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Mike McKenna

#56 · Goalie · Philadelphia Flyers

Born Apr 11, 1983 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA · 6'2", 183 lb · Catches right · Drafted 172nd overall in 2002 by NSH (round 6)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Cal Petersen LAK · 11 GP, 0.924 Samuel Montembeault FLA · 11 GP, 0.894 Antti Raanta ARI · 12 GP, 0.906 Adin Hill ARI · 13 GP, 0.901 Michael Hutchinson TOR · 9 GP, 0.887

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.

0510152008-09: 15 games1508-092010-11: 2 games210-112013-14: 4 games413-142014-15: 1 games114-152017-18: 2 games217-182018-19: 11 games1118-19

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Cap hit
2008-09 TBL 15 4811 406 360 46 3.56 0.887 $475K
2010-11 NJD 2 0100 56 50 6 3.05 0.893 $500K
2013-14 CBJ 4 1110 114 103 11 3.01 0.904 $595K
2014-15 ARI 1 0100 34 29 5 5.00 0.853 $550K
2017-18 DAL 2 1100 50 45 5 2.96 0.900 $650K
2018-19 OTT 10 1410 292 262 30 3.96 0.897 $700K
2018-19 PHI 1 0100 24 20 4 4.22 0.833
6 seasons Career 35 71731 976 869 107 3.60 0.890

2018-19 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
11 7 1510 316 282 34 3.99 0.892

Contract

$700KCap hitends in 2019, then UFA

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2018-19, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2018-19 $700K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2018-19 to 2018-19 $700K
2017-18 to 2017-18 $650K
2014-15 to 2014-15 $550K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $595K
2010-11 to 2010-11 $500K
2008-09 to 2008-09 $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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Rating

-7.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-1.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-9.7Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

The goals he saved for his team, compared with a spare-part goalie facing the same shots. A goalie's season is about one-third the goalie and two-thirds chance, so read one year lightly. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-8-6-4-2022010-112013-142014-152017-182018-19Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

Shots faced

Expected goals adds up how likely each shot he faced was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. A goalie who lets in fewer than that has saved goals above expected. Only shots taken while he was in net count, and the league's goalies as a whole come out at zero. 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. What these numbers mean

-9.7Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
24.3Expected goals againstfrom 410 unblocked attempts
34Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.892Save %0.923 expected from his shots
Goals saved -1.13 above expected per 60 minutes1st
Shot difficulty 5.9% chance per attempt faced2ndA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 60 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

0102030Game 10Allowed 34Expected 24.3

The goals he was expected to let in and the goals he did, as the season went on. When the allowed line runs below the expected line, he is saving more than his shots were worth.

Where he was shot at

Every unblocked attempt he faced this season, with his net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Jan 8, 2019 @ WSH L 3-5 L 24 20 4 0.833 56:52
Dec 28, 2018 @ NYI L 3-6 L 38 33 5 0.868 58:22
Dec 22, 2018 vs WSH L 0-4 L 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Dec 21, 2018 @ NJD L 2-5 7 7 0 1.000 20:00
Dec 15, 2018 @ MTL L 2-5 L 46 42 4 0.913 59:53
Dec 9, 2018 vs BOS L 1-2 (OT) OTL 44 42 2 0.955 63:07
Nov 27, 2018 @ PHI W 4-3 W 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Nov 19, 2018 vs FLA L 5-7 10 9 1 0.900 22:32
Nov 11, 2018 @ FLA L 1-5 L 40 35 5 0.875 59:51
Nov 6, 2018 vs NJD W 7-3 6 6 0 1.000 05:03
Nov 3, 2018 @ BUF L 2-9 31 25 6 0.806 45:35