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Dakota Mermis has 1 points (1 goals, 0 assists) in 11 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs this season.

As an undrafted Defenseman, he has 14 points (5 goals, 9 assists) in 89 regular-season games for the Arizona Coyotes, the New Jersey Devils, the Minnesota Wild, the Utah Hockey Club and the Toronto Maple Leafs.

  • Country: Country FlagUSA
    Age: 32 yrs (05.01.1994)
    Height / Weight: 183 cm / 89 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: Undrafted
    Awards: -
    Injury: Day to Day with Lower Body Injury
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The 32-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Maple Leafs controlling 43% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Dakota Mermis is off the ice, the Maple Leafs control 54% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a relatively balanced role, starting 22% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 30% in the defensive zone.

  • 63

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 204th of 282 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 216th of 282 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    47.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.11
    -0.10
    IceTimePerGame
    15 - 25
    14.09
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.05 - 0.67
    0.27
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.18
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.27
    xGoals/60
    0.09 - 0.38
    0.16
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    2.30
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    1.90
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.00
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 10
    0.00
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4.5
    3.04
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2 - 4.5
    3.26
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.91
    ShotsBlocked/60
    2 - 6
    5.35
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    0.63
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1 - 4
    0.91
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.30
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    4 - 12
    0.00
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $0.813M
Player Contract Value: $1.200M
Remaining: 2 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2027 UFA
Age at the end: 34.5 yrs (05.01.1994)
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Dakota Mermis
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
22.11.2025 Team Logo Canadiens 1 0 0 0 -1 14:28 1 0.0% 7
26.11.2025 Team Logo Blue Jackets 1 0 0 0 0 11:46 0 2
28.11.2025 Team Logo Capitals 1 0 0 0 0 12:40 0 0
29.11.2025 Team Logo Penguins 1 0 0 0 0 15:10 0 2
08.12.2025 Team Logo Lightning 1 0 0 0 0 10:34 1 0.0% 0
Total 5 0 0 0 -1 2 0.0% 11
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2017-18 Arizona Coyotes 9 0 0 0 -2 10:58 7 0.0% 0
2018-19 Arizona Coyotes 1 0 0 0 1 11:19 0 0
2019-20 Team Logo Devils 10 1 3 4 7 19:13 17 5.9% 4
2020-21 Team Logo Wild 3 0 0 0 0 16:23 2 0.0% 0
2021-22 Team Logo Wild 2 0 0 0 2 13:54 1 0.0% 0
2022-23 Team Logo Wild 2 0 0 0 -1 14:28 1 0.0% 0
2023-24 Team Logo Wild 47 3 5 8 -2 14:04 42 7.1% 33
2024-25 Utah Hockey Club 1 0 0 0 -2 10:46 2 0.0% 2
2024-25 Team Logo Maple Leafs 3 0 1 1 0 16:40 4 0.0% 0
2025-26 Team Logo Maple Leafs 11 1 0 1 -3 13:01 5 20.0% 11
Season Projection 52 5 0 5 -14 13:01 24 20.8% 52
Total 89 5 9 14 0 81 6.2% 50
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
No games played
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Dakota Mermis Team Logo D 32 yrs 183 cm / 89 kg 0.09 0.16 58 65 $0.813M
87% Jonathan Aspirot Team Logo D 26.6 yrs 183 cm / 95 kg 0.09 0.09 59 68 $0.775M
83% Noah Juulsen Team Logo D 28.8 yrs 188 cm / 90 kg 0.18 0.12 56 62 $0.900M
83% Elias Pettersson Team Logo D 21.9 yrs 188 cm / 83 kg 0.17 0.14 55 64
82% Declan Carlile Team Logo D 25.6 yrs 191 cm / 86 kg 0.15 0.17 57 66 $0.775M
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