Cap hit
$4.5M
4.3% of $104M cap
Term
3 yrs
Through 2028-29, then UFA
Clause
NMC
Surplus value
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arrives with the trade tools
Confirmed by the public signing announcement · source
2025-26 regular season
GP
57
Goals
16
18.0% shooting
Assists
29
21 primary
Points
45
0.79 per game
TOI/GP
16:31
PP 2:19 · PK 0:01
xGF%
47.6
5v5, -4 vs. last yr
Game Score
+0.13
per game, goals above average
Faceoff %
52.2
266 W · 244 L
Plus/minus
-3
Blocks 23 · Hits 29
Game log
Last 5 games · NHL API
| Game | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | TOI | PP | PK | FO | OZS% | GV | TK | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30 @ MIN · L 5-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:03 | 2:26 | 0:00 | 3-4 | 67 | 2 | 0 | -3 | -0.42 |
| Apr 28 vs MIN · L 4-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:52 | 5:57 | 0:00 | 3-2 | 50 | 1 | 1 | -1 | -0.18 |
| Apr 25 @ MIN · OTL 3-2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21:33 | 2:44 | 0:00 | 3-5 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.58 |
| Apr 22 @ MIN · W 4-3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 27:39 | 10:40 | 0:00 | 9-5 | 38 | 1 | 0 | +1 | +1.27 |
| Apr 20 vs MIN · W 4-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:17 | 4:55 | 0:00 | 4-5 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.80 |
GS = our Game Score, goals above average. FO = faceoffs won-lost. OZS% = share of his 5v5 offensive and defensive zone faceoff starts that were in the offensive zone. GV/TK = giveaways/takeaways.
Advanced metrics
5v5 unless noted · 2025-26 · 734 min · percentile vs. NHL forwards
36th percentile
15th percentile
50th percentile
16th percentile
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51st percentile
14th percentile
33rd percentile
69th percentile
77th percentile
22nd percentile
78th percentile
73rd percentile
xGF% is his team's share of 5v5 expected goals while he was on the ice, from our own expected goals model; HDCF% counts only high-danger chances (xG of 0.15 or more). IPP is the share of his team's 5v5 goals while he was on the ice that he scored or assisted on. Relative stats compare him with his team when he was off the ice. Goals above expected and ixG/60 use his own shots at all strengths. PDO and OZS% describe luck and deployment, so their bars are grey.
Play styleElite playmaking center
Trait percentiles vs. NHL centers · 2025-26
Duchene is a pass-first operator who creates chances at an elite level, distributing the puck with precision and vision that few centers in the league match. He's not a driver of play through forechecking or physicality, and his lack of personal shot volume limits his offensive ceiling despite his extraordinary playmaking ability.
- Shooting volume
- 42
- Playmaking
- 96
- Zone entries(est.)
- 47
- Forechecking
- 21
- Physicality
- 16
- Defensive impact
- 7
- Puck management
- 9
- Speed
- 32
Where he shoots from
Slot 64% · Mid-range 29% · Perimeter 8%(133 unblocked shots)
Strengths
- 96th percentile playmaking with 29 assists in 57 games
- 64% of his unblocked shots from high-danger slot area
- 47.6% xGF share maintains competitive play despite limited defensive contributions
Watch-outs
- 7th percentile defensive impact, minimal backchecking presence
- 16th percentile physicality keeps him out of board battles
- 42nd percentile shot volume means others must finish his setups
Similar style: Tyler Seguin (DAL), Casey Mittelstadt (BOS)
Built from play-by-play, shift data, and NHL EDGE tracking. Zone entries is an estimate (rush chances while he is on the ice) until tracking data is added.
Where his Game Score comes from
2025-26 · 57 GP · goals above average
Season total +7.5 goals, or +0.13 per game.
- Even strength offense
- -0.3
- Even strength defense
- -0.3
- Power play
- +0.5
- Finishing
- +1.7
- Playmaking
- +5.0
- Penalties
- +0.8
- Faceoffs
- +0.2
Game Score adds up a player's impact in goals compared with an average player given the same ice time: his share of expected goals for and against at even strength, on the power play, and on the penalty kill, plus finishing (goals minus expected goals), primary assists, penalties drawn and taken, and faceoffs. Goalies are measured by goals saved above expected.
By season
Regular season
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | TOI/GP | FO% | GS/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | DAL | 57 | 16 | 29 | 45 | -3 | 89 | 16:31 | 52.2% | +0.13 |
| 2024-25 | DAL | 82 | 30 | 52 | 82 | +13 | 152 | 17:09 | 52.4% | +0.19 |
| 2023-24 | DAL | 80 | 25 | 40 | 65 | +15 | 172 | 16:46 | 56.5% | +0.11 |
| 2022-23 | NSH | 71 | 22 | 34 | 56 | +4 | 168 | 18:19 | 52.9% | +0.02 |
Sentiment & chatter
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Media
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Fan, beat writer, and media scores, the 14-day trade chatter chart, and the latest mentions appear once sentiment scoring is switched on. Mentions are already being collected.
Age curve
How players at his position age, and where his contract falls on that curve, arrives with the trade tools.
Skating · NHL EDGE
2025-26, as of Oct 2
- Top speed
- 21.6 mph
- 22nd pct
- 20+ mph bursts
- 67
- Hardest shot
- 84.2 mph
- 45th pct
- Distance
- 149.0 mi
- OZ time
- 42.9%
- 60th pct
- DZ time
- 38.6%