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Ryan Donato #8
Player Information

Ryan Donato has 18 points (10 goals, 8 assists) in 43 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 245 points (118 goals, 127 assists) in 526 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.

  • Country: Country FlagUSA
    Age: 29.8 yrs (09.04.1996)
    Height / Weight: 183 cm / 86 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 56th in 2014
    Draft Team: Team logoBoston Bruins
    Awards: -
Player EvaluationPowered by CORE

The 29-year-old is around break-even for his team, with the Blackhawks controlling 50% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Ryan Donato is off the ice, the Blackhawks control 45% of expected goals, indicating the team is noticeably better when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 35% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 24% in the defensive zone.

  • 68

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 100th of 245 Centers
    Defense:Def: 159th of 245 Centers
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    0.05
    -0.140.14
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.50
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    15.43
    1222
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.90
    0.21.5
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.36
    0.11.5
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.36
    0.11.2
    xGoals/60
    0.90
    0.491.34
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    2.72
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    2.62
    1.45.5
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.63
    0.271.56
    OZoneStartPct
    0.35
    0.150.4
    PP_xGoals/60
    1.78
    0.52.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.76
    2.54
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.98
    2.54
    Penalties/60
    0.72
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    0.99
    13
    Takeaways/60
    1.18
    0.52
    Giveaways/60
    2.89
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.24
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    0.00
    512
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $4.000M
Player Contract Value: $2.300M
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
30.12.2025 Team Logo Islanders 1 0 0 0 0 18:58 0 0
01.01.2026 Team Logo Stars 1 0 2 2 1 16:31 2 0.0% 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Capitals 1 1 0 1 0 16:58 1 100.0% 0
04.01.2026 Team Logo Golden Knights 1 0 0 0 -2 18:06 1 0.0% 0
07.01.2026 Team Logo Blues 1 0 0 0 1 15:15 4 0.0% 2
Total 5 1 2 3 0 8 12.5% 2
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 43 10 8 18 -11 15:25 75 13.3% 26
Season Projection 82 19 15 34 -21 15:26 143 13.3% 50
Total 526 118 127 245 -56 1049 11.2% 209
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 MatchPowered by CORE
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 29.8 yrs 183 cm / 86 kg 0.42 0.47 67 69 $4.000M
89% Jiri Kulich Team Logo C 21.7 yrs 185 cm / 88 kg 0.42 0.39 69 72 $0.887M
86% Yegor Sharangovich Team Logo C 27.6 yrs 188 cm / 88 kg 0.35 0.53 65 68 $5.750M
84% Joel Farabee Team Logo LW 25.9 yrs 183 cm / 84 kg 0.43 0.49 65 76 $5.000M
84% Jack Quinn Team Logo RW 24.3 yrs 185 cm / 84 kg 0.52 0.54 67 67 $3.375M
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