Dawson Mercer
Age 24 · Shoots right · 6′0″ · 180 lb · Born Carbonear, Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN
Drafted 2020, #18 overall by New Jersey
2025-262025-26: 82 games, 20-22-42, 0.51 points per game Season detail →
Dawson Mercer has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 42 points in 82 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample0 points in 3 games for the 28th-placed New Jersey
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of New Jersey's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most attempts from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
10 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
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 leadersHardest shot in the 63rd percentile of forwards: 80.55 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.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.54@
NYI3 Oct · 1st 08:04 - 20.50vs
PHI1 Oct · 1st 14:09 - 20.36vsPHI1 Oct · 2nd 05:34
- 19.61@NYI3 Oct · 1st 06:57
- 19.12vsPHI1 Oct · 3rd 16:39
- 19.12@NYI3 Oct · 1st 17:59
- 18.90vsPHI1 Oct · 3rd 16:43
- 18.89vsPHI1 Oct · 2nd 01:04
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 80.55@NYI3 Oct · 1st 06:58
- 73.05vsPHI1 Oct · 2nd 11:51
- 66.74@NYI3 Oct · 3rd 04:56
- 58.76@NYI3 Oct · 2nd 08:40
- 54.04vsPHI1 Oct · 3rd 05:17
- 51.11vsPHI1 Oct · 3rd 12:02
- 20.00vsPHI1 Oct · 2nd 03:19
- 17.02@NYI3 Oct · 3rd 14:41
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 1.79vs
UTA6 Oct · 11:04 TOI - 2.26@NYI3 Oct · 15:02 TOI
- 2.57vsPHI1 Oct · 16:08 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.21 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Vancouver, a point in one of two
VANW 5-40000−119:03VANL 1-20111+121:22UTAL 3-50002011:04NYIW 6-00003−115:02PHIW 3-2 OT0003−116:0842 points in 82 games on a team that finished 21st
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.5). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-six forward who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of New Jersey's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
The power play drives the goal total
How the 20 goals and 22 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
3 of 20 goals broke a tie; 9 came with New Jersey trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
321 attempts across the 83 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
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 leadersTop speed 21.76 mph, hardest shot 86.90 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.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in one game of three (34 of 82)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Vancouver, a point in one of two
VANW 5-40000−119:03VANL 1-20111+121:22
BOSL 0-40002016:25
OTTW 4-3 OT1125+118:56
DETW 5-31013020:58
PITL 2-50000−217:21PHIL 1-50001−217:45
MTLW 3-00001021:34MTLOTL 3-4 SO1013+121:47
WSHW 7-32026+120:00
NYRL 1-40001−117:51
CHIW 5-30112+221:10UTAL 3-50002011:04NYIW 6-00003−115:02PHIW 3-2 OT0003−116:08Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 10.5 points per $1M of cap hit, 135th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
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
Five seasons · 2021-22 to 2025-2631st 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.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsFive seasons, all with the Devils
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct