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Milan Michalek

#18 · Left wing · Toronto Maple Leafs

Born Dec 7, 1984 in Jindrichuv Hradec, CZE · 6'2", 225 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 6th overall in 2003 by SJS (round 1)

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

Jonny Brodzinski LAK · 2 P in 6 GP Charles Hudon MTL · 2 P in 3 GP Clayton Keller ARI · 2 P in 3 GP Lucas Wallmark CAR · 2 P in 8 GP Justin Dowling DAL · 2 P in 9 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.

02040602003-04: 1 points103-042005-06: 35 points3505-062006-07: 66 points6606-072007-08: 55 points5507-082008-09: 57 points5708-092009-10: 34 points3409-102010-11: 33 points3310-112011-12: 60 points6011-122012-13: 14 points1412-132013-14: 39 points3913-142014-15: 34 points3414-152015-16: 16 points1615-162016-17: 2 points216-17

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 SJS 2 1 0 1 1 4 1 0 0.50
2005-06 SJS 81 17 18 35 1 45 159 38 0.43
2006-07 SJS 78 26 40 66 17 36 191 28 0.85
2007-08 SJS 79 24 31 55 19 47 233 70 0.70
2008-09 SJS 77 23 34 57 11 52 179 92 0.74 $4.333M
2009-10 OTT 66 22 12 34 -12 18 163 77 0.52 $4.333M
2010-11 OTT 66 18 15 33 -12 49 167 49 0.50 $4.333M
2011-12 OTT 77 35 25 60 4 32 212 36 0.78 $4.333M
2012-13 OTT 23 4 10 14 8 17 58 6 0.61 $4.333M
2013-14 OTT 82 17 22 39 -25 41 169 86 0.48 $4.333M
2014-15 OTT 66 13 21 34 3 33 130 64 0.52 $4M
2015-16 OTT 32 6 4 10 1 12 56 23 0.31 $4M
2015-16 TOR 13 1 5 6 -1 6 8 19 0.46
2016-17 TOR 5 1 1 2 -2 2 6 7 0.40 $4M
13 seasons Career 747 208 238 446 13 394 1732 595 0.60

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2005-06 SJS 9 1 4 5 4 8 23 8 0.56
2006-07 SJS 11 4 2 6 3 4 27 11 0.55
2007-08 SJS 13 4 0 4 5 4 23 25 0.31
2008-09 SJS 6 1 0 1 -3 2 20 8 0.17
2009-10 OTT 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.00
2011-12 OTT 7 1 1 2 3 4 19 15 0.29
2012-13 OTT 10 3 2 5 3 2 29 14 0.50
2014-15 OTT 6 1 0 1 -2 4 14 4 0.17
8 seasons Playoffs 63 15 9 24 13 28 158 88 0.38

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
5 1 1 2 -2 2 6 7 0.40 16.7 14:16

Contract

$4MCap hit2016-17
$2MCap dollars per point2 points in 5 games
$18.018MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.2 goals above replacement

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.

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 2016-17 $4M
2013-14 to 2013-14 $4.333M
2008-09 to 2013-14 $4.333M

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 analytics

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.3Even-strength defence+0.6Power play-0.1Penalty kill0.0Penalties-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. 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.

024682010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-17Goals 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

46.9Corsi for %53 attempts for, 60 against
-4.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.6Expected goals for %1.9 expected for, 1.8 against
-7.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %2 for, 4 against
93.9PDO8.7% shooting + 85.2% saves
10Attempts 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
Milan Michalek · Leo Komarov · Nazem Kadri549:1749.552.22-4
Milan Michalek · Leo Komarov · Auston Matthews21:110.00.00-0
Milan Michalek · Peter Holland · Connor Brown20:56100.0100.00-0
Milan Michalek · Nazem Kadri · Auston Matthews10:480.00.00-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.8Expected goalsfrom 8 unblocked attempts
+0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.68 expected goals per 60 minutes46th
Shot quality 10.1% chance per attempt97th
Finishing +0.2 goals above expected58thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 421 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.8

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
Oct 22, 2016 @ CHI L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 13:52
Oct 20, 2016 @ MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13:28
Oct 19, 2016 @ WPG L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 15:39
Oct 15, 2016 vs BOS W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 15:41
Oct 12, 2016 @ OTT L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:41