
- Age
- 30
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 190 lb
- Shoots
- L
- Born
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- GP
- 7
- G
- 1
- A
- 1
- P
- 2
- +/-
- -7
- SOG
- 9
2026–27 regular season
Drafted 2014 · Round 2, #56 overall (BOS)
This season vs last
| Stat | 2026–27 | 2025–26 to Oct 14 | 2025–26 first 7 GP |
|---|---|---|---|
| GP | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| G | 1 | 0 | 3-2 |
| A | 1 | 1 | 2-1 |
| P | 2 | 1 | 5-3 |
| SOG | 9 | 8 | 17-8 |
| PPP | 0 | 0 | 1-1 |
| +/- | -7 | 0 | +3-10 |
| PIM | 5 | 2 | 6-1 |
| TOI/GP | 10:39 | 14:53−4:15 | 15:09−4:30 |
| SH% | 11.1 | 0.0+11.1 | 17.6-6.5 |
Regular season. Small numbers are this season’s change: green better, red worse. Totals are only compared over the same number of games; TOI/GP and SH% are compared in every column.
Shooting:Donato is shooting 11.1% (1 on 9 shots) against 12.8% over 2023–26. Too few shots yet to read much into it.
Shot quality says 1.1 expected goals this season (G − xG -0.1).
Advanced · 2026–27
- CF%
- 46.7
- Share of 5v5 shot attempts while on ice
- xGF%
- 28.7
- Share of 5v5 expected goals while on ice
- Rel CF%
- +1.7
- vs. team with the player off ice
- PDO
- 0.876
- On-ice Sh% + Sv% (≈1.000 is average)
- ixG
- 1.1
- Individual expected goals
- G − xG
- -0.1
- Finishing above expectation
- OZS%
- 34.6
- Offensive-zone start share
- 5v5 TOI/GP
- 9:39
- Even-strength minutes per game
Shot attempts
23 attempts, attacking the net on the right. Filled = goal; bigger = higher expected-goal value.
How Donato is used
#8 · C · Chicago Blackhawks
Ryan Donato
How he’s used · 2026–27 · 6 games with shift charts
- Line 4
- PP2
- Ice time / game
- 10:26
- 9:39 at 5v5
- Offensive-zone starts
- 34.6%
- of his 5v5 zone faceoffs
- Expected goals share
- 28.7%
- at 5v5 with him on
- Shot attempt share
- 46.7%
- at 5v5 with him on
Shift profile · against NHL forwards
Average shift
Shifts that ran 60 seconds or longer
Shifts include power-play and penalty-kill time. Across the league, 5v5 shots go in nearly twice as often against a skater 80s+ into his shift.
Most-used linemates · 5v5
| Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | Chicago Blackhawks | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025–26 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 15 | 15 | 30 |
| 2024–25 | Chicago Blackhawks | 80 | 31 | 31 | 62 |
| 2023–24 | Chicago Blackhawks | 78 | 12 | 18 | 30 |
| 2022–23 | Seattle Kraken | 71 | 14 | 13 | 27 |
| 2022–23 (P) | Seattle Kraken | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021–22 | Seattle Kraken | 74 | 16 | 15 | 31 |
| 2020–21 | San Jose Sharks | 50 | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| 2019–20 | Minnesota Wild | 62 | 14 | 9 | 23 |
| 2019–20 (P) | Minnesota Wild | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | Boston Bruins | 34 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2018–19 | Minnesota Wild | 22 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 2017–18 | Boston Bruins | 12 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2017–18 (P) | Boston Bruins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Opp | TOI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Oct 13 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 8:44 |
| Sat, Oct 10 | vs | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 12:17 |
| Thu, Oct 8 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:54 |
| Tue, Oct 6 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 9:27 |
| Sat, Oct 3 | @ | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 9:25 |
| Thu, Oct 1 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:54 |
| Tue, Sep 29 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 12:50 |
| Team / League | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | USA · WC | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2018–19 | Providence Bruins · AHL | 18 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2018–19 | Iowa Wild · AHL | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2018–19 (P) | Iowa Wild · AHL | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2017–18 | Harvard Univ. · NCAA | 29 | 26 | 17 | 43 |
| 2017–18 | USA · OG | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2016–17 | Harvard Univ. · NCAA | 36 | 21 | 19 | 40 |
| 2015–16 | Harvard Univ. · NCAA | 32 | 13 | 8 | 21 |
| 2015–16 | USA U20 · WJC-20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014–15 | Omaha · USHL | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2014–15 | South Shore · USPHL | 13 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2014–15 (P) | Omaha · USHL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013–14 | Cape Cod · Minor-MA | 9 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 2013–14 | Dexter · High-MA | 30 | 37 | 41 | 78 |
| 2013–14 | USNTDP · U-18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012–13 | Cape Cod U-16 · Minor-MA | 12 | 18 | 14 | 32 |
| 2012–13 | Dexter · High-MA | 28 | 29 | 31 | 60 |
| 2011–12 | Cape Cod U-16 · Minor-MA | 12 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2011–12 | Dexter · High-MA | 26 | 14 | 22 | 36 |