D · NJD · NHL id 8479395
Dennis Cholowski has played 17 games for the New Jersey Devils in 2025-26, scoring 0 goals and 2 assists (2 points) on 12 shots while averaging 14:40 a night (14:25 at even strength, 0:07 on the power play and 0:05 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 28% of his 5v5 minutes with Dougie Hamilton and 27% with Connor Brown over the last 10 games, and the Devils have controlled 45% of shot attempts with Cholowski on the ice (6-13 in goals, 46% offensive-zone starts). In the Devils' most recent game against DET he was on D3 with Johnathan Kovacevic and off the power play. He is shooting 0.0% this season against 7.0% across the 175 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 11 game vs DET, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 2 games, 16:15 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shot map
2025-26 · 25 attempts, 12 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at NJD: 25 attempts, 12 on goal, 0 goals, 0.60 expected goals; best chance Dennis Cholowski at 0.20 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 17 GP · 2 points vs 3.1 expected
Last 20 games: -49. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 0.0%
- 94.1
- 28.6%
- G vs xG
- 0 / 0.6
- • Role rose over the last 10 games (1 promotion event): some of the heat may be real.
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.
Fantasy box score
- Games played17
- Goals0
- Assists2
- Points2
- Shots on goal12
- Hits3
- Blocked shots17
- Plus/minus−6
- Penalty minutes2
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)45.1%628th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)47.1%516th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)45.0%581st of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)45.1%579th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)43.6%620th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)45.6%589th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.00704th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.009156th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.24500th of 719
Usage
- Ice time per game14:40
- Offensive-zone start %46.0%478th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.24442nd of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO941705th of 719
- Luck Meter−45686th of 828
NHL EDGE tracking
- Hardest shot88.2
- Offensive-zone time42.1%
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 16 of 17 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.089
- Season net
- −0.36xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.00
- Attempts
- 0
- 0.000
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Played 8:45 more than his 5-game averageDec 10, 2024 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1Dec 8, 2024 alerts →
- Moved up to D2 from D3Dec 8, 2024 alerts →
- Moved up to PP1 from PP2Nov 25, 2024 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D2May 1, 2022 alerts →
- Moved up to PP1 from PP2Dec 2, 2019 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D3Nov 14, 2019 alerts →
- Played 6:31 more than his 5-game averageNov 14, 2019 alerts →
How the goals happened
3 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 2024 vs CHI | Point shot | — | 5* | 72.2 | one-timer | |
| Nov 9, 2024 vs NJD | Forecheck turnover | loose | 1* | 54.6 | — | |
| Oct 26, 2024 vs FLA | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 57.7 | — |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Cholowski
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Cholowski apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Cotter | C | 17 | 66:10 | 27% | 31.4% | 0% (0-2) | 49.2% 177:02 | 42.7% 133:03 |
| Colton White | D | 6 | 62:47 | 26% | 50.5% | 100% (1-0) | 47.4% 17:58 | 47.4% 9:02 |
| Dawson Mercer | C | 16 | 62:25 | 26% | 56.0% | 0% (0-3) | 40.3% 167:16 | 48.3% 184:49 |
| Simon Nemec | D | 7 | 59:53 | 25% | 36.0% | 20% (1-4) | 50.0% 43:02 | 41.0% 68:10 |
| Jesper Bratt | LW | 16 | 56:41 | 23% | 51.6% | 38% (3-5) | 45.2% 172:43 | 62.5% 177:29 |
| Arseny Gritsyuk | RW | 13 | 56:22 | 23% | 56.0% | 67% (2-1) | 40.4% 126:27 | 62.4% 130:44 |
| Timo Meier | RW | 15 | 52:32 | 22% | 50.5% | 14% (1-6) | 42.7% 162:46 | 50.1% 181:14 |
| Stefan Noesen | RW | 14 | 51:52 | 21% | 41.5% | 0% (0-4) | 51.4% 145:03 | 57.0% 101:28 |
| Ondrej Palat | LW | 15 | 51:10 | 21% | 55.3% | 67% (2-1) | 43.3% 159:33 | 55.4% 121:17 |
| Nico Hischier | C | 16 | 44:59 | 18% | 51.9% | 25% (1-3) | 43.1% 184:42 | 53.7% 205:10 |
| Cody Glass | C | 11 | 43:53 | 18% | 49.3% | 60% (3-2) | 49.5% 110:38 | 57.3% 90:22 |
| Juho Lammikko | LW | 12 | 42:37 | 18% | 44.6% | 0% (0-1) | 44.1% 128:58 | 44.4% 81:24 |
| Jack Hughes | C | 8 | 40:35 | 17% | 41.5% | 25% (1-3) | 38.3% 74:38 | 63.8% 99:40 |
| Dougie Hamilton | D | 7 | 40:20 | 17% | 52.1% | 0% (0-2) | 49.6% 58:06 | 57.1% 83:32 |
Linemate and opposition quality
2025-26 · 5v5 · 243 min on ice · ranked against 270 defencemen
30th percentile · higher = stronger linemates
24th percentile · higher = tougher opponents
Sheltered minutes: mostly faces weaker opposition.
Each value is the ice-time-weighted average season xGF% of the skaters Cholowski shared the 5v5 ice with. Small samples lean on each skater's previous season (or 50% for newcomers). Most skaters land between about 45% and 55% for QoT and 49% and 51% for QoC, so the percentile is the easier read.
Game log
17 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11 | @ DET | W 5-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14:49 | 14:49 | — | — |
| Apr 9 | vs PIT | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 17:40 | 17:40 | — | — |
| Dec 14 | vs VAN | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 14:51 | 14:51 | — | — |
| Dec 13 | vs ANA | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 13:03 | 13:03 | — | — |
| Dec 6 | @ BOS | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 13:29 | 13:29 | — | — |
| Dec 3 | vs DAL | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13:03 | 13:03 | — | — |
| Dec 1 | vs CBJ | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 18:06 | 16:49 | — | 0:32 |
| Nov 22 | @ PHI | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 15:08 | 15:08 | — | — |
| Nov 20 | @ FLA | L 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 15:52 | 15:52 | — | — |
| Nov 18 | @ TBL | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13:18 | 11:55 | 1:23 | — |
| Nov 15 | @ WSH | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | 14:42 | 14:42 | — | — |
| Nov 12 | @ CHI | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12:37 | 12:00 | — | 0:37 |
| Nov 10 | vs NYI | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 13:39 | 13:39 | — | — |
| Nov 8 | vs PIT | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13:15 | 13:15 | — | — |
| Nov 6 | vs MTL | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14:41 | 13:48 | 0:36 | 0:17 |
| Nov 2 | @ ANA | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | 17:19 | 17:16 | 0:03 | — |
| Nov 1 | @ LAK | W 4-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 13:53 | 13:48 | — | 0:05 |
Season splits by strength
2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 17 | 249:25 | 14:40 | 204 | 242 | 45.7% | 47.6% | 101 | 111 | 7 | 13 | 35% | 8.3 | 9.9 | 48% |
| Even strength | 17 | 245:07 | 14:25 | 197 | 242 | 44.9% | 47.0% | 99 | 111 | 6 | 13 | 32% | 8.1 | 9.9 | 46% |
| 5v5 | 17 | 243:12 | 14:18 | 196 | 239 | 45.1% | 47.1% | 99 | 109 | 6 | 13 | 32% | 8.0 | 9.8 | 46% |
| Power play | 3 | 2:02 | 0:41 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 4 | 1:31 | 0:23 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.2 | 0.0 | — |
| 5v4 | 3 | 2:02 | 0:41 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100% |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | NJD | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -6 | 2 | 12 | 0.0% | 3 | 17 | 14:40 |
| 2024-25Playoffs | NJD | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 8:59 |
| 2024-25 | NJD, NYI | 39 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 10 | 30 | 10.0% | 5 | 33 | 13:04 |
| 2022-23 | NYI | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | 12:47 |
| 2021-22 | SEA, WSH | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 2 | 11 | 0.0% | 5 | 13 | 15:49 |
| 2020-21 | DET | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 | 10 | 10.0% | 5 | 18 | 15:54 |
| 2019-20 | DET | 36 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -26 | 6 | 51 | 3.9% | 15 | 35 | 19:13 |
| 2018-19 | DET | 52 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -20 | 16 | 71 | 9.9% | 18 | 50 | 18:15 |
Dennis Cholowski news
- Dennis Cholowski StatsNHL.com
- Rangers sign defenseman Dennis CholowskiBlue Seat Blogs
- Dennis Cholowski News: Signing two-year contractRotoWire
- Dennis Cholowski Stats And NewsNHL.com
- Rangers Sign UFA Defenseman Dennis CholowskiBlueshirt Banter
- Rangers' Dennis Cholowski: Signing two-year contractCBS Sports
- Rangers sign Dennis Cholowski to two-year contractDaily Faceoff
- Rangers Agree to Terms with Dennis CholowskiNHL.com
Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.
On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.