Points by season
Career NHL points, ending with the 84-game projection (violet).
Pool value
Projected full-season fantasy worth.
why 23?
Each row is one fantasy category turned into points over a full 84-game season. Add the rows up and that is his total fantasy worth.
- proj goals3 × 3+9
- proj assists10 × 1+10
- PP points0 × 0.5+0
- game-winning goals0 × 0.5+0
- OT goals0 × 0.25+0
- shots72 × 0.1+7.2
- PIM24 × 0.05+1.2
- ice time (min)1196 × 0.01+12
- total39 pool points · an elite defenseman season scores 16639 = 23/100
Weights follow what the average fantasy league actually counts: goals at 3× assists (the universal core), power-play points and game-winners at half weight (common extra categories), OT goals, shots and PIM small (many leagues skip them), and ice time as a quiet availability bonus. The scale: add up a whole season of those categories and compare against the best defensemen in the NHL — an elite season scores about 166 points, and that is what 100 means. So 39 points is 23 out of a perfect fantasy season at his position. Defensemen and forwards are graded on separate scales because the D slot can only be filled by a defenseman. Goals and assists come from the backtested season model; the rest ride your own season-to-date pace over 84 games (7 games so far — small sample, secondary lines will move as roles settle). Hits/blocks are excluded: the free NHL feeds don't publish full-season totals, and we don't invent them.
The Situation
- Availability: played 8 of 14 for CBJ — missed 6 games (2026-10-17, 2026-10-18, 2026-10-20, 2026-10-24, …).
- Ironman warning: multiple absences already — treat nightly projections for this player as low-confidence.
- Not on the NHL Status Report — recent absences were healthy scratches or coach's decisions unless a wire note says otherwise.
Every line is measured from our own boxscore ledger; absence reasons from the NHL Status Report and our transaction wire only — no insider guessing.
Season stats
NHL regular-season totals, season by season. The 84-G proj line extends the current season with our public model — methodology in the caption below the table.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPP | SHG | TOI/GP | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | Predators | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:44 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0% | 0.0% |
| 2019-20 | Predators | 64 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19:02 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 5.4% | 0.0% |
| 2020-21 | Predators | 40 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19:19 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 3.4% | 0.0% |
| 2021-22 | Predators | 66 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:03 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 3.4% | 0.0% |
| 2022-23 | Predators | 79 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:27 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 2.0% | 0.0% |
| 2023-24 | Predators | 56 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:21 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 4.6% | 0.0% |
| 2024-25 | Predators | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:06 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2024-25 | Blue Jackets | 62 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 23 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:39 | 3 | 0 | 82 | 11.0% | 0.0% |
| 2025-26 | Blue Jackets | 74 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -16 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:34 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 7.4% | 0.0% |
| 2026-27 | Blue Jackets | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:23 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 84-G proj | Blue Jackets | 84 | 3 | 10 | 13 | — | 40 | — | 0 | — | 17:18 | — | — | 92 | — | — |
84-G proj — current pace blended with the player's own history (recent seasons weighted heaviest), mixed with a similarity projection from historical players with comparable profiles, then adjusted for the aging curve (league-average peak at 27; decline after) — at age 28 that is -1%. Dashes mark stats the model doesn't project.
Line mates
Teammates sharing the most ice time with Dante over the last 7 games — reconstructed shift-by-shift from the NHL's official timing feed (goalies excluded).
| Player | Shared min | GP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Christiansen CBJ | 48 | 6 | |
| Valeri Nichushkin CBJ | 32 | 7 | |
| Adam Fantilli CBJ | 30 | 7 | |
| Charlie Coyle CBJ | 29 | 7 | |
| Mathieu Olivier CBJ | 27 | 7 |
Data via the public NHL API · 2026 Pro Hockey Stats