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Phillip Danault

Montréal Canadiens
Position C
Age 33
Height 6'1"
Weight 200LBS
Shoots L
Birth Place Victoriaville, QC, CAN
Born Feb 23, 1993

Key Insights

2025-26
This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Danault with Clarke, Edmundson, Foegele and Moore, 40 minutes at 5v5.

52.0% of the expected goals, 2 goals for and 1 against
This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Carrier, Evans and Matheson: 8 goals against in 33 minutes.

14.6 against an hour, 6.1 expected
This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Anderson, Doughty, Foegele and Moore: 64.2% of the expected goals over 33 minutes.

2 goals for, 0 against, 65.1% of the attempts
His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Danault has been shuffled through 36 different five-man units, and only 3 of them have settled.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled
The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

16 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Danault this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split
Lane Hutson is the partner who brings the best out of him
Lane Hutson

Danault is at his best beside Hutson: 56.4% of the expected goals together against 45.1% apart.

170 minutes together, 229 minutes apart

Lineup and with-you/without-you numbers are built from shift charts, which are loaded per season. Seasons without shift data show no lineups. With-you/without-you totals exclude empty-net play, so a 6-on-5 push does not land in a with-or-without-you number. xG is Digest’s estimated model.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Feb 23, 1993
Birth Place Victoriaville, QC, CAN
Height 6'1"
Weight 200 LBS
Shoots/Catches L