Vince
Dunn
D · SEA · Offensive · Very good
- PAL
- 73
- WAR
- 1.4
- Value
- 52
- PTS
- 44
2025-26№ 44 / 325
Vince Dunn (Seattle Kraken) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Vince Dunn
#29D
Seattle Kraken
HEIGHT : 183 cm · WEIGHT : 91 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : October 28, 1996 · Mississauga, Canada
Drafted : 2015 · STL · round 2, pick #56
Contract : $7,350,000 · 2023-24 → 2026-27 · Standard Contract · UFANTC / M-NTC
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Seattle Kraken | 16 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
| 2025-26 | Seattle Kraken | 81 | 11 | 33 | 44 | 54 |
| 2024-25 | Seattle Kraken | 62 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 33 |
| 2023-24 | Seattle Kraken | 59 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 78 |
| 2022-23 | Seattle Kraken | 81 | 14 | 50 | 64 | 55 |
| 2021-22 | Seattle Kraken | 73 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 63 |
| 2020-21 | St. Louis Blues | 43 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 18 |
| 2019-20 | St. Louis Blues | 71 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 27 |
| 2018-19 | St. Louis Blues | 78 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 45 |
| 2017-18 | St. Louis Blues | 75 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 20 |
| NHL totals | 639 | 89 | 251 | 340 | 399 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | Seattle Kraken | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 22 |
| 2019-20 | St. Louis Blues | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 2018-19 | St. Louis Blues | 20 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| Playoff totals | 43 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 38 | |
Honours
- 🏆 Stanley Cuponce · 2018-19
Vince Dunn: our analysis
2025-26 season: 81 GP, 11 G, 33 A, 44 PTS, -24 +/-, 21:40 TOI. WAR 1.4 (44th of 325) · PAL 73, very good.
In 2025-26, Vince Dunn, 30, posts a PAL Rating of 73 out of 100 (very good), and his WAR of 1.4 ranks 44th among 325 regulars, in the top quarter.
His strengths: power play (96, among the best in the league), offense (88, among the best in the league) and creation (87, among the best in the league). On the other hand, defense (9, among the weakest in the league) and penalty kill (26, below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: EV offense (+6.5); his biggest cost: EV defense (-3.1).
A marked decline: his PAL was 85 in 2024-25, against 73 now; his WAR went from 2.2 to 1.4.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 52 (fair value) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Vince Dunn's story
Raised in Lindsay, Ontario, Vince Dunn came up through local minor programs — with the Central Ontario Wolves and his hometown club — and earned chances at higher‑level showcases, including a North American select appearance at a Czech tournament. Those early experiences helped set the stage for his jump to junior hockey.
Rather than immediately joining major junior, Dunn spent a season in Junior B with the Thorold Blackhawks to sharpen his game before stepping up. Drafted 109th overall by the Niagara IceDogs in the 2012 OHL Priority Selection, he broke out as a rookie in 2013‑14 by leading first‑year defencemen in scoring and claiming the IceDogs’ rookie honour. His second full season produced larger offensive numbers and the team’s Top Defenceman award — an accolade he earned twice during his Niagara tenure.
St. Louis picked Dunn 56th overall in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft and he signed an entry‑level deal on September 25, 2015. He began his pro career in the AHL with the Chicago Wolves in 2016‑17, leading the Wolves’ blueline in scoring with 45 points in 72 games. Dunn made the Blues’ roster for 2017‑18, debuted in October 2017 and notched his first NHL goal shortly thereafter. He remained with St. Louis through their 2019 Stanley Cup run, suffering a serious facial injury in the Western Conference finals but returning to the lineup during the Final as the Blues captured the franchise’s first Cup.
Selected by the Seattle Kraken in the 2021 expansion draft, Dunn signed a two‑year, $8 million deal in August to avoid arbitration and took part in the club’s inaugural camp. He scored the first goal at Climate Pledge Arena for the Kraken and later developed into one half of the team’s top defensive pairing with Adam Larsson. The 2022‑23 season saw personal bests — 14 goals and 64 points — and Seattle’s first playoff series victory, including a seven‑game win over the reigning champions.
On the ice, Dunn is a puck‑moving defenceman who compares his style to other mobile rearguards: he relies on his stick work and passing to affect play at both ends. Acknowledging his smaller frame for the position, he emphasizes positioning, one‑on‑one stick work and steady defensive improvement to make his game effective.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 23:12
- PP TOI/GP
- 2:49
- SH TOI/GP
- 1:34
- Pts/GP
- 0.63
- EV points
- 6
- Hits
- 4
- Blocks
- 22
- Takeaways
- 4
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 40.9 %
- Off. zone starts
- 30.5 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
56between 37 and 73 (80% range)
- Goals
- 15
- Assists
- 41
- Games
- 98
So far: 10 pts in 16 games. The team has played 0 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.56 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
Declining
- Points per game: 0.78 in 23-24, 0.54 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 85 → 73
Outlook, age included
↓ DecliningAge 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 86 %
76
Established NHL
- SK
- Skating
- 73
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 58
- Confidence 88 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 85
- Confidence 80 %
- DU
- Durability
- 78
- Confidence 77 %
- CK
- Checking
- 62
- Confidence 88 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 80
- Confidence 64 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 75
- Confidence 88 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 89
- Confidence 86 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 88
- Confidence 86 %
- DF
- Defense
- 59
- Confidence 84 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 85
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating73
- Top speed (35 %)35.1 · 70
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)1.611 · 71
- Distance /60 (20 %)14.3 · 78
- Speed consistency (15 %)34.5 · 74
ST — Strength58
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)3.323 · 60
- Body mass (50 %)-0.192 · 69
EN — Endurance85
- Ice time per game (45 %)20.9 · 83
- Total ice time (20 %)1,698 · 85
- Shift length (15 %)52.2 · 87
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)20.2 · 86
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)2.767 · 80
DU — Durability78
- Share of games played (100 %)0.835 · 78
CK — Checking62
- Hits /60 (70 %)1.8 · 62
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)1.376 · 62
- Season volume (10 %)3.332 · 65
FG — Fighting80
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.985 · 80
DI — Discipline75
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.042 · 75
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.822 · 65
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.577 · 85
PA — Passing89
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.631 · 88
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.606 · 86
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.242 · 93
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)5.118 · 88
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.519 · 90
SC — Scoring88
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.409 · 89
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.302 · 87
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.732 · 89
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)0.144 · 80
- xG per shot (10 %)0.036 · 84
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)13 · 87
DF — Defense59
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)-0.093 · 60
- Relative xG against (20 %)0.173 · 61
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.768 · 63
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)-0.019 · 71
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.734 · 80
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)61.3 · 56
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)3.324 · 55
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)32.7 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience85
- Career regular-season games (65 %)91
- Career playoff games (25 %)71
- NHL seasons (10 %)78
OV — Overall76
- DF · Defense (30 %)59
- PA · Passing (22 %)89
- SK · Skating (12 %)73
- SC · Scoring (12 %)88
- EN · Endurance (9 %)85
- ST · Strength (6 %)58
- DI · Discipline (5 %)75
- CK · Checking (4 %)62
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 76 | 73 | 88 | 59 |
| 2024-25 | 78 | 76 | 91 | 58 |
| 2023-24 | 84 | 78 | 89 | 68 |
| 2022-23 | 89 | 77 | 89 | 78 |
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
1.4
wins above replacement
44 of 325
PAL Rating
73/ 100
Performance · Very good
63 of 250 at the position
Value Rating
52/ 100
Fair value
7.35 M$ · expected PAL 71
ProfileOffensiveValue comes mostly from offense
- Offense
- 90
- Defense
- 8
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- Offense
- 88
- Creation
- 87
- Shooting
- 87
- Possession
- 27
- Defense
- 9
- Discipline
- 48
- Power play
- 96
- Penalty kill
- 26
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 | SEA | 1.4 | 73 | 52 | 7.35 M$ |
| 2024-25 | SEA | 2.2 | 85 | 66 | 7.35 M$ |
| 2023-24 | SEA | 1.3 | 82 | 58 | 7.35 M$ |
| 2022-23 | SEA | 2.4 | 87 | 78 | 4.00 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
68/ 100
Average
better than 68% of defensemen, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
83/ 100
Very good
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
44/ 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, 71 of 225 defensemen.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 24
- Shot selection
- 77
- Penalties drawn
- 82
- Puck management
- 68
Defense
- Takeaways
- 68
- Discipline
- 21
- Safe zone exits
- 61
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 | SEA | 68 | 83 | 44 |
| 2024-25 | SEA | 86 | 85 | 67 |
| 2023-24 | SEA | 82 | 92 | 50 |
| 2022-23 | SEA | 82 | 95 | 33 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
1.4
wins above replacement
0.5 to 2.4 — 90% interval
44 of 325 defensemen
+7.4 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +6.5
- EV defense
- -3.1
- Power play
- +0.4
- Penalty kill
- 0.0
- Shooting
- +1.8
- Penalties
- -1.7
- Average → replacement
- +3.6
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | SEA | 81 | 1.4 | 0.5 to 2.4 | 44/325 |
| 2024-25 | SEA | 59 | 2.2 | 1.0 to 3.7 | 14/314 |
| 2023-24 | SEA | 59 | 1.3 | 0.6 to 2.1 | 32/316 |
| 2022-23 | SEA | 81 | 2.4 | 0.7 to 3.4 | 8/334 |
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
- 144.2 km/h62nd percentileleague avg. 139.7 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 33.3 km/h27th percentileleague avg. 34.0 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 858th percentileleague avg. 8
- Offensive zone time
- 40.2 %36th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
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- Total distance, season
- 83.4 km82nd percentileleague avg. 56.1 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 6.10 km86th percentileleague avg. 4.98 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 37.9 %2nd percentileleague avg. 42.8 %
- Neutral zone time
- 17.1 %8th percentileleague avg. 16.9 %
- Defensive zone time
- 42.8 %19th percentileleague avg. 40.8 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 3492nd percentile | 395th percentile | 8.8 %68th percentile |
| High danger | 175th percentile | 084th percentile | 0.0 %60th percentile |
| Mid range | 992nd percentile | 190th percentile | 11.1 %57th percentile |
| Long range | 2397th percentile | 299th percentile | 8.7 %87th 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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EDMVince Dunn: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Vince Dunn have in 2026-27?
Vince Dunn has 3 goals and 10 points (7 assists) in 16 games in 2026-27.
How old is Vince Dunn?
Vince Dunn is 30 years old: he was born on October 29, 1996.
How tall is Vince Dunn, and how much does he weigh?
Vince Dunn is 6'0" (183 cm) and weighs 201 lb (91 kg).
Where is Vince Dunn from?
Canada: Vince Dunn was born in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
What team does Vince Dunn play for?
Vince Dunn plays for the Seattle Kraken in the NHL, at D, wearing number 29.
Is Vince Dunn injured?
No: Vince Dunn is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Vince Dunn?
Vince Dunn produced 1.4 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 44th of 325 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 73 out of 100: very good for his position.
How much does Vince Dunn make?
Vince Dunn earns $7.4M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 52 out of 100 (fair value): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Vince Dunn's contract end?
Vince Dunn's contract runs through the 2026-27 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent. It includes a NTC / M-NTC clause.
Is Vince Dunn overpaid?
Neither: he delivers about what his salary should buy. His Value rating is 52 out of 100 (fair value), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Vince Dunn a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 44th 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 Vince Dunn getting better?
No, he is slipping: his PAL rating went from 85 in 2024-25 to 73 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Vince Dunn played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Vince Dunn has 4 points (1 goal, 3 assists).
What are Vince Dunn's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Vince Dunn has 639 games, 89 goals, 251 assists and 340 points. His best season: 2022-23, with 64 points in 81 games.
Where was Vince Dunn drafted?
Vince Dunn was drafted 56th overall (round 2) by St. Louis Blues in 2015.
Is Vince Dunn better at home or on the road?
On the road: in 2026-27, he averages 0.50 points per game at home (4 in 8 games) and 0.75 on the road (6 in 8 games).
How does Vince Dunn perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Vince Dunn has 43 games and 18 points in his career. His pace (0.42 points per game) is lower than his regular-season pace (0.53).
Which player is most similar to Vince Dunn?
Morgan Rielly: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Morgan Rielly's page →Is Vince Dunn a good fantasy pick?
A useful depth pick: our projection has him at 56 points in 2026-27, or 0.57 points per game.
Does Vince Dunn have siblings?
Yes: his stepbrother Nolan Dunn (played hockey; now retired).
What is Vince Dunn's nationality?
Vince Dunn is Canadian. Internationally: Named to Canada's senior team for the 2018 IIHF World Championship, later replaced due to injury.
What awards has Vince Dunn won?
Niagara IceDogs — Rookie of the Year (rookie season 2013–14) ; Niagara IceDogs — Top Defenceman of the Year (two consecutive seasons: 2014–15 and 2015–16).
How many championships has Vince Dunn won?
1: 2019 Stanley Cup with the St. Louis Blues.
Where did Vince Dunn play before turning pro?
Minor hockey: Central Ontario Wolves and Peterborough Petes (bantam and midget); Thorold Blackhawks (GOJHL, Junior B, the season before the OHL, 28 points in 48 games); Niagara IceDogs (OHL, 2013–14 to 2015–16).
How many points is Vince Dunn projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 56 points in 98 games in 2026-27 (37 to 73 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Seattle Kraken teammates
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