Thomas
Chabot
D · OTT · Two-way · Excellent
- PAL
- 84
- WAR
- 1.6
- Value
- 71
- PTS
- 31
2025-26№ 31 / 325
Thomas Chabot (Ottawa Senators) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Thomas Chabot
#72D
Ottawa Senators
HEIGHT : 188 cm · WEIGHT : 92 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : January 29, 1997 · Sainte-Marie, Canada
Drafted : 2015 · OTT · round 1, pick #18
Contract : $8,000,000 · 2020-21 → 2027-28 · Standard Contract (Extension) · UFAM-NTC
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Ottawa Senators | 14 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 |
| 2025-26 | Ottawa Senators | 57 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 22 |
| 2024-25 | Ottawa Senators | 80 | 9 | 36 | 45 | 24 |
| 2023-24 | Ottawa Senators | 51 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 22 |
| 2022-23 | Ottawa Senators | 68 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 52 |
| 2021-22 | Ottawa Senators | 59 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 26 |
| 2020-21 | Ottawa Senators | 49 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 36 |
| 2019-20 | Ottawa Senators | 71 | 6 | 33 | 39 | 42 |
| 2018-19 | Ottawa Senators | 70 | 14 | 41 | 55 | 32 |
| 2017-18 | Ottawa Senators | 63 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 14 |
| 2016-17 | Ottawa Senators | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NHL totals | 583 | 79 | 264 | 343 | 282 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Ottawa Senators | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024-25 | Ottawa Senators | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Playoff totals | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
Thomas Chabot: our analysis
2025-26 season: 57 GP, 7 G, 24 A, 31 PTS, +6 +/-, 22:35 TOI. WAR 1.6 (31st of 325) · PAL 84, excellent.
In 2025-26, Thomas Chabot, 29, posts a PAL Rating of 84 out of 100 (excellent), and his WAR of 1.6 ranks 31st among 325 regulars, in the top quarter.
His strengths: power play (90, among the best in the league), offense (86, among the best in the league) and possession (84, well above average).
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: EV offense (+3.7); his biggest cost: penalties (-0.9).
A slight dip from 2024-25, when his PAL was 88; his WAR went from 1.7 to 1.6.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 71 (good value) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Thomas Chabot's story
Raised in Sainte‑Marie, Quebec, Thomas Chabot learned to skate at age three and took part in the Quebec International Pee‑Wee Tournaments in 2009 and 2010 with a Beauce‑Nord minor team. His junior route led him to the QMJHL, where the Saint John Sea Dogs selected him 22nd overall in the 2013 entry draft.
Chabot developed rapidly in Saint John. After a modest rookie campaign, he emerged as the Sea Dogs' leading scoring defenceman over subsequent seasons, earned a spot in the 2015 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game and finished his junior run with several honours: playoff MVP (Guy Lafleur Trophy), the QMJHL's best defenceman (Emile Bouchard Trophy) and the league's personality of the year (Paul Dumont Trophy). He also helped Saint John capture the President's Cup in 2017 and reach the Memorial Cup tournament.
Selected 18th overall by the Ottawa Senators in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, Chabot signed his entry‑level deal that September and made his NHL debut on October 18, 2016 against the Arizona Coyotes. After a short return to junior, he became a regular in Ottawa. He scored his first NHL goal on December 1, 2017 and had a breakout campaign in 2018‑19 with 14 goals and 55 points, earning an All‑Star selection and establishing himself as Ottawa's top offensive defenceman. In September 2019 he agreed to an eight‑year, $64 million contract extension.
Internationally, Chabot won bronze at the 2015 IIHF U18 Championship, took part in the World Junior program and was an alternate captain at the 2017 tournament where he won the MVP and best defenceman awards while helping Canada to silver. He also represented Canada at multiple IIHF World Championships, including silver medals in 2019 and 2022, serving as Canada's captain at the 2022 tournament.
On the ice, Chabot is known for his offensive instincts from the blue line and for logging heavy minutes. He has frequently been asked to carry top‑pairing duties and quarterback power plays while anchoring a defence corps that has seen several changes around him.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 23:59
- PP TOI/GP
- 2:36
- SH TOI/GP
- 1:57
- Pts/GP
- 0.57
- EV points
- 7
- Hits
- 8
- Blocks
- 35
- Takeaways
- 4
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 48.7 %
- Off. zone starts
- 35.8 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
36between 21 and 49 (80% range)
- Goals
- 7
- Assists
- 29
- Games
- 65
So far: 8 pts in 14 games. The team has played 18 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.55 pts per game (last season: 0.54).
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: 0.59 in 23-24, 0.54 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 88 → 84
Outlook, age included
→ StableAge 29: prime years
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 %
85
High-end
- SK
- Skating
- 86
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 68
- Confidence 88 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 84
- Confidence 80 %
- DU
- Durability
- 70
- Confidence 77 %
- CK
- Checking
- 69
- Confidence 88 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 65
- Confidence 61 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 78
- Confidence 88 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 86
- Confidence 85 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 83
- Confidence 85 %
- DF
- Defense
- 73
- Confidence 83 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 67
- Confidence 8 %
- EX
- Experience
- 78
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating86
- Top speed (35 %)35.9 · 80
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)2.619 · 82
- Distance /60 (20 %)14.9 · 90
- Speed consistency (15 %)35.3 · 85
ST — Strength68
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)4.246 · 67
- Body mass (50 %)0.141 · 73
EN — Endurance84
- Ice time per game (45 %)21.6 · 86
- Total ice time (20 %)1,251 · 73
- Shift length (15 %)49 · 80
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)21.1 · 89
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)3.491 · 86
DU — Durability70
- Share of games played (100 %)0.782 · 70
CK — Checking69
- Hits /60 (70 %)2.272 · 68
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)1.993 · 69
- Season volume (10 %)3.611 · 70
FG — Fighting65
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.702 · 65
DI — Discipline78
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.032 · 78
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.549 · 79
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.362 · 73
PA — Passing86
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.555 · 85
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.529 · 82
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.204 · 90
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)3.649 · 63
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.4 · 86
SC — Scoring83
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.317 · 83
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.285 · 85
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.318 · 78
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)0.153 · 82
- xG per shot (10 %)0.036 · 83
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)12.8 · 86
DF — Defense73
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.015 · 74
- Relative xG against (20 %)0.188 · 58
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.557 · 79
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.086 · 82
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.734 · 80
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)58.6 · 72
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)4.946 · 80
PS — Penalty shot67
- Shootouts (60 %)32 · 65
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience78
- Career regular-season games (65 %)89
- Career playoff games (25 %)45
- NHL seasons (10 %)81
OV — Overall85
- DF · Defense (30 %)73
- PA · Passing (22 %)86
- SK · Skating (12 %)86
- SC · Scoring (12 %)83
- EN · Endurance (9 %)84
- ST · Strength (6 %)68
- DI · Discipline (5 %)78
- CK · Checking (4 %)69
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 85 | 86 | 83 | 73 |
| 2024-25 | 86 | 85 | 87 | 69 |
| 2023-24 | 85 | 86 | 89 | 68 |
| 2022-23 | 80 | 83 | 86 | 66 |
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
1.6
wins above replacement
31 of 325
PAL Rating
84/ 100
Performance · Excellent
37 of 250 at the position
Value Rating
71/ 100
Good value
8.00 M$ · expected PAL 72
ProfileTwo-wayStrong at both ends
- Offense
- 86
- Defense
- 73
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- Offense
- 86
- Creation
- 67
- Shooting
- 79
- Possession
- 84
- Defense
- 61
- Discipline
- 55
- Power play
- 90
- Penalty kill
- 74
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 | OTT | 1.6 | 84 | 71 | 8.00 M$ |
| 2024-25 | OTT | 1.7 | 88 | 71 | 8.00 M$ |
| 2023-24 | OTT | 1.6 | 91 | 77 | 8.00 M$ |
| 2022-23 | OTT | 1.6 | 81 | 53 | 8.00 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
81/ 100
Very good
better than 81% of defensemen, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
77/ 100
Very good
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
78/ 100
Very good
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Why 81, higher than both scores? Overall IQ isn't an average, it's a rank: 42 of 225 defensemen. Few players are good at both ends at once; being so puts Thomas Chabot ahead of almost everyone else.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 88
- Shot selection
- 66
- Penalties drawn
- 44
- Puck management
- 82
Defense
- Takeaways
- 83
- Discipline
- 60
- Safe zone exits
- 59
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 | OTT | 81 | 77 | 78 |
| 2024-25 | OTT | 89 | 76 | 88 |
| 2023-24 | OTT | 94 | 96 | 75 |
| 2022-23 | OTT | 46 | 78 | 19 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
1.6
wins above replacement
0.7 to 3.0 — 90% interval
31 of 325 defensemen
+8.7 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +3.7
- EV defense
- +0.8
- Power play
- +0.4
- Penalty kill
- +0.2
- Shooting
- +1.7
- Penalties
- -0.9
- Average → replacement
- +2.6
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | OTT | 57 | 1.6 | 0.7 to 3.0 | 31/325 |
| 2024-25 | OTT | 77 | 1.7 | 0.8 to 2.6 | 24/314 |
| 2023-24 | OTT | 51 | 1.6 | 0.6 to 2.4 | 24/316 |
| 2022-23 | OTT | 68 | 1.6 | 0.7 to 2.8 | 25/334 |
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
- 146.6 km/h69th percentileleague avg. 139.7 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 33.8 km/h45th percentileleague avg. 34.0 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 858th percentileleague avg. 8
- Offensive zone time
- 44.6 %87th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
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- Total distance, season
- 80.4 km77th percentileleague avg. 56.1 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 6.81 km94th percentileleague avg. 4.98 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 44.5 %88th percentileleague avg. 42.8 %
- Neutral zone time
- 17.7 %26th percentileleague avg. 16.9 %
- Defensive zone time
- 37.7 %84th percentileleague avg. 40.8 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 2683rd percentile | 172nd percentile | 3.9 %33rd percentile |
| High danger | 051st percentile | 084th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Mid range | 889th percentile | 073rd percentile | 0.0 %50th percentile |
| Long range | 1384th 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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TORThomas Chabot: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Thomas Chabot have in 2026-27?
Thomas Chabot has 1 goal and 8 points (7 assists) in 14 games in 2026-27.
How old is Thomas Chabot?
Thomas Chabot is 29 years old: he was born on January 30, 1997.
How tall is Thomas Chabot, and how much does he weigh?
Thomas Chabot is 6'2" (188 cm) and weighs 203 lb (92 kg).
Where is Thomas Chabot from?
Canada: Thomas Chabot was born in Sainte-Marie, Quebec, Canada.
What team does Thomas Chabot play for?
Thomas Chabot plays for the Ottawa Senators in the NHL, at D, wearing number 72.
Is Thomas Chabot injured?
No: Thomas Chabot is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Thomas Chabot?
Thomas Chabot produced 1.6 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 31st of 325 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 84 out of 100: excellent for his position.
How much does Thomas Chabot make?
Thomas Chabot earns $8.0M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 71 out of 100 (good value): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Thomas Chabot's contract end?
Thomas Chabot's contract runs through the 2027-28 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent. It includes a M-NTC clause.
Is Thomas Chabot overpaid?
No, he gives more than he costs. His Value rating is 71 out of 100 (good value), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Thomas Chabot a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 31st 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 Thomas Chabot getting better?
No, he is slipping: his PAL rating went from 88 in 2024-25 to 84 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Thomas Chabot played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Thomas Chabot has 6 points (0 goals, 6 assists).
What are Thomas Chabot's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Thomas Chabot has 583 games, 79 goals, 264 assists and 343 points. His best season: 2018-19, with 55 points in 70 games.
Where was Thomas Chabot drafted?
Thomas Chabot was drafted 18th overall (round 1) by Ottawa Senators in 2015.
Is Thomas Chabot better at home or on the road?
On the road: in 2026-27, he averages 0.40 points per game at home (2 in 5 games) and 0.67 on the road (6 in 9 games).
How does Thomas Chabot perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Thomas Chabot has 10 games and 4 points in his career. His pace (0.40 points per game) is lower than his regular-season pace (0.59).
Which player is most similar to Thomas Chabot?
Shea Theodore: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Shea Theodore's page →Is Thomas Chabot a good fantasy pick?
A useful depth pick: our projection has him at 36 points in 2026-27, or 0.55 points per game.
Does Thomas Chabot have siblings?
Yes: his brother Felix-Antoine Chabot (scored two goals in his only QMJHL game).
What is Thomas Chabot's nationality?
Thomas Chabot is Canadian. Internationally: Represented Canada: bronze medal at the IIHF World U18 Championship (2015); silver medal at the World Junior Championship (2017), named tournament MVP and best defenceman (2017); named to the 2018 IIHF World Championship (4th place); silver medal at the IIHF World Championship (2019); captain of Team Canada and silver medal at the IIHF World Championship (2022).
What awards has Thomas Chabot won?
World Junior Championship Most Valuable Player (2017) — first defenceman to receive the honour ; World Junior Championship Best Defenceman (2017) ; Guy Lafleur Trophy — QMJHL playoff most valuable player (2017) ; Emile Bouchard Trophy — QMJHL top defenceman (2017) ; Paul Dumont Trophy — QMJHL personality of the year (2017) ; Sea Dogs Top Defenceman Award (2017) ; Sea Dogs Fans Choice Award (2017) ; Selected to the NHL All-Star Game (2019); and more.
How many championships has Thomas Chabot won?
1: President's Cup, QMJHL champions with the Saint John Sea Dogs (2017).
Where did Thomas Chabot play before turning pro?
Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL), selected in the 2013 QMJHL draft; played from 2013–14 through 2016–17.
How many points is Thomas Chabot projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 36 points in 65 games in 2026-27 (21 to 49 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Ottawa Senators teammates
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