Dylan
Coghlan
D · VGK · Balanced · Very good
- PAL
- 74
- WAR
- -0.0
- Value
- 84
- PTS
- 3
2022-23№ 202 / 334
Dylan Coghlan (Vegas Golden Knights) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Dylan Coghlan
HEIGHT : 188 cm · WEIGHT : 95 kg · SHOOTS : R
Born : February 18, 1998 · Duncan, Canada
Contract : $875,000 · 2026-27 → 2027-28 · Standard Contract · UFA
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Vegas Golden Knights | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2025-26 | Vegas Golden Knights | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024-25 | Winnipeg Jets | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023-24 | Carolina Hurricanes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-23 | Carolina Hurricanes | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 2021-22 | Vegas Golden Knights | 59 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 18 |
| 2020-21 | Vegas Golden Knights | 29 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| NHL totals | 126 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 34 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Vegas Golden Knights | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Playoff totals | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
Dylan Coghlan: our analysis
2022-23 season: 17 GP, 0 G, 3 A, 3 PTS, -1 +/-, 12:43 TOI. WAR -0.0 (202nd of 334) · PAL 74, very good.
In 2022-23, Dylan Coghlan, 28, posts a PAL Rating of 74 out of 100 (very good), and his WAR of -0.0 ranks 202nd among 334 regulars, in the bottom half.
His strengths: discipline (96, among the best in the league), creation (92, among the best in the league) and possession (90, among the best in the league). On the other hand, penalty kill (23, well below average) holds him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: penalties (+0.3); his biggest cost: finishing (-1.4).
Contract-wise, his Value score of 84 (very good contract) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Dylan Coghlan's story
Learning to skate in Port Hardy after being born in Duncan, Dylan Coghlan moved around Vancouver Island as a child and played for several minor programs across the north and central island. His time in Nanaimo proved pivotal; exposure there to WHL scouts coincided with his development, and at 15 he joined the North Island Silvertips of the BC Major Midget League after four seasons in the Nanaimo minor system.
The 2012–13 campaign with the Nanaimo Clippers of the BCHL raised his profile: Coghlan scored 18 goals and collected 40 points in 34 games. That output led to him being selected in the third round, 63rd overall, by the Tri-City Americans in the 2013 Bantam Draft. Those junior achievements set the stage for a professional opportunity despite not being drafted into the NHL.
On 20 September 2017 he earned a contract with the Vegas Golden Knights after attending the franchise’s inaugural development activities and training camp, signing as an undrafted free agent. A signature moment came on 10 March 2021, when he scored his first NHL goal and completed a hat trick in the same game; he became the third defenceman in NHL history to have his first three career goals in one match, and the first rookie and first defenceman in Golden Knights history to record a hat trick.
Coghlan was traded to the Carolina Hurricanes (with Max Pacioretty) on 13 July 2022 for future considerations. After two seasons in Carolina he was moved to the Winnipeg Jets on 6 July 2024, again for future considerations. He returned to Vegas by signing a one-year deal on 1 July 2025.
Recalled on 8 January 2026, he played that night against the Columbus Blue Jackets in a 5–3 win, his first game for Vegas in nearly four years and logging just under 16 minutes. A further recall on 3 May 2026—after an injury to Jeremy Lauzon—kept him in the lineup through the playoffs; he scored his first playoff goal in Game 1 of the Western Conference Final versus the Colorado Avalanche and added two assists across 13 playoff games. He appeared in five of six games in the 2026 Stanley Cup Final, and on 1 July he signed a two-year extension keeping him under contract through 2027–28.
Coghlan’s game mixes an eye for offence from the blue line with readiness to step into expanded roles when opportunities arise, as shown by his scoring bursts and his contributions during the 2026 postseason.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 14:09
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:00
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:00
- Pts/GP
- 0.09
- EV points
- 1
- Hits
- 7
- Blocks
- 10
- Takeaways
- 3
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 48.0 %
- Off. zone starts
- 35.0 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
2between 1 and 7 (80% range)
- Goals
- 0
- Assists
- 2
- Games
- 22
So far: 1 pts in 11 games. The team has played 19 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.12 pts per game (last season: 0.00).
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.
This is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes; one player in five finishes outside the range.
Player ratings, 2022-23
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 18 %
76
Established NHL
- SK
- Skating
- 75
- Confidence 57 %
- ST
- Strength
- 76
- Confidence 21 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 60
- Confidence 0 %
- DU
- Durability
- 50
- Confidence 57 %
- CK
- Checking
- 69
- Confidence 21 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 78
- Confidence 10 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 86
- Confidence 21 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 79
- Confidence 18 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 75
- Confidence 18 %
- DF
- Defense
- 76
- Confidence 15 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 47
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating75
- Top speed (35 %)35 · 71
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)1.865 · 78
- Distance /60 (20 %)13.9 · 77
- Speed consistency (15 %)34.7 · 73
ST — Strength76
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)4.764 · 75
- Body mass (50 %)0.465 · 77
EN — Endurance60
- Ice time per game (45 %)17.2 · 64
- Total ice time (20 %)213 · 35
- Shift length (15 %)46.8 · 73
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)2.228 · 69
DU — Durability50
- Share of games played (100 %)0.642 · 50
CK — Checking69
- Hits /60 (70 %)4.017 · 75
- Season volume (10 %)2.485 · 35
FG — Fighting78
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)1.09 · 78
DI — Discipline86
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.008 · 86
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.573 · 80
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.526 · 83
PA — Passing79
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.458 · 80
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.411 · 75
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.031 · 79
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)3.882 · 64
SC — Scoring75
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.182 · 71
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.283 · 83
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)-0.282 · 65
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)0.106 · 71
- xG per shot (10 %)0.037 · 74
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)12.1 · 87
DF — Defense76
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.016 · 76
- Relative xG against (20 %)0.004 · 74
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.604 · 83
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)-0.031 · 72
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-0.698 · 74
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)55.1 · 84
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)4.12 · 66
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)34.2 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)25.9 · 75
EX — Experience47
- Career regular-season games (65 %)66
- Career playoff games (25 %)0
- NHL seasons (10 %)47
OV — Overall76
- DF · Defense (30 %)76
- PA · Passing (22 %)79
- SK · Skating (12 %)75
- SC · Scoring (12 %)75
- EN · Endurance (9 %)60
- ST · Strength (6 %)76
- DI · Discipline (5 %)86
- CK · Checking (4 %)69
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2022-23
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.
PAL Rating
74/ 100
Performance · Very good
62 of 252 at the position
Value Rating
84/ 100
Very good contract
0.76 M$ · expected PAL 40
ProfileBalancedNeither end dominates
- Offense
- 71
- Defense
- 55
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- Offense
- 50
- Creation
- 92
- Shooting
- 45
- Possession
- 90
- Defense
- 49
- Discipline
- 96
- Power play
- 44
- Penalty kill
- 23
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
Hockey IQ, 2022-23
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
91/ 100
Elite
better than 91% of defensemen, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
95/ 100
Elite
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
69/ 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, 19 of 222 defensemen.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 87
- Shot selection
- 41
- Penalties drawn
- 97
- Puck management
- 91
Defense
- Takeaways
- 27
- Discipline
- 72
- Safe zone exits
- 81
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.
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
-0.0
wins above replacement
-0.1 to 0.0 — 90% interval
219 of 325 defensemen
-0.1 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +0.1
- EV defense
- +0.0
- Power play
- 0.0
- Penalty kill
- 0.0
- Shooting
- -0.1
- Penalties
- -0.2
- Average → replacement
- +0.1
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | VGK | 3 | -0.0 | -0.1 to 0.0 | 219/325 |
| 2024-25 | WPG | 6 | -0.1 | -0.1 to -0.0 | 228/314 |
| 2023-24 | CAR | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | 179/316 |
| 2022-23 | CAR | 17 | -0.0 | -0.2 to 0.1 | 202/334 |
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
- 146.5 km/h68th percentileleague avg. 139.7 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 34.1 km/h52nd percentileleague avg. 34.0 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 435th percentileleague avg. 8
- Offensive zone time
- 40.0 %32nd percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
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- Total distance, season
- 31.7 km25th percentileleague avg. 56.1 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 3.66 km12th percentileleague avg. 4.98 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 40.0 %19th percentileleague avg. 42.8 %
- Neutral zone time
- 19.5 %97th percentileleague avg. 16.9 %
- Defensive zone time
- 40.4 %49th percentileleague avg. 40.8 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 1764th percentile | 049th percentile | 0.0 %27th percentile |
| High danger | 051st percentile | 084th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Mid range | 366th percentile | 073rd percentile | 0.0 %50th percentile |
| Long range | 1485th percentile | 077th 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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MINDylan Coghlan: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Dylan Coghlan have in 2026-27?
Dylan Coghlan has 0 goals and 1 point (1 assist) in 11 games in 2026-27.
How old is Dylan Coghlan?
Dylan Coghlan is 28 years old: he was born on February 19, 1998.
How tall is Dylan Coghlan, and how much does he weigh?
Dylan Coghlan is 6'2" (188 cm) and weighs 209 lb (95 kg).
Where is Dylan Coghlan from?
Canada: Dylan Coghlan was born in Duncan, British Columbia, Canada.
What team does Dylan Coghlan play for?
Dylan Coghlan plays for the Vegas Golden Knights in the NHL, at D, wearing number 52.
Is Dylan Coghlan injured?
No: Dylan Coghlan is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Dylan Coghlan?
Dylan Coghlan produced -0.0 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 219th of 325 players at his position in the NHL.
How much does Dylan Coghlan make?
Dylan Coghlan carries a cap hit of $875K per season, on a contract worth $1.8M in total over 2 years.
When does Dylan Coghlan's contract end?
Dylan Coghlan's contract runs through the 2027-28 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent.
Is Dylan Coghlan a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 219th of 325 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
How has Dylan Coghlan played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Dylan Coghlan has 1 point (0 goals, 1 assist).
What are Dylan Coghlan's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Dylan Coghlan has 126 games, 6 goals, 17 assists and 23 points. His best season: 2021-22, with 13 points in 59 games.
How does Dylan Coghlan perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Dylan Coghlan has 13 games and 3 points in his career. His pace (0.23 points per game) is similar to his regular-season pace (0.18).
Is Dylan Coghlan a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 2 points in 2026-27, or 0.09 points per game.
What is Dylan Coghlan's nationality?
Dylan Coghlan is Canadian.
What awards has Dylan Coghlan won?
March 10, 2021: first NHL career hat trick; became the third defenseman in NHL history to score his first three career goals in the same game; first rookie and first defenseman to record a hat trick in Vegas Golden Knights franchise history..
Where did Dylan Coghlan play before turning pro?
Nanaimo minor hockey system (2009–2013); North Island Silvertips of the BC Hockey Major Midget League (joined at age 15); Nanaimo Clippers of the BCHL (2012–13 season); drafted by the Tri-City Americans in the 3rd round (63rd overall) of the 2013 Bantam Draft..
How many points is Dylan Coghlan projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 2 points in 22 games in 2026-27 (1 to 7 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Vegas Golden Knights teammates
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