Hockey Terminal
Be a GM

← All players

Photo of Colin Miller

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 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mark Giordano TOR · 9 P in 46 GP Jarred Tinordi CHI · 9 P in 52 GP Nikita Okhotiuk CGY · 9 P in 52 GP Ryker Evans SEA · 9 P in 36 GP Jonas Siegenthaler NJD · 9 P in 57 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

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
46 4 5 9 8 26 69 91 0.20 5.8 15:42

Contract

$1.85MCap hitends in 2024, then UFA
$206KCap dollars per point9 points in 46 games
$3.101MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.6 goals above replacement
$1.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$646KValueworth 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 718 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Dallas Stars on Jul 13, 2022, as a new contract: 2 years and $3.7M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2023-24, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2022-23 $1.85M $1.5M $500K $2M
2023-24 $1.85M $1.7M $0 $1.7M

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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.1Even-strength defence0.0Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.2

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.

-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

48.7Corsi for %19 attempts for, 20 against
-3.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.9Expected goals for %0.5 expected for, 0.6 against
-3.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
100.0Goals for %1 for, 0 against
112.5PDO12.5% shooting + 100.0% saves
8Attempts 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
Colin Miller · Nate Schmidt112:3444.137.91-0
Colin Miller · Josh Morrissey10:31100.0100.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.1Expected goalsfrom 5 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.36 expected goals per 60 minutes92nd
Shot quality 1.8% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected50thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 48 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

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 18, 2024 vs VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:19
Apr 4, 2024 vs CGY W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:16
Mar 21, 2024 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:41
Mar 13, 2024 vs NSH L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 5 11:43
Mar 11, 2024 vs WSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 13:48
Mar 5, 2024 vs FLA L 3-5 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 16:49
Mar 3, 2024 @ LAK L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 18:10
Mar 1, 2024 @ ANA L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:47
Feb 27, 2024 @ SJS W 7-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 11:15
Feb 25, 2024 vs TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 17:40
Feb 24, 2024 vs MTL W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 19:23
Feb 20, 2024 @ WSH L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18:46
Feb 17, 2024 vs PHI W 6-3 0 0 0 3 4 0 5 14:55
Feb 15, 2024 vs LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 16:06
Feb 13, 2024 @ NSH W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:26
Feb 12, 2024 vs SEA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 13:53
Feb 10, 2024 @ CAR L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:17
Feb 8, 2024 vs CGY L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 19:49
Feb 6, 2024 vs COL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 18:18
Jan 27, 2024 @ TBL L 3-6 0 0 0 1 2 2 6 18:47
Jan 25, 2024 @ CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:09
Jan 20, 2024 vs DAL L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 17:30
Jan 19, 2024 @ CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:18
Jan 17, 2024 vs MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:05
Jan 15, 2024 @ BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17:31
Jan 13, 2024 @ FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 16:58
Jan 11, 2024 @ TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 2 4 21:24
Jan 6, 2024 vs VAN L 4-6 2 0 2 2 0 3 2 17:09
Jan 5, 2024 vs CHI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 13:04
Jan 3, 2024 @ WSH W 6-3 0 1 1 3 2 3 3 14:52
Dec 27, 2023 vs CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 12:15
Dec 17, 2023 vs ANA L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 13:01
Dec 16, 2023 @ CBJ W 6-3 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 15:44
Dec 13, 2023 vs BOS W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:58
Dec 10, 2023 @ EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:34
Dec 9, 2023 @ CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 18:23
Dec 7, 2023 @ SEA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:09
Dec 5, 2023 @ VAN W 6-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 12:02
Dec 1, 2023 vs SJS L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 5 2 15:22
Nov 30, 2023 @ PHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 4 1 15:14
Nov 28, 2023 vs NYI W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:31
Nov 25, 2023 vs BUF W 7-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:18
Nov 24, 2023 vs CBJ L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 15:56
Nov 22, 2023 @ DET L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:45
Nov 18, 2023 vs NYR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:36
Nov 16, 2023 @ PIT W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 17:30