Montréal Canadiens · #24 · Centre

Phillip Danault

Age 33 · Shoots left · 6′1″ · 200 lb · Born Victoriaville, Quebec, CAN

Drafted 2011, #26 overall by Chicago

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-9th on MTL
Assists1T-5th on MTL
Points1T-10th on MTL
P / GP0.33T-274th in the NHL
Shots30.0% shooting
TOI / GP13:3712th on MTL

2025-262025-26: 75 games, 6-11-17, 0.23 points per game Season detail →

Phillip Danault has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 17 points in 75 games last season.

This season

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

1 point in 3 games for the 20th-placed Montréal

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

Percentile among NHL forwards

Assists / 601.4765th
Penalty differential048th
Points / GP0.3340th
PP points036th
Ice time13:3732nd
Shots / GP1.0029th
Takeaways027th
Goals / 600.0026th
Shooting %0.0%25th
Hits119th
Blocked shots012th

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

0.30.31–3

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

Points1T-10th on MTL
Points per game0.33T-274th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists1T-5th on MTL
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time13:3712th on MTL
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Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who kills penalties

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength10:37
Power play0:23
Shorthanded2:37
Total13:37

19.3 shifts a game, averaging 42 seconds each.

Special teams

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

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP1Montréal total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every MTL PPG
PP TOI share7.7%of MTL PP time

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


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 MTL
Overtime goals0T-1st on MTL
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals0
Power-play goals0

Assists

Primary1 · 100%
Secondary0 · 0%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.47
Goals / 600.00
Shots / 604.4
ES points / 601.881 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

Crease1 att · 0 G
Slot4 att · 0 G
Wing0 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)0.6185th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.6
Unblocked attempts5
xG per attempt.126
ixG per 600.92

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

Top speed 20.32 mph, hardest shot 32.69 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

90+ mph shots048th
22+ mph bursts041st
Distance / 60, mi9.6341st
Distance skated, mi6.633rd
20+ mph bursts227th
Offensive-zone time37.3%17th
Top speed, mph20.3214th
Defensive-zone time46.2%8th
Average shot, mph31.63rd
Hardest shot, mph32.692nd

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, mph20.32Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph32.69Forward average 74.7
Distance skated6.6 mi2.44 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts15.4%46.2% defensive · 38.5% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

35.7%All situations47.9%
37.4%Even strength45.5%
59.1%Power play22.5%
24.1%Shorthanded62.9%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.32@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 02:33
  2. 20.31@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 17:42
  3. 19.98@PIT3 Oct · 1st 01:42
  4. 19.76@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 02:26
  5. 19.70@TOR29 Sep · 1st 01:56
  6. 19.69@PIT3 Oct · 1st 06:18
  7. 19.62@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 07:02
  8. 19.33@PIT3 Oct · 1st 06:38

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph2 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph20 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

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. 2.28vsCAR6 Oct · 13:50 TOI
  2. 1.85@PIT3 Oct · 11:24 TOI
  3. 2.44@TOR29 Sep · 15:37 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.19 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-14th on MTL
Giveaways2
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits1T-17th on MTL
Blocked shots0T-16th on MTL

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken2311.5 a game
Won13
Win %56.5%
Offensive zone4 of 5

A regular centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Nashville, a point in zero of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
28 Mar 2026@NSHW 4-10000−116:18
25 Oct 2025@NSHOTL 4-5 SO0002018:01

Contract

Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer

In 2025-26 he scored 3.1 points per $1M of cap hit, 360th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$5.5M5.3% of the $104M ceiling
Term6 yearsYear 6 of 6
Expires2026-27UFA at 34
Cap value$33MCap hit × 6 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 1 Oct 2026.


With Montréal

Eight seasons · 2015-16 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

24th 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

Points20724th for Montréal
Goals6040th
Assists14717th
Games played40825th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Thirteen seasons, with 3 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2014-15CHI20000.000.0%
2015-16CHI, MTL5146100.205.6%
2016-17MTL821327400.499.8%
2017-18MTL52817250.488.5%
2018-19MTL811241530.659.1%
2019-20MTL711334470.669.9%
2020-21MTL53519240.456.8%
2021-22LAK792724510.6513.9%
2022-23LAK821836540.6611.8%
2023-24LAK781730470.6010.7%
2024-25LAK80835430.546.5%
2025-26LAK, MTL75611170.236.6%
2026-27MTL10000.00—
Career7871312804110.529.7%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2011Chicago · round 1From Victoriaville (QMJHL)#26

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · MTL points

Games81
Goals11
Points380.47 P/GP
Game-winning goals2
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct