Winnipeg Jets · #2 · Defence

Dylan DeMelo

Age 33 · Shoots right · 6′1″ · 194 lb · Born London, Ontario, CAN

Drafted 2011, #179 overall by San Jose

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals1T-3rd on WPG
Assists1T-6th on WPG
Points2T-5th on WPG
P / GP0.67T-132nd in the NHL
Shots250.0% shooting
TOI / GP22:033rd on WPG

2025-262025-26: 82 games, 3-16-19, 0.23 points per game Season detail →

Dylan DeMelo has 2 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 19 points in 82 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

2 points in 3 games for the 7th-placed Winnipeg

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Shooting %50.0%98th
Goals / 600.9189th
Takeaways288th
Ice time22:0383rd
Points / GP0.6782nd
Assists / 600.9163rd
Blocked shots452nd
Hits244th
PP points042nd
Shots / GP0.6732nd
Penalty differential−123rd

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.70.71–3

Dashed line: season average (0.7). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points2T-5th on WPG
Points per game0.67T-132nd in NHL
Goals1T-67th in NHL
Assists1T-6th on WPG
Shooting %50.0%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time22:033rd on WPG
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Ice time and special teams

A top-pair defenceman who kills penalties

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Winnipeg's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength19:34
Power play0:00
Shorthanded2:29
Total22:03

29.0 shifts a game, averaging 46 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on WPG
PP assists0T-5th on WPG
PP points0T-5th on WPG · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP4Winnipeg total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every WPG PPG
PP TOI share0.0%of WPG PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Scoring detail

1 of 1 goal broke a tie

How the 1 goal and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-3rd on WPG
Overtime goals0T-1st on WPG
First goal of the game1
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals1
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st1
2nd0
3rd0
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied1
Leading0
Trailing0

1 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with Winnipeg trailing.

Assists

Primary0 · 0%
Secondary1 · 100%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.81
Goals / 600.91
Shots / 601.8
ES points / 602.042 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the point, goals from the point

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot0 att · 0 G
Wing1 att · 0 G
Point3 att · 1 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

4 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.1540th
Goals1
Goals vs expected+0.9
Unblocked attempts4
xG per attempt.014
ixG per 600.05

2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Top speed 19.78 mph, hardest shot 81.08 mph

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.

Tracking percentile among NHL defencemen

Average shot, mph74.986th
22+ mph bursts048th
Distance skated, mi8.447th
Hardest shot, mph81.0844th
90+ mph shots042nd
Top speed, mph19.7819th
Defensive-zone time44.5%15th
20+ mph bursts012th
Offensive-zone time36.7%10th
Distance / 60, mi7.591st

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph19.78Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph81.08Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated8.4 mi2.98 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts42.6%34.4% defensive · 23.0% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

36.7%All situations44.5%
37.6%Even strength43.1%
60.7%Power play24.2%
21.7%Shorthanded63.7%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 19.78@DET4 Oct · 3rd 13:36
  2. 19.59@PIT5 Oct · 2nd 16:20
  3. 19.40vsBOS2 Oct · 3rd 04:56
  4. 18.31vsBOS2 Oct · 3rd 15:57
  5. 18.19@PIT5 Oct · 2nd 08:45

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph0 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph5 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 81.08vsBOS2 Oct · 1st 04:52
  2. 68.67@PIT5 Oct · 3rd 10:07

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph1 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph0 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.98@PIT5 Oct · 22:24 TOI
  2. 2.58@DET4 Oct · 20:53 TOI
  3. 2.81vsBOS2 Oct · 22:53 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.79 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways2T-1st on WPG
Giveaways7
TK / GV ratio0.29
Hits2T-9th on WPG
Blocked shots4T-3rd on WPG

Discipline

Penalty minutes4
Minors2
Majors0
Penalties drawn1
Net penalties−1drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Colorado, a point in zero of four

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
28 Mar 2026@COLW 4-20000+221:54
26 Mar 2026vsCOLL 2-30001+117:56
14 Mar 2026vsCOLW 3-10001+224:36
19 Dec 2025@COLL 2-30001−120:23

Prediction markets

Priced at 3.0% for a point tonight

From stats is a Poisson rate from his scoring this season and last, combined; the market is the venues' average midpoint.

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Contract

$4.9M a season through 2027-28

In 2025-26 he scored 3.9 points per $1M of cap hit, 140th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$4.9M4.7% of the $104M ceiling
Term4 yearsYear 3 of 4
Expires2027-28UFA at 35
Cap value$19.6MCap hit × 4 years

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.


With Winnipeg

Seven seasons · 2019-20 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

Morgan Barron sets him up more than anyone

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

Who sets him up

Morgan Barron1
Adam Lowry1

Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points12021st for Winnipeg
Goals1738th
Assists10316th
Games played46212th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Eleven seasons, with 3 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2015-16SJS452240.094.8%
2016-17SJS251780.323.1%
2017-18SJS63020200.320.0%
2018-19OTT77418220.293.7%
2019-20OTT, WPG59010100.170.0%
2020-21WPG520990.170.0%
2021-22WPG76112130.171.3%
2022-23WPG75621270.366.5%
2023-24WPG82328310.383.6%
2024-25WPG82316190.234.0%
2025-26WPG82316190.234.0%
Career718231591820.253.0%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2011San Jose · round 6#179

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · WPG points

Games41
Goals1
Points80.20 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct