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Sheldon Dries

#15 · Centre · Detroit Red Wings

Born Apr 23, 1994 in Macomb, Michigan, USA (age 32) · 5'10", 184 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Aleksanteri Kaskimaki STL · 0 P in 5 GP Jakob Pelletier TBL · 0 P in 5 GP Lane Pederson PHI · 0 P in 5 GP Mason Geertsen BUF · 0 P in 5 GP Xavier Parent NJD · 0 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.

0510152018-19: 6 points618-192019-20: 0 points019-202020-21: 0 points020-212021-22: 3 points321-222022-23: 17 points1722-232025-26: 0 points025-26

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 COL 40 3 3 6 -7 26 44 66 0.15 $925K
2019-20 COL 5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 16 0.00 $735K
2020-21 COL 3 0 0 0 1 4 1 6 0.00 $772K
2021-22 VAN 11 2 1 3 -3 0 17 9 0.27 $750K
2022-23 VAN 63 11 6 17 -9 29 94 84 0.27 $763K
2025-26 DET 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0.00 $775K
6 seasons Career 127 16 10 26 -20 59 160 189 0.20

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 COL 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.00
1 season Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.00

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
5 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0.00 0.0 6:58

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2026, then extended to 2028

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.

The contract

Signed by the Detroit Red Wings on Jul 1, 2024, as a new contract: 2 years and $1.55M, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Detroit Red Wings on Feb 1, 2026, 2 years and $1.75M at $875K a season, beginning in 2026-27.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2024-25 $775K $775K $0 $775K
2025-26 $775K $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
Feb 1, 2026 Detroit Red Wings Extension not begun 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $1.75M $875K
Jul 1, 2024 Detroit Red Wings New contract 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $1.55M $775K
Jun 27, 2022 Vancouver Canucks Extension 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $1.525M $763K
Jul 28, 2021 Vancouver Canucks New contract 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $750K $750K
Oct 9, 2020 Colorado Avalanche New contract 2020-21 to 2020-21 1 $772K $772K
Jul 25, 2019 Colorado Avalanche New contract 2019-20 to 2019-20 1 $735K $735K
Jul 2, 2018 Colorado Avalanche Entry-level 2018-19 to 2018-19 1 $925K $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 2025-26 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.

2025-26 analytics

Rating

-0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.5Even-strength defence-0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties+0.2

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked.

-1-0.500.511.52018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232025-262026-27Goals 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

25.0Corsi for %13 attempts for, 39 against
-26.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
22.0Expected goals for %0.5 expected for, 1.9 against
-33.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
28.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 0 against
100.0PDO0.0% shooting + 100.0% saves
4Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
James van Riemsdyk · Dominik Shine · Sheldon Dries310:1644.436.90-0
Mason Appleton · Dominik Shine · Sheldon Dries29:5723.111.40-0
Dominik Shine · Sheldon Dries · Michael Brandsegg-Nygård11:480.00.00-0
James van Riemsdyk · Sheldon Dries · Lucas Raymond11:080.00.00-0

The lines 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 lines 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
0.2Expected goalsfrom 3 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.34 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 6.6% chance per attempt7th
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected59thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 444 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.2Goals 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
Mar 21, 2026 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:26
Mar 19, 2026 vs MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:53
Mar 16, 2026 vs CGY W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:23
Mar 14, 2026 @ DAL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:54
Mar 12, 2026 @ TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 10:16