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Connor McMichael

#77 · Left wing · St. Louis Blues

Born Jan 15, 2001 in Ajax, Ontario, CAN (age 25) · 6'0", 180 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 25th overall in 2019 by WSH (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Chris Tierney OTT · 18 P in 70 GP Nathan Bastian NJD · 18 P in 72 GP Nils Hoglander VAN · 18 P in 60 GP Trent Frederic BOS · 18 P in 60 GP Michael Amadio VGK · 18 P in 56 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.

020402020-21: 0 points020-212021-22: 18 points1821-222022-23: 0 points022-232023-24: 33 points3323-242024-25: 57 points5724-252025-26: 46 points4625-262026-27: 4 points426-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2020-21 WSH 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.00 $894K
2021-22 WSH 68 9 9 18 -3 10 105 46 0.26 $863K
2022-23 WSH 6 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 0.00 $863K
2023-24 WSH 80 18 15 33 -20 34 135 45 0.41 $863K
2024-25 WSH 82 26 31 57 19 49 177 39 0.70 $2.1M
2025-26 WSH 78 14 32 46 8 30 142 45 0.59 $2.1M
2026-27 STL 5 2 2 4 -1 0 11 2 0.80 $6.75M
7 seasons Career 320 69 89 158 3 130 573 179 0.49

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2021-22 WSH 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 0.25
2023-24 WSH 4 1 0 1 -3 2 13 2 0.25
2024-25 WSH 10 4 2 6 3 2 18 10 0.60
3 seasons Playoffs 18 5 3 8 0 4 32 17 0.44

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
68 9 9 18 -3 10 105 46 0.26 8.6 10:28

Contract

$863KCap hitends in 2024, then RFA
$48KCap dollars per point18 points in 68 games
$149KCap dollars per goal above replacement5.8 goals above replacement
$4.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$4MValueworth 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 716 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Washington Capitals on Jul 12, 2019, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.775M, beginning in 2021-22. It runs through 2023-24, with 2 seasons 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
2021-22 $863K $833K $93K $925K
2022-23 $863K $833K $0 $833K
2023-24 $863K $833K $0 $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
Jul 16, 2026 St. Louis Blues New contract 2026-27 to 2031-32 6 $40.5M $6.75M
Jul 1, 2024 Washington Capitals Extension 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $4.2M $2.1M
Jul 12, 2019 Washington Capitals Entry-level 2021-22 to 2023-24 signed for 2019-20, slid 3 $2.775M $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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.1Even-strength defence-0.2Power 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.

-2024682020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

43.1Corsi for %22 attempts for, 29 against
-1.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
38.0Expected goals for %1.0 expected for, 1.6 against
-13.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
34.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %1 for, 1 against
106.9PDO12.5% shooting + 94.4% saves
5Attempts 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
Lars Eller · Conor Sheary · Connor McMichael313:4146.939.60-1
T.J. Oshie · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Connor McMichael12:2450.045.81-0
Lars Eller · Anthony Mantha · Connor McMichael12:0150.00.00-0
T.J. Oshie · Lars Eller · Connor McMichael21:2350.00.00-0

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.

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.2Expected goalsfrom 4 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.48 expected goals per 60 minutes8th
Shot quality 5.1% chance per attempt2nd
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected54thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 89 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.2Goals 0

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 29, 2022 @ NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:57
Apr 26, 2022 vs NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 10:58
Apr 10, 2022 vs BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 10:14
Apr 9, 2022 @ PIT W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 07:38
Apr 6, 2022 vs TBL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:51
Mar 28, 2022 vs CAR L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 11:23
Mar 26, 2022 vs NJD W 4-3 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 12:05
Mar 25, 2022 @ BUF W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:13
Mar 22, 2022 vs STL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:46
Mar 20, 2022 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:15
Mar 18, 2022 @ CAR W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 13:19
Mar 17, 2022 @ CBJ W 7-2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 11:11
Mar 15, 2022 vs NYI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:48
Mar 11, 2022 @ VAN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:14
Mar 9, 2022 @ EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:01
Mar 8, 2022 @ CGY W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:07
Mar 5, 2022 vs SEA W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:37
Mar 3, 2022 vs CAR W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:30
Feb 28, 2022 vs TOR L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 06:57
Feb 26, 2022 @ PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:26
Feb 24, 2022 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 11:40
Feb 17, 2022 @ PHI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:05
Feb 15, 2022 @ NSH W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 6 1 11:16
Feb 13, 2022 vs OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:14
Feb 10, 2022 @ MTL W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 07:51
Feb 8, 2022 vs CBJ L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:57
Feb 1, 2022 @ PIT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:09
Jan 28, 2022 @ DAL W 5-0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 12:34
Jan 24, 2022 vs VGK L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:55
Jan 22, 2022 vs OTT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 05:50
Jan 20, 2022 @ BOS L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 11:39
Jan 18, 2022 vs WPG W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 05:16
Jan 16, 2022 vs VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:15
Jan 15, 2022 @ NYI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:45
Jan 10, 2022 vs BOS L 3-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 11:30
Jan 8, 2022 @ MIN L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 11:44
Jan 2, 2022 vs NJD L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:03
Dec 31, 2021 @ DET W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:09
Dec 29, 2021 vs NSH W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10:04
Dec 19, 2021 vs LAK L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 5 06:18
Dec 17, 2021 @ WPG W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 09:23
Dec 15, 2021 @ CHI L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 10:18
Dec 11, 2021 @ BUF W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:05
Dec 10, 2021 vs PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 08:58
Dec 6, 2021 vs ANA W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:40
Dec 4, 2021 vs CBJ W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 12:26
Dec 2, 2021 vs CHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:42
Nov 30, 2021 @ FLA L 4-5 1 0 1 2 0 4 3 11:36
Nov 28, 2021 @ CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:00
Nov 26, 2021 vs FLA W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 07:05
Nov 24, 2021 vs MTL W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 11:09
Nov 21, 2021 @ SEA L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:53
Nov 20, 2021 @ SJS W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14:04
Nov 17, 2021 @ LAK W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 13:25
Nov 16, 2021 @ ANA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 15:46
Nov 14, 2021 vs PIT W 6-1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 12:10
Nov 12, 2021 @ CBJ W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:37
Nov 11, 2021 @ DET W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 11:47
Nov 8, 2021 vs BUF W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 11:56
Nov 6, 2021 vs PHI L 1-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 12:15
Nov 4, 2021 @ FLA L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 07:59
Nov 1, 2021 @ TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 12:10
Oct 29, 2021 vs ARI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:19
Oct 27, 2021 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 11:17
Oct 25, 2021 @ OTT W 7-5 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 14:01
Oct 23, 2021 vs CGY L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 13:00
Oct 21, 2021 @ NJD W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:20
Oct 19, 2021 vs COL W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:45