D · WSH · NHL id 8475795
Dylan McIlrath has played 13 games for the Washington Capitals in 2025-26, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 5 shots while averaging 9:19 a night (9:09 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 0:10 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 35% of his 5v5 minutes with Brandon Duhaime and 31% with Dylan Strome over the last 10 games, and the Capitals have controlled 42% of shot attempts with McIlrath on the ice (1-2 in goals, 23% offensive-zone starts). In the Capitals' most recent game against CBJ he was on D3 with Martin Fehérváry and off the power play. He is shooting 0.0% this season against 0.0% across the 66 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 14 game vs CBJ, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 2 games, 10:00 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
2024-25 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 13 GP in 2025-26; showing 2024-25 NHL EDGE data.
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 · 15 attempts, 5 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at WSH: 15 attempts, 5 on goal, 0 goals, 0.30 expected goals; best chance Dylan McIlrath at 0.07 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 13 GP · 0 points vs 1.3 expected
Last 20 games: -42. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 0.0%
- 98.7
- 0.0%
- G vs xG
- 0 / 0.3
- 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 played13
- Goals0
- Assists0
- Points0
- Shots on goal5
- Hits26
- Blocked shots9
- Plus/minus−1
- Penalty minutes10
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)42.3%
- Fenwick (FF%)42.7%
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)47.9%
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.012
Usage
- Offensive-zone start %22.6%
Special teams & discipline
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO987
- Luck Meter−42671st of 828
NHL EDGE tracking
- Hardest shot90.5
- Offensive-zone time37.0%
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 · 12 of 13 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.086
- Season net
- −0.17xG
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
- Moved up to D2 from D3Apr 17, 2025 alerts →
- Moved up to D2 from D3Feb 25, 2023 alerts →
Linemates
2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without McIlrath
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% McIlrath apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Duhaime | RW | 12 | 37:15 | 31% | 38.1% | 0% (0-1) | 44.2% 75:02 | 38.4% 84:59 |
| Hendrix Lapierre | C | 11 | 34:41 | 29% | 42.9% | 50% (1-1) | 47.3% 71:11 | 50.9% 53:39 |
| Rasmus Sandin | D | 7 | 33:00 | 28% | 41.7% | 100% (1-0) | 38.1% 26:05 | 51.2% 83:38 |
| Dylan Strome | C | 11 | 32:12 | 27% | 33.3% | — (0-0) | 45.8% 66:33 | 52.2% 120:43 |
| Alex Ovechkin | LW | 11 | 30:54 | 26% | 45.5% | — (0-0) | 42.7% 72:19 | 52.2% 107:15 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | LW | 12 | 30:06 | 25% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 39.2% 82:14 | 48.3% 145:42 |
| Martin Fehérváry | D | 7 | 28:44 | 24% | 44.2% | — (0-0) | 50.7% 41:51 | 35.9% 87:22 |
| Ethen Frank | C | 9 | 25:43 | 22% | 48.6% | 100% (1-0) | 39.6% 53:27 | 47.5% 80:17 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | 4 | 22:45 | 19% | 52.5% | — (0-0) | 45.0% 13:44 | 42.0% 31:40 |
| Sonny Milano | LW | 8 | 22:05 | 19% | 41.4% | 50% (1-1) | 46.0% 40:55 | 48.1% 33:24 |
| Ryan Leonard | RW | 8 | 21:55 | 19% | 29.4% | — (0-0) | 45.0% 62:40 | 46.3% 72:02 |
| Connor McMichael | C | 7 | 20:23 | 17% | 38.5% | — (0-0) | 46.2% 58:03 | 49.7% 72:16 |
| Nic Dowd | C | 9 | 19:52 | 17% | 54.2% | — (0-0) | 37.5% 59:50 | 41.7% 98:40 |
| Declan Chisholm | D | 2 | 19:04 | 16% | 36.7% | 0% (0-1) | 0.0% 1:08 | 88.9% 3:32 |
Game log
13 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14 | @ CBJ | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | 13:04 | 12:40 | — | 0:24 |
| Mar 3 | vs UTA | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 6:55 | 6:55 | — | — |
| Jan 31 | vs CAR | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 9:15 | 9:15 | — | — |
| Jan 27 | @ SEA | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 11:53 | 10:57 | — | 0:56 |
| Jan 15 | vs SJS | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6:05 | 6:05 | — | — |
| Jan 13 | vs MTL | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 5:58 | 5:58 | — | — |
| Jan 7 | vs DAL | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 6:08 | 6:08 | — | — |
| Jan 5 | vs ANA | W 7-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 5:42 | 5:38 | — | 0:04 |
| Dec 31 | vs NYR | W 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | 11:18 | 11:18 | — | — |
| Dec 7 | vs CBJ | W 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 10:01 | 10:01 | — | — |
| Nov 26 | vs WPG | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 9:10 | 9:07 | — | 0:03 |
| Nov 20 | @ MTL | W 8-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 11:30 | 11:23 | — | 0:07 |
| Oct 25 | vs OTT | L 1-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 14:05 | 13:35 | — | 0:30 |
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 | 13 | 121:04 | 9:19 | 83 | 115 | 41.9% | 42.4% | 36 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 33% | 3.8 | 4.3 | 22% |
| Even strength | 13 | 119:00 | 9:09 | 83 | 111 | 42.8% | 43.8% | 36 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 33% | 3.8 | 4.0 | 22% |
| 5v5 | 13 | 118:25 | 9:07 | 80 | 109 | 42.3% | 42.7% | 33 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 33% | 3.7 | 4.0 | 23% |
| Penalty kill | 6 | 2:04 | 0:21 | 0 | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.3 | — |
| 4v5 | 6 | 2:04 | 0:21 | 0 | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.3 | — |
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 | WSH | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10 | 5 | 0.0% | 26 | 9 | 9:19 |
| 2024-25 | WSH | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 28 | 10 | 0.0% | 38 | 14 | 11:39 |
| 2023-24Playoffs | WSH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 10 | 1 | 0.0% | 7 | 4 | 11:33 |
| 2023-24 | WSH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 1 | 0.0% | 9 | 1 | 10:18 |
| 2022-23 | WSH | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -6 | 7 | 1 | 0.0% | 14 | 7 | 11:41 |
| 2019-20 | DET | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 23 | 14 | 0.0% | 48 | 12 | 14:49 |
| 2018-19 | DET | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 6 | 0.0% | 19 | 7 | 15:11 |
Dylan McIlrath news
- Why did Dylan McIlrath and Garrett Wilson reignite their heavyweight rivalry during an NHL preseason matctimesofindia.indiatimes.com
- Dylan McIlrath both a lover and a fighter in Hershey preseason game against FlyersRMNB
- Dylan McIlrath StatsNHL.com
- Dylan McIlrath Bio, Awards & Draft Infonhl.com
- Dylan McIlrath News: Limited chances to playRotoWire
- Capitals' Dylan McIlrath: Limited chances to playCBS Sports
- 3 Players the Washington Capitals Should Move On FromThe Hockey Writers
- Arber Xhekaj mocked after fighting Dylan McIlrathThe Hockey Beast
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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.