS · 11 P in 72 GP Alexander Edler LAK · 11 P in 64 GP Jordan Oesterle DET · 11 P in 52 GP Michael Stone CGY · 11 P in 48 GP Scott Harrington ANA · 11 P in 45 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.

010202018-19: 1 points118-192019-20: 11 points1119-202020-21: 12 points1220-212021-22: 24 points2421-222022-23: 11 points1122-232023-24: 13 points1323-242024-25: 26 points2624-252025-26: 11 points1125-26

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 NSH 4 1 0 1 -1 0 5 3 0.25 $925K
2019-20 NSH 64 5 6 11 -7 38 92 54 0.17 $925K
2020-21 NSH 40 2 10 12 -1 23 59 32 0.30 $925K
2021-22 NSH 66 3 21 24 13 24 88 69 0.36 $2.4M
2022-23 NSH 79 2 9 11 -4 50 101 113 0.14 $2.4M
2023-24 NSH 56 3 10 13 9 24 65 45 0.23 $2.5M
2024-25 NSH 6 0 0 0 -3 0 7 1 0.00 $2.5M
2024-25 CBJ 62 9 17 26 23 40 82 66 0.42
2025-26 CBJ 74 5 6 11 -16 33 68 65 0.15 $4.125M
8 seasons Career 451 30 79 109 13 232 567 448 0.24

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2018-19 NSH 6 0 1 1 2 0 3 5 0.17
2019-20 NSH 4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 5 0.00
2021-22 NSH 4 0 0 0 -4 4 4 15 0.00
2023-24 NSH 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
4 seasons Playoffs 17 0 1 1 -3 6 10 25 0.06

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
79 2 9 11 -4 50 101 113 0.14 2.0 17:27

Contract

$2.4MCap hitends in 2023, then extended to 2024
$218KCap dollars per point11 points in 79 games
$730KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.7MValueworth 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 Nashville Predators on Aug 5, 2021, as a new contract: 2 years and $4.8M, beginning in 2021-22. It runs through 2022-23, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Nashville Predators on Mar 3, 2023, 1 year and $2.5M at $2.5M a season, beginning in 2023-24.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2021-22 $2.4M $2.4M $0 $2.4M
2022-23 $2.4M $2.4M $0 $2.4M

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
Jun 29, 2025 Columbus Blue Jackets Extension 2025-26 to 2028-29 4 $16.5M $4.125M
Mar 8, 2024 Nashville Predators Extension 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $2.5M $2.5M
Mar 3, 2023 Nashville Predators Extension not begun 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $2.5M $2.5M
Aug 5, 2021 Nashville Predators New contract 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $4.8M $2.4M
Mar 27, 2019 Nashville Predators Entry-level 2018-19 to 2020-21 3 $4.475M $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 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

0.0Goals above replacement514th of 696 skaters, 162nd of 235 defencemen
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.6Goals 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-4.3 9th percentileEven-strength defence+3.0 87th percentilePower play-0.1 40th percentilePenalty kill-0.6 17th percentilePenalties-2.6 4th 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.

-202468102018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

48.2Corsi for %1083 attempts for, 1162 against
+1.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.0Expected goals for %46.1 expected for, 49.8 against
+1.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
44.4Goals for %36 for, 45 against
98.6PDO6.1% shooting + 92.5% saves
190Attempts 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
Jeremy Lauzon · Dante Fabbro47311:3247.550.810-11
Roman Josi · Dante Fabbro57278:1452.850.312-9
Ryan McDonagh · Dante Fabbro42256:2343.143.96-14
Mattias Ekholm · Dante Fabbro39143:2749.651.44-3

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.4Expected goalsfrom 132 unblocked attempts
-2.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.15 expected goals per 60 minutes25th
Shot quality 2.6% chance per attempt16th
Finishing -2.4 goals above expected8thOne 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.

0123Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 3.4Goals 1

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 14, 2023 vs COL L 3-4 0 0 0 -4 2 2 2 21:10
Apr 13, 2023 vs MIN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:19
Apr 10, 2023 @ CGY W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 22:29
Apr 8, 2023 @ WPG L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 23:56
Apr 6, 2023 vs CAR W 3-0 1 0 1 2 0 2 3 21:33
Apr 4, 2023 vs VGK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 22:20
Apr 3, 2023 @ DAL L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 2 2 0 22:22
Apr 1, 2023 vs STL W 6-1 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 23:43
Mar 30, 2023 @ PIT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 20:46
Mar 28, 2023 @ BOS W 2-1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 22:37
Mar 26, 2023 vs TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:40
Mar 25, 2023 vs SEA L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 22:11
Mar 23, 2023 vs SEA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 23:05
Mar 21, 2023 @ BUF W 7-3 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 20:02
Mar 19, 2023 @ NYR L 0-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:55
Mar 18, 2023 vs WPG L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 20:05
Mar 16, 2023 vs CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 19:43
Mar 14, 2023 vs DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 18:22
Mar 12, 2023 @ ANA W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 19:10
Mar 11, 2023 @ LAK W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 18:46
Mar 9, 2023 @ ARI L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 16:15
Mar 6, 2023 @ VAN L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 20:47
Mar 4, 2023 @ CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:06
Mar 2, 2023 @ FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:42
Feb 28, 2023 vs PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 20:14
Feb 26, 2023 @ ARI W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 10:35
Feb 23, 2023 @ SJS W 6-2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 16:22
Feb 21, 2023 vs VAN W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 12:03
Feb 19, 2023 @ MIN L 3-4 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 14:52
Feb 18, 2023 vs FLA W 7-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:16
Feb 16, 2023 vs BOS L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 19:54
Feb 13, 2023 vs ARI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:59
Feb 11, 2023 @ PHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:50
Feb 7, 2023 vs VGK L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:45
Jan 26, 2023 vs NJD W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 14:31
Jan 24, 2023 vs WPG W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 15:49
Jan 21, 2023 vs LAK W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 14:26
Jan 19, 2023 @ STL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 16:29
Jan 17, 2023 vs CBJ W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 14:08
Jan 16, 2023 vs CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 14:11
Jan 14, 2023 vs BUF L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 16:28
Jan 12, 2023 @ MTL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:50
Jan 11, 2023 @ TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 14:03
Jan 9, 2023 @ OTT W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 15:28
Jan 6, 2023 @ WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14:16
Dec 31, 2022 @ VGK L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 13:57
Dec 30, 2022 @ ANA W 6-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 17:19
Dec 27, 2022 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 13:41
Dec 23, 2022 vs COL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 12:35
Dec 21, 2022 @ CHI W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 18:01
Dec 19, 2022 vs EDM W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:23
Dec 17, 2022 @ COL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21:27
Dec 15, 2022 @ WPG L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:26
Dec 13, 2022 vs EDM L 3-6 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 18:48
Dec 12, 2022 @ STL L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:05
Dec 10, 2022 vs OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21:08
Dec 8, 2022 @ TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:44
Dec 2, 2022 @ NYI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:55
Dec 1, 2022 @ NJD W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 14:19
Nov 29, 2022 vs ANA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:37
Nov 23, 2022 @ DET L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:12
Nov 21, 2022 vs ARI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 16:11
Nov 19, 2022 vs TBL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 10:36
Nov 17, 2022 vs NYI W 5-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 14:57
Nov 15, 2022 vs MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 18:51
Nov 12, 2022 vs NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16:36
Nov 10, 2022 @ COL L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 17:43
Nov 8, 2022 @ SEA L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:29
Nov 5, 2022 @ VAN W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 16:31
Nov 1, 2022 @ EDM L 4-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:57
Oct 29, 2022 vs WSH L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 13:43
Oct 27, 2022 vs STL W 6-2 0 0 0 1 4 3 2 16:24
Oct 22, 2022 vs PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 16:41
Oct 20, 2022 @ CBJ L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:01
Oct 18, 2022 vs LAK L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 17:40
Oct 15, 2022 @ DAL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 16:53
Oct 13, 2022 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:07
Oct 8, 2022 @ SJS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 14:37
Oct 7, 2022 vs SJS W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 16:14