Sheldon
Dries
C · DET · Limited · Very poor
- PAL
- 14
- WAR
- 0.1
- Value
- 27
- PTS
- 17
2022-23№ 302 / 617
Sheldon Dries (Detroit Red Wings) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Sheldon Dries
#15CPlays: Centre · 53% of faceoffs
Detroit Red Wings
HEIGHT : 178 cm · WEIGHT : 83 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : April 22, 1994 · Macomb, United States
Contract : $875,000 · 2026-27 → 2027-28 · Two-Way Contract · UFA
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Detroit Red Wings | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-26 | Detroit Red Wings | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-23 | Vancouver Canucks | 63 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 29 |
| 2021-22 | Vancouver Canucks | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | Colorado Avalanche | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019-20 | Colorado Avalanche | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-19 | Colorado Avalanche | 40 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 26 |
| NHL totals | 139 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 59 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Colorado Avalanche | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Playoff totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sheldon Dries: our analysis
2022-23 season: 63 GP, 11 G, 6 A, 17 PTS, -9 +/-, 11:32 TOI. WAR 0.1 (302nd of 617) · PAL 14, very poor.
In 2022-23, Sheldon Dries, 32, posts a PAL Rating of 14 out of 100 (very poor), and his WAR of 0.1 ranks 302nd among 617 regulars, in the top half.
On the other hand, possession (10, among the weakest in the league) and defense (22, well below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: penalties (+0.5); his biggest cost: EV offense (-1.4).
Contract-wise, his Value score of 27 (poor return) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Sheldon Dries's story
Growing up in a family with college hockey roots—his father and uncle both skated at Western Michigan—Sheldon Dries learned the game in Michigan’s youth circuits, moving through programs such as Detroit Honeybaked and Belle Tire. He finished high school at Eisenhower in 2012 after seasons that prepared him for junior hockey and eventually the collegiate ranks.
Dries’ junior path led him to the USHL’s Green Bay Gamblers, where he played a full season and helped the club capture the Clark Cup. Having committed to Western Michigan, he arrived with solid USHL experience and carved out a checking role as a freshman. His leadership became evident early: he was named team captain approaching his sophomore year and increased his offensive production season by season, peaking with 16 goals and 30 points in his senior year and earning NCHC Second All-Star Team honours while also being a finalist for Defensive Forward of the Year.
Undrafted, Dries signed an AHL deal with the Texas Stars on May 10, 2017. He adapted quickly to pro hockey, tallying 19 goals in the regular season as a rookie and then scoring 10 goals in 22 Calder Cup playoff games—the AHL rookie playoff lead—helping Texas reach the finals. That springboarded him to an NHL entry-level contract with the Colorado Avalanche on July 2, 2018. He surprised at camp, made Colorado’s opening-night roster in 2018–19, debuted in the NHL on October 4, 2018, and scored his first NHL goal on November 1, 2018.
During his time in the Avalanche organization he split minutes between the NHL and the AHL’s Colorado Eagles, serving primarily in a fourth-line capacity at the NHL level and adding offensive contributions in the minors. After several seasons with Colorado, he signed with the Vancouver Canucks on July 28, 2021; in 2023–24 he posted 29 goals and 23 assists in 55 games for Abbotsford in the AHL. On July 1, 2024, he agreed to a two-year, two-way contract with the Detroit Red Wings.
Dries’ profile is straightforward: a checking forward comfortable in tight spaces who nevertheless brings a scoring touch when chances arise. His career trajectory reflects leadership at the collegiate level and a knack for timely offence in the AHL.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 10:20
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:01
- SH TOI/GP
- 1:47
- Pts/GP
- 0.08
- EV points
- 1
- Hits
- 29
- Blocks
- 14
- Takeaways
- 1
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 45.2 %
- Off. zone starts
- 23.7 %
- Faceoffs
- 52.1 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
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 42 %
60
Depth
- SK
- Skating
- 69
- Confidence 57 %
- ST
- Strength
- 48
- Confidence 47 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 60
- Confidence 50 %
- DU
- Durability
- 59
- Confidence 57 %
- CK
- Checking
- 81
- Confidence 47 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 88
- Confidence 28 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 78
- Confidence 47 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- 73
- Confidence 54 %
- PA
- Passing
- 56
- Confidence 42 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 79
- Confidence 42 %
- DF
- Defense
- 66
- Confidence 37 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 53
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating69
- Top speed (35 %)35.3 · 63
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)6.591 · 80
- Distance /60 (20 %)16 · 78
- Speed consistency (15 %)34.3 · 57
ST — Strength48
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)3.539 · 66
- Body mass (50 %)-1.291 · 57
EN — Endurance60
- Ice time per game (45 %)12.9 · 62
- Total ice time (20 %)718 · 65
- Shift length (15 %)40.9 · 57
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)13.2 · 62
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)2.147 · 69
DU — Durability59
- Share of games played (100 %)0.69 · 59
CK — Checking81
- Hits /60 (70 %)5.799 · 82
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)5.892 · 82
- Season volume (10 %)4.443 · 79
FG — Fighting88
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)1.467 · 88
DI — Discipline78
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.024 · 78
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.617 · 76
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.762 · 76
FO — Faceoffs73
- Faceoff % (85 %)50.4 · 74
- Faceoffs /60 (15 %)42.9 · 68
PA — Passing56
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.481 · 59
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.379 · 64
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)-0.063 · 63
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.109 · 68
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.474 · 58
SC — Scoring79
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.906 · 79
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.861 · 79
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.047 · 78
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.466 · 82
- xG per shot (10 %)0.083 · 75
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)13.2 · 79
DF — Defense66
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)-0.04 · 67
- Relative xG against (20 %)0.156 · 64
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.813 · 70
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)-0.003 · 70
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-0.548 · 57
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)58 · 69
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)2.785 · 86
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)34.2 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)25.9 · 75
EX — Experience53
- Career regular-season games (65 %)68
- Career playoff games (25 %)13
- NHL seasons (10 %)61
OV — Overall60
- SC · Scoring (20 %)79
- PA · Passing (20 %)56
- DF · Defense (20 %)66
- SK · Skating (12 %)69
- FO · Faceoffs (10 %)73
- EN · Endurance (8 %)60
- DI · Discipline (5 %)78
- ST · Strength (3 %)48
- CK · Checking (2 %)81
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
14/ 100
Performance · Very poor
395 of 461 at the position
Value Rating
27/ 100
Poor return
0.76 M$ · expected PAL 36
ProfileLimitedBelow average at both ends
- Offense
- 32
- Defense
- 17
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- Offense
- 29
- Creation
- 59
- Shooting
- 59
- Possession
- 10
- Defense
- 22
- Discipline
- 60
- Power play
- 49
- Penalty kill
- 59
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
14/ 100
Low
better than 14% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
54/ 100
Average
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
8/ 100
Low
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, 363 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 8
- Shot selection
- 54
- Penalties drawn
- 67
- Puck management
- 77
Defense
- Takeaways
- 0
- Discipline
- 67
- Safe zone exits
- 4
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 0.1 — 90% interval
389 of 615 forwards
-0.0 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- -0.0
- EV defense
- -0.0
- Power play
- 0.0
- Penalty kill
- 0.0
- Shooting
- -0.3
- Penalties
- +0.2
- Average → replacement
- +0.1
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | DET | 5 | 0.0 | -0.1 to 0.1 | 389/615 |
| 2022-23 | VAN | 63 | 0.1 | -1.0 to 0.9 | 302/617 |
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
- 126.7 km/h31st percentileleague avg. 130.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 36.0 km/h74th percentileleague avg. 35.2 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 1337th percentileleague avg. 21
- Offensive zone time
- 36.7 %6th percentileleague avg. 43.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 32.4 km27th percentileleague avg. 52.2 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 3.46 km17th percentileleague avg. 4.52 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 39.8 %27th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 18.1 %54th percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 45.2 %6th percentileleague avg. 40.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 1129th percentile | 024th percentile | 0.0 %3rd percentile |
| High danger | 539th percentile | 034th percentile | 0.0 %10th percentile |
| Mid range | 227th percentile | 054th percentile | 0.0 %32nd percentile |
| Long range | 031st percentile | 092nd percentile | 0.0 %0th 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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MTLSheldon Dries: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Sheldon Dries have in 2026-27?
Sheldon Dries has 0 goals and 1 point (1 assist) in 12 games in 2026-27.
How old is Sheldon Dries?
Sheldon Dries is 32 years old: he was born on April 23, 1994.
How tall is Sheldon Dries, and how much does he weigh?
Sheldon Dries is 5'10" (178 cm) and weighs 183 lb (83 kg).
Where is Sheldon Dries from?
United States: Sheldon Dries was born in Macomb, Michigan, United States.
What team does Sheldon Dries play for?
Sheldon Dries plays for the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL, at C, wearing number 15.
Is Sheldon Dries injured?
No: Sheldon Dries is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Sheldon Dries?
Sheldon Dries produced 0.0 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 389th of 615 players at his position in the NHL.
How much does Sheldon Dries make?
Sheldon Dries carries a cap hit of $875K per season, on a contract worth $1.8M in total over 2 years.
When does Sheldon Dries's contract end?
Sheldon Dries's contract runs through the 2027-28 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent.
Is Sheldon Dries a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 389th of 615 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
How has Sheldon Dries played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Sheldon Dries has 1 point (0 goals, 1 assist).
What are Sheldon Dries's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Sheldon Dries has 139 games, 16 goals, 11 assists and 27 points. His best season: 2022-23, with 17 points in 63 games.
Is Sheldon Dries better at home or on the road?
At home: in 2026-27, he averages 0.14 points per game at home (1 in 7 games) and 0.00 on the road (0 in 5 games).
How does Sheldon Dries perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Sheldon Dries has 1 game and 0 points in his career. His pace (0.00 points per game) is lower than his regular-season pace (0.19).
Is Sheldon Dries related to anyone famous?
Yes: Todd Dries (father, played NCAA hockey for Western Michigan University); null (uncle, played NCAA hockey for Western Michigan University); Danny Dries (cousin, played for Ohio State and last played professional ice hockey for the Ontario Reign (ECHL) in 2014).
What is Sheldon Dries's nationality?
Sheldon Dries is American.
What awards has Sheldon Dries won?
Selected to the NCHC Second All-Star Team (2016–17 season) ; Finalist for Defensive Forward of the Year (2016–17 season).
How many championships has Sheldon Dries won?
1: Clark Cup with the Green Bay Gamblers (USHL).
Where did Sheldon Dries play before turning pro?
T1EHL junior programs (Detroit HoneyBaked, Belle Tire) and Green Bay Gamblers (USHL); Western Michigan University (NCHC), freshman 2013–14 through senior 2016–17.
See also: his Detroit Red Wings teammates
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