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Ryan Donato
Center #8 Blackhawks $4.000M
Player Information

Ryan Donato has 25 points (13 goals, 12 assists) in 57 games for the Chicago Blackhawks this season.

Selected in the 2nd round (No. 56) of the 2014 NHL Draft by the Boston Bruins, he has 252 points (121 goals, 131 assists) in 540 regular-season games for the Boston Bruins, the Minnesota Wild, the San Jose Sharks, the Seattle Kraken and the Chicago Blackhawks.

He also has 2 points (0 goals, 2 assists) in 19 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

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  • Country: Country FlagUSA
    Age: 29.9 yrs (09.04.1996)
    Height / Weight: 183 cm / 86 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 56th in 2014
    Draft Team: Team logoBoston Bruins
    Awards: -
Player Evaluation

The 29-year-old is around break-even for his team, with the Blackhawks controlling 49% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Ryan Donato is off the ice, the Blackhawks control 44% of expected goals, indicating the team is noticeably better when he plays.

He is being deployed in a relatively balanced role, starting 32% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 26% in the defensive zone.

  • 66

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 124th of 246 Centers
    Defense:Def: 148th of 246 Centers
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    0.06
    -0.140.14
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.49
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    15.01
    1222
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.80
    0.21.5
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.44
    0.11.5
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.29
    0.11.2
    xGoals/60
    0.79
    0.491.34
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    2.66
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    2.33
    1.45.5
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.80
    0.271.56
    OZoneStartPct
    0.32
    0.150.4
    PP_xGoals/60
    1.50
    0.52.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.72
    2.54
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.69
    2.54
    Penalties/60
    0.87
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    0.87
    13
    Takeaways/60
    1.31
    0.52
    Giveaways/60
    2.91
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.26
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    0.00
    512
Contract Information
Actual AAV: $4.000M
Player Contract Value: $1.900M
Remaining: 4 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2029 UFA
Age at the end: 34.2 yrs (09.04.1996)
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Ryan Donato
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
27.01.2026 Team Logo Wild 1 1 0 1 1 11:58 1 100.0% 0
29.01.2026 Team Logo Penguins 1 0 0 0 0 13:54 1 0.0% 0
30.01.2026 Team Logo Blue Jackets 1 0 0 0 0 14:18 1 0.0% 0
02.02.2026 Team Logo Sharks 1 2 2 4 5 13:52 2 100.0% 0
04.02.2026 Team Logo Blue Jackets 1 0 0 0 -1 15:04 1 0.0% 0
Total 5 3 2 5 5 6 50.0% 0
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2017-18 Team Logo Bruins 12 5 4 9 2 14:41 24 20.8% 2
2018-19 Team Logo Bruins 34 6 3 9 -11 12:30 75 8.0% 2
2018-19 Team Logo Wild 22 4 12 16 -4 15:33 64 6.2% 4
2019-20 Team Logo Wild 62 14 9 23 5 10:37 95 14.7% 12
2020-21 Team Logo Sharks 50 6 14 20 -11 12:35 104 5.8% 10
2021-22 Team Logo Kraken 74 16 15 31 -13 13:48 159 10.1% 40
2022-23 Team Logo Kraken 71 14 13 27 16 11:15 122 11.5% 46
2023-24 Team Logo Blackhawks 78 12 18 30 -14 14:00 149 8.1% 26
2024-25 Team Logo Blackhawks 80 31 31 62 -15 16:19 182 17.0% 41
2025-26 Team Logo Blackhawks 57 13 12 25 -8 15:00 87 14.9% 34
Season Projection 82 19 17 36 -12 14:59 125 15.2% 49
Total 540 121 131 252 -53 1061 11.4% 217
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2017-18 Team Logo Bruins 3 0 0 0 -3 11:49 7 0.0% 0
2019-20 Team Logo Wild 2 0 0 0 1 9:00 1 0.0% 2
2022-23 Team Logo Kraken 14 0 2 2 -2 9:04 24 0.0% 12
Total 19 0 2 2 -4 32 0.0% 14
Player Match
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Ryan Donato Team Logo C 29.9 yrs 183 cm / 86 kg 0.44 0.47 64 70 $4.000M
90% Easton Cowan Team Logo RW 20.8 yrs 183 cm / 86 kg 0.40 0.40 66 67 $0.874M
89% Connor Brown Team Logo RW 32.1 yrs 183 cm / 83 kg 0.44 0.43 60 72 $3.000M
89% Joel Farabee Team Logo LW 26 yrs 183 cm / 84 kg 0.41 0.49 62 75 $5.000M
88% Jiri Kulich Team Logo C 21.9 yrs 185 cm / 87 kg 0.42 0.39 68 71 $0.887M
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