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Mitchell Chaffee

#41 · Right wing · New York Islanders

Born Jan 26, 1998 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA (age 28) · 6'0", 197 lb · Shoots right

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Radim Zohorna PIT · 7 P in 33 GP Michael Sgarbossa WSH · 7 P in 25 GP David Gustafsson WPG · 7 P in 39 GP Pierre-Edouard Bellemare SEA · 7 P in 40 GP Walker Duehr CGY · 7 P in 40 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.

0510152021-22: 0 points021-222023-24: 7 points723-242024-25: 18 points1824-252025-26: 1 points125-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2021-22 MIN 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 0.00 $925K
2023-24 TBL 30 4 3 7 2 4 27 88 0.23 $775K
2024-25 TBL 66 12 6 18 -3 21 68 133 0.27 $800K
2025-26 TBL 11 0 1 1 -2 4 9 29 0.09 $800K
4 seasons Career 109 16 10 26 -2 29 105 257 0.24

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2023-24 TBL 5 0 0 0 -1 2 4 23 0.00
2024-25 TBL 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 8 0.25
2 seasons Playoffs 9 1 0 1 -1 2 5 31 0.11

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
30 4 3 7 2 4 27 88 0.23 14.8 11:17

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2024, then extended to 2026
$111KCap dollars per point7 points in 30 games
-$214KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$989KValueworth 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 718 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Tampa Bay Lightning on Jul 1, 2023, as a new contract: 1 year and $775K, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2023-24, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Tampa Bay Lightning on May 16, 2024, 2 years and $1.6M at $800K a season, beginning in 2024-25.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $775K $775K $0 $775K

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, 2026 New York Islanders New contract 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $850K $850K
May 16, 2024 Tampa Bay Lightning Extension not begun 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $1.6M $800K
Jul 1, 2023 Tampa Bay Lightning New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Jul 17, 2022 Minnesota Wild New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $750K $750K
Mar 24, 2020 Minnesota Wild Entry-level 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $3.55M $925K

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

-0.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.5Even-strength defence+0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties-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.

-3-2-1012021-222023-242024-252025-26Goals 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

53.6Corsi for %52 attempts for, 45 against
+3.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.7Expected goals for %1.8 expected for, 2.1 against
-2.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %1 for, 1 against
99.1PDO3.4% shooting + 95.7% 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Paul · Michael Eyssimont · Mitchell Chaffee543:4156.947.80-1
Tyler Motte · Nick Paul · Mitchell Chaffee21:5433.33.50-0
Luke Glendening · Tyler Motte · Mitchell Chaffee11:3733.317.50-0
Anthony Duclair · Nick Paul · Mitchell Chaffee11:15100.0100.01-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.5Expected goalsfrom 8 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.46 expected goals per 60 minutes14th
Shot quality 5.7% chance per attempt14th
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected45thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 74 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.5Goals 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 17, 2024 vs TOR W 6-4 0 1 1 2 0 1 6 12:10
Apr 15, 2024 vs BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 10:02
Apr 13, 2024 @ WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:02
Apr 9, 2024 vs CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 14:59
Apr 6, 2024 @ PIT L 4-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 12:23
Apr 4, 2024 @ MTL W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:41
Apr 3, 2024 @ TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 12:01
Apr 1, 2024 vs DET L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 11:02
Mar 30, 2024 vs NYI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 12:37
Mar 27, 2024 vs BOS W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 09:58
Mar 23, 2024 @ LAK L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 11:50
Mar 16, 2024 @ FLA W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:50
Mar 14, 2024 vs NYR W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 09:31
Mar 7, 2024 vs CGY L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 11:52
Mar 2, 2024 vs MTL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 15:49
Feb 29, 2024 vs BUF L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 12:38
Feb 27, 2024 @ PHI L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 15:09
Feb 25, 2024 @ NJD W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:12
Feb 24, 2024 @ NYI W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 12:27
Feb 22, 2024 vs WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 12:28
Feb 19, 2024 vs OTT L 2-4 1 0 1 0 2 2 5 14:37
Feb 17, 2024 vs FLA L 2-9 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 13:26
Feb 15, 2024 vs COL W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 07:15
Feb 13, 2024 @ BOS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:57
Feb 10, 2024 @ CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:13
Feb 8, 2024 @ NYI L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 09:39
Feb 7, 2024 @ NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:36
Jan 27, 2024 vs NJD W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:50
Jan 25, 2024 vs ARI W 6-3 1 1 2 2 0 1 3 08:29
Dec 12, 2023 @ VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 06:56