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Cody McCormick

#8 · Centre · Buffalo Sabres

Born Apr 18, 1983 in London, Ontario, CAN · 6'2", 222 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 144th overall in 2001 by COL (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

John Scott SJS · 4 P in 38 GP Simon Gagne BOS · 4 P in 23 GP Brandon Kozun TOR · 4 P in 20 GP Jesse Joensuu EDM · 4 P in 20 GP Steven Pinizzotto EDM · 4 P in 18 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.

051015202003-04: 5 points503-042005-06: 8 points805-062006-07: 1 points106-072007-08: 4 points407-082008-09: 12 points1208-092010-11: 20 points2010-112011-12: 4 points411-122012-13: 0 points012-132013-14: 7 points713-142014-15: 4 points414-15

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2003-04 COL 44 2 3 5 -4 73 33 55 0.11
2005-06 COL 45 4 4 8 1 29 43 47 0.18
2006-07 COL 6 0 1 1 1 6 6 8 0.17
2007-08 COL 40 2 2 4 5 50 45 81 0.10 $475K
2008-09 COL 55 1 11 12 -5 92 66 115 0.22 $523K
2010-11 BUF 81 8 12 20 2 142 104 108 0.25 $500K
2011-12 BUF 50 1 3 4 -7 56 43 67 0.08 $1.2M
2012-13 BUF 8 0 0 0 -2 10 6 17 0.00 $1.2M
2013-14 BUF 29 1 4 5 -8 45 20 60 0.17 $1.2M
2013-14 MIN 14 1 1 2 2 7 6 16 0.14
2014-15 BUF 33 1 3 4 -9 40 31 77 0.12 $1.5M
10 seasons Career 405 21 44 65 -24 550 403 651 0.16

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2007-08 COL 4 0 1 1 -2 7 5 7 0.25
2009-10 BUF 3 0 2 2 1 14 4 12 0.67
2010-11 BUF 7 1 0 1 -2 2 7 12 0.14
2013-14 MIN 13 1 0 1 1 14 6 34 0.08
4 seasons Playoffs 27 2 3 5 -2 37 22 65 0.19

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
33 1 3 4 -9 40 31 77 0.12 3.2 11:43

Contract

$1.5MCap hit2014-15
$375KCap dollars per point4 points in 33 games
$4.349MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.3 goals above replacement
$758KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$742KValueworth less cap hit

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 649 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2014-15 to 2014-15 $1.5M
2013-14 to 2013-14 $1.2M
2011-12 to 2013-14 $1.2M
2010-11 to 2010-11 $500K
2008-09 to 2008-09 $523K
2007-08 to 2007-08 $475K

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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Rating

+0.3Goals above replacement476th of 665 skaters, 320th of 432 forwards
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 432 ranked forwards: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence-1.4 31st percentileEven-strength defence+0.8 64th percentilePower play0.0 57th percentilePenalty kill-0.3 11th percentilePenalties+0.2 44th percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-2-1012342010-112011-122012-132013-142014-15Goals 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

35.4Corsi for %186 attempts for, 340 against
-1.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
34.4Expected goals for %6.9 expected for, 13.2 against
-1.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
36.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.0Goals for %5 for, 15 against
96.2PDO5.1% shooting + 91.1% saves
47Attempts 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
Cody McCormick · Nicolas Deslauriers · Brian Flynn638:4332.735.20-1
Cody McCormick · Nicolas Deslauriers · Sam Reinhart534:3141.730.11-1
Cody McCormick · Patrick Kaleta · Nicolas Deslauriers728:3728.813.90-3
Cody McCormick · Chris Stewart · Marcus Foligno726:3536.448.90-2

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.5Expected goalsfrom 40 unblocked attempts
-1.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.39 expected goals per 60 minutes5th
Shot quality 6.3% chance per attempt20th
Finishing -1.5 goals above expected39thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

012Game 20Expected 2.5Goals 1

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 this season, 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
Jan 9, 2015 @ TBL L 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 12:21
Jan 8, 2015 @ CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:48
Jan 6, 2015 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:59
Jan 3, 2015 @ NYR L 1-6 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 13:38
Jan 2, 2015 vs FLA L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:19
Dec 31, 2014 vs TBL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:06
Dec 29, 2014 @ OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 4 1 8 12:09
Dec 27, 2014 vs NYI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 12:54
Dec 11, 2014 vs CGY W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:47
Dec 9, 2014 vs LAK W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:44
Dec 6, 2014 @ FLA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10:05
Dec 4, 2014 @ TBL L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 12 0 3 09:29
Nov 22, 2014 @ WSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05:07
Nov 18, 2014 vs SJS W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 13:58
Nov 15, 2014 vs TOR W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 4 15:17
Nov 13, 2014 @ MIN L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 15:01
Nov 11, 2014 @ STL L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 13:17
Nov 8, 2014 vs PIT L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 11:46
Nov 7, 2014 vs EDM L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 13:16
Nov 5, 2014 vs MTL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 12:11
Nov 2, 2014 vs DET W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:05
Nov 1, 2014 @ PIT L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 12:32
Oct 30, 2014 vs BOS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:53
Oct 28, 2014 @ TOR L 0-4 0 0 0 0 7 1 2 10:41
Oct 25, 2014 @ SJS W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 11:28
Oct 23, 2014 @ LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:13
Oct 22, 2014 @ ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 5 2 2 11:01
Oct 18, 2014 vs BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 12:13
Oct 17, 2014 vs FLA L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:02
Oct 14, 2014 @ CAR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10:23
Oct 13, 2014 vs ANA L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 4 0 1 10:32
Oct 11, 2014 @ CHI L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:32
Oct 9, 2014 vs CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:46