Ottawa Senators · #72 · Defence

Thomas Chabot

Age 29 · Shoots left · 6′2″ · 203 lb · Born Sainte-Marie, Quebec, CAN

Drafted 2015, #18 overall by Ottawa

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals1T-4th on OTT
Assists1T-5th on OTT
Points2T-4th on OTT
P / GP0.67T-132nd in the NHL
Shots812.5% shooting
TOI / GP25:501st on OTT

2025-262025-26: 57 games, 7-24-31, 0.54 points per game Season detail →

Thomas Chabot has 2 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 31 points in 57 games last season.

This season

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

2 points in 3 games for the 11th-placed Ottawa

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

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Penalty differential+297th
Blocked shots1196th
Ice time25:5095th
Shots / GP2.6794th
Takeaways288th
Goals / 600.7786th
Points / GP0.6782nd
Shooting %12.5%81st
Assists / 600.7759th
Hits244th
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-4th on OTT
Points per game0.67T-132nd in NHL
Goals1T-67th in NHL
Assists1T-5th on OTT
Shooting %12.5%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time25:501st on OTT
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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 Ottawa's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength20:01
Power play2:26
Shorthanded3:23
Total25:50

31.3 shifts a game, averaging 49 seconds each.

Special teams

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

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP1Ottawa total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every OTT PPG
PP TOI share39.8%of OTT PP time

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


Scoring detail

1 of 1 goal broke a tie

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-3rd on OTT
Overtime goals0T-1st on OTT
First goal of the game1
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals1
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st1
2nd0
3rd0
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied1
Leading0
Trailing0

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

Assists

Primary0 · 0%
Secondary1 · 100%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.55
Goals / 600.77
Shots / 606.2
ES points / 602.002 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing, goals from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot4 att · 1 G
Wing6 att · 0 G
Point5 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)0.3353rd
Goals1
Goals vs expected+0.7
Unblocked attempts10
xG per attempt.028
ixG per 600.21

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

Distance per 60 in the 85th percentile of defencemen: 8.97 miles

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

Distance / 60, mi8.9785th
Distance skated, mi11.684th
Hardest shot, mph88.6679th
Offensive-zone time44.8%78th
Defensive-zone time37.0%78th
Average shot, mph70.456th
22+ mph bursts048th
90+ mph shots042nd
20+ mph bursts139th
Top speed, mph20.1127th

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, mph20.11Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph88.66Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated11.6 mi4.02 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts40.0%34.6% defensive · 25.5% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

44.8%All situations36.1%
46.1%Even strength34.2%
66.6%Power play22.4%
20.3%Shorthanded60.4%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 19.87@BOS5 Oct · 3rd 11:30
  2. 19.73@TOR3 Oct · 3rd 19:39
  3. 19.73@BOS5 Oct · 1st 13:15
  4. 19.24@BOS5 Oct · 2nd 15:33
  5. 19.21@TOR3 Oct · 1st 19:06
  6. 19.12@TOR3 Oct · 1st 03:16
  7. 19.12@BOS5 Oct · 2nd 08:38
  8. 18.88@TOR3 Oct · 2nd 14:16

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph1 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph19 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 88.66@TOR3 Oct · 1st 15:57
  2. 87.46@TOR3 Oct · 2nd 11:54
  3. 79.93@BOS5 Oct · 3rd 03:20
  4. 70.44@BOS5 Oct · 2nd 04:00
  5. 70.17@TOR3 Oct · 3rd 00:16
  6. 66.93@BOS5 Oct · 3rd 11:21
  7. 64.18@TOR3 Oct · 2nd 04:02
  8. 60.50@TOR3 Oct · 1st 18:51

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph2 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph4 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 3.98@DET6 Oct · 26:12 TOI
  2. 3.58@BOS5 Oct · 24:13 TOI
  3. 4.02@TOR3 Oct · 27:06 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.86 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-1st on OTT
Giveaways3
TK / GV ratio0.67
Hits2T-10th on OTT
Blocked shots111st on OTT

Discipline

Penalty minutes2
Minors1
Majors0
Penalties drawn3
Net penalties+2drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Philadelphia, a point in one of three

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
5 Feb 2026@PHIW 2-1 OT0003+124:29
8 Nov 2025@PHIW 3-2 OT0110+223:02
23 Oct 2025vsPHIW 2-10002+126:55

Contract

$8M a season through 2027-28

In 2025-26 he scored 3.9 points per $1M of cap hit, 141st of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$8M7.7% of the $104M ceiling
Term8 yearsYear 7 of 8
Expires2027-28UFA at 31
Cap value$64MCap hit × 8 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 Ottawa

Ten seasons · 2016-17 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

Claude Giroux sets him up more than anyone

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

Who sets him up

Claude Giroux1
Shane Pinto1

Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points33713th for Ottawa
Goals7928th
Assists2587th
Games played57210th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Ten seasons, all with the Senators

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2016-17OTT10000.000.0%
2017-18OTT63916250.409.6%
2018-19OTT701441550.797.6%
2019-20OTT71633390.553.2%
2020-21OTT49625310.635.0%
2021-22OTT59731380.644.0%
2022-23OTT681130410.606.7%
2023-24OTT51921300.597.6%
2024-25OTT80936450.565.0%
2025-26OTT57724310.547.1%
Career569782573350.595.9%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2015Ottawa · round 1From Saint John (QMJHL)#18

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · OTT points

Games10
Goals1
Points40.40 P/GP
Game-winning goals1
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct