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Cal O'Reilly

#18 · Centre · Minnesota Wild

Born Sep 30, 1986 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN · 6'0", 188 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 150th overall in 2005 by NSH (round 5)

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.

Corban Knight FLA · 7 P in 20 GP Brandon Prust VAN · 7 P in 35 GP Max Talbot BOS · 7 P in 38 GP Michael Latta WSH · 7 P in 43 GP Lance Bouma CGY · 7 P in 44 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.

0510152008-09: 5 points508-092009-10: 11 points1109-102010-11: 18 points1810-112011-12: 7 points711-122015-16: 7 points715-162016-17: 1 points116-172017-18: 0 points017-18

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2008-09 NSH 11 3 2 5 2 2 6 0 0.45
2009-10 NSH 31 2 9 11 1 4 23 2 0.35 $563K
2010-11 NSH 38 6 12 18 4 2 44 5 0.47 $563K
2011-12 NSH 5 0 1 1 -2 2 1 1 0.20 $1.05M
2011-12 PHX 22 2 3 5 -5 2 13 3 0.23
2011-12 PIT 6 0 1 1 -4 0 3 1 0.17
2015-16 BUF 20 3 4 7 -1 2 10 3 0.35 $700K
2016-17 BUF 11 0 1 1 -6 0 3 2 0.09 $700K
2017-18 MIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 $700K
7 seasons Career 145 16 33 49 -11 14 104 17 0.34

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
20 3 4 7 -1 2 10 3 0.35 30.0 11:11

Contract

$700KCap hitends in 2017, then UFA
$100KCap dollars per point7 points in 20 games
-$184KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$884KValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. 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. It runs through 2016-17, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2015-16 $700K
2016-17 $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
2016-17 to 2017-18 $700K
2015-16 to 2016-17 $700K
2011-12 to 2011-12 $1.05M
2009-10 to 2010-11 $563K

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

Rating

-1.2Goals above replacement580th of 675 skaters, 393rd of 445 forwards
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.8Goals 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-0.5 43rd percentileEven-strength defence-1.2 22nd percentilePower play-0.1 42nd percentilePenalty kill0.0 43rd percentilePenalties+0.0 40th 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.

-20242010-112011-122015-162016-172017-18Goals 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

41.2Corsi for %124 attempts for, 177 against
-5.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
32.4Expected goals for %4.0 expected for, 8.3 against
-13.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %6 for, 6 against
101.9PDO8.1% shooting + 93.8% saves
9Attempts 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
Cal O'Reilly · Nicolas Deslauriers · Zemgus Girgensons846:3835.322.90-2
David Legwand · Matt Moulson · Cal O'Reilly730:1443.831.22-1
Cal O'Reilly · Daniel Catenacci · Zemgus Girgensons211:4548.148.40-0
David Legwand · Cal O'Reilly · Nicolas Deslauriers310:3361.157.71-0

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.9Expected goalsfrom 13 unblocked attempts
+2.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.23 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 6.6% chance per attempt26th
Finishing +2.1 goals above expected77thOne 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.

0123Game 20Goals 3Expected 0.9

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 5, 2016 @ NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:45
Apr 2, 2016 @ NYR W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 09:07
Mar 31, 2016 vs TOR W 4-1 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 13:12
Mar 29, 2016 @ PIT L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 08:59
Mar 22, 2016 @ CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:03
Mar 19, 2016 @ TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:51
Mar 18, 2016 vs OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:33
Mar 16, 2016 vs MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:37
Mar 12, 2016 vs CAR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:31
Mar 10, 2016 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:48
Mar 8, 2016 vs NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 13:57
Mar 7, 2016 @ TOR W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16:10
Mar 5, 2016 vs MIN L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 14:19
Mar 3, 2016 vs CGY W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:51
Mar 1, 2016 vs EDM L 1-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 16:29
Jan 26, 2016 @ OTT W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 06:37
Jan 25, 2016 @ NYR L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:50
Jan 22, 2016 vs DET L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 13:46
Dec 17, 2015 vs ANA W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 06:25
Dec 15, 2015 vs NJD L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:46