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Phillip Danault

Position	Center	Current Team	Los Angeles Kings
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	6 years
Height	6'1"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	200	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	34
Age	32 (Feb 24, 1993)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2011, Round 1, Overall 26 (CHI)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jul 28, 2021	Los Angeles Kings	Signed 6 years @ $5.500M AAV starting in 2021-22
Jul 15, 2018	Montreal Canadiens	Signed 3 years @ $3.083M AAV starting in 2018-19
Jul 5, 2016	Montreal Canadiens	Signed 2 years @ $912K AAV starting in 2016-17
Jan 1, 2012	Chicago Blackhawks	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

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Player cards present an infographic of a players performance. In this case it shows the player performance over a 3 season span. Each square is separated into three separate sub-boxes with the two smaller boxes on top representing the past two seasons and the larger box on the bottom representing the current or most recent season. This allows the reader to guage how consistent a player has been, and if early in the season it can help identify whether a players performance may be impacted by small sample size and subject to regression or is consistent with recent past performance.

Notes and Definitions

The numbers represent percentiles so the higher the better.
Percentiles are determined by comparing Forwards to Forwards and Defensemen to Defensemen.
Bursts/mi are calculated from NHL Edge Data are are speed bursts above 20mpg per mile skated. The NHL doesn't adjust for ice time so the players that skate more will naturally have more bursts over 20, or at least more opportunity to have more. The NHL also does not provide ice time in the context of NHL Edge Statistics, however, it does provide distance skated. By adjusting for distance skated it will have a similar effect to adjusting for ice time but also adjust for situationional effect. For example, Players don't typically skate as much on the PK, mostly within the defensive zone, so don't get significant opportunity in that ice time to get speed bursts above 20mph. Adjusting with miles skates would account for this better than adjusting with ice time.
Sh%AE is Shooting Percentage above Expected (Sh% - xSh%) and is an indicator of how good a shooter is at converting chances into goals.
Relative statistics are On Ice - Off Ice statistics and can be an indicator of whether the player makes his teammates better or worse.
All data is 5v5 except Shooting Hardest and Average, Skating Top Speed and Bursts/mi which are all situations, ES Average which is even strength (NHL doesn't give a specific definition).

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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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.
2015-16	CHI	30	358:39	0.17	0.50	0.67	0.60	-0.43	2.13	7.62	-5.49	1.61	4.84
2015-16	MTL	21	228:56	0.52	0.52	1.05	0.59	-0.06	8.70	9.72	-1.02	11.76	5.88
2015-16	CHI, MTL	51	587:35	0.31	0.51	0.82	0.59	-0.29	4.29	8.31	-4.02	5.21	5.21
2016-17	MTL	82	1076:03	0.67	1.17	1.84	0.68	-0.01	9.52	9.64	-0.12	3.66	5.49
2017-18	MTL	52	672:59	0.27	1.16	1.43	0.60	-0.33	4.05	9.02	-4.97	1.06	7.45
2018-19	MTL	81	1113:46	0.54	1.56	2.10	0.63	-0.09	8.85	10.39	-1.54	1.97	7.24
2019-20	MTL	71	974:40	0.68	1.85	2.52	0.70	-0.02	10.28	10.56	-0.28	3.65	10.95
2020-21	MTL	53	701:07	0.34	1.45	1.80	0.52	-0.18	6.25	9.53	-3.28	3.26	9.78
2021-22	LAK	79	1047:29	1.37	0.92	2.29	0.95	0.43	16.55	11.40	5.16	3.05	9.64
2022-23	LAK	82	1092:56	0.71	0.82	1.54	0.68	0.04	11.21	10.62	0.59	0.65	7.14
2023-24	LAK	78	1046:14	0.75	1.09	1.84	0.73	0.02	10.24	10.02	0.21	4.95	7.14
2024-25	LAK	80	1087:56	0.39	1.54	1.93	0.64	-0.25	6.86	11.39	-4.53	0.00	8.61
2025-26	LAK	26	346:53	0.00	0.35	0.35	0.46	-0.46	0.00	7.83	-7.83	2.22	8.89

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
2015-16	CHI	30	358:39	40.99	0.84	2.13	38.81	1.67	2.32	33.33	47.89	-0.25	-0.15	-1.28
2015-16	MTL	21	228:56	38.00	1.31	2.08	37.74	2.10	2.09	38.46	49.94	-0.11	-0.24	1.38
2015-16	CHI, MTL	51	587:35	39.82	1.02	2.11	38.39	1.84	2.23	35.71	48.66	-0.19	-0.18	-0.27
2016-17	MTL	82	1076:03	45.72	2.40	2.65	37.08	1.95	2.15	55.13	55.17	0.30	-0.11	4.19
2017-18	MTL	52	672:59	44.04	2.05	2.56	39.50	2.41	2.28	46.00	52.89	0.03	-0.22	2.53
2018-19	MTL	81	1113:46	52.26	3.34	3.15	41.37	2.64	2.54	55.86	55.36	0.56	0.18	3.10
2019-20	MTL	71	974:40	53.68	3.63	3.17	37.74	2.34	2.17	60.82	59.42	0.67	-0.20	8.03
2020-21	MTL	53	701:07	48.61	2.74	2.75	34.49	1.88	1.99	59.26	58.00	0.33	-0.20	5.50
2021-22	LAK	79	1047:29	54.82	3.04	3.34	38.66	2.35	2.62	56.38	56.08	0.73	0.24	3.73
2022-23	LAK	82	1092:56	45.29	2.14	2.73	37.55	2.42	2.34	46.99	53.92	0.11	-0.01	1.15
2023-24	LAK	78	1046:14	52.07	2.87	2.86	37.16	2.12	2.17	57.47	56.84	0.35	-0.03	3.59
2024-25	LAK	80	1087:56	48.75	2.92	2.81	35.19	1.88	2.14	60.92	56.82	0.50	0.14	3.13
2025-26	LAK	26	346:53	40.13	1.90	2.21	39.26	1.21	2.16	61.11	50.56	-0.18	0.03	-2.36

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 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	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
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% 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

NHL Rumor Mill – December 8, 2025 at Spectors Hockey (Mon Dec 8, 2025)
Le nom de Phillip Danault circule actuellement dans les rumeurs d'échange at HABSolument Fan (Sun Dec 7, 2025)
Phillip Danault suscite l’intérêt de plusieurs équipes at Dans Les Coulisses (Sat Dec 6, 2025)
12/6 Preview – Need to start earlier + Lines “starting how they finished”, Danault talks scoring slump, Speculation addressed at LA Kings Insider (Sat Dec 6, 2025)
Practice Report 12/3 – Doughty/Foegele Full-Contact Participation + 37 Talks Return & “maintenance day” for Danault at LA Kings Insider (Wed Dec 3, 2025)
Kings : Phillip Danault en arrache (et ne doit plus être lié au CH) at Dans Les Coulisses (Tue Nov 11, 2025)
2e centre : Et si la solution s’appelait… Phillip Danault? at Dans Les Coulisses (Thu Oct 30, 2025)
FINAL – Kings 3, Blackhawks 1 – Danault, Edmundson, Hiller at LA Kings Insider (Sun Oct 26, 2025)
Canadiens Acquire the Next Phillip Danault, Says Analyst at Habs Fanatics (Sat Oct 18, 2025)
FINAL – Kings 2, Penguins 4 – Moore, Danault, Hiller at LA Kings Insider (Fri Oct 17, 2025)
« Oliver Kapanen va remplacer Phillip Danault » at Dans Les Coulisses (Sat Oct 11, 2025)
2 big overreactions after the Kings' near-collapse vs. Anaheim at Rink Royalty (Sun Oct 5, 2025)
Everything LA Kings players said after the OT win vs. Anaheim at Rink Royalty (Sun Oct 5, 2025)
Preseason FINAL – Kings 5, Ducks 4 (OT) – Danault, Armia, Hiller at LA Kings Insider (Sat Oct 4, 2025)
3 takeaways from the LA Kings near-collapse vs. the Ducks at Rink Royalty (Sat Oct 4, 2025)
LA Kings 2025-26 Season Player Previews: Phillip Danault at Rink Royalty (Sat Aug 30, 2025)
Phillip Danault a des nausées à force de perdre contre les Oilers at Dans Les Coulisses (Sun Aug 17, 2025)
Phillip Danault et les Kings à la recherche de la formule contre Edmonton at HABSolument Fan (Sun Aug 17, 2025)
Tony Marinaro compare Owen Beck à Phillip Danault at Dans Les Coulisses (Wed Aug 6, 2025)
Montreal Canadiens Trade Tree: Hockey Alchemy Turning Raphael Diaz to Gold at A Winning Habit (Wed Jul 2, 2025)

Current Contract

Phillip Danault signed a $33,000,000 6-year contract with the Los Angeles Kings and General Manager Rob Blake on July 28, 2021 with an AAV of $5,500,000. This contract will start in 2021-22 and end after the 2026-27 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 6.75% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	28	NMC	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	-	$3,250,000	$750,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	UFA
2022-23	29	NMC	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	-	$3,250,000	$2,250,000	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	UFA
2023-24	30	NMC	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	-	$3,000,000	$3,750,000	$6,750,000	$6,750,000	UFA
2024-25	31	M-NTC	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	-	$3,000,000	$3,750,000	$6,750,000	$6,750,000	UFA
2025-26	32	M-NTC	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	-	$1,000,000	$4,750,000	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	UFA
2026-27	33	M-NTC	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	-	$1,000,000	$3,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	UFA
Total					-	$14,500,000	$18,500,000	$33,000,000	$33,000,000

Signed: July 28, 2021

Team: Los Angeles Kings

GM: Rob Blake

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 6.75

Clause: Player has a 10 team no trade list in 2024-25, 2025-26 and 2026-27.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Phillip Danault signed a $9,250,000 3-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens and General Manager Marc Bergevin on July 15, 2018 with an AAV of $3,083,333. This contract will start in 2018-19 and end after the 2020-21 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 3.88% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	25	$3,083,333	$3,083,333	-	-	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	RFA-arb
2019-20	26	$3,083,333	$3,083,333	-	-	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	RFA-arb
2020-21	27	$3,083,333	$3,083,333	-	-	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$9,250,000	$9,250,000	$9,250,000

Signed: July 15, 2018

Team: Montreal Canadiens

GM: Marc Bergevin

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.88

Phillip Danault signed a $1,825,000 2-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens and General Manager Marc Bergevin on July 5, 2016 with an AAV of $912,500. This contract will start in 2016-17 and end after the 2017-18 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.25% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2016-17	23	$912,500	$912,500	-	-	$875,000	$875,000	$875,000	RFA
2017-18	24	$912,500	$912,500	-	-	$950,000	$950,000	$950,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,825,000	$1,825,000	$1,825,000

Signed: July 5, 2016

Team: Montreal Canadiens

GM: Marc Bergevin

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 1.25

Phillip Danault signed a $2,775,000 3-year contract with the Chicago Blackhawks and General Manager Stan Bowman on January 1, 2012 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2011-12 and end after the 2015-16 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.44% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2011-12	18	$925,000	$1,025,000	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2012-13	19	$894,167	$994,167	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2013-14	20	$863,333	$963,333	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2014-15	21	$863,333	$963,333	$125,000	-	$832,500	$832,500	$70,000	ELC
2015-16	22	$863,333	$963,333	$175,000	-	$832,500	$832,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$300,000	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$210,000

Signed: Jan 1, 2012

Team: Chicago Blackhawks

GM: Stan Bowman

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid two seasons 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
2008-09	QAAA	Trois-Rivieres	44	8	19	27		39				19	4	11	15		8
2009-10	QMJHL	Victoriaville	61	10	18	28	+19	54				16		1	1	-2	8
2010-11	QMJHL	Victoriaville	64	23	44	67	+17	59	158	1,456.0		9	5	10	15	+4	6
2011-12	AHL	Rockford	7	0	2	2	-5	10	12	0.0
2011-12	QMJHL	Victoriaville	62	18	53	71	+11	61				4		3	3	-1	4
2012-13	QMJHL	Victoriaville	29	14	30	44	-1	28	106	1,321.0
2012-13	WJC-A	Canada	6	0	1	1	-2	2
2012-13	AHL	Rockford	5	0	0	0	-1	2	5	0.0
2012-13	QMJHL	Moncton	27	9	32	41	+17	22	123	732.0		4	1	3	4	-1		15	667.0
2013-14	AHL	Rockford	72	6	20	26	+11	40	130	460.0
2014-15	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	2	0	0	0			2	0.0	9:30
2014-15	AHL	Rockford	70	13	25	38	+20	38	157	830.0		8	3	2	5	+8	20	14	2,140.0
2015-16	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	30	1	4	5	-3	6	48	2.1	12:51
2015-16	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	21	3	2	5	-2	8	24	12.5	12:38
2015-16	AHL	Rockford	6	1	1	2	-2	4	17	590.0
2016-17	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	82	13	27	40	+5	35	133	9.8	15:35	6		2	2	+1	2	10	0.0	16:39
2017-18	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	52	8	17	25		34	94	8.5	16:35
2018-19	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	81	12	41	53	+17	39	132	9.1	17:47
2019-20	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	71	13	34	47	+18	32	131	9.9	18:51	10	1	2	3	-1	6	24	4.2	19:34
2020-21	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	53	5	19	24	+9	24	73	6.8	16:52	22	1	3	4	-1	6	39	2.6	18:56
2021-22	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	79	27	24	51	+14	38	194	13.9	18:08	7	3	2	5	+6	2	11	27.3	20:43
2022-23	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	82	18	36	54	-8	63	152	11.8	18:20	6	2	3	5	+1	12	17	11.8	20:08
2023-24	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	78	17	30	47	+12	18	159	10.7	18:01	5		1	1		4	9	0.0	17:16
2024-25	WC	Canada	8	0	2	2	+1	2
2024-25	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	80	8	35	43	+20	26	123	6.5	17:40	6	2	6	8	+2		9	22.2	20:39
2025-26	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	28	0	5	5	+4	6	42	0.0	16:27
NHL Career			739	125	274	399	+86	329	1307	9.6	17:11	62	9	19	28	+8	32	119	7.6	19:10