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Michael McCarron

#47 · Centre · Minnesota Wild

Born Mar 7, 1995 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA (age 31) · 6'6", 232 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 25th overall in 2013 by MTL (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Noel Acciari BOS · 5 P in 29 GP Garnet Hathaway CGY · 5 P in 26 GP Seth Griffith FLA · 5 P in 24 GP J.T. Compher COL · 5 P in 21 GP Kyle Connor WPG · 5 P in 20 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.

051015202015-16: 2 points215-162016-17: 5 points516-172017-18: 1 points117-182020-21: 0 points020-212021-22: 14 points1421-222022-23: 4 points422-232023-24: 22 points2223-242024-25: 14 points1424-252025-26: 17 points1725-262026-27: 3 points326-27

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 MTL 20 1 1 2 -10 37 41 49 0.10 $863K
2016-17 MTL 31 1 4 5 -4 41 31 75 0.16 $863K
2017-18 MTL 18 0 1 1 -1 32 15 61 0.06 $863K
2020-21 NSH 6 0 0 0 1 16 3 12 0.00 $700K
2021-22 NSH 51 7 7 14 10 70 51 116 0.27 $750K
2022-23 NSH 32 2 2 4 -3 24 39 75 0.13 $750K
2023-24 NSH 70 12 10 22 4 100 94 142 0.31 $775K
2024-25 NSH 74 5 9 14 -21 102 80 149 0.19 $900K
2025-26 NSH 59 5 7 12 -15 73 86 165 0.20 $900K
2025-26 MIN 20 3 2 5 -1 20 23 40 0.25
2026-27 MIN 5 0 3 3 3 7 9 14 0.60 $3.333M
10 seasons Career 386 36 46 82 -37 522 472 898 0.21

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 MTL 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0.00
2021-22 NSH 2 0 0 0 -3 2 5 2 0.00
2023-24 NSH 6 0 0 0 -3 2 7 9 0.00
2025-26 MIN 11 2 2 4 2 0 14 27 0.36
4 seasons Playoffs 20 2 2 4 -5 4 26 40 0.20

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
31 1 4 5 -4 41 31 75 0.16 3.2 9:53

Contract

$863KCap hitends in 2018, then RFA
$173KCap dollars per point5 points in 31 games
$381KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$483KValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 664 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Montreal Canadiens on Jul 14, 2013, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $3.413M, beginning in 2015-16. It runs through 2017-18, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2015-16 $863K $833K $93K $213K $925K
2016-17 $863K $833K $0 $213K $833K
2017-18 $863K $833K $0 $213K $833K

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
Jun 9, 2026 Minnesota Wild New contract 2026-27 to 2031-32 6 $20M $3.333M
Feb 16, 2024 Nashville Predators Extension 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $1.8M $900K
Apr 16, 2023 Nashville Predators Extension 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Jul 28, 2021 Nashville Predators New contract 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $1.5M $750K
Sep 23, 2020 Nashville Predators Extension 2020-21 to 2020-21 1 $700K $700K
Jul 27, 2019 Montreal Canadiens New contract 2019-20 to 2019-20 1 $700K $700K
Sep 10, 2018 Montreal Canadiens New contract 2018-19 to 2018-19 1 $874K $874K
Jul 14, 2013 Montreal Canadiens Entry-level 2015-16 to 2017-18 signed for 2013-14, slid 3 $3.413M $863K

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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

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

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.

-2-101232015-162017-182021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

50.0Corsi for %5 attempts for, 5 against
-6.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
26.9Expected goals for %0.1 expected for, 0.3 against
-19.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 1 against
66.7PDO0.0% shooting + 66.7% saves
0Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Steve Ott · Dwight King · Michael McCarron16:0462.532.30-1
Alexander Radulov · Brian Flynn · Michael McCarron10:450.00.00-0

The lines 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 lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 8, 2017 @ DET W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 13:55
Apr 7, 2017 vs TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 10:32
Apr 1, 2017 @ TBL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:05
Mar 25, 2017 vs OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 09:00
Mar 23, 2017 vs CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 13:25
Mar 19, 2017 vs OTT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 09:37
Mar 12, 2017 @ EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 07:16
Mar 9, 2017 @ CGY L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 13:06
Mar 2, 2017 vs NSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 07:31
Feb 28, 2017 vs CBJ W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 06:46
Feb 23, 2017 vs NYI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:10
Feb 21, 2017 @ NYR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 08:18
Feb 18, 2017 vs WPG L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:49
Feb 12, 2017 @ BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 7 2 1 07:53
Feb 11, 2017 vs STL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 5 2 2 07:05
Feb 9, 2017 @ ARI W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 11:25
Jan 14, 2017 vs NYR W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 07:18
Jan 12, 2017 @ MIN L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 11:28
Jan 11, 2017 @ WPG W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11:13
Jan 9, 2017 vs WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11:09
Jan 7, 2017 @ TOR W 5-3 1 0 1 0 9 2 1 12:36
Jan 4, 2017 @ DAL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 11:23
Jan 3, 2017 @ NSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:57
Dec 31, 2016 @ PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 07:08
Dec 29, 2016 @ FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 07:26
Dec 28, 2016 @ TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 09:48
Dec 23, 2016 @ CBJ L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 11:09
Dec 22, 2016 vs MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 11:47
Dec 20, 2016 vs ANA W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 09:08
Dec 17, 2016 @ WSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 10:45
Dec 16, 2016 vs SJS L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 12:25