Seattle Kraken · #29 · Defence

Vince Dunn

Age 29 · Shoots left · 6′0″ · 200 lb · Born Mississauga, Ontario, CAN

Drafted 2015, #56 overall by St. Louis

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Games42026-27 Small sample
Goals1T-5th on SEA
Assists3T-2nd on SEA
Points4T-2nd on SEA
P / GP1.00T-52nd in the NHL
Shots425.0% shooting
TOI / GP21:462nd on SEA

2025-262025-26: 81 games, 11-33-44, 0.54 points per game Season detail →

Vince Dunn has 4 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 44 points in 81 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

4 points in 4 games for the 16th-placed Seattle

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

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Points / GP1.0091st
Shooting %25.0%91st
PP points190th
Assists / 602.0788th
Ice time21:4681st
Goals / 600.6981st
Blocked shots567th
Hits361st
Penalty differential056th
Shots / GP1.0048th
Takeaways021st

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

1.01.01–4

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

Points4T-2nd on SEA
Points per game1.00T-52nd in NHL
Goals1T-67th in NHL
Assists3T-2nd on SEA
Shooting %25.0%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time21:462nd on SEA
Stats hub

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 Seattle's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength18:57
Power play2:13
Shorthanded0:35
Total21:46

25.0 shifts a game, averaging 52 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-4th on SEA
PP assists1T-2nd on SEA
PP points1T-3rd on SEA · T-51st NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 606.754th on SEA

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP3Seattle total
Involved in1goals or assists
Share33.3%of every SEA PPG
PP TOI share44.9%of SEA 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 3 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals1T-1st on SEA
Overtime goals0T-1st on SEA
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals1
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st1
2nd0
3rd0
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied0
Leading1
Trailing0

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

Assists

Primary1 · 33%
Secondary2 · 67%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 602.76
Goals / 600.69
Shots / 602.8
ES points / 602.373 ES points
PP points / 606.751 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing, goals from the point

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot4 att · 0 G
Wing5 att · 0 G
Point2 att · 1 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

11 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.2389th
Goals1
Goals vs expected+0.8
Unblocked attempts5
xG per attempt.044
ixG per 600.15

2026-27 · 4 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

20+ mph bursts in the 64th percentile of defencemen: 2

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 skated, mi12.290th
Average shot, mph76.290th
20+ mph bursts264th
Hardest shot, mph84.3160th
22+ mph bursts048th
Top speed, mph20.4347th
90+ mph shots042nd
Distance / 60, mi8.3939th
Offensive-zone time36.1%8th
Defensive-zone time46.4%6th

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, mph20.43Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph84.31Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated12.2 mi3.42 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts30.1%41.0% defensive · 28.9% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

34.0%All situations48.6%
31.6%Even strength50.0%
61.8%Power play28.4%
11.5%Shorthanded78.4%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.43@CGY1 Oct · 2nd 06:45
  2. 20.15@CGY1 Oct · 3rd 17:41
  3. 19.91vsCGY4 Oct · 1st 13:03
  4. 18.97@EDM3 Oct · 3rd 04:33
  5. 18.53@EDM3 Oct · 2nd 08:40
  6. 18.46@EDM3 Oct · 3rd 01:20

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph2 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph8 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 84.31@CGY1 Oct · 2nd 15:28
  2. 83.23@CGY1 Oct · 1st 09:42
  3. 80.86@CGY1 Oct · 2nd 06:16
  4. 80.10@EDM3 Oct · 1st 11:57
  5. 77.73@EDM3 Oct · 2nd 06:46
  6. 74.36@CGY1 Oct · 2nd 09:24
  7. 72.90@CGY1 Oct · 2nd 17:41
  8. 65.97vsCGY4 Oct · 2nd 11:46

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph4 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph3 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 3.42vsVGK6 Oct · 24:01 TOI
  2. 2.56vsCGY4 Oct · 18:34 TOI
  3. 3.25@EDM3 Oct · 23:50 TOI
  4. 2.93@CGY1 Oct · 20:37 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.04 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-10th on SEA
Giveaways4
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits3T-8th on SEA
Blocked shots53rd on SEA

Discipline

Penalty minutes6
Minors3
Majors0
Penalties drawn3
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Detroit, a point in one of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
6 Dec 2025vsDETL 3-40115+124:27
18 Nov 2025@DETL 2-40001−121:38

Contract

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

In 2025-26 he scored 6.0 points per $1M of cap hit, 87th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$7.35M7.1% of the $104M ceiling
Term4 yearsYear 4 of 4
Expires2026-27UFA at 30
Cap value$29.4MCap hit × 4 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 Seattle

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

Ryan Winterton 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

Ryan Winterton1
Shane Wright1

Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.

Who he sets up

Jordan Eberle1
Chandler Stephenson1
Shane Wright1

Scorers on his 3 assists.

By opponent

2026-27 · top 6 by P/GP

Calgary4 P in 22.00 P/GP

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points2323rd for Seattle
Goals557th
Assists1771st
Games played3605th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Nine seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2017-18STL75519240.323.6%
2018-19STL781223350.458.0%
2019-20STL71914230.326.5%
2020-21STL43614200.478.2%
2021-22SEA73728350.485.8%
2022-23SEA811450640.799.4%
2023-24SEA591135460.789.2%
2024-25SEA621128390.638.0%
2025-26SEA811133440.546.1%
Career623862443300.537.1%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2015St. Louis · round 2#56

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · SEA points

Games43
Goals3
Points180.42 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct