Dawson Mercer

Dawson Mercer

24-Year-Old CenterC
New Jersey Devils
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Mercer’s ironman streak continued in 2024-25, playing in all 82 games yet again. The 23-year-old came up just short of his third consecutive 20-goal season despite averaging a career-high 17:53 of ice time, finishing with 19 goals and 17 assists. He had a career-high six goals on the power play as well. Despite that, it’s hard not to be disappointed following his impressive 27-goal, 56-point effort in 2022-23. He had an especially rough postseason in 2024-25, scoring two goals but taking some brutal penalties and finishing a minus-6. When the Devils are fully healthy, he doesn’t play on New Jersey’s top power play, and he is either forced into a third-line center role or used in the top-six as a winger. The availability hasn't been a question, so the focus is on seeing if he can put it all together on the ice and finally capitalize on his 30-goal potential. Read Past Outlooks
$Signed a three-year, $12 million contract with the Devils in September of 2024.
Goal, assist in overtime win
CNew Jersey Devils
April 12, 2026
Mercer scored a shorthanded goal on five shots and added an assist in Sunday's 4-3 overtime win over the Senators.
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Mercer set up Nico Hischier on the opening tally, and Hischier returned the favor when Mercer scored to tie the game at 3-3 in the third period. The 24-year-old Mercer has five goals and an assist over seven outings in April. He's up to 20 goals, 42 points, 156 shots on net, 47 blocked shots, 33 PIM, 32 hits and a minus-2 rating over 81 contests this season. Assuming he plays Tuesday in Boston, Mercer will complete his fifth straight campaign without missing a game to open his career.
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2024–25 Time On Ice Stats
  • Average Time On Ice:
    17:53
  • Average Power Play TOI:
    1:33
  • Average Short-Handed TOI:
    1:58
 
Ice Time
Power Play
Short-Handed
2022–23
16:34
1:19
1:18
2023–24
17:13
1:27
1:45
2024–25
17:53
1:33
1:58
2025–26
18:14
1:36
1:39
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Mercer was only able to avoid the sophomore slump for so long, instead enduring a drop in productivity in year three. This past year, the 22-year-old was able to reach the 20-goal threshold but recorded the lowest point total (33) of his three-year NHL career. Despite the rough 2023-24 campaign, Mercer should offer plenty of fantasy upside, due in part to the fact that he has yet to miss a regular-season game, logging all 246 games in the NHL. With a bounce-back year, Mercer should be capable of pushing for the 30-goal and 60-point thresholds - especially if he can manage more power-play ice time after averaging just 1:27 per contest with the man advantage last year.
Mercer has dressed in all 164 regular season games for New Jersey since debuting in the 2021-22 season. After a 42-point rookie campaign, he tallied 27 goals and 56 points last year. He also improved his rating from minus-25 to plus-22 and fired 161 shots on goal. The 21-year-old has earned a top-six role with New Jersey and will likely skate on the second line next to Nico Hischier. Mercer registered 10 power-play points during the 2022-23 campaign and will have a spot on the team's second unit again this year. If he gets a full season playing alongside Hischier and Timo Meier, Mercer should post his first 60-point performance.
Mercer went above and beyond even the most optimistic expectations in his first NHL campaign. Playing nearly the entirety of the year at age 20, Mercer appeared in all 82 regular-season games for the Devils, posting 17 goals and 42 points. He averaged 16:32 of ice time per contest, including 1:53 per game with the man advantage. The biggest criticism regarding Mercer as a prospect was his apparent lack of foot speed, but he had no issues with the pace of the game in his freshman season. Mercer may struggle to offer redraft fantasy value in 2022-23, but he remains a fine keeper/dynasty league stash.
Signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Devils in December of 2020.
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Scores vs. Detroit
CNew Jersey Devils
April 12, 2026
Mercer scored an empty-net goal and took three shots on goal in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Red Wings.
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Pots another goal
CNew Jersey Devils
April 5, 2026
Mercer scored a goal on three shots in Saturday's 4-3 shootout loss to the Canadiens.
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Nets pair of goals Thursday
CNew Jersey Devils
April 2, 2026
Mercer scored two goals, including an empty-net goal, and fired six shots on net in Thursday's 7-3 win over Washington.
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Buries power-play goal
CNew Jersey Devils
March 8, 2026
Mercer scored a power-play goal on two shots in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Rangers.
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Goal may light fire under his game
CNew Jersey Devils
March 3, 2026
Mercer scored a goal Tuesday in a 5-1 win over the Panthers.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Might sign in near future
CNew Jersey Devils
September 18, 2024
Although Mercer, who is a restricted free agent, didn't sign before the start of training camp, both sides are continuing to talk and hope to reach an agreement on a new contract soon, according to Mike Morreale of NHL.com on Wednesday.
ANALYSIS
Mercer had 20 goals and 33 points in 82 regular-season contests last season, which was a significant decline from his 56-point showing in 2022-23. That drop in production is likely what's making it so difficult for the two sides to agree on what's fair value for the 22-year-old. Perhaps Mercer will ultimately sign a short-term contract to give him more time to establish himself.
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