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Colin Miller

#6 · Defence · Free agent, last with the Winnipeg Jets

Born Oct 29, 1992 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, CAN · 6'1", 200 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 151st overall in 2012 by LAK (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brett Pesce CAR · 29 P in 73 GP Ryan Murray CBJ · 29 P in 56 GP Dmitry Orlov WSH · 29 P in 82 GP Jake Gardiner TOR · 30 P in 62 GP Nate Schmidt VGK · 30 P in 61 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

0102030402015-16: 16 points1615-162016-17: 13 points1316-172017-18: 41 points4117-182018-19: 29 points2918-192019-20: 11 points1119-202020-21: 12 points1220-212021-22: 14 points1421-222022-23: 21 points2122-232023-24: 9 points923-242024-25: 15 points1524-252025-26: 2 points225-26

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 BOS 42 3 13 16 0 39 59 45 0.38 $603K
2016-17 BOS 61 6 7 13 0 55 85 85 0.21 $1M
2017-18 VGK 82 10 31 41 -4 53 177 165 0.50 $1M
2018-19 VGK 65 3 26 29 0 44 131 122 0.45 $3.875M
2019-20 BUF 51 1 10 11 -9 22 79 87 0.22 $3.875M
2020-21 BUF 48 4 8 12 -20 27 64 91 0.25 $3.875M
2021-22 BUF 38 2 12 14 -2 21 48 50 0.37 $3.875M
2022-23 DAL 79 6 15 21 23 37 106 108 0.27 $1.85M
2023-24 NJD 41 4 4 8 10 24 65 79 0.20 $1.85M
2023-24 WPG 5 0 1 1 -2 2 4 12 0.20
2024-25 WPG 60 4 11 15 10 38 68 84 0.25 $1.5M
2025-26 WPG 18 0 2 2 -8 6 20 29 0.11 $1.5M
11 seasons Career 590 43 140 183 -2 368 906 957 0.31

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2016-17 BOS 4 0 1 1 1 2 5 7 0.25
2017-18 VGK 20 3 4 7 5 14 36 37 0.35
2018-19 VGK 6 1 2 3 1 6 9 22 0.50
2022-23 DAL 10 0 1 1 -2 4 13 14 0.10
2023-24 WPG 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 4 1.00
2024-25 WPG 4 0 2 2 1 4 5 8 0.50
6 seasons Playoffs 45 4 11 15 7 30 71 92 0.33

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
65 3 26 29 0 44 131 122 0.45 2.3 19:39

Contract

$3.875MCap hitends in 2022, then UFA
$134KCap dollars per point29 points in 65 games
$955KCap dollars per goal above replacement4.1 goals above replacement
$3.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$466KValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 696 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Vegas Golden Knights on Jul 7, 2018, as a new contract: 4 years and $15.5M, beginning in 2018-19. It runs through 2021-22, with 3 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2018-19 $3.875M $3.875M $0 $3.875M
2019-20 $3.875M $3.875M $0 $3.875M
2020-21 $3.875M $3.875M $0 $3.875M
2021-22 $3.875M $3.875M $0 $3.875M

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 1, 2024 Winnipeg Jets New contract 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $3M $1.5M
Jul 13, 2022 Dallas Stars New contract 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $3.7M $1.85M
Jul 7, 2018 Vegas Golden Knights New contract 2018-19 to 2021-22 4 $15.5M $3.875M
Jul 13, 2016 Boston Bruins New contract 2016-17 to 2017-18 2 $2M $1M
Jul 29, 2013 Los Angeles Kings Entry-level 2013-14 to 2015-16 3 $1.808M $603K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2018-19 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2018-19 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.4Even-strength defence+1.1Power play+0.4Penalty kill+0.1Penalties-0.1

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-505102015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

56.3Corsi for %90 attempts for, 70 against
+3.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
66.9Expected goals for %4.0 expected for, 2.0 against
+11.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
63.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %2 for, 2 against
95.8PDO4.2% shooting + 91.7% saves
13Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jon Merrill · Colin Miller678:2055.367.92-2
Colin Miller · Shea Theodore64:2837.531.00-0
Colin Miller · Nate Schmidt43:5657.1100.00-0
Brayden McNabb · Colin Miller21:49100.0100.00-0

The pairs he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.3Expected goalsfrom 13 unblocked attempts
+0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.17 expected goals per 60 minutes45th
Shot quality 2.5% chance per attempt21st
Finishing +0.7 goals above expected81stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 42 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.3

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 6, 2019 @ LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 21:00
Apr 4, 2019 vs ARI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 17:57
Apr 1, 2019 vs EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16:43
Mar 30, 2019 @ SJS L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 15:29
Mar 29, 2019 vs MIN L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 21:15
Mar 27, 2019 @ COL L 3-4 0 0 0 2 0 3 6 19:57
Mar 25, 2019 @ STL L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 19:19
Mar 18, 2019 @ SJS W 7-3 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 15:32
Mar 17, 2019 vs EDM W 6-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 19:38
Mar 15, 2019 @ DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 15:56
Mar 10, 2019 @ CGY L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 16:15
Mar 9, 2019 @ VAN W 6-2 0 2 2 4 0 3 0 21:49
Mar 6, 2019 vs CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 17:50
Mar 3, 2019 vs VAN W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 22:09
Mar 1, 2019 @ ANA W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 16:57
Feb 28, 2019 vs FLA W 6-5 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 7 3 17:48
Feb 26, 2019 vs DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 16:43
Feb 18, 2019 @ COL L 0-3 0 0 0 -3 0 5 1 13:41
Feb 16, 2019 vs NSH W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:07
Feb 14, 2019 vs TOR L 3-6 0 0 0 2 2 3 2 16:42
Feb 12, 2019 vs ARI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 20:21
Feb 9, 2019 vs CBJ L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 19:33
Feb 7, 2019 @ DET W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 0 5 3 17:03
Feb 5, 2019 @ TBL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 19:09
Feb 2, 2019 @ FLA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:09
Feb 1, 2019 @ CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 2 0 3 18:28
Jan 23, 2019 vs NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 24:05
Jan 21, 2019 vs MIN L 2-4 0 2 2 -2 0 4 3 21:39
Jan 19, 2019 vs PIT W 7-3 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 18:58
Dec 17, 2018 @ CBJ L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:42
Dec 16, 2018 @ NYR W 4-3 (OT) 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 17:56
Dec 14, 2018 @ NJD L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 17:20
Dec 12, 2018 @ NYI W 3-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 17:47
Dec 9, 2018 vs DAL W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 20:05
Dec 8, 2018 @ LAK L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 22:54
Dec 6, 2018 vs CHI W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 13:35
Dec 4, 2018 vs WSH W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 4 19:03
Dec 1, 2018 @ EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 20:29
Nov 29, 2018 @ VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 17:30
Nov 27, 2018 @ CHI W 8-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 20:05
Nov 24, 2018 vs SJS W 6-0 1 1 2 2 0 2 3 20:16
Nov 23, 2018 vs CGY W 2-0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 19:44
Nov 21, 2018 @ ARI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 22:08
Nov 19, 2018 @ CGY L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:32
Nov 18, 2018 @ EDM W 6-3 0 3 3 3 0 2 0 21:17
Nov 16, 2018 vs STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 17:09
Nov 14, 2018 vs ANA W 5-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 21:57
Nov 11, 2018 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:12
Nov 10, 2018 @ MTL L 4-5 0 1 1 0 4 1 3 22:14
Nov 8, 2018 @ OTT W 5-3 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 25:21
Nov 6, 2018 @ TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 5 23:01
Nov 3, 2018 vs CAR W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 19:40
Nov 1, 2018 @ STL L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 23:32
Oct 30, 2018 @ NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 21:22
Oct 28, 2018 vs OTT W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 5 3 21:15
Oct 26, 2018 vs TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 20:24
Oct 24, 2018 vs VAN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 26:43
Oct 20, 2018 vs ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 21:38
Oct 16, 2018 vs BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 23:32
Oct 13, 2018 @ PHI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:17
Oct 11, 2018 @ PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 17:09
Oct 10, 2018 @ WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 2 3 2 17:55
Oct 8, 2018 @ BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 24:09
Oct 6, 2018 @ MIN W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 23:23
Oct 4, 2018 vs PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 21:31