Dawson Mercer #91

C · New Jersey Devils · Age 24 · Shoots R · 6′0″, 181 lb · Draft: 2020, round 1, 18th overall

2025-26 regular season. Shading and Pctl are the percentile among the season's forwards who meet the tables' minimum (darker is better).

Summary		Pctl
GP	82	92nd
TOI/GP	18:14	78th
G	20	71st
A	22	61st
P	42	63rd
P/60	1.69	41st
ixG	24.9	84th
G−ixG	−4.9	10th
xGF%	51.4	64th
Rel xGF%	+3.7	81st
GS/GP	+0.59	63rd
Pen ±	+2	54th

Scoring		Pctl
G	20	71st
A1	14	65th
A2	8	54th
P	42	63rd
P1	34	67th
P/60	1.69	41st
5v5 P/60	1.30	27th
PPP	7	58th
SHP	3	94th
ENG	6	98th

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	158	74th
iCF	318	76th
iFF	247	77th
ixG	24.9	84th
ixG/60	1.00	72nd
G	20	71st
G−ixG	−4.9	10th
Sh%	12.7	50th
xSh%	10.1	84th
Blk'd	71	79th
5v5 iCF/60	11.8	49th

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	1154	93rd
CF%	52.6	77th
FF%	53.0	79th
xGF%	51.4	64th
GF%	44.0	26th
xGF/60	2.67	60th
xGA/60	2.52	52nd
oiSh%	6.8	11th
oiSv%	90.8	60th
PDO	97.5	21st
Rel CF%	+1.8	70th
Rel xGF%	+3.7	81st
OZS%	43.9	26th

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	18:14	78th
EV/GP	14:58	83rd
5v5/GP	14:05	85th
PP/GP	1:36	54th
SH/GP	1:39	79th
Shifts/GP	21.9	80th
Shift	0:50	73rd
OZ	238	65th
NZ	311	92nd
DZ	304	91st
OZS%	43.9	26th

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+48.3	68th
GS/GP	+0.59	63rd
GS/60	+1.94	50th
Scoring	+29.2	64th
Shooting	+16.2	84th
On ice	+1.7	59th
Penalties	+0.4	55th
Faceoffs	−0.7	7th
Other	+1.4	70th

Other		Pctl
Hits	33	22nd
Blk	47	79th
Tk	27	86th
Gv	75	16th
PenD	13	46th
PenT	11	52nd
Pen ±	+2	54th
PP min ±	+6.0	57th
FOW	114	60th
FOL	179	35th
FO%	38.9	31st

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2026-27	Regular season	8	0	4	4	1.9	57.0	+0.66	15:03
2025-26	Regular season	82	20	22	42	24.9	51.4	+0.59	18:14

Rolling 10-game averages

5v5 xGF% (scale at right)Game Score per game (±1.3), centred on 0 · each point the 10 games to that one, 82 games in all

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Nico Hischier	C	884:55	54.3	54.7
Timo Meier	R	793:22	53.4	52.8
Dougie Hamilton	D	522:52	55.6	53.6
Jonas Siegenthaler	D	495:58	50.6	48.0
Luke Hughes	D	458:46	53.1	49.1
Brenden Dillon	D	422:06	50.7	53.8
Simon Nemec	D	388:26	52.3	54.8
Arseny Gritsyuk	R	257:03	61.6	55.7

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Apr 14	@ BOS	L 0–4	16:25	0	0	2	0.17	67	54	+0.14
Apr 12	vs OTT	W 4–3 OT	18:56	1	1	5	0.78	54	54	+2.08
Apr 11	@ DET	W 5–3	20:58	1	0	3	0.85	64	73	+2.32
Apr 9	vs PIT	L 2–5	17:21	0	0	0	0.00	48	53	−0.25
Apr 7	vs PHI	L 1–5	17:45	0	0	1	0.13	76	35	−0.27
Apr 5	@ MTL	W 3–0	21:34	0	0	1	0.25	39	21	−0.50
Apr 4	vs MTL	L 3–4 OT	21:47	1	0	3	0.23	59	54	+1.19
Apr 2	vs WSH	W 7–3	20:00	2	0	6	1.08	56	38	+1.85
Mar 31	@ NYR	L 1–4	17:51	0	0	1	0.13	50	48	−0.10
Mar 29	vs CHI	W 5–3	21:10	0	1	2	0.25	80	78	+2.82
Mar 28	@ CAR	L 2–5	17:49	0	1	2	0.11	41	48	+0.72
Mar 26	@ NSH	W 4–2	16:01	0	0	1	0.49	62	83	+0.73
Mar 24	@ DAL	W 6–4	16:54	0	1	1	0.38	63	70	+1.85
Mar 20	@ WSH	L 1–2	15:37	0	0	2	0.29	65	61	+0.52
Mar 18	@ NYR	W 6–3	19:20	0	0	4	0.42	55	50	+0.27
Mar 16	vs BOS	W 4–3 OT	19:07	0	0	1	0.00	52	39	−0.73
Mar 14	vs LAK	W 6–4	18:50	0	0	1	0.38	39	46	−0.03
Mar 12	vs CGY	L 4–5	15:49	0	0	1	0.09	68	82	+0.44
Mar 8	vs DET	L 0–3	12:18	0	0	2	0.35	40	65	+0.42
Mar 7	vs NYR	W 6–3	20:07	1	0	2	0.66	58	64	+1.42
Mar 4	vs TOR	W 4–3 OT	18:49	0	1	4	0.44	75	80	+1.95
Mar 3	vs FLA	W 5–1	17:23	1	0	3	0.34	41	33	+0.19
Feb 28	@ STL	W 3–1	18:26	0	0	1	0.22	61	87	+1.69
Feb 26	@ PIT	L 1–4	15:14	0	0	1	0.04	48	64	+0.44
Feb 25	vs BUF	L 1–2	18:15	0	0	2	0.40	38	59	+0.56
Feb 5	vs NYI	L 1–3	19:22	0	0	1	0.23	36	49	+0.15
Feb 3	vs CBJ	L 0–3	12:17	0	0	0	0.00	44	39	−0.36
Jan 31	@ OTT	L 1–4	16:00	0	0	1	0.03	42	14	−1.26
Jan 29	vs NSH	W 3–2 OT	16:10	0	1	2	0.19	54	47	+0.71
Jan 27	vs WPG	L 3–4	15:18	0	0	1	0.02	48	56	+0.12
Jan 25	@ SEA	L 2–4	11:53	0	0	1	0.20	38	6	−0.89
Jan 23	@ VAN	W 5–4	19:03	0	0	0	0.09	68	48	−0.09
Jan 20	@ EDM	W 2–1	18:27	0	0	2	0.44	31	33	−0.09
Jan 19	@ CGY	W 2–1 OT	20:50	1	0	1	0.07	33	12	+0.10
Jan 17	vs CAR	L 1–4	18:32	0	0	1	0.49	44	44	−0.10
Jan 14	vs SEA	W 3–2 OT	18:48	0	0	1	0.29	57	36	−0.44
Jan 12	@ MIN	W 5–2	16:36	1	1	1	0.36	46	63	+2.49
Jan 11	@ WPG	L 3–4	16:44	0	0	1	0.03	44	22	−1.00
Jan 8	@ PIT	L 1–4	17:37	0	0	3	0.19	62	61	+0.02
Jan 6	@ NYI	L 0–9	18:05	0	0	3	0.35	69	50	+0.10
Jan 4	vs CAR	L 1–3	18:58	1	0	2	0.49	58	45	+0.66
Jan 3	vs UTA	W 4–1	16:35	0	1	2	0.14	52	56	+1.01
Dec 31	@ CBJ	W 3–2	16:28	0	0	2	0.06	38	19	−1.16
Dec 30	@ TOR	L 0–4	18:30	0	0	2	0.37	62	64	+0.50
Dec 27	vs WSH	L 3–4 OT	19:07	0	0	4	0.52	57	48	+0.25
Dec 23	@ NYI	L 1–2	18:00	0	1	2	0.51	46	69	+1.97
Dec 21	vs BUF	L 1–3	15:33	0	1	2	0.16	48	66	+1.28
Dec 19	@ UTA	W 2–1	18:52	0	0	3	0.44	54	24	−0.72
Dec 17	@ VGK	W 2–1 OT	20:17	0	0	2	0.38	64	68	+0.89
Dec 14	vs VAN	L 1–2	21:22	0	1	1	0.27	85	82	+1.64
Dec 13	vs ANA	W 4–1	18:36	0	0	3	0.78	57	75	+1.28
Dec 11	vs TBL	L 4–8	16:45	0	0	1	0.03	39	40	−0.39
Dec 9	@ OTT	W 4–3	20:22	0	0	1	0.20	42	64	+0.34
Dec 6	@ BOS	L 1–4	16:23	0	0	0	0.09	46	52	+0.04
Dec 5	vs VGK	L 0–3	17:35	0	0	4	0.40	64	64	+0.53
Dec 3	vs DAL	L 0–3	18:20	0	0	2	0.96	59	68	+1.23
Dec 1	vs CBJ	L 3–5	19:53	0	1	3	0.38	73	97	+1.73
Nov 29	vs PHI	L 3–5	18:49	1	1	5	0.63	70	64	+2.23
Nov 28	@ BUF	W 5–0	15:55	0	1	3	0.46	33	38	+0.60
Nov 26	vs STL	W 3–2 OT	21:10	0	0	2	0.12	73	65	+0.31
Nov 24	vs DET	W 4–3	16:20	0	1	1	0.19	59	51	+0.81
Nov 22	@ PHI	L 3–6	20:25	0	0	1	0.29	76	64	+0.36
Nov 20	@ FLA	L 0–1	21:56	0	0	2	0.16	23	11	−1.23
Nov 18	@ TBL	L 1–5	18:06	0	0	2	0.15	32	24	−0.96
Nov 15	@ WSH	W 3–2 OT	23:18	0	0	2	0.11	35	26	−0.56
Nov 12	@ CHI	W 4–3 OT	23:54	1	0	5	0.59	73	67	+2.00
Nov 10	vs NYI	L 2–3 OT	19:08	0	0	1	0.06	50	53	−0.08
Nov 8	vs PIT	W 2–1 OT	20:18	0	0	2	0.12	23	31	−0.27
Nov 6	vs MTL	W 4–3 OT	20:51	0	1	1	0.14	57	51	+1.05
Nov 2	@ ANA	L 1–4	16:35	0	1	1	0.09	38	26	−0.68
Nov 1	@ LAK	W 4–1	19:05	2	0	3	0.61	27	18	+1.28
Oct 30	@ SJS	L 2–5	17:14	2	0	4	0.50	63	27	+1.12
Oct 28	@ COL	L 4–8	15:24	1	0	1	0.26	50	55	+1.24
Oct 26	vs COL	W 4–3 OT	16:30	0	0	0	0.03	34	47	+0.04
Oct 24	vs SJS	W 3–1	21:58	0	1	2	0.36	63	66	+1.18
Oct 22	vs MIN	W 4–1	16:46	0	2	1	0.09	55	73	+2.27
Oct 21	@ TOR	W 5–2	17:23	0	0	4	0.61	63	93	+0.83
Oct 18	vs EDM	W 5–3	19:20	1	0	2	0.69	48	64	+1.65
Oct 16	vs FLA	W 3–1	19:50	0	1	0	0.12	47	65	+1.45
Oct 13	@ CBJ	W 3–2	16:35	2	0	4	0.84	51	33	+1.67
Oct 11	@ TBL	W 5–3	19:08	0	1	0	0.00	52	72	+1.69
Oct 9	@ CAR	L 3–6	17:35	0	0	2	0.06	57	61	+0.01