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Daniel Winnik

#26 · Left wing · Minnesota Wild

Born Mar 6, 1985 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN · 6'2", 210 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 265th overall in 2004 by PHX (round 9)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Matt Martin NYI · 19 P in 80 GP Torrey Mitchell MTL · 19 P in 71 GP Melker Karlsson SJS · 19 P in 65 GP Reid Boucher NJD · 19 P in 39 GP Brian Boyle TBL · 20 P in 76 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.

01020302007-08: 26 points2607-082008-09: 7 points708-092009-10: 19 points1909-102010-11: 26 points2610-112011-12: 23 points2311-122012-13: 19 points1912-132013-14: 30 points3013-142014-15: 34 points3414-152015-16: 19 points1915-162016-17: 25 points2516-172017-18: 23 points2317-18

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 PHX 79 11 15 26 -3 25 122 75 0.33
2008-09 PHX 49 3 4 7 1 63 66 81 0.14
2009-10 PHX 74 4 15 19 1 12 83 104 0.26 $600K
2010-11 COL 80 11 15 26 -2 35 167 54 0.33 $950K
2011-12 COL 63 5 13 18 -11 42 155 63 0.29 $950K
2011-12 SJS 21 3 2 5 0 10 29 32 0.24
2012-13 ANA 48 6 13 19 13 16 95 63 0.40 $1.8M
2013-14 ANA 76 6 24 30 6 23 115 61 0.39 $1.8M
2014-15 TOR 58 7 18 25 15 19 70 99 0.43 $1.3M
2014-15 PIT 21 2 7 9 8 8 27 25 0.43
2015-16 TOR 56 4 10 14 -3 16 85 41 0.25 $2.25M
2015-16 WSH 20 2 3 5 7 22 16 12 0.25
2016-17 WSH 72 12 13 25 15 49 82 25 0.35 $2.25M
2017-18 MIN 81 6 17 23 5 27 82 27 0.28 $660K
11 seasons Career 798 82 169 251 52 367 1194 762 0.31

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2009-10 PHX 7 0 0 0 -2 0 6 5 0.00
2011-12 SJS 5 0 1 1 1 6 3 5 0.20
2012-13 ANA 7 0 1 1 -4 7 22 4 0.14
2013-14 ANA 9 0 1 1 1 2 11 11 0.11
2014-15 PIT 5 0 0 0 -6 2 2 6 0.00
2015-16 WSH 12 0 0 0 0 4 12 13 0.00
2016-17 WSH 13 0 0 0 -4 0 11 11 0.00
2017-18 MIN 5 0 1 1 0 5 6 4 0.20
8 seasons Playoffs 63 0 4 4 -14 26 73 59 0.06

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
76 6 13 19 4 38 101 53 0.25 5.9 13:43

Contract

$2.25MCap hit2015-16
$118KCap dollars per point19 points in 76 games
$904KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.5 goals above replacement
$2.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$113KValueworth 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 668 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
2017-18 to 2017-18 $660K
2015-16 to 2016-17 $2.25M
2014-15 to 2014-15 $1.3M
2013-14 to 2013-14 $1.8M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $1.8M
2010-11 to 2011-12 $950K
2009-10 to 2009-10 $600K

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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+2.5Goals above replacement327th of 675 skaters, 226th of 445 forwards
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 445 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-2.6 14th percentileEven-strength defence+2.1 88th percentilePower play-0.2 29th percentilePenalty kill+0.6 93rd percentilePenalties-0.2 29th 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.

-505102010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-18Goals 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

50.5Corsi for %787 attempts for, 771 against
-2.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.6Expected goals for %31.4 expected for, 29.5 against
-1.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
51.0Goals for %25 for, 24 against
100.3PDO6.1% shooting + 94.2% saves
158Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 561 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 lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Joffrey Lupul · Daniel Winnik · Nick SpalingTOR17118:4645.053.07-3
Joffrey Lupul · Daniel Winnik · Peter HollandTOR1799:1648.249.80-5
Mike Richards · Daniel Winnik · Tom WilsonWSH1262:2447.448.83-2
Daniel Winnik · Michael Grabner · Nick SpalingTOR952:4151.062.01-2

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
7.9Expected goalsfrom 131 unblocked attempts
-1.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.45 expected goals per 60 minutes12th
Shot quality 6.0% chance per attempt13th
Finishing -1.9 goals above expected32ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 412 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 7.9Goals 6

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. 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 G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 10, 2016 vs ANA L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 13:02
Apr 9, 2016 @ STL W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11:20
Apr 7, 2016 vs PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 11:50
Apr 5, 2016 vs NYI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:20
Apr 2, 2016 @ ARI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:52
Apr 1, 2016 @ COL W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 13:09
Mar 30, 2016 @ PHI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:29
Mar 28, 2016 vs CBJ W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 12:46
Mar 26, 2016 vs STL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:35
Mar 25, 2016 @ NJD W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:59
Mar 22, 2016 @ OTT W 4-2 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 11:55
Mar 20, 2016 @ PIT L 2-6 0 0 0 0 14 1 0 10:54
Mar 18, 2016 vs NSH W 4-1 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 14:05
Mar 15, 2016 vs CAR W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:00
Mar 12, 2016 @ SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:56
Mar 9, 2016 @ LAK L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:57
Mar 7, 2016 @ ANA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 16:11
Mar 5, 2016 @ BOS W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:35
Mar 4, 2016 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 12:32
Mar 2, 2016 vs TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:09
Feb 27, 2016 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 17:07
Feb 25, 2016 vs CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 2 5 0 18:12
Feb 23, 2016 vs NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:21
Feb 20, 2016 vs PHI L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:20
Feb 18, 2016 vs NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:08
Feb 15, 2016 @ CHI L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 15:16
Feb 13, 2016 @ VAN W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 17:20
Feb 11, 2016 @ EDM L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 16:30
Feb 9, 2016 @ CGY L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:37
Feb 6, 2016 @ OTT L 1-6 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 16:43
Feb 4, 2016 vs NJD W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:54
Feb 2, 2016 @ BOS W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 17:27
Jan 27, 2016 @ TBL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 08:07
Jan 26, 2016 @ FLA L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:57
Jan 23, 2016 vs MTL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:52
Jan 21, 2016 vs CAR L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:42
Jan 19, 2016 @ PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:11
Jan 15, 2016 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:50
Jan 13, 2016 vs CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:04
Jan 9, 2016 @ SJS L 0-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:17
Jan 7, 2016 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 12:29
Jan 6, 2016 @ ANA W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:54
Jan 2, 2016 vs STL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 14:38
Dec 30, 2015 @ PIT W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:15
Dec 29, 2015 vs NYI L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 13:23
Dec 27, 2015 @ NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:58
Dec 22, 2015 @ ARI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:07
Dec 21, 2015 @ COL W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:32
Dec 19, 2015 vs LAK W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:27
Dec 17, 2015 vs SJS L 4-5 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 15:41
Dec 15, 2015 vs TBL L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 0 4 3 0 13:03
Dec 8, 2015 vs NJD W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:09
Dec 5, 2015 @ STL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:04
Dec 3, 2015 @ MIN L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:26
Dec 2, 2015 @ WPG L 1-6 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 10:03
Nov 30, 2015 vs EDM W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:41
Nov 21, 2015 @ BOS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:31
Nov 20, 2015 @ CAR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:47
Nov 17, 2015 vs COL W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:31
Nov 15, 2015 @ NYR L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13:28
Nov 14, 2015 vs VAN W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 16:59
Nov 12, 2015 @ NSH W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:39
Nov 7, 2015 @ WSH L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 02:07
Nov 6, 2015 vs DET L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 15:56
Nov 4, 2015 vs WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:08
Nov 2, 2015 vs DAL W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 16:56
Oct 31, 2015 vs PIT L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:39
Oct 30, 2015 @ NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:47
Oct 26, 2015 vs ARI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:41
Oct 24, 2015 @ MTL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 17:51
Oct 21, 2015 @ BUF L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:39
Oct 17, 2015 @ PIT L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:49
Oct 16, 2015 @ CBJ W 6-3 0 3 3 1 0 1 2 18:07
Oct 10, 2015 vs OTT L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 19:27
Oct 9, 2015 @ DET L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:54
Oct 7, 2015 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 15:07