Damon
Severson
D · CBJ · Two-way · Elite
- PAL
- 91
- WAR
- 2.7
- Value
- 87
- PTS
- 32
2025-26№ 10 / 325
Damon Severson (Columbus Blue Jackets) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Damon Severson
HEIGHT : 188 cm · WEIGHT : 94 kg · SHOOTS : R
Born : August 6, 1994 · Melville, Canada
Drafted : 2012 · NJD · round 2, pick #60
Contract : $6,250,000 · 2023-24 → 2030-31 · Standard Contract (Extension) · UFA · Signing bonus $2,000,000NTC / M-NTC
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2025-26 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 71 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 45 |
| 2024-25 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 70 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 47 |
| 2023-24 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 67 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 51 |
| 2022-23 | New Jersey Devils | 81 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 38 |
| 2021-22 | New Jersey Devils | 80 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 57 |
| 2020-21 | New Jersey Devils | 56 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 29 |
| 2019-20 | New Jersey Devils | 69 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 52 |
| 2018-19 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 58 |
| 2017-18 | New Jersey Devils | 76 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 42 |
| 2016-17 | New Jersey Devils | 80 | 3 | 28 | 31 | 58 |
| 2015-16 | New Jersey Devils | 72 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 32 |
| 2014-15 | New Jersey Devils | 51 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 22 |
| NHL totals | 868 | 83 | 271 | 354 | 541 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | New Jersey Devils | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2017-18 | New Jersey Devils | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Playoff totals | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | |
Damon Severson: our analysis
2025-26 season: 71 GP, 8 G, 24 A, 32 PTS, +18 +/-, 21:04 TOI. WAR 2.7 (10th of 325) · PAL 91, elite.
In 2025-26, Damon Severson, 32, posts a PAL Rating of 91 out of 100 (elite), and his WAR of 2.7 ranks 10th among 325 regulars, among the league's elite.
His strengths: possession (98, among the best in the league), defense (93, among the best in the league) and creation (91, among the best in the league). On the other hand, discipline (14, among the weakest in the league) holds him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: EV offense (+9.0); his biggest cost: penalties (-2.4).
A clear step forward: his PAL went from 82 in 2024-25 to 91; his WAR went from 1.8 to 2.7.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 87 (very good contract) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Damon Severson's story
Growing up in Melville, Saskatchewan, Severson took to the ice at two and entered organized hockey at four, rising through local minor programs before suiting up for Yorkton Harvest and the Melville Millionaires in 2009–10. Those early stops set the stage for his jump to major junior hockey.
Kelowna selected him in the WHL bantam draft and he debuted in the league as a 15-year-old. After a 2011–12 season that produced 37 points in 56 games, the New Jersey Devils chose him 60th overall at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft; he signed a three-year entry-level deal that September. Severson had a brief AHL stint with Albany at the end of 2012–13 but returned to Kelowna to continue his development, earning top defenceman honours in his final WHL season.
Severson made the Devils' roster for 2014–15 and registered his first NHL point and first goal in the same contest early on. An ensuing hairline fracture in his ankle interrupted that rookie campaign, yet he still posted a solid rookie stat line and logged heavy minutes. Over the next years he matured into a regular top-four defenceman, inking a six-year contract before 2017–18 and putting up career highs, including an 11-goal season in 2018–19 and playing all 82 games that year.
International duty began for Severson with Canada West at the U-17 event and a bronze medal at the 2012 U18 Worlds. He joined the senior national team at the 2019 IIHF World Championship, scoring a dramatic late equalizer in the quarterfinals and helping Canada to a silver medal; he also returned for the 2022 tournament.
On the ice Severson is known for his mobility and ability to handle significant ice time while contributing offensively. He projects as a puck-moving defenceman who quarterbacks parts of the power play, uses his skating to spring transitions and regularly factors into both defensive-zone assignments and scoring chances — attributes that accompanied him in the sign-and-trade move to the Columbus Blue Jackets in June 2023.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 22:15
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:26
- SH TOI/GP
- 1:33
- Pts/GP
- 0.46
- EV points
- 6
- Hits
- 3
- Blocks
- 20
- Takeaways
- 3
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 48.7 %
- Off. zone starts
- 38.9 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
31between 17 and 43 (80% range)
- Goals
- 9
- Assists
- 23
- Games
- 72
So far: 6 pts in 13 games. The team has played 15 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.43 pts per game (last season: 0.45).
The projection follows last season's pace. Tested on 2,265 player seasons (2022-23 to 2025-26): average miss of 9 points over 82 games; for players at 0.9 points per game and up, it ran 5 points high on average.
Trend
Stable
- Points per game: 0.42 in 23-24, 0.45 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 82 → 91
Outlook, age included
↘ Slight declineAge 32: the age when production usually declines
This is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes; one player in five finishes outside the range.
Player ratings, 2025-26
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 85 %
87
High-end
- SK
- Skating
- 71
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 60
- Confidence 88 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 80
- Confidence 80 %
- DU
- Durability
- 78
- Confidence 77 %
- CK
- Checking
- 67
- Confidence 88 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 80
- Confidence 64 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 60
- Confidence 88 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 85
- Confidence 85 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 86
- Confidence 85 %
- DF
- Defense
- 85
- Confidence 83 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 83
- Confidence 20 %
- EX
- Experience
- 84
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating71
- Top speed (35 %)35.4 · 75
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)1.606 · 71
- Distance /60 (20 %)13.7 · 61
- Speed consistency (15 %)34.8 · 77
ST — Strength60
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)2.75 · 50
- Body mass (50 %)0.397 · 76
EN — Endurance80
- Ice time per game (45 %)19.9 · 79
- Total ice time (20 %)1,468 · 77
- Shift length (15 %)51.4 · 86
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)18.4 · 78
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)2.086 · 72
DU — Durability78
- Share of games played (100 %)0.835 · 78
CK — Checking67
- Hits /60 (70 %)2.037 · 66
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)1.888 · 68
- Season volume (10 %)3.689 · 72
FG — Fighting80
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.979 · 80
DI — Discipline60
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.083 · 60
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.812 · 66
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.326 · 68
PA — Passing85
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.484 · 82
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.443 · 78
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.334 · 97
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)3.238 · 54
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.37 · 84
SC — Scoring86
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.307 · 83
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.284 · 85
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.29 · 77
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)0.29 · 91
- xG per shot (10 %)0.039 · 91
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)9.626 · 76
DF — Defense85
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.118 · 85
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.209 · 88
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.567 · 78
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.121 · 84
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.803 · 79
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)58.5 · 73
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)4.058 · 69
PS — Penalty shot83
- Shootouts (60 %)32.8 · 83
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience84
- Career regular-season games (65 %)95
- Career playoff games (25 %)53
- NHL seasons (10 %)87
OV — Overall87
- DF · Defense (30 %)85
- PA · Passing (22 %)85
- SK · Skating (12 %)71
- SC · Scoring (12 %)86
- EN · Endurance (9 %)80
- ST · Strength (6 %)60
- DI · Discipline (5 %)60
- CK · Checking (4 %)67
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 87 | 71 | 86 | 85 |
| 2024-25 | 81 | 72 | 86 | 78 |
| 2023-24 | 80 | 74 | 85 | 77 |
| 2022-23 | 80 | 73 | 79 | 79 |
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2025-26
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
WAR
2.7
wins above replacement
10 of 325
PAL Rating
91/ 100
Performance · Elite
20 of 250 at the position
Value Rating
87/ 100
Very good contract
6.25 M$ · expected PAL 68
ProfileTwo-wayStrong at both ends
- Offense
- 88
- Defense
- 94
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- Offense
- 77
- Creation
- 91
- Shooting
- 89
- Possession
- 98
- Defense
- 93
- Discipline
- 14
- Power play
- 73
- Penalty kill
- 53
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | Value | Cap hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | CBJ | 2.7 | 91 | 87 | 6.25 M$ |
| 2024-25 | CBJ | 1.8 | 82 | 61 | 6.25 M$ |
| 2023-24 | CBJ | 2.4 | 79 | 58 | 6.25 M$ |
| 2022-23 | NJD | 3.0 | 78 | 61 | 4.17 M$ |
Hockey IQ, 2025-26
Rankings and method →The quality of the player's decisions with and against the puck at 5-on-5, against regulars at the same position (50 = average). PAL measures output; IQ measures how the player plays.
Overall IQ
83/ 100
Very good
better than 83% of defensemen, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
88/ 100
Very good
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
65/ 100
Average
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Overall IQ isn't an average of the two scores: it's the player's rank with offense and defense combined, 38 of 225 defensemen.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 73
- Shot selection
- 99
- Penalties drawn
- 28
- Puck management
- 10
Defense
- Takeaways
- 81
- Discipline
- 40
- Safe zone exits
- 64
Percentiles: 80 means better than 80% of regulars at the same position. Play without the puck (positioning, coverage) isn't measured: the NHL doesn't publish that data.
| Season | Team | IQ | Off. | Def. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | CBJ | 83 | 88 | 65 |
| 2024-25 | CBJ | 78 | 96 | 25 |
| 2023-24 | CBJ | 61 | 83 | 31 |
| 2022-23 | NJD | 61 | 30 | 83 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
2.7
wins above replacement
1.5 to 4.0 — 90% interval
10 of 325 defensemen
+14.5 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +9.0
- EV defense
- +4.6
- Power play
- +0.0
- Penalty kill
- +0.2
- Shooting
- -0.1
- Penalties
- -2.4
- Average → replacement
- +3.1
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | CBJ | 71 | 2.7 | 1.5 to 4.0 | 10/325 |
| 2024-25 | CBJ | 70 | 1.8 | 0.6 to 2.7 | 23/314 |
| 2023-24 | CBJ | 67 | 2.4 | 1.2 to 3.8 | 11/316 |
| 2022-23 | NJD | 81 | 3.0 | 1.6 to 4.0 | 3/334 |
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →Speed, shot power, distance covered, time by zone: measured by chips in the puck and shoulder pads. 90th percentile = better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 151.1 km/h85th percentileleague avg. 139.6 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 34.4 km/h61st percentileleague avg. 34.1 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 435th percentileleague avg. 8
- Offensive zone time
- 42.6 %65th percentileleague avg. 40.6 %
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- Total distance, season
- 63.3 km53rd percentileleague avg. 54.3 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 5.82 km80th percentileleague avg. 4.99 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 42.9 %63rd percentileleague avg. 41.0 %
- Neutral zone time
- 18.0 %46th percentileleague avg. 19.2 %
- Defensive zone time
- 39.4 %62nd percentileleague avg. 40.2 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 727th percentile | 289th percentile | 28.6 %100th percentile |
| High danger | 395th percentile | 2100th percentile | 66.7 %90th percentile |
| Mid range | 136th percentile | 073rd percentile | 0.0 %49th percentile |
| Long range | 329th percentile | 078th percentile | 0.0 %67th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2026-2027 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Game log, 2026-27
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PITDamon Severson: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Damon Severson have in 2026-27?
Damon Severson has 2 goals and 6 points (4 assists) in 13 games in 2026-27.
How old is Damon Severson?
Damon Severson is 32 years old: he was born on August 7, 1994.
How tall is Damon Severson, and how much does he weigh?
Damon Severson is 6'2" (188 cm) and weighs 207 lb (94 kg).
Where is Damon Severson from?
Canada: Damon Severson was born in Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada.
What team does Damon Severson play for?
Damon Severson plays for the Columbus Blue Jackets in the NHL, at D, wearing number 78.
Is Damon Severson injured?
No: Damon Severson is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Damon Severson?
Damon Severson produced 2.7 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 10th of 325 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 91 out of 100: elite for his position.
How much does Damon Severson make?
Damon Severson earns $6.3M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 87 out of 100 (very good contract): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Damon Severson's contract end?
Damon Severson's contract runs through the 2030-31 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent. It includes a NTC / M-NTC clause.
Is Damon Severson overpaid?
No, he gives more than he costs. His Value rating is 87 out of 100 (very good contract), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Damon Severson a top-10 player at his position?
Yes: by WAR, he ranks 10th of 325 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is Damon Severson getting better?
Yes: his PAL rating went from 82 in 2024-25 to 91 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Damon Severson played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Damon Severson has 2 points (1 goal, 1 assist).
What are Damon Severson's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Damon Severson has 868 games, 83 goals, 271 assists and 354 points. His best season: 2021-22, with 46 points in 80 games.
Where was Damon Severson drafted?
Damon Severson was drafted 60th overall (round 2) by New Jersey Devils in 2012.
Is Damon Severson better at home or on the road?
At home: in 2026-27, he averages 0.71 points per game at home (5 in 7 games) and 0.17 on the road (1 in 6 games).
How does Damon Severson perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Damon Severson has 16 games and 3 points in his career. His pace (0.19 points per game) is lower than his regular-season pace (0.41).
Which player is most similar to Damon Severson?
K'Andre Miller: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
K'Andre Miller's page →Is Damon Severson a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 31 points in 2026-27, or 0.43 points per game.
What is Damon Severson's nationality?
Damon Severson is Canadian. Internationally: Canada — represented at junior and senior levels; 2011 World U-17 Hockey Challenge (Team Canada West) — 6th place; 2012 IIHF U18 World Championship — bronze medal; 2019 IIHF World Championship — silver medal; 2022 IIHF World Championship — silver medal; named to 2024 IIHF World Championship roster.
What awards has Damon Severson won?
Kelowna Rockets — Most Improved Player (2011–12 season) ; Kelowna Rockets — Team Top Defenceman Award (2012–13 season) ; Kelowna Rockets — Team Top Defenceman Award (2013–14 season) ; WHL — Western Conference Second All-Star Team (2013–14 season).
Where did Damon Severson play before turning pro?
Yorkton Harvest (Saskatchewan Male U18 AAA) and Melville Millionaires (SJHL) — 2009–10 season; Kelowna Rockets (WHL) — major junior, seasons including 2010–11 through 2013–14; Amateur Tryout with the Albany Devils (AHL) — 2 games at the end of the 2012–13 season.
How many points is Damon Severson projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 31 points in 72 games in 2026-27 (17 to 43 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Columbus Blue Jackets teammates
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