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Drew Miller

#20 · Left wing · Detroit Red Wings

Born Feb 17, 1984 in Dover, New Jersey, USA · 6'2", 183 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 186th overall in 2003 by ANA (round 6)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2006-07

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

B.J. Crombeen TBL · 8 P in 44 GP Derek MacKenzie CBJ · 8 P in 43 GP Torrey Mitchell MIN · 8 P in 45 GP Jordin Tootoo DET · 8 P in 42 GP Cory Emmerton DET · 8 P in 48 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.

05101520252007-08: 5 points507-082008-09: 10 points1008-092009-10: 19 points1909-102010-11: 18 points1810-112011-12: 25 points2511-122012-13: 8 points812-132013-14: 15 points1513-142014-15: 13 points1314-152015-16: 2 points215-162016-17: 7 points716-17

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2007-08 ANA 26 2 3 5 -1 6 30 12 0.19
2008-09 ANA 27 4 6 10 0 17 45 15 0.37 $525K
2009-10 TBL 14 0 0 0 -3 2 10 7 0.00 $525K
2009-10 DET 66 10 9 19 5 10 93 97 0.29
2010-11 DET 67 10 8 18 -2 13 85 84 0.27 $650K
2011-12 DET 80 14 11 25 6 20 131 79 0.31 $838K
2012-13 DET 44 4 4 8 -8 2 54 81 0.18 $838K
2013-14 DET 82 7 8 15 -11 21 117 122 0.18 $1.35M
2014-15 DET 82 5 8 13 -3 25 98 119 0.16 $1.35M
2015-16 DET 28 1 1 2 -5 2 27 39 0.07 $1.35M
2016-17 DET 55 5 2 7 -12 18 43 71 0.13 $1.025M
10 seasons Career 571 62 60 122 -34 136 733 726 0.21

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2006-07 ANA 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0.00
2008-09 ANA 13 2 1 3 1 2 23 9 0.23
2009-10 DET 12 1 1 2 2 4 13 18 0.17
2010-11 DET 9 1 1 2 3 4 12 15 0.22
2011-12 DET 5 0 1 1 0 2 9 2 0.20
2012-13 DET 6 1 1 2 1 2 4 13 0.33
2013-14 DET 5 0 1 1 -2 0 2 17 0.20
2014-15 DET 7 1 1 2 -1 2 8 11 0.29
8 seasons Playoffs 60 6 7 13 5 18 74 86 0.22

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
44 4 4 8 -8 2 54 81 0.18 7.4 13:49

Contract

$838KCap hit2012-13
$105KCap dollars per point8 points in 44 games
$573KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.5 goals above replacement
$1.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$952KValueworth 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 558 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
2016-17 to 2016-17 $1.025M
2013-14 to 2015-16 $1.35M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $838K
2011-12 to 2012-13 $838K
2010-11 to 2010-11 $650K
2008-09 to 2009-10 $525K

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 2012-13 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.

2012-13 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.5Goals above replacement326th of 605 skaters, 227th of 397 forwards
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 397 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-1.5 19th percentileEven-strength defence+0.8 73rd percentilePower play+0.1 71st percentilePenalty kill+0.1 77th percentilePenalties+0.3 53rd 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. 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.

-2024682010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-17Goals 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

47.3Corsi for %385 attempts for, 429 against
-7.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.2Expected goals for %16.1 expected for, 17.3 against
-5.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
37.0Goals for %10 for, 17 against
97.3PDO4.5% shooting + 92.8% saves
84Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 578 skaters who played enough to be ranked: 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. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordin Tootoo · Drew Miller · Cory Emmerton35214:0346.047.64-4
Henrik Zetterberg · Valtteri Filppula · Drew Miller648:4852.654.80-1
Patrick Eaves · Drew Miller · Cory Emmerton1431:1058.648.90-2
Daniel Cleary · Drew Miller · Joakim Andersson723:0844.133.90-1

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.7Expected goalsfrom 74 unblocked attempts
-2.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.66 expected goals per 60 minutes45th
Shot quality 9.0% chance per attempt90th
Finishing -2.7 goals above expected16thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 355 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Expected 6.7Goals 4

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
Apr 20, 2013 @ VAN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 02:44
Apr 17, 2013 @ CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:02
Apr 14, 2013 @ NSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:30
Apr 12, 2013 @ CHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 13:22
Apr 11, 2013 vs SJS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:14
Apr 7, 2013 vs STL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12:27
Apr 5, 2013 @ COL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:22
Apr 4, 2013 @ PHX L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 15:13
Apr 1, 2013 vs COL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 17:58
Mar 31, 2013 vs CHI L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 17:34
Mar 28, 2013 @ SJS L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 14:32
Mar 25, 2013 @ PHX W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 15:32
Mar 24, 2013 @ ANA W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 16:36
Mar 22, 2013 @ ANA W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16:54
Mar 20, 2013 vs MIN L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 13:35
Mar 16, 2013 @ VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:04
Mar 15, 2013 @ EDM W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:01
Mar 13, 2013 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:01
Mar 10, 2013 vs CBJ L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 15:45
Mar 9, 2013 @ CBJ L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:00
Mar 7, 2013 vs EDM W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12:45
Mar 5, 2013 vs COL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:32
Mar 3, 2013 vs CHI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:54
Feb 28, 2013 @ SJS W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:30
Feb 27, 2013 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:13
Feb 24, 2013 vs VAN W 8-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:46
Feb 23, 2013 vs NSH W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 13:34
Feb 21, 2013 vs CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:26
Feb 19, 2013 @ NSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 14:17
Feb 17, 2013 @ MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 13:29
Feb 15, 2013 vs ANA L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 16:17
Feb 13, 2013 vs STL L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 13:22
Feb 10, 2013 vs LAK W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 12:29
Feb 9, 2013 vs EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 14:24
Feb 7, 2013 @ STL W 5-1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 10:52
Feb 5, 2013 vs CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:11
Feb 2, 2013 @ CBJ L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:18
Feb 1, 2013 vs STL W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:38
Jan 29, 2013 vs DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 12:15
Jan 27, 2013 @ CHI L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:34
Jan 25, 2013 vs MIN W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:57
Jan 22, 2013 vs DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 13:48
Jan 21, 2013 @ CBJ W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:08
Jan 19, 2013 @ STL L 0-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:52