New Jersey Devils · #7 · Defence

Dougie Hamilton

Age 33 · Shoots right · 6′6″ · 230 lb · Born Toronto, Ontario, CAN

Drafted 2011, #9 overall by Boston

Next game · Sat 10 Octvs Vancouver · 3:30 PM ET1 P in the last 2 vs VANGame preview →
Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals1T-2nd on NJD
Assists1T-2nd on NJD
Points2T-2nd on NJD
P / GP0.67T-132nd in the NHL
Shots1010.0% shooting
TOI / GP22:113rd on NJD

2025-262025-26: 77 games, 12-27-39, 0.51 points per game Season detail →

Dougie Hamilton has 2 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 39 points in 77 games last season.

This season

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

2 points 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

Shots / GP3.3398th
Goals / 600.9088th
Takeaways288th
Penalty differential+186th
Ice time22:1184th
Points / GP0.6782nd
Hits582nd
Shooting %10.0%78th
Blocked shots567th
Assists / 600.9063rd
PP points042nd

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-2nd on NJD
Points per game0.67T-132nd in NHL
Goals1T-67th in NHL
Assists1T-2nd on NJD
Shooting %10.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time22:113rd on NJD
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Ice time and special teams

A top-pair defenceman who runs the first power play

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength17:18
Power play2:50
Shorthanded2:03
Total22:11

25.7 shifts a game, averaging 52 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 share33.1%of NJD PP time

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


Scoring detail

Most of the goals come at even strength

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-2nd on NJD
Overtime goals0T-2nd on NJD
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals1
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st0
2nd1
3rd0
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied0
Leading0
Trailing1

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

Assists

Primary1 · 100%
Secondary0 · 0%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.80
Goals / 600.90
Shots / 609.0
ES points / 602.312 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the point, goals from the wing

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease1 att · 0 G
Slot6 att · 0 G
Wing8 att · 1 G
Point9 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)0.6204th
Goals1
Goals vs expected+0.4
Unblocked attempts16
xG per attempt.037
ixG per 600.53

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 83rd percentile of defencemen: 89.16 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

Hardest shot, mph89.1683rd
Offensive-zone time45.3%80th
Defensive-zone time37.0%78th
Distance skated, mi9.767th
Distance / 60, mi8.7364th
Average shot, mph70.761st
22+ mph bursts048th
90+ mph shots042nd
20+ mph bursts012th
Top speed, mph19.4610th

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, mph19.46Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph89.16Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated9.7 mi3.32 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts39.7%22.4% defensive · 37.9% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

47.1%All situations34.8%
45.5%Even strength35.8%
56.5%Power play28.0%
47.7%Shorthanded36.8%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 19.46@NYI3 Oct · 2nd 15:59
  2. 18.59vsPHI1 Oct · 1st 02:15
  3. 18.53vsPHI1 Oct · 1st 04:29
  4. 18.44@NYI3 Oct · 1st 00:47
  5. 18.42vsPHI1 Oct · 3rd 01:52
  6. 18.37vsPHI1 Oct · 2nd 15:27
  7. 18.31vsPHI1 Oct · 2nd 03:06
  8. 18.19@NYI3 Oct · 2nd 07:19

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph0 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph13 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 89.16vsPHI1 Oct · 2nd 17:52
  2. 82.30@NYI3 Oct · 2nd 12:41
  3. 78.32@NYI3 Oct · 3rd 14:24
  4. 77.97@NYI3 Oct · 2nd 07:09
  5. 76.39vsPHI1 Oct · 1st 09:44
  6. 71.81vsPHI1 Oct · 2nd 02:53
  7. 71.25@NYI3 Oct · 3rd 16:54
  8. 70.40vsPHI1 Oct · 2nd 17:58

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph3 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph8 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 3.21vsUTA6 Oct · 22:44 TOI
  2. 3.32@NYI3 Oct · 22:17 TOI
  3. 3.16vsPHI1 Oct · 21:32 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.23 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-2nd on NJD
Giveaways6
TK / GV ratio0.33
Hits5T-2nd on NJD
Blocked shots51st on NJD

Discipline

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

Game log

Against Vancouver, a point in one of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
23 Jan 2026@VANW 5-40111−121:22
14 Dec 2025vsVANL 1-20001+124:25

Prediction markets

3.5% for the Norris Trophy

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

Norris TrophyBest defenceman3.5%—Best1¢4¢Not listed

Snapshot 7 Oct, 11:12 AM ET. "Best" is the cheapest price to buy Yes after venue fees. Prices are snapshots taken every 15 minutes (season futures hourly), not live. Prediction markets carry risk of loss and are not available in every jurisdiction. 18+/21+ where applicable. How markets work · Affiliate disclosure


Contract

$9M a season through 2027-28

In 2025-26 he scored 4.3 points per $1M of cap hit, 127th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$9M8.7% of the $104M ceiling
Term7 yearsYear 6 of 7
Expires2027-28UFA at 35
Cap value$63MCap 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 New Jersey

Five seasons · 2021-22 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

33rd 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

Points20133rd for New Jersey
Goals5837th
Assists14324th
Games played30845th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Fourteen seasons, with 4 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2012-13BOS42511160.386.0%
2013-14BOS64718250.396.1%
2014-15BOS721032420.585.3%
2015-16CGY821231430.526.3%
2016-17CGY811337500.625.9%
2017-18CGY821727440.546.3%
2018-19CAR821821390.486.9%
2019-20CAR471426400.858.2%
2020-21CAR551032420.765.6%
2021-22NJD62921300.484.6%
2022-23NJD822252740.908.0%
2023-24NJD20511160.808.2%
2024-25NJD64931400.634.8%
2025-26NJD771227390.515.9%
Career9121633775400.596.3%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2011Boston · round 1From Niagara (OHL)#9

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · NJD points

Games71
Goals9
Points310.44 P/GP
Game-winning goals3
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct