Dawson Mercer

Trigger-happy
Steady

Points, 2026–27: 4; 0 G, 4 A in 8 GP
Individual xG: 2.0; 0 goals from it
Ice time per game: 15:03; 19 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5: 55.4; share of chances while he's on

Dawson Mercer has 0 goals and 4 assists (4 points) in 8 games for the New Jersey Devils in 2026–27, with 19 shots on goal and 15:03 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2026–27 is 63.0 out of 100, provisional until he has 15 to 20 games.

8 games in. The methodology requires 15 to 20 games to be accurate, so this season's rating still leans on the league average for his position and will move.

GRIT & GF

Rated above 47% of forwards

Goals above average: −0.3
Wins: −0.05

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to +0.14, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 47.3% of 402 rated players

The default weights are our call. Set your own; they get rescaled to add up to 100%.

Physicality38%GF38%Intimidation11%Chemistry13%Clutch0%

Clutch

+0.71 SD · 80th percentile · weight 0%

His team's expected-goal differential with him on the ice in the third period or overtime of a one-goal game, against his own usual rate. Not counted in the rating since grit-0.5: it didn't repeat from season to season, so it was mostly luck.

Close-and-late liftxGD per 60Heavily shrunk: close-and-late minutes are scarce.0.0580th pct
Close-and-late ice timeminutesThe sample behind the clutch number.1224th pct

Percentiles are against 402 rated forwards in 2026-27, on 97 minutes of his 5-on-5 time. Hits, blocks and takeaways count toward the rating and are worth zero goals until a study shows otherwise. Model grit-0.5.

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Game notes

Written the morning after from the night's stats, for games where he did something worth a sentence.

vs WSH
Thursday, April 2
Two goals
Dawson Mercer scored twice. That was his 17th goal of the season. He played 20:00 and had six shots on goal. It finished 7-3 for the Devils.
vs CAR
Sunday, January 4
Drought over
Dawson Mercer scored for the first time in 16 games. He has 11 goals this season. He played 18:58 and had two shots on goal. The Devils lost 3-1 to the Hurricanes.
vs ANA
Saturday, December 13
Volume
Dawson Mercer had 9 shot attempts. Three got through to the goalie, and none went in. His average this season was 4.0. It finished 4-1 for the Devils.
vs PHI
Saturday, November 29
Volume
Dawson Mercer had 9 shot attempts, his most in a game since 2023-24. Five got through to the goalie, and one went in. His average this season was 3.8. The Devils lost 5-3 to the Flyers.
vs MTL
Thursday, November 6
Streak
Dawson Mercer has a point in 5 straight games. He has 15 points in 14 games this season. The Devils beat the Canadiens 4-3 in overtime.
at LAK
Saturday, November 1
Streak
Dawson Mercer has scored in 3 straight games. He scored twice. That was his eighth goal of the season. It finished 4-1 for the Devils.
at SJS
Thursday, October 30
Two goals
Dawson Mercer had two goals. He has 6 goals this season. He played 17:14 and had four shots on goal. The Devils lost 5-2 to the Sharks.
at CBJ
Monday, October 13
Two goals
Dawson Mercer scored twice. His goal with under five minutes left was the winner. That was his second goal of the season. It finished 3-2 for the Devils.

Player card

Percentile among 378 forwards with enough games this season. 50 is the median.

Scoring

Ice time per game15:03
48
Points per 601.99
54
Goals per 600.00
11
Individual xG per 601.00
65
Shots per 609.5
89

5-on-5 play

xG for per 60, on ice2.93
77
xG against per 60, on ice2.36
55
xGF%55.4%
73

Physical

Hits per 603.0
38
Blocks per 603.5
79
Penalty minutes per 600.0
88

Skating and shooting

NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 2026–27. Percentiles are the league's, against all skaters.

Skating

Top speed20.9 mph
19
Bursts over 20 mph8
40
Distance skated19 mi
52

Shooting

Hardest shot80.5 mph
53
Shots on goal19
83
Shooting %0.0%
13

Zone time

Offensive zone time42.4%
56
Offensive zone time, even strength44.2%
87

Who he plays with

His most-used linemates at 5-on-5 this season, with what happened while they were out together.

Linemates	Games	TOI	Shot attempts	xG	Goals	xG share
Evan Rodrigues, Arseny Gritsyuk	5	41:51	54–35	1.8–1.8	0–1	51%
Timo Meier, Nico Hischier	6	29:45	44–29	1.9–1.1	2–1	63%
Jack Hughes, Arseny Gritsyuk	6	3:19	8–1	0.3–0.1	0–0	67%
Timo Meier, Evan Rodrigues	7	3:07	2–3	0.1–0.2	0–0	40%
Cody Glass, Amadeus Lombardi	8	3:00	4–1	0.0–0.1	0–1	37%
Anthony Mantha, Evan Rodrigues	6	3:00	7–2	0.4–0.1	1–0	79%
Timo Meier, Jack Hughes	3	2:35	2–2	0.0–0.0	0–0	100%
Cody Glass, Arseny Gritsyuk	5	2:28	4–3	0.0–0.1	0–0	16%

Last 20 games

Columns are his individual expected goals, the quality of his own chances. Dots are goals he scored.

ixGGoal

0.000.501.001.50

03-2610-17

By season

Season	GP	G	A	P	SOG	ixG	TOI/GP	Hits	Blk	xGF% 5v5
2026–27	8	0	4	4	19	2.0	15:03	6	7	55.4
2025–26	82	20	22	42	158	28.7	18:14	33	68	51.0
2024–25	82	19	17	36	141	21.1	17:53	41	78	50.8
2023–24	82	20	13	33	134	18.4	17:13	30	53	48.9

Last 20 games

Date	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	Hits	Blk
2026-10-17	17:08	0	1	1	0.28	5	0
2026-10-15	15:52	0	2	3	0.36	0	2
2026-10-13	17:17	0	1	3	0.28	0	1
2026-10-12	13:45	0	0	1	0.04	0	0
2026-10-10	14:11	0	0	3	0.18	0	0
2026-10-06	11:04	0	0	2	0.17	0	1
2026-10-03	15:02	0	0	3	0.29	0	2
2026-10-01	16:08	0	0	3	0.41	1	1
2026-04-14	16:25	0	0	2	0.27	1	0
2026-04-12	18:56	1	1	5	0.71	0	1
2026-04-11	20:58	1	0	3	1.18	0	1
2026-04-09	17:21	0	0	0	0.00	0	1
2026-04-07	17:45	0	0	1	0.14	0	1
2026-04-05	21:34	0	0	1	0.34	1	1
2026-04-04	21:47	1	0	3	0.26	0	1
2026-04-02	20:00	2	0	6	1.33	1	1
2026-03-31	17:51	0	0	1	0.12	0	1
2026-03-29	21:10	0	1	2	0.33	0	2
2026-03-28	17:49	0	1	2	0.11	1	1
2026-03-26	16:01	0	0	1	0.59	0	0