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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 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Johnathan Kovacevic MTL · 13 P in 62 GP Justin Barron MTL · 13 P in 48 GP Erik Cernak TBL · 13 P in 69 GP Brett Pesce CAR · 13 P in 70 GP Mason Lohrei BOS · 13 P in 41 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

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
56 3 10 13 9 24 65 45 0.23 4.6 16:21

Contract

$2.5MCap hitends in 2024, then extended to 2025
$192KCap dollars per point13 points in 56 games
$1.206MCap dollars per goal above replacement2.1 goals above replacement
$2.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$194KValueworth 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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 718 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Nashville Predators on Mar 3, 2023, as an extension of the contract he was on: 1 year and $2.5M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2023-24, 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 8, 2024, 1 year and $2.5M at $2.5M a season, beginning in 2024-25.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $2.5M $2.5M $0 $2.5M

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 not begun 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $2.5M $2.5M
Mar 3, 2023 Nashville Predators Extension 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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+2.1Goals above replacement357th of 721 skaters, 102nd of 252 defencemen
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 252 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 offence0.0 70th percentileEven-strength defence-0.3 47th percentilePower play-0.1 38th percentilePenalty kill+0.5 86th percentilePenalties-1.1 32nd 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.

-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

50.8Corsi for %845 attempts for, 817 against
-1.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.9Expected goals for %37.7 expected for, 32.3 against
+0.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
54.3Goals for %38 for, 32 against
101.3PDO9.1% shooting + 92.1% saves
133Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 616 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
Roman Josi · Dante Fabbro54598:0652.154.932-22
Jeremy Lauzon · Dante Fabbro40112:5049.052.22-8
Ryan McDonagh · Dante Fabbro3242:1753.557.32-1
Dante Fabbro · Spencer Stastney916:3240.043.81-0

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.4Expected goalsfrom 96 unblocked attempts
+0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.16 expected goals per 60 minutes37th
Shot quality 2.5% chance per attempt22nd
Finishing +0.6 goals above expected65thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 250 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Game 40Goals 3Expected 2.4

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 15, 2024 @ PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:25
Apr 12, 2024 @ CHI W 5-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 17:06
Mar 30, 2024 @ COL L 4-7 1 0 1 -2 0 6 1 18:18
Mar 10, 2024 @ MIN L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:28
Mar 9, 2024 @ CBJ W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:49
Mar 7, 2024 vs BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:46
Mar 5, 2024 vs MTL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:02
Mar 2, 2024 vs COL W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:27
Feb 29, 2024 vs MIN W 6-1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 17:10
Feb 27, 2024 vs OTT W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 16:28
Feb 25, 2024 @ ANA W 4-2 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 14:39
Feb 24, 2024 @ SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 15:46
Feb 22, 2024 @ LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:35
Feb 20, 2024 @ VGK W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 13:08
Feb 17, 2024 @ STL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 17:09
Jan 31, 2024 vs LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 11:27
Jan 29, 2024 @ OTT L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 17:12
Jan 27, 2024 @ EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:42
Jan 25, 2024 @ MIN W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:42
Jan 22, 2024 vs FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:37
Jan 18, 2024 @ LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 14:47
Jan 15, 2024 @ VGK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:50
Jan 13, 2024 vs NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:11
Jan 12, 2024 @ DAL W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:10
Jan 9, 2024 vs ANA L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:39
Jan 6, 2024 @ DAL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:03
Jan 4, 2024 vs CGY L 3-6 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 14:58
Jan 2, 2024 vs CHI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:13
Dec 30, 2023 @ WSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18:17
Dec 29, 2023 @ DET L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 17:22
Dec 27, 2023 vs CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 16:51
Dec 21, 2023 @ PHI W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 13:03
Dec 12, 2023 vs PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 15:59
Dec 10, 2023 @ MTL W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 4 18:09
Dec 7, 2023 vs TBL W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:41
Dec 5, 2023 @ CHI W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13:53
Dec 3, 2023 @ BUF W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:44
Dec 2, 2023 vs NYR L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:13
Nov 30, 2023 vs MIN L 1-6 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 15:58
Nov 28, 2023 vs PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:35
Nov 20, 2023 vs COL W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:00
Nov 18, 2023 vs CHI W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 21:03
Nov 14, 2023 vs ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:22
Nov 11, 2023 vs ARI L 5-7 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 18:49
Nov 9, 2023 @ WPG L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:51
Nov 7, 2023 @ CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 17:47
Nov 4, 2023 @ EDM W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 19:25
Nov 2, 2023 @ SEA L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 4 2 0 16:22
Oct 31, 2023 @ VAN L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 20:14
Oct 28, 2023 vs TOR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:16
Oct 24, 2023 vs VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 16:55
Oct 21, 2023 vs SJS W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 17:48
Oct 19, 2023 @ NYR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 17:35
Oct 17, 2023 vs EDM L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:59
Oct 14, 2023 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14:19
Oct 12, 2023 vs SEA W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:21