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Photo of NHL player Dennis Cholowski

New Jersey Devils Logo Dennis Cholowski

Position Left Defense Current Team New Jersey Devils
Shoots Left Current Contract 1 year ($775.0K CapHit)
Height 6'2" Expires 2025-26
Weight (lbs) 210 Expiry Age (Jun 30) 28
Age (DOB) 28 (Feb 15, 1998) Expiry Status UFA
Drafted 2016, Round 1, Overall 20 (DET)
Date Team Transaction
Mar 6, 2026 New Jersey Devils Recalled from AHL
Feb 24, 2026 New Jersey Devils Assigned to AHL
Feb 18, 2026 New Jersey Devils Recalled from AHL
Jan 10, 2026 New Jersey Devils Assigned to AHL
Jan 10, 2026 New Jersey Devils Cleared Waivers
Jan 9, 2026 New Jersey Devils Placed on Waivers
Jul 1, 2025 New Jersey Devils Signed 1 year @ $775K AAV starting in 2025-26
Mar 7, 2025 New Jersey Devils Acquired from New York Islanders
Mar 7, 2025 New York Islanders Traded to New Jersey Devils
Feb 22, 2025 New York Islanders Assigned to AHL
Feb 21, 2025 New York Islanders Cleared Waivers
Feb 20, 2025 New York Islanders Placed on Waivers
Jul 24, 2024 New York Islanders Signed 1 year @ $775K AAV starting in 2024-25
Aug 23, 2022 New York Islanders Signed 2 years @ $762K AAV starting in 2022-23
Sep 7, 2021 Seattle Kraken Signed 1 year @ $900K AAV starting in 2021-22
Apr 5, 2017 Detroit Red Wings Signed to an entry level contract.
Status History Coming Soon


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About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary
  • Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
  • Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
  • 5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
  • Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
  • Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
  • Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
  • Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
  • Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
  • Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
  • Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
  • 5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
  • Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
  • Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
  • Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
  • 4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Data Sources
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Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Core Archetypes

Season Team(s) GP TOI Producer Playmaker Shooter Sniper Rebound Rush Skating Defend
2018-19 DET 52 -1.05 -1.46 0.50 0.07 - 1.28 - -0.73
2019-20 DET 36 -1.52 -1.38 -0.85 -1.63 - -0.88 - 1.03
2020-21 DET 16 0.70 -0.57 2.01 2.62 - -0.81 - 1.56
2021-22 SEA, WSH 11 0.12 1.97 -1.00 -1.99 - -1.07 -1.48 -4.31
2022-23 NYI 2 -1.58 -1.53 -0.95 - - -0.89 -1.55 -10.64
2024-25 NJD, NYI 39 1.04 0.30 1.53 3.55 - -0.68 -1.30 0.23
2025-26 NJD 17 -0.89 -0.19 -0.95 -1.92 - -0.70 -1.31 -1.14

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season Team(s) GP TOI 5v5 TOI 5v4 TOI 4v5 TOI Possession Drive Suppress Faceoffs
2018-19 DET 52 -0.96 0.89 -2.02 0.12 0.68 0.66 -
2019-20 DET 36 -0.29 0.80 -2.08 -0.11 0.64 0.99 -
2020-21 DET 16 -1.56 0.32 -2.34 -0.28 0.88 1.61 -
2021-22 SEA, WSH 11 -0.95 -0.53 -2.18 -2.10 -1.14 2.38 -
2022-23 NYI 2 -2.81 0.26 -2.21 3.79 0.78 -6.27 -
2024-25 NJD, NYI 39 -2.91 -0.16 -2.01 -1.34 -1.35 0.47 -
2025-26 NJD 17 -1.44 -1.38 -1.93 -1.84 -1.76 1.00 -

About Archetypes

Player archetypes are a look at a players strengths and weaknesses in his game when compared to other players around the leeague. Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary
  • Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
  • Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
  • Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
  • Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
  • Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
  • Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
  • Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
  • Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
  • 5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
  • 5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
  • 4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
  • Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
  • Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
  • Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
  • Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).

Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Data Sources

5v5 Individual Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI G/60 A/60 Pts/60 xG/60 GAE/60 Sh% xSh% Sh%AE %SA Rush %SA Reb.
2018-19 DET 52 758:06 0.24 0.24 0.47 0.24 -0.01 6.25 6.38 -0.13 2.56 0.00
2019-20 DET 36 551:17 0.00 0.11 0.11 0.14 -0.14 0.00 3.73 -3.73 0.00 0.00
2020-21 DET 16 215:32 0.28 0.56 0.84 0.12 0.16 11.11 4.92 6.19 0.00 0.00
2021-22 SEA 4 72:07 0.00 1.66 1.66 0.32 -0.32 0.00 4.85 -4.85 0.00 0.00
2021-22 WSH 7 87:49 0.00 0.68 0.68 0.13 -0.13 0.00 6.12 -6.12 0.00 0.00
2021-22 SEA, WSH 11 159:56 0.00 1.13 1.13 0.21 -0.21 0.00 5.19 -5.19 0.00 0.00
2022-23 NYI 2 20:25 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 -0.05 - - - 0.00 0.00
2024-25 NYI 33 369:37 0.49 0.81 1.30 0.12 0.36 13.64 3.46 10.18 0.00 0.00
2024-25 NJD 6 78:43 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.11 -0.11 0.00 3.45 -3.45 0.00 0.00
2024-25 NJD, NYI 39 448:20 0.40 0.67 1.07 0.12 0.28 11.54 3.46 8.08 0.00 0.00
2025-26 NJD 17 243:10 0.00 0.49 0.49 0.15 -0.15 0.00 5.52 -5.52 0.00 0.00

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAF/60 GF/60 xGF/60 SAA/60 GA/60 xGA/60 GF% xGF% xGF Rel xGA Rel xGF% Rel
2018-19 DET 52 758:06 41.71 1.98 2.49 45.59 2.69 2.74 42.37 47.60 0.18 0.04 1.47
2019-20 DET 36 551:17 38.42 1.31 2.11 45.28 3.05 2.60 30.00 44.83 0.12 -0.01 1.50
2020-21 DET 16 215:32 36.75 1.67 2.10 50.39 1.67 3.09 50.00 40.48 -0.13 0.36 -4.40
2021-22 SEA 4 72:07 51.58 4.16 3.48 39.10 3.33 2.10 55.56 62.38 0.86 -0.22 9.40
2021-22 WSH 7 87:49 34.16 3.42 2.27 55.34 5.47 3.09 38.46 42.41 -0.71 0.22 -8.61
2021-22 SEA, WSH 11 159:56 42.02 3.75 2.82 48.02 4.50 2.64 45.45 51.61 -0.04 -0.04 -0.00
2022-23 NYI 2 20:25 41.14 2.94 2.99 38.20 5.88 2.36 33.33 55.93 0.04 -1.21 10.64
2024-25 NYI 33 369:37 37.34 2.76 2.11 41.56 1.95 2.22 58.62 48.69 -0.18 -0.24 0.51
2024-25 NJD 6 78:43 25.92 0.00 1.13 39.64 3.81 1.96 0.00 36.60 -1.33 0.10 -20.33
2024-25 NJD, NYI 39 448:20 35.33 2.28 1.94 41.22 2.28 2.18 50.00 47.10 -0.38 -0.20 -2.26
2025-26 NJD 17 243:10 36.27 1.48 2.10 40.47 3.21 2.61 31.58 44.50 -0.48 0.34 -8.61

NHL Edge Stats

Skating Shooting Zone Time
Season GP Top Speed Bursts>20/mi Avg. Speed ES Avg. Speed Top Speed Avg. Speed %Long Range %Mid Range %High Danger ES DZ% ES NZ% ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25 Percentile 25-50 Percentile 50-75 Percentile 75-100
Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Defense Pairs

Season
Season Teammate Team TOI GF/60 GA/60 GF% xGF/60 xGA/60 xGF% xGF Rel xGA Rel xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type Statistic Definition
IndividualG/60Goals Against per 60 minutes.
IndividualA/60Assists per 60 minutes.
IndividualPts/60Points per 60 minutes.
IndividualxG/60Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
IndividualGAE/60Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
IndividualSh%Shooting Percentage.
IndividualxSh%Expected Shooting Percentage.
IndividualSh%AEShooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual%SA RushPercentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual%SA Reb.Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On IceSAF/60Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On IceGF/60Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IcexGF/60Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IceSAA/60Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGA/60Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IcexGA/60Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGF%Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On IcexGF%Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On IcexGF RelxGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On IcexGA RelxGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On IcexGF% RelxGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.
Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

Current Contract

Dennis Cholowski signed a $775,000 1-year contract with the New Jersey Devils and General Manager Tom Fitzgerald on July 1, 2025 with an AAV of $775,000. This contract will start in 2025-26 and end after the 2025-26 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.81% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2025-26 27 $775,000 $775,000 - - $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 UFA
Total - - $775,000 $775,000 $775,000
Signed: July 1, 2025
Team: New Jersey Devils
GM: Tom Fitzgerald
Exp. Status: UFA
Cap %: 0.81

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Dennis Cholowski signed a $775,000 1-year contract with the New York Islanders and General Manager Lou Lamoriello on July 24, 2024 with an AAV of $775,000. This contract will start in 2024-25 and end after the 2024-25 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.88% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2024-25 26 $775,000 $775,000 - - $775,000 $775,000 $250,000 RFA-arb
Total - - $775,000 $775,000 $250,000
Signed: July 24, 2024
Team: New York Islanders
GM: Lou Lamoriello
Exp. Status: UFA
Cap %: 0.88
Note: Guaranteed minimum salary in 2024-25 is $300,000.

Dennis Cholowski signed a $1,525,000 2-year contract with the New York Islanders and General Manager Lou Lamoriello on August 23, 2022 with an AAV of $762,500. This contract will start in 2022-23 and end after the 2023-24 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.92% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2022-23 24 $762,500 $762,500 - - $750,000 $750,000 $200,000 RFA-arb
2023-24 25 $762,500 $762,500 - - $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 RFA-arb
Total - - $1,525,000 $1,525,000 $975,000
Signed: Aug 23, 2022
Team: New York Islanders
GM: Lou Lamoriello
Exp. Status: RFA-arb
Cap %: 0.92
Note: Guaranteed minimum salary in 2022-23 is $225,000.

Dennis Cholowski signed a $900,000 1-year contract with the Seattle Kraken and General Manager Ron Francis on September 7, 2021 with an AAV of $900,000. This contract will start in 2021-22 and end after the 2021-22 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.10% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2021-22 23 $900,000 $900,000 - - $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 RFA
Total - - $900,000 $900,000 $900,000
Signed: Sep 7, 2021
Team: Seattle Kraken
GM: Ron Francis
Exp. Status: UFA(no QO)
Cap %: 1.1

Dennis Cholowski signed a $2,775,000 3-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings and General Manager Ken Holland on April 5, 2017 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2017-18 and end after the 2020-21 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.23% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2017-18 19 $925,000 $925,000 - $92,500 - $92,500 - ELC
2018-19 20 $894,167 $894,167 - $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $70,000 ELC
2019-20 21 $894,167 $894,167 - $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $70,000 ELC
2020-21 22 $894,167 $894,167 - - $832,500 $832,500 $70,000 ELC
Total - $277,500 $2,497,500 $2,775,000 $210,000
Signed: Apr 5, 2017
Team: Detroit Red Wings
GM: Ken Holland
Exp. Status: RFA
Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

Career Statistics

Regular Season Playoffs
Season League Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM Shots Sh% TOI/G GP G A Pts +/- PIM Shots Sh% TOI/G
2012-13 U16 Cup BCMML Canucks 1 4
2013-14 Other Yale Academy 12 5 20 25 4
2013-14 BCHL Chilliwack 1 0 0 0
2013-14 CSSHL Yale Academy 17 1 15 16 8 2 5 5
2014-15 BCHL Chilliwack 55 4 23 27 4 12 7 7
2015-16 WJAC-19 Canada West U19 4 0 2 2
2015-16 BCHL Chilliwack Chiefs 50 12 28 40 +2 16 20 4 11 15 4
2015-16 BCHL Chilliwack 50 12 28 40 16 20 4 11 15 4
2016-17 NCAA St. Cloud State Univ. 36 1 11 12 -9 14
2016-17 AHL Grand Rapids Griffins 1 0 0 0 +1
2017-18 WHL Prince George Cougars 37 13 26 39 +9 14
2017-18 WHL Portland Winterhawks 32 1 26 27 +20 18 12 5 2 7 -9 6
2017-18 AHL Grand Rapids Griffins 1
2018-19 NHL Detroit Red Wings 52 7 9 16 -20 16 71 9.9 18:15
2018-19 AHL Grand Rapids Griffins 25 0 12 12 12 5 2 2 +1 2
2019-20 NHL Detroit Red Wings 36 2 6 8 -26 6 51 3.9 19:13
2019-20 AHL Grand Rapids Griffins 30 3 10 13 -15 8
2020-21 NHL Detroit Red Wings 16 1 2 3 -1 4 10 10.0 15:54
2020-21 AHL Grand Rapids Griffins 13 3 7 10 -5 6
2021-22 NHL Washington Capitals 7 0 1 1 -4 2 3 0.0 13:35
2021-22 NHL Seattle Kraken 4 0 2 2 +1 8 0.0 19:43
2021-22 AHL Charlotte Checkers 31 3 15 18 +8 8 6 1 1 -5
2022-23 AHL Bridgeport Islanders 67 1 37 38 -7 26
2022-23 NHL New York Islanders 2 0 0 0 -1 0.0 12:47
2023-24 AHL Bridgeport Islanders 68 7 24 31 -22 6
2024-25 NHL New York Islanders 33 3 7 10 +1 10 26 11.5 12:48
2024-25 AHL Bridgeport Islanders 6 1 0 1 -6 2
2024-25 NHL New Jersey Devils 6 0 0 0 -4 4 0.0 14:36 2 +1 2 0.0 8:59
2025-26 NHL New Jersey Devils 17 0 2 2 -6 2 12 0.0 14:40
2025-26 AHL Utica Comets 13 0 5 5 -6 6
NHL Career 173 13 29 42 -60 40 185 7.0 16:30 2 +1 2 0.0 8:59