New Jersey Devils · #47 · Defence

Declan Chisholm

Age 26 · Shoots left · 6′1″ · 205 lb · Born Bowmanville, Ontario, CAN

Drafted 2018, #150 overall by Winnipeg

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-6th on NJD
Assists1T-2nd on NJD
Points1T-5th on NJD
P / GP0.33T-274th in the NHL
Shots20.0% shooting
TOI / GP14:0613th on NJD

2025-262025-26: 26 games, 1-6-7, 0.27 points per game Season detail →

Declan Chisholm has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 7 points in 26 games last season.

This season

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

1 point in 3 games for the 28th-placed New Jersey

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

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Penalty differential+186th
Assists / 601.4277th
Takeaways161st
Points / GP0.3360th
Blocked shots452nd
PP points042nd
Goals / 600.0039th
Shooting %0.0%38th
Shots / GP0.6732nd
Ice time14:0611th
Hits08th

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

0.30.31–3

Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points1T-5th on NJD
Points per game0.33T-274th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists1T-2nd on NJD
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time14:0613th on NJD
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A third-pair defenceman who plays mostly at even strength

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength13:19
Power play0:16
Shorthanded0:31
Total14:06

18.0 shifts a game, averaging 47 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-2nd on NJD
PP assists0T-3rd on NJD
PP points0T-4th on NJD · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-4th on NJD

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP1New Jersey total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every NJD PPG
PP TOI share3.1%of NJD PP time

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


Scoring detail

No goals yet: his one point is an assist

How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-2nd on NJD
Overtime goals0T-2nd on NJD
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals0
Power-play goals0

Assists

Primary0 · 0%
Secondary1 · 100%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.42
Goals / 600.00
Shots / 602.8
ES points / 601.501 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the point

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot1 att · 0 G
Wing3 att · 0 G
Point4 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)0.1515th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.1
Unblocked attempts5
xG per attempt.016
ixG per 600.11

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 20.26 mph, hardest shot 83.28 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, mph73.379th
Hardest shot, mph83.2855th
Defensive-zone time40.0%55th
22+ mph bursts048th
Offensive-zone time40.6%45th
90+ mph shots042nd
20+ mph bursts139th
Top speed, mph20.2638th
Distance / 60, mi8.3333rd
Distance skated, mi5.919th

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, mph20.26Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph83.28Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated5.9 mi2.05 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts55.2%13.8% defensive · 31.0% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

41.4%All situations39.9%
42.0%Even strength39.4%
22.8%Power play56.2%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 19.44vsPHI1 Oct · 1st 06:00
  2. 19.08@NYI3 Oct · 3rd 17:17
  3. 19.04vsPHI1 Oct · 1st 14:58
  4. 18.83vsPHI1 Oct · 3rd 11:43
  5. 18.76@NYI3 Oct · 1st 01:37
  6. 18.74vsPHI1 Oct · 3rd 11:32
  7. 18.62@NYI3 Oct · 3rd 02:08
  8. 18.18vsPHI1 Oct · 1st 06:17

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph1 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph10 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 83.28@NYI3 Oct · 3rd 17:05
  2. 81.81@NYI3 Oct · 2nd 18:16
  3. 75.79vsPHI1 Oct · 1st 14:58
  4. 70.49@NYI3 Oct · 3rd 05:01
  5. 70.07vsPHI1 Oct · 2nd 02:32
  6. 69.31vsPHI1 Oct · 2nd 16:03
  7. 62.34vsPHI1 Oct · 1st 03:40

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph2 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph4 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.01vsUTA6 Oct · 15:06 TOI
  2. 1.81@NYI3 Oct · 12:40 TOI
  3. 2.05vsPHI1 Oct · 14:32 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.96 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

Takeaways1T-4th on NJD
Giveaways5
TK / GV ratio0.20
Hits0T-17th on NJD
Blocked shots4T-2nd on NJD

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn1
Net penalties+1drawn minus taken

Game log

The last ten games

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
6 OctvsUTAL 3-50110+115:06
3 OctvsNYIW 6-00000−212:40
1 OctvsPHIW 3-2 OT0002014:32

Contract

Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer

Cap hit$1.6M1.5% of the $104M ceiling
Term2 yearsYear 2 of 2
Expires2026-27UFA at 27
Cap value$3.2MCap hit × 2 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 New Jersey

Linemates and opponents

310th in franchise points since 1990-91

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

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points1310th for New Jersey
Goals0295th
Assists1285th
Games played3391st
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Four seasons, with 3 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2021-22WPG20000.000.0%
2023-24MIN, WPG313690.2910.3%
2024-25MIN66210120.182.9%
2025-26WSH261670.275.0%
Career125622280.224.9%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2018Winnipeg · round 5#150

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · NJD points


Updated after every final · through 6 Oct