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Brenden Dillon
Defenseman #5 Devils $4.000M
Player Information

Brenden Dillon has 12 points (3 goals, 9 assists) in 57 games for the New Jersey Devils this season.

As an undrafted Defenseman, he has 224 points (42 goals, 182 assists) in 1031 regular-season games for the Dallas Stars, the San Jose Sharks, the Washington Capitals, the Winnipeg Jets and the New Jersey Devils.

He also has 15 points (1 goals, 14 assists) in 84 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

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  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 35.3 yrs (13.11.1990)
    Height / Weight: 193 cm / 101 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: Undrafted
    Awards: -
Player Evaluation

The 35-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Devils controlling 42% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Brenden Dillon is off the ice, the Devils control 53% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a defense-leaning role, starting 19% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 48% in the defensive zone.

  • 67

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 230th of 285 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 163rd of 285 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    -0.11
    -0.140.11
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.42
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    18.08
    1525
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.18
    0.050.7
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.18
    0.11
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.37
    0.11
    xGoals/60
    0.06
    0.090.38
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    2.34
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    2.15
    1.45.5
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.00
    0.51.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    3.25
    2.54.5
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    3.93
    24.5
    Penalties/60
    0.92
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    4.49
    26
    Takeaways/60
    0.55
    0.52
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1.05
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.48
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    7.91
    512
Contract Information
Actual AAV: $4.000M
Player Contract Value: $2.100M
Remaining: 2 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2027 UFA
Age at the end: 37.6 yrs (13.11.1990)
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Brenden Dillon
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
27.01.2026 Team Logo Jets 1 0 0 0 0 18:10 0 0
29.01.2026 Team Logo Predators 1 0 0 0 -1 16:13 0 0
31.01.2026 Team Logo Senators 1 0 0 0 0 13:19 0 2
03.02.2026 Team Logo Blue Jackets 1 0 0 0 0 18:15 1 0.0% 2
05.02.2026 Team Logo Islanders 1 0 0 0 0 17:04 0 0
Total 5 0 0 0 -1 1 0.0% 4
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2011-12 Team Logo Stars 1 0 0 0 0 19:58 6 0.0% 0
2012-13 Team Logo Stars 48 3 5 8 1 21:22 75 4.0% 65
2013-14 Team Logo Stars 80 6 11 17 9 21:06 97 6.2% 86
2014-15 Team Logo Stars 20 0 1 1 -2 20:37 16 0.0% 23
2014-15 Team Logo Sharks 60 2 7 9 -11 19:13 75 2.7% 54
2015-16 Team Logo Sharks 76 2 9 11 8 16:40 93 2.2% 61
2016-17 Team Logo Sharks 81 2 8 10 -2 16:28 86 2.3% 60
2017-18 Team Logo Sharks 81 5 17 22 -7 17:19 88 5.7% 60
2018-19 Team Logo Sharks 82 1 21 22 19 17:45 71 1.4% 61
2019-20 Team Logo Sharks 59 1 13 14 0 19:22 48 2.1% 83
2019-20 Team Logo Capitals 10 0 0 0 -2 20:01 10 0.0% 21
2020-21 Team Logo Capitals 56 2 17 19 15 18:56 51 3.9% 49
2021-22 Team Logo Jets 79 3 17 20 16 18:49 85 3.5% 67
2022-23 Team Logo Jets 82 2 21 23 2 19:34 83 2.4% 76
2023-24 Team Logo Jets 77 8 12 20 20 18:43 79 10.1% 92
2024-25 Team Logo Devils 82 2 14 16 8 18:34 48 4.2% 67
2025-26 Team Logo Devils 57 3 9 12 -12 17:58 40 7.5% 43
Season Projection 82 4 13 17 -17 17:58 58 6.9% 62
Total 1031 42 182 224 62 1051 4.0% 968
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2013-14 Team Logo Stars 2 0 0 0 -2 18:13 3 0.0% 2
2015-16 Team Logo Sharks 24 0 2 2 -5 15:09 19 0.0% 11
2016-17 Team Logo Sharks 6 0 1 1 1 16:28 3 0.0% 4
2017-18 Team Logo Sharks 10 0 4 4 4 17:37 6 0.0% 32
2018-19 Team Logo Sharks 20 0 2 2 -8 16:26 12 0.0% 24
2019-20 Team Logo Capitals 8 0 1 1 0 22:08 9 0.0% 8
2020-21 Team Logo Capitals 5 1 0 1 -4 19:51 5 20.0% 0
2022-23 Team Logo Jets 5 0 1 1 -3 22:34 7 0.0% 9
2023-24 Team Logo Jets 3 0 3 3 1 21:04 1 0.0% 4
2024-25 Team Logo Devils 1 0 0 0 0 8:52 0 0
Total 84 1 14 15 -16 65 1.5% 94
Player Match
Player
Match
Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G
Career
P/G
Offense
Rating
Defense
Rating
Actual AAV
Brenden Dillon Team Logo D 35.3 yrs 193 cm / 101 kg 0.21 0.22 54 75 $4.000M
94% Erik Cernak Team Logo D 28.7 yrs 193 cm / 104 kg 0.19 0.24 54 75 $5.200M
91% Scott Mayfield Team Logo D 33.4 yrs 193 cm / 97 kg 0.14 0.23 55 77 $3.500M
91% Connor Murphy Team Logo D 32.9 yrs 193 cm / 95 kg 0.21 0.21 53 72 $4.400M
90% Ben Chiarot Team Logo D 34.8 yrs 191 cm / 100 kg 0.21 0.23 56 77 $4.750M
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