Washington Capitals · #17 · Centre

Dylan Strome

Age 29 · Shoots left · 6′4″ · 200 lb · Born Mississauga, Ontario, CAN

Drafted 2015, #3 overall by ARI

Next game · tonightvs Pittsburgh · 7:30 PM ET4 P in the last 3 vs PIT
Point tonight 54%Goal 22%Markets →
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Games22026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-6th on WSH
Assists2T-1st on WSH
Points2T-2nd on WSH
P / GP1.00T-52nd in the NHL
Shots30.0% shooting
TOI / GP15:3711th on WSH

2025-262025-26: 80 games, 19-39-58, 0.73 points per game Season detail →

Dylan Strome has 2 points in 2 games of 2026-27, after 58 points in 80 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

2 points in 2 games for the 22nd-placed Washington

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Assists / 603.8496th
Points / GP1.0084th
PP points180th
Blocked shots267th
Ice time15:3756th
Penalty differential048th
Shots / GP1.5048th
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.

Points2T-2nd on WSH
Points per game1.00T-52nd in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists2T-1st on WSH
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time15:3711th on WSH
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Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who runs the first power play

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength13:32
Power play2:02
Shorthanded0:03
Total15:37

18.0 shifts a game, averaging 52 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-2nd on WSH
PP assists11st on WSH
PP points1T-1st on WSH · T-51st NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 6014.752nd on WSH

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP1Washington total
Involved in1goals or assists
Share100.0%of every WSH PPG
PP TOI share63.0%of WSH PP time

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


Scoring detail

No goals yet: all 2 points are assists

How the 0 goals and 2 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-2nd on WSH
Overtime goals0T-1st on WSH
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals0
Power-play goals0

Assists

Primary2 · 100%
Secondary0 · 0%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 603.84
Goals / 600.00
Shots / 605.8
ES points / 602.221 ES points
PP points / 6014.751 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

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot5 att · 0 G
Wing1 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

6 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.6203rd
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.6
Unblocked attempts4
xG per attempt.147
ixG per 601.13

2026-27 · 2 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

Distance per 60 in the 67th percentile of forwards: 9.91 miles

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 / 60, mi9.9167th
90+ mph shots048th
22+ mph bursts041st
Average shot, mph50.632nd
Top speed, mph20.4618th
Distance skated, mi5.216th
Defensive-zone time44.5%16th
20+ mph bursts114th
Offensive-zone time36.5%12th
Hardest shot, mph62.2910th

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, mph20.46Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph62.29Forward average 74.7
Distance skated5.2 mi2.96 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts62.5%25.0% defensive · 12.5% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

36.5%All situations44.5%
35.2%Even strength45.6%
46.6%Power play37.8%
0.0%Shorthanded10.5%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.46@TBL3 Oct · 2nd 05:45
  2. 19.24@TBL3 Oct · 3rd 08:06
  3. 19.15@CAR2 Oct · 2nd 15:27
  4. 18.92@CAR2 Oct · 2nd 01:29
  5. 18.92@CAR2 Oct · 1st 02:51
  6. 18.88@CAR2 Oct · 1st 13:06
  7. 18.81@TBL3 Oct · 1st 18:37
  8. 18.76@TBL3 Oct · 2nd 12:20

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph1 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph8 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 62.29@TBL3 Oct · 3rd 19:59
  2. 56.15@CAR2 Oct · 1st 05:35
  3. 53.77@TBL3 Oct · 3rd 19:01
  4. 52.68@CAR2 Oct · 1st 16:46
  5. 50.90@TBL3 Oct · 3rd 19:14
  6. 27.63@CAR2 Oct · 3rd 14:25

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

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

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.96@TBL3 Oct · 18:02 TOI
  2. 2.19@CAR2 Oct · 13:11 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.58 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-6th on WSH
Giveaways1
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits2T-9th on WSH
Blocked shots2T-8th on WSH

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken2512.5 a game
Won13
Win %52.0%
Offensive zone5 of 17

A regular centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Pittsburgh, a point in two of three

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
12 Apr 2026vsPITW 3-00000014:32
11 Apr 2026@PITW 6-30112−120:01
6 Nov 2025@PITL 3-51235+223:30

Prediction markets

Priced at 54% for a point tonight

From stats is a Poisson rate from his scoring this season and last, combined; the market is the venues' average midpoint.

Point tonight vs PIT1+ point54%52%57¢Best56¢Not listed
Goal tonight vs PITAnytime scorer22%21%24¢Best21¢Not listed
2+ points tonightMulti-point game17%17%Best20¢22¢Not listed
Assist tonight vs PIT1+ assist42%39%43¢Not listedNot listed

Snapshot 7 Oct, 10:12 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

$5M a season through 2027-28

In 2025-26 he scored 11.6 points per $1M of cap hit, 107th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$5M4.8% of the $104M ceiling
Term5 yearsYear 4 of 5
Expires2027-28UFA at 31
Cap value$25MCap hit × 5 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 Washington

Four seasons · 2022-23 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

20th 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.

Who he sets up

Jakob Chychrun1
Ryan Leonard1

Scorers on his 2 assists.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points27420th for Washington
Goals9820th
Assists17621st
Games played32749th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Ten seasons, with 3 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2016-17ARI70110.140.0%
2017-18ARI214590.4313.3%
2018-19ARI, CHI782037570.7313.8%
2019-20CHI581226380.6612.4%
2020-21CHI4098170.4312.7%
2021-22CHI692226480.7017.5%
2022-23WSH812342650.8014.9%
2023-24WSH822740670.8216.0%
2024-25WSH822953821.0019.5%
2025-26WSH801939580.7313.3%
Career5981652774420.7415.1%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2015ARI · round 1From Erie (OHL)#3

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · WSH points

Games23
Goals5
Points160.70 P/GP
Game-winning goals1
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct