Dallas Stars · #53 · Centre

Wyatt Johnston

Age 23 · Shoots right · 6′1″ · 187 lb · Born Toronto, Ontario, CAN

Drafted 2021, #23 overall by Dallas

Next game · Thu 8 Octat Buffalo · 7:00 PM ET0 P in the last 2 vs BUF

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Games32026-27 Small sample

Goals0T-6th on DAL

Assists1T-2nd on DAL

Points1T-6th on DAL

P / GP0.33T-274th in the NHL

Shots90.0% shooting

TOI / GP20:284th on DAL

2025-262025-26: 82 games, 45-41-86, 1.05 points per game Season detail →

Wyatt Johnston has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 86 points in 82 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample

2026-27 · The season

1 point in 3 games for the 25th-placed Dallas

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

Percentile among NHL forwards

Blocked shots493rd

Ice time20:2892nd

Shots / GP3.0090th

Assists / 600.9848th

Penalty differential048th

Points / GP0.3340th

PP points036th

Hits233rd

Takeaways027th

Goals / 600.0026th

Shooting %0.0%25th

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

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

Where he ranks

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Points1T-6th on DAL

Points per game0.33T-274th in NHL

Goals0T-232nd in NHL

Assists1T-2nd on DAL

Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)

Ice time20:284th on DAL

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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 Dallas's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength15:48

Power play3:53

Shorthanded0:47

Total20:28

19.3 shifts a game, averaging 64 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-1st on DAL

PP assists0T-1st on DAL

PP points0T-1st on DAL · T-142nd NHL

SH goals0

PP points / 600.00T-1st on DAL

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 DAL

Overtime goals0T-1st on DAL

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 / 600.98

Goals / 600.00

Shots / 608.8

ES points / 601.271 ES points

PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease3 att · 0 G

Slot13 att · 0 G

Wing2 att · 0 G

Point2 att · 0 G

Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals

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Expected goals (ixG)1.340th

Goals0

Goals vs expected−1.3

Unblocked attempts12

xG per attempt.111

ixG per 601.30

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 70th percentile of forwards: 81.35 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

Defensive-zone time32.8%94th

Offensive-zone time48.1%90th

Average shot, mph63.278th

Distance skated, mi9.776th

Hardest shot, mph81.3570th

20+ mph bursts561st

90+ mph shots048th

22+ mph bursts041st

Top speed, mph20.8533rd

Distance / 60, mi9.4427th

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, mph20.85Forward average 21.23

Hardest shot, mph81.35Forward average 74.7

Distance skated9.7 mi3.57 mi in his longest game

Offensive-zone starts34.9%30.2% defensive · 34.9% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

48.1%All situations32.8%

44.0%Even strength34.7%

67.4%Power play20.8%

35.8%Shorthanded51.5%

OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

20.85@NSH3 Oct · 2nd 11:49
20.59vsSJS5 Oct · 3rd 04:55
20.33@NSH3 Oct · 1st 05:22
20.17vsSJS5 Oct · 3rd 05:01
20.03vsSTL2 Oct · 3rd 05:53
19.85vsSJS5 Oct · 1st 13:48
19.74vsSTL2 Oct · 1st 05:25
19.61vsSJS5 Oct · 1st 03:45

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3

20-22 mph5 · avg 4.6

18-20 mph17 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

81.35vsSTL2 Oct · 1st 09:42
72.54@NSH3 Oct · 3rd 01:02
70.34@NSH3 Oct · 2nd 02:31
67.60vsSTL2 Oct · 2nd 06:40
66.64vsSJS5 Oct · 3rd 08:04
64.05vsSJS5 Oct · 3rd 07:53
63.25vsSJS5 Oct · 1st 13:06
60.38vsSTL2 Oct · 2nd 15:51

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0

90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0

80-89 mph1 · avg 0.6

70-79 mph2 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

2.70vsSJS5 Oct · 16:45 TOI
3.57@NSH3 Oct · 22:50 TOI
3.38vsSTL2 Oct · 21:49 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.22 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

Takeaways0T-4th on DAL

Giveaways2

TK / GV ratio0.00

Hits2T-11th on DAL

Blocked shots4T-5th on DAL

Discipline

Penalty minutes0

Minors0

Majors0

Penalties drawn0

Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken268.7 a game

Won11

Win %42.3%

Offensive zone4 of 9

A part-time centre on the draw.

Game log

Against Buffalo, a point in zero of two

Full game log →

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI

15 Apr 2026@

BUFW 4-3 SO0000−118:11

31 Dec 2025vs

BUFL 1-40001−316:59

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2025-26 · The season

86 points in 82 games on a team that finished 3rd

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

PP points4299th

Shooting %21.8%99th

Goals / 601.6498th

Points / GP1.0594th

Ice time20:0792nd

Blocked shots5590th

Shots / GP2.5186th

Assists / 601.4978th

Takeaways2372nd

Hits5642nd

Penalty differential038th

Bars show the percentile against 411 forwards with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

Dashed line: season average (1.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Where he ranks

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Points862nd on DAL

Points per game1.0529th in NHL

Goals45T-4th in NHL

Assists414th on DAL

Shooting %21.8%Above avg (11.1%)

Ice time20:076th on DAL

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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 Dallas's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength16:07

Power play3:31

Shorthanded0:30

Total20:07

22.0 shifts a game, averaging 55 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals271st on DAL

PP assists154th on DAL

PP points421st on DAL · T-3rd NHL

SH goals0

PP points / 608.741st on DAL

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP71Dallas total

Involved in42goals or assists

Share59.2%of every DAL PPG

PP TOI share73.2%of DAL PP time

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

Scoring detail

The power play drives the goal total

How the 45 goals and 41 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals4T-3rd on DAL

Overtime goals1T-2nd on DAL

First goal of the game8

Empty-net goals1

Even-strength goals18

Power-play goals27

Goals by period

1st16

2nd14

3rd14

Overtime1

Goals by game state

Tied14

Leading16

Trailing15

14 of 45 goals broke a tie; 15 came with Dallas trailing.

Assists

Primary24 · 59%

Secondary17 · 41%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 603.13

Goals / 601.64

Shots / 607.5

ES points / 602.0044 ES points

PP points / 608.7442 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease59 att · 14 G

Slot262 att · 29 G

Wing84 att · 1 G

Point12 att · 1 G

Neutral zone2 att · 0 G

419 attempts across the 85 games with a stored shot map.

Expected goals

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Expected goals (ixG)1.340th

Goals0

Goals vs expected−1.3

Unblocked attempts12

xG per attempt.111

ixG per 601.30

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

2025-26 · Skating and shot power

Top speed 22.05 mph, hardest shot 84.89 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

Distance skated, mi266.097th

Offensive-zone time44.2%75th

Defensive-zone time38.2%71st

Distance / 60, mi9.6757th

20+ mph bursts8746th

22+ mph bursts244th

90+ mph shots038th

Hardest shot, mph84.8934th

Top speed, mph22.0524th

Average shot, mph48.424th

Bars show the percentile against 370 forwards with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph22.05Forward average 22.51

Hardest shot, mph84.89Forward average 87.1

Distance skated266.0 mi4.31 mi in his longest game

Offensive-zone starts36.1%31.7% defensive · 32.2% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

44.2%All situations38.2%

OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22+ mph2 · avg 5.7

20-22 mph85 · avg 102

18-20 mph646 · avg 448

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0

90-99 mph0 · avg 1.0

80-89 mph5 · avg 15

70-79 mph50 · avg 42

Shot attempts per speed band.

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

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

Possession and physical

Takeaways237th on DAL

Giveaways62

TK / GV ratio0.37

Hits5614th on DAL

Blocked shots557th on DAL

Discipline

Penalty minutes32

Minors16

Majors0

Penalties drawn16

Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken84410.3 a game

Won402

Win %47.6%

Offensive zone138 of 301

A regular centre on the draw.

Consistency

A point in three games out of five (53 of 82)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point5365% of games

Multi-point games2429%

Goals in37 games45%

Pointless games2935%

Streaks

Longest point streak5 games9 Oct – 18 Oct

Longest goal streak4 games

Longest pointless run4 games

Final ten8 in 10point in 5

Game log

Against Buffalo, a point in zero of two

Full game log →

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI

15 Apr 2026@

BUFW 4-3 SO0000−118:11

31 Dec 2025vs

BUFL 1-40001−316:59

Splits · 2025-26

Better at home

Home and road

SplitGPPP/GP

Road41330.80

Home41531.29

By opponent

SplitGPPP/GP

vs Buffalo200.00

vs Central26281.08

vs Eastern Conf.32240.75

By month

SplitGPPP/GP

October11100.91

November15201.33

December14151.07

January15140.93

February441.00

March16171.06

April760.86

Prediction markets

0.5% for the Art Ross Trophy

Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.

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Contract

$8.4M a season through 2029-30

In 2025-26 he scored 10.2 points per $1M of cap hit, 140th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$8.4M8.1% of the $104M ceiling

Term5 yearsYear 2 of 5

Expires2029-30UFA at 27

Cap value$42MCap hit × 5 years

Cap space, every team Best-value contracts

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.