103 G · 106 A · 410 GP
0.510 P/GP · 35 PPP · 17:17 ATOI
New Jersey Devils#91Active
Dawson Mercer
C · 6′0″ / 180 lb · Shoots R · Carbonear, CAN · Age 24 · 2020 #18 by NJD
209Career points
0.510Career P/GP
410Games played
103Goals
5 seasonsNHL service
Overview
2025-2642points
The latest read.
42 points in 82 games in 2025-26. Career: 209 points across 410 games.
82GP
20goals
22assists
42points
158shots
7PP points
The career ledger.
Regular season and playoffsofficial NHL landing
5 G · 4 A · 17 GP
0.529 P/GP · 2 PPP · 17:56 ATOI
0.512 → 0.512P/GP by season · 5 seasons of 10+ GP · peak 2022-23
The arc.
Points and points per game by seasonNHL season log · 5 seasons
When it mattered.
Postseason against the field. A smaller, self-selected population, so it is marked on the scale rather than filled1,215 all-time peers
Playoff career · 17 GP · 5 G · 4 A · 9 pts (0.529 P/GP)
84.6
54.6
60.7
Last five games.
Most recent official appearancesofficial game log
2026-04-14@ BOS16:25 TOI0G 0A0 P · 2 S
2026-04-12vs OTT18:56 TOI1G 1A2 P · 5 S
2026-04-11@ DET20:58 TOI1G 0A1 P · 3 S
2026-04-09vs PIT17:21 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S
2026-04-07vs PHI17:45 TOI0G 0A0 P · 1 S
What this draft slot returns.
Observed careers at the same pick, across all positionsdraft history · 2026-08-14 00:35 UTC
2020 draft#18round 1 · NJD
29Players in sample
89.7%Reached the NHL
Most games in this sample: Brooks Orpik (2000, PIT), 1,035 NHL games.
Sample: 29 players taken #18, across all positions, from draft classes through 2018 on file. Historical totals reflect the 2026-08-14 00:35 UTC snapshot; Dawson Mercer's games use this page's NHL career record. Active careers can still grow.
These are observed outcomes, not a forecast for Dawson Mercer. Exact-slot rates require at least 12 players. Draft Value methodology.
Against history.
Percentile against every NHL peercareer totals · position-aware
The height of the career.
Peak season and the best five41+ GP qualified seasons
2022-23 peak: 82 GP / 27 G / 29 A / 56 Pts / 0.683 P/GP · 16:34 TOI
| Best five | GP | G | A | PTS | P/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 82 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 0.683 |
| 2025-26 | 82 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 0.512 |
| 2021-22 | 82 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 0.512 |
| 2024-25 | 82 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 0.439 |
| 2023-24 | 82 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 0.402 |
| Prime-five | 410 | 103 | 106 | 209 | 0.510 |
Honours.
Trophies won and near missesofficial NHL landing
Calder Memorial Trophy11th · 2022
Career
Where he stands right now.
2025-26 league position and career shapeNHL league browser 2025-26
Season by season.
Every NHL season · peak highlighted, split seasons kept apart5 regular-season rows
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 20 | 22 | 42 | -2 | 7 | 158 |
| 2024-25 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 19 | 17 | 36 | +4 | 8 | 141 |
| 2023-24 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 20 | 13 | 33 | -26 | 5 | 134 |
| 2022-23Peak | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 27 | 29 | 56 | +22 | 10 | 161 |
| 2021-22 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 17 | 25 | 42 | -25 | 5 | 154 |
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | New Jersey Devils | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 0 | 8 |
| 2022-23 | New Jersey Devils | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 2 | 16 |
The same numbers, in the league that produced them.
Every qualified season levelled to a 3.00-goal NHLofficial final standings · 1990-91 onward
2022-23 is the best season either way: 0.683 raw, 0.644 once the league it happened in is levelled out.
| Season | GP | Raw P/GP | League GF/gm | Adj. P/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 82 | 0.512 | 3.13 | 0.491 |
| 2024-25 | 82 | 0.439 | 3.04 | 0.433 |
| 2023-24 | 82 | 0.402 | 3.11 | 0.388 |
| 2022-23Best adjusted | 82 | 0.683 | 3.18 | 0.644 |
| 2021-22 | 82 | 0.512 | 3.14 | 0.489 |
Method: each season's raw points per game is multiplied by 3.00 ÷ that season's league goals per team-game, taken from the official final standings. Seasons under 20 games are excluded. It levels scoring climate and nothing else (not role, ice time, teammates, schedule or injury), so treat it as one comparison, not a verdict.
Before the NHL.
Junior, college, European and international rowsofficial NHL landing · season totals
| Season | League | Team | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | International | Team Canada | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-24 | WC | Canada | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021-22 | WC | Canada | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2020-21 | QMJHL | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | 23 | 19 | 17 | 36 |
| 2020-21 | WJC-20 | Canada U20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2020-21 | QMJHL | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | 9 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 2019-20 | QMJHL | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 26 | 18 | 24 | 42 |
| 2019-20 | QMJHL | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | 16 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| 2019-20 | WJC-20 | Canada U20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-19 | QMJHL | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 68 | 30 | 34 | 64 |
| 2018-19 | QMJHL | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 16 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 2017-18 | QMJHL | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 61 | 11 | 15 | 26 |
| 2017-18 | U17-Dev | Team Blue | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017-18 | WHC-17 | Canada Black U17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017-18 | QMJHL | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2016-17 | MPHL | Bishop's College School Varsity | 18 | 8 | 14 | 22 |
| 2016-17 | PSHF U16 | Bishop's College School Prep U16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-17 | PSHF U18 | Bishop's College School Varsity | 11 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2016-17 | QGC-16 | Team Newfoundland | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2016-17 | MPHL | Bishop's College School Varsity | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015-16 | ACC-U15 | Team Newfoundland U15 (ACC) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2015-16 | NLBAAAHL | Tri Pen Ice U15 AAA | 24 | 42 | 26 | 68 |
| 2015-16 | NLBAAAHL | Tri Pen Ice U15 AAA | 4 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2014-15 | ACC-U14 | Team Newfoundland U14 (ACC) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Showing the 24 most recent pre-NHL rows of 26.
The comparable set.
Chosen by a printed rule, not by feelNHL dossier pool · 1,162 careers
Selection rule. Forwards only; career games played within ±20% of 410 (or ±10 games, whichever band is wider: 328 to 492); then the five nearest by career P/GP, ties broken by the closest games played. The pool is the 1,162 players in this site's NHL dossier set who own at least one official regular-season game: 91 of them cleared the band.
Trevor MooreL · Undrafted · active485 GP · 107 G · 140 A · 247 P0.509 P/GP · −0.000Yegor SharangovichC · 2018 #141 · active438 GP · 116 G · 110 A · 226 P0.516 P/GP · +0.006Morgan FrostC · 2017 #27 · active392 GP · 75 G · 115 A · 190 P0.485 P/GP · −0.025Ryan McLeodC · 2018 #40 · active379 GP · 66 G · 116 A · 182 P0.480 P/GP · −0.030Victor OlofssonR · 2014 #181 · active448 GP · 118 G · 124 A · 242 P0.540 P/GP · +0.030
Similar career shape is not similar player. The rule matches volume and rate only; it knows nothing about era, position within the group, usage or role, and two careers can land on the same line for opposite reasons.
Game log
Compare observed minutes, shots and finishing across game windows →
Official game ledger
Every 2025-26 appearance.
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Insights
NHL Edge tracking.
Measured puck and player tracking · 2025-26 regular seasonNHL Edge tracking · api-web.nhle.com · coverage from 2021-22 · fetched 2026-08-17
Tracked axisMeasuredPercentile, 0 to 100Pct
Top shot speed86.9mph62.0
139.9 km/h equivalent · league average 83.6 mph
Max skating speed21.8mph28.8
35.0 km/h equivalent · league average 22.2 mph
Distance skated386.0km93.5
239.9 mi equivalent · league average 198.8 km
Most distance in one game6.6km95.0
4.1 mi equivalent · league average 4.7 km
Bursts over 20 mph90bursts66.5
league average 75.2
Where the shift was spent
Offensive zone time41.4%40.9
league average 43.1
Neutral zone time18.1%71.1
league average 16.8
Defensive zone time40.5%42.1
league average 40.1
Shots on goal, by location
All shots on goal158shots82.2
league average 85.9 shots
High-danger shots on goal69shots90.4
league average 31.6 shots
Method: every figure and every percentile on this panel is published by the NHL Edge endpoint. This site converts nothing and ranks nothing. The percentile column is the league's own, against the tracked population for 2025-26. Speeds arrive in mph and km/h; distance is read in kilometres with the mile conversion stated beside it. Tracked seasons on file for this player: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26.
The shot map.
Where his shots came from · 2025-26 regular season · NHL Edge areasNHL Edge shot-location detail · api-web.nhle.com · fetched 2026-08-18
Hover, tap or focus an area for its exact figures. Net at the top; left and right as the shooter sees them.
AreaShotsShare of hisPct
Low Slot619 G91th
R Circle251 G91th
L Circle132 G73th
Outside R120 G91th
High Slot111 G64th
Crease80 G82th
Beyond Red Line62 G95th
Offensive Neutral Zone51 G87th
R Point52 G81th
L Net Side31 G62th
R Net Side31 G63th
Center Point20 G49th
Outside L20 G33th
Behind the Net10 G56th
L Point10 G30th
L Corner00 G0th
R Corner00 G0th
69high danger9 G · 13.0%
49mid danger4 G · 8.2%
8long range2 G · 25.0%
Method: 158 shots on goal in 2025-26, placed by the NHL into the areas it names; each area is shaded by its share of his total, so this map is his distribution and not a comparison to any other player. The percentile column is the league's own for shots from that area, where it publishes one; nothing is converted, ranked or combined. Areas as the NHL names them; the drawing is to rink proportion with the net at the top.
Awards voting.
0 trophy wins · 0 top-three finishes · 1 ballot appearances · 0 first-place votesNHL award ballot history
Development trails.
How the scoring rate movedNHL AI Development contract
Strict monotonic scoring-rate chains ending in 2025-26. Only 25-plus-game seasons count, and a trail needs at least three consecutive qualified seasons.
Assists / game
3 consecutive qualified seasons · 82.0 average GP
Descriptive, not evaluative: raw P/GP, G/GP or A/GP movement. It does not control for age, role, ice time, teammates, injury, schedule or uncertainty, and it is not a forecast or player-quality grade.
Opponent atlas.
Career results by opponentlocal NHL AI Opponent Atlas
Career volume leaders
Career vs.CAR16 points29 GP · 7 G · 9 A37 shots · 0 PP points
Career vs.WSH14 points19 GP · 8 G · 6 A44 shots · 3 PP points
Career vs.NYR14 points26 GP · 7 G · 7 A47 shots · 5 PP points
Career vs.PIT12 points19 GP · 7 G · 5 A30 shots · 0 PP points
Career vs.MTL11 points15 GP · 3 G · 8 A28 shots · 2 PP points
Career vs.CBJ11 points18 GP · 4 G · 7 A33 shots · 4 PP pointsBest points-per-game matchups
Pace vs.CHI0.90 P/GP10 GP · 6 G · 3 A27 shots · 3 PP points
Pace vs.EDM0.80 P/GP10 GP · 4 G · 4 A26 shots · 0 PP pointsPace vs.WSH0.74 P/GP19 GP · 8 G · 6 A44 shots · 3 PP pointsPace vs.MTL0.73 P/GP15 GP · 3 G · 8 A28 shots · 2 PP points
Pace vs.COL0.70 P/GP10 GP · 3 G · 4 A16 shots · 1 PP points
Pace vs.VAN0.70 P/GP10 GP · 3 G · 4 A16 shots · 2 PP pointsFrozen from the local NHL AI Opponent Atlas. These are descriptive career splits through the source snapshot, not a projection of the next matchup and not evidence that the opponent caused the result.
Against the goaltenders.
Goaltenders faced, from play-by-playNHL play-by-play · 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 4,192 games · fetched 2026-08-18
Dawson Mercer has faced 81 goaltenders in this dataset but none of them for the 20 shots on goal a published rate requires here. The counts exist; the rates would be noise, so they are not printed.
The source receipt.
Official basics plus named researchOfficial NHL API Web player landing, with local nhl api draft cache reuse
Career, season, game-log, bio, draft and award rows come from official NHL endpoints. Redraft is a separate hindsight model with its own snapshot clock. Pressure is a descriptive Gamelogs layer. Development Trails uses its own declared clock. Missing evidence stays unavailable rather than being drawn as zero.
Official endpoint: player landing · redraft 2026-07-10-redraft-v5.2 snapshot 2026-07-09.
Fantasy Desk.
2026-27 rankings on a three-season blend, most recent season weighted heaviestHockey Insights fantasy pool · 2026-09-29
1.30blended ESPN pts/gm
ESPN#306Yahoo#247Fantrax#246Roto#264
25-2682 GP20 G22 A1.32 pts/gm
2nd half-0.44
This desk has Dawson Mercer No. 306 among skaters on the ESPN points board, off a 1.30 three-season blended per-game figure.
The room.
Every current New Jersey Devils teammate, one click awaycanonical player directory