D · CBJ · NHL id 8479371
Dante Fabbro has played 74 games for the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2025-26, scoring 5 goals and 6 assists (11 points) on 68 shots while averaging 16:34 a night (14:50 at even strength, 0:03 on the power play and 1:32 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 67% of his 5v5 minutes with Zach Werenski and 30% with Boone Jenner over the last 10 games, and the Blue Jackets have controlled 47% of shot attempts with Fabbro on the ice (30-47 in goals, 44% offensive-zone starts). In the Blue Jackets' most recent game against WSH he was on D1 with Zach Werenski and off the power play. He is shooting 7.4% this season against 5.2% across the 464 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 14 game vs WSH, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 20 games, 18:01 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 8 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 · 174 attempts, 68 on goal, 5 goals
Shot map, OPP at CBJ: 174 attempts, 68 on goal, 5 goals, 2.12 expected goals; best chance Dante Fabbro at 0.37 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 74 GP · 11 points vs 12.2 expected
Last 20 games: -34. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 7.3%
- 97.3
- 34.4%
- G vs xG
- 5 / 2.5
- • Role rose over the last 10 games (TOI up 2:51 a game, 3 promotion events): 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 played74
- Goals5443rd of 715
- Assists6573rd of 715
- Points11548th of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal68452nd of 715
- Hits65309th of 715
- Blocked shots12050th of 715
- Plus/minus−16642nd of 715
- Penalty minutes33251st of 715
- Faceoffs won0451st of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)47.0%526th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)47.1%513th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)47.3%478th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)47.2%486th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)48.7%419th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)47.8%466th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.28629th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.101651st of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.29322nd of 719
Usage
- Ice time per game16:34337th of 715
- Power-play time per game0:03588th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %44.3%510th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.15386th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO973593rd of 719
- Goals above expected+2.5101st of 715
- Luck Meter+4358th of 828
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed21.3650th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts11663rd of 715
- Hardest shot92.4172nd of 715
- Offensive-zone time39.5%587th of 715
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 · 70 of 74 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.055
- Season net
- −1.00xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.28
- Attempts
- 5
- 0.006
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 D1 from D2Mar 29, 2026 alerts →
- Played 8:35 more than his 5-game averageMar 29, 2026 alerts →
- Moved down to D2 from D1Mar 22, 2026 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D3Mar 12, 2026 alerts →
- Moved up to D2 from D3Jan 15, 2026 alerts →
- Moved up to D2 from D3Jan 13, 2026 alerts →
- Played 6:21 more than his 5-game averageDec 31, 2025 alerts →
- Moved up to D2 from D3Mar 2, 2023 alerts →
How his goals happened
17 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2026 @ TBL | Dump and chase | dump | 0 | 7.3 | 4-on-0 | |
| Feb 3, 2026 @ NJD | Rebound | — | 0 | 63.3 | rebound | |
| Jan 13, 2026 vs CGY | Forecheck turnover | carry | 2 | 70.6 | — | |
| Dec 11, 2025 vs OTT | Point shot | — | 2 | 69.6 | — | |
| Oct 29, 2025 vs TOR | Odd-man rush | carry | 2 | 70.0 | 3-on-2 | |
| Apr 17, 2025 vs NYI | Forecheck turnover | — | 2 | 64.9 | — | |
| Apr 15, 2025 @ PHI | Off the faceoff | — | 2 | 63.3 | — | |
| Apr 1, 2025 vs NSH | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 63.8 | — | |
| Mar 28, 2025 vs VAN | Forecheck turnover | — | 1* | 59.2 | — | |
| Mar 9, 2025 @ NYR | Forecheck turnover | — | 1* | 67.6 | — | |
| Jan 25, 2025 vs LAK | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 51.2 | — | |
| Dec 1, 2024 @ CHI | Rush | carry | 1 | 72.6 | — | |
| Nov 23, 2024 vs CAR | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 75.4 | 2-on-1 | |
| Nov 16, 2024 @ MTL | Forecheck turnover | — | 2* | 70.2 | one-timer | |
| Mar 30, 2024 @ COL | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 60.8 | — | |
| Nov 11, 2023 vs ARI | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 61.9 | one-timer | |
| Oct 31, 2023 @ VAN | Deflection | — | 2 | 28.6 | deflection |
* 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 Fabbro
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Fabbro apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Fantilli | C | 73 | 314:41 | 29% | 45.6% | 40% (10-15) | 47.4% 759:21 | 54.9% 777:49 |
| Zach Werenski | D | 40 | 307:39 | 28% | 51.3% | 60% (15-10) | 45.5% 314:22 | 54.6% 537:24 |
| Cole Sillinger | C | 69 | 271:37 | 25% | 45.1% | 33% (7-14) | 48.0% 743:29 | 51.9% 641:01 |
| Kirill Marchenko | RW | 65 | 262:38 | 24% | 45.4% | 50% (6-6) | 47.4% 698:07 | 55.4% 694:52 |
| Sean Monahan | C | 66 | 261:45 | 24% | 50.3% | 22% (4-14) | 46.9% 704:04 | 52.8% 571:26 |
| Boone Jenner | C | 57 | 252:28 | 23% | 49.3% | 50% (10-10) | 46.8% 614:15 | 53.1% 518:17 |
| Charlie Coyle | C | 64 | 244:50 | 23% | 45.6% | 50% (8-8) | 47.6% 715:40 | 53.1% 570:57 |
| Kent Johnson | C | 64 | 234:21 | 22% | 53.5% | 25% (4-12) | 44.9% 703:28 | 50.4% 481:24 |
| Isac Lundeström | C | 58 | 199:55 | 18% | 44.4% | 42% (5-7) | 48.7% 658:51 | 44.3% 415:28 |
| Mathieu Olivier | RW | 49 | 196:03 | 18% | 44.2% | 40% (4-6) | 47.7% 541:29 | 52.2% 434:21 |
| Ivan Provorov | D | 45 | 184:29 | 17% | 45.7% | 31% (4-9) | 50.1% 512:56 | 53.4% 724:24 |
| Jake Christiansen | D | 23 | 182:16 | 17% | 46.2% | 9% (1-10) | 44.1% 156:49 | 53.8% 56:37 |
| Dmitri Voronkov | LW | 51 | 180:55 | 17% | 44.2% | 44% (4-5) | 47.2% 557:54 | 56.8% 428:26 |
| Miles Wood | LW | 48 | 171:00 | 16% | 43.6% | 31% (5-11) | 48.4% 541:26 | 46.4% 360:55 |
Game log
74 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14 | vs WSH | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 19:35 | 17:33 | — | 2:02 |
| Apr 12 | vs BOS | L 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17:46 | 17:46 | — | — |
| Apr 11 | @ MTL | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 20:22 | 17:42 | 0:22 | 2:18 |
| Apr 9 | @ BUF | L 0-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 16:30 | 14:50 | — | 1:40 |
| Apr 7 | @ DET | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | 19:15 | 18:55 | 0:20 | — |
| Apr 4 | vs WPG | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | 18:05 | 17:11 | — | 0:54 |
| Apr 2 | @ CAR | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 20:33 | 20:13 | — | 0:20 |
| Mar 31 | vs CAR | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 17:55 | 15:32 | 0:47 | 1:18 |
| Mar 29 | vs BOS | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 23:29 | 20:02 | — | 2:26 |
| Mar 28 | vs SJS | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 16:52 | 16:11 | — | 0:12 |
| Mar 26 | @ MTL | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 15:04 | 14:51 | — | 0:13 |
| Mar 24 | @ PHI | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | 13:28 | 12:56 | — | 0:32 |
| Mar 22 | @ NYI | L 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 13:48 | 11:53 | — | 1:55 |
| Mar 21 | vs SEA | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 15:18 | 15:00 | — | 0:18 |
| Mar 19 | vs NYR | W 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 16:27 | 13:48 | — | 2:33 |
| Mar 17 | vs CAR | W 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | — | 16:19 | 15:15 | — | 1:04 |
| Mar 14 | @ PHI | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | 23:02 | 17:14 | — | 5:48 |
| Mar 12 | @ FLA | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 21:55 | 20:18 | — | 1:37 |
| Mar 10 | @ TBL | W 5-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | 19:09 | 14:33 | — | 4:27 |
| Mar 9 | vs LAK | OTL 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 17:29 | 14:50 | — | 2:39 |
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 | 74 | 1225:51 | 16:34 | 1079 | 1403 | 43.5% | 43.4% | 498 | 628 | 32 | 61 | 34% | 45.4 | 66.2 | 38% |
| Even strength | 74 | 1097:53 | 14:50 | 1040 | 1169 | 47.1% | 47.3% | 469 | 513 | 30 | 47 | 39% | 42.6 | 47.3 | 44% |
| 5v5 | 74 | 1086:51 | 14:41 | 1030 | 1162 | 47.0% | 47.1% | 462 | 510 | 30 | 47 | 39% | 42.2 | 47.0 | 44% |
| Power play | 8 | 3:11 | 0:24 | 12 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.6 | 0.0 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 66 | 113:14 | 1:43 | 22 | 209 | 9.5% | 11.1% | 18 | 107 | 0 | 13 | 0% | 1.1 | 17.2 | 2% |
| 4v4 | 16 | 11:02 | 0:41 | 10 | 7 | 58.8% | 66.7% | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.5 | 0.3 | 20% |
| 5v4 | 8 | 3:11 | 0:24 | 12 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.6 | 0.0 | 100% |
| 4v5 | 66 | 111:27 | 1:41 | 22 | 204 | 9.7% | 11.4% | 18 | 104 | 0 | 13 | 0% | 1.1 | 16.2 | 2% |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 19 | 10:34 | 0:33 | 5 | 24 | 17.2% | 13.6% | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 67% | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0% |
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 | CBJ | 74 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -16 | 33 | 68 | 7.4% | 65 | 120 | 16:34 |
| 2024-25 | CBJ, NSH | 68 | 9 | 17 | 26 | +20 | 40 | 89 | 10.1% | 67 | 143 | 20:54 |
| 2023-24Playoffs | NSH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 13:25 |
| 2023-24 | NSH | 56 | 3 | 10 | 13 | +9 | 24 | 65 | 4.6% | 45 | 88 | 16:21 |
| 2022-23 | NSH | 79 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 50 | 101 | 2.0% | 113 | 129 | 17:27 |
| 2021-22Playoffs | NSH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 4 | 4 | 0.0% | 15 | 9 | 19:40 |
| 2021-22 | NSH | 66 | 3 | 21 | 24 | +13 | 24 | 88 | 3.4% | 69 | 105 | 19:03 |
| 2020-21 | NSH | 40 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 23 | 59 | 3.4% | 32 | 57 | 19:19 |
| 2019-20 | NSH | 64 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 38 | 92 | 5.4% | 54 | 85 | 19:02 |
| 2018-19Playoffs | NSH | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 5 | 3 | 12:05 |
| 2018-19 | NSH | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 20.0% | 3 | 6 | 12:44 |
Dante Fabbro news
- NHL Injuries: Sabres, Blue Jackets, Stars, Wings, Oilers, Panthers, Rangers, Penguins, and BluesNHLRumors.com
- Blue Jackets Open Season Without 3 Top DefensemenThe Hockey Writers
- Dante Fabbro Injury: Expected to miss at least a monthRotoWire
- Blue Jackets' Dante Fabbro: Expected to miss at least a monthCBS Sports
- Dante Fabbro Injury: Placed on injured reserverotowire.com
- Blue Jackets Place Dante Fabbro On IRPro Hockey Rumors
- NHL Rumors: Columbus Blue Jackets, and the New York RangersNHLRumors.com
- NHL Injuries: Bruins, Sabres, Blackhawks, Stars, Red Wings, Panthers, Flyers, Capitals and MoreNHLRumors.com
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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.