Ottawa Senators · #24 · Centre

Dylan Cozens

Age 25 · Shoots right · 6′3″ · 205 lb · Born Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, CAN

Drafted 2019, #7 overall by Buffalo

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-7th on OTT
Assists0T-12th on OTT
Points0T-13th on OTT
P / GP0.00T-390th in the NHL
Shots70.0% shooting
TOI / GP18:485th on OTT

2025-262025-26: 82 games, 28-31-59, 0.72 points per game Season detail →

Dylan Cozens has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 59 points in 82 games last season.

This season

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

0 points in 3 games for the 11th-placed Ottawa

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

Percentile among NHL forwards

Penalty differential+295th
Hits1190th
Ice time18:4884th
Shots / GP2.3378th
Blocked shots267th
PP points036th
Takeaways027th
Goals / 600.0026th
Shooting %0.0%25th
Assists / 600.0021st
Points / GP0.0013th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.00.01–3

Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points0T-13th on OTT
Points per game0.00T-390th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists0T-12th on OTT
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time18:485th on OTT
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Ice time and special teams

A top-six forward who runs the first power play

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength14:46
Power play3:41
Shorthanded0:21
Total18:48

22.7 shifts a game, averaging 50 seconds each.

Special teams

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

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP1Ottawa total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every OTT PPG
PP TOI share60.1%of OTT PP time

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


Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease4 att · 0 G
Slot4 att · 0 G
Wing6 att · 0 G
Point1 att · 0 G
Neutral zone1 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)0.8137th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.8
Unblocked attempts11
xG per attempt.071
ixG per 600.83

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

Hardest shot in the 65th percentile of forwards: 80.84 mph

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

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

Offensive-zone time43.9%70th
Distance skated, mi8.966th
Hardest shot, mph80.8465th
Defensive-zone time38.4%64th
90+ mph shots048th
Average shot, mph54.647th
22+ mph bursts041st
20+ mph bursts338th
Distance / 60, mi9.4428th
Top speed, mph20.5622nd

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards 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, mph20.56Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph80.84Forward average 74.7
Distance skated8.9 mi3.25 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts28.2%38.5% defensive · 33.3% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

46.3%All situations35.3%
42.7%Even strength37.3%
64.1%Power play24.6%
0.0%Shorthanded72.5%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.38@TOR3 Oct · 3rd 16:52
  2. 20.00@BOS5 Oct · 3rd 05:52
  3. 19.76@TOR3 Oct · 3rd 01:11
  4. 19.58@BOS5 Oct · 2nd 02:55
  5. 19.45@BOS5 Oct · 2nd 15:04
  6. 19.40@BOS5 Oct · 3rd 01:43
  7. 19.32@TOR3 Oct · 2nd 13:55
  8. 19.20@TOR3 Oct · 1st 05:00

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph3 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph20 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 80.81@TOR3 Oct · 2nd 10:34
  2. 74.21@BOS5 Oct · 2nd 17:46
  3. 70.48@TOR3 Oct · 3rd 09:57
  4. 69.44@BOS5 Oct · 1st 04:18
  5. 62.23@TOR3 Oct · 3rd 01:48
  6. 51.00@BOS5 Oct · 1st 04:36
  7. 35.70@BOS5 Oct · 2nd 07:25
  8. 31.65@BOS5 Oct · 3rd 13:44

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph2 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph2 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 3.25@DET6 Oct · 21:29 TOI
  2. 3.03@BOS5 Oct · 18:38 TOI
  3. 2.60@TOR3 Oct · 16:17 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.96 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

Takeaways0T-9th on OTT
Giveaways4
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits112nd on OTT
Blocked shots2T-6th on OTT

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn2
Net penalties+2drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken4314.3 a game
Won22
Win %51.2%
Offensive zone11 of 19

A regular centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Philadelphia, a point in zero of three

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
5 Feb 2026@PHIW 2-1 OT0002016:02
8 Nov 2025@PHIW 3-2 OT0003020:02
23 Oct 2025vsPHIW 2-10000017:33

Contract

$7.1M a season through 2029-30

In 2025-26 he scored 8.3 points per $1M of cap hit, 207th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$7.1M6.8% of the $104M ceiling
Term7 yearsYear 4 of 7
Expires2029-30UFA at 29
Cap value$49.7MCap hit × 7 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 Ottawa

Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

67th 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

Points7567th for Ottawa
Goals3354th
Assists4273rd
Games played106147th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Six seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2020-21BUF4149130.326.5%
2021-22BUF791325380.488.1%
2022-23BUF813137680.8414.7%
2023-24BUF791829470.599.0%
2024-25BUF, OTT821631470.578.5%
2025-26OTT822831590.7213.7%
Career4441101622720.6110.7%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2019Buffalo · round 1From Lethbridge (WHL)#7

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · OTT points

Games10
Goals3
Points40.40 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct