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Michael Grabner

#40 · Left wing · Arizona Coyotes

Born Oct 5, 1987 in Villach, AUT · 6'1", 188 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 14th overall in 2006 by VAN (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dominic Toninato FLA · 11 P in 46 GP Dylan Gambrell SJS · 11 P in 50 GP Zack Smith CHI · 11 P in 50 GP Brad Richardson ARI · 11 P in 59 GP Brendan Leipsic WSH · 11 P in 61 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.

020402009-10: 11 points1109-102010-11: 52 points5210-112011-12: 32 points3211-122012-13: 21 points2112-132013-14: 26 points2613-142014-15: 13 points1314-152015-16: 18 points1815-162016-17: 40 points4016-172017-18: 36 points3617-182018-19: 16 points1618-192019-20: 11 points1119-20

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2009-10 VAN 20 5 6 11 2 8 63 9 0.55
2010-11 NYI 76 34 18 52 13 10 228 22 0.68
2011-12 NYI 78 20 12 32 -18 12 174 16 0.41 $3M
2012-13 NYI 45 16 5 21 4 12 108 16 0.47 $3M
2013-14 NYI 64 12 14 26 -10 12 137 68 0.41 $3M
2014-15 NYI 34 8 5 13 4 4 63 62 0.38 $3M
2015-16 TOR 80 9 9 18 -4 12 116 41 0.23 $3M
2016-17 NYR 76 27 13 40 22 10 162 41 0.53 $1.65M
2017-18 NYR 59 25 6 31 11 12 131 52 0.53 $1.65M
2017-18 NJD 21 2 3 5 0 4 36 16 0.24
2018-19 ARI 41 9 7 16 -2 8 65 28 0.39 $3.35M
2019-20 ARI 46 8 3 11 -4 6 61 21 0.24 $3.35M
11 seasons Career 640 175 101 276 18 110 1344 392 0.43

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 VAN 9 1 0 1 2 0 14 6 0.11
2012-13 NYI 6 1 3 4 2 0 13 17 0.67
2014-15 NYI 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0.50
2016-17 NYR 12 4 2 6 4 0 26 21 0.50
2017-18 NJD 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.00
2019-20 ARI 9 3 0 3 -1 6 13 3 0.33
6 seasons Playoffs 40 9 6 15 9 8 68 48 0.38

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
46 8 3 11 -4 6 61 21 0.24 13.1 12:22

Contract

$3.35MCap hitends in 2021, then UFA
$305KCap dollars per point11 points in 46 games
$2.486MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.3 goals above replacement
$1.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.6MValueworth 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. It runs through 2020-21, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2019-20 $3.35M
2020-21 $3.35M

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 2020-21 $3.35M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $1.65M
2012-13 to 2015-16 $3M
2011-12 to 2015-16 $3M

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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.3Goals above replacement383rd of 670 skaters, 270th of 439 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 439 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-1.0 34th percentileEven-strength defence+0.3 54th percentilePower play0.0 50th percentilePenalty kill+0.2 78th percentilePenalties+0.4 54th 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.

051015202010-112012-132014-152016-172018-19Goals 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

43.3Corsi for %358 attempts for, 468 against
-6.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.3Expected goals for %15.6 expected for, 18.8 against
-4.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
42.4Goals for %14 for, 19 against
98.5PDO7.0% shooting + 91.6% saves
84Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 583 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
Brad Richardson · Michael Grabner · Christian Fischer21141:0838.843.43-6
Brad Richardson · Michael Grabner · Vinnie Hinostroza19102:2445.844.25-1
Michael Grabner · Derek Stepan · Vinnie Hinostroza1359:3949.149.23-1
Brad Richardson · Michael Grabner · Conor Garland942:5143.241.71-3

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.

8Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.7Expected goalsfrom 81 unblocked attempts
+1.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.71 expected goals per 60 minutes40th
Shot quality 8.3% chance per attempt60th
Finishing +1.3 goals above expected70thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Goals 8Expected 6.7

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
Mar 9, 2020 @ WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 11:44
Jan 30, 2020 vs LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:22
Jan 29, 2020 @ ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 10:09
Jan 18, 2020 @ EDM L 3-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:52
Jan 16, 2020 @ VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:13
Jan 14, 2020 vs SJS W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:56
Jan 10, 2020 @ CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 09:25
Dec 29, 2019 vs DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:42
Dec 28, 2019 @ VGK L 1-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 12:42
Dec 23, 2019 @ NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 07:58
Dec 22, 2019 @ DET W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 12:37
Dec 19, 2019 vs MIN L 5-8 0 0 0 -4 0 1 0 09:44
Dec 17, 2019 @ SJS W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:09
Dec 14, 2019 vs NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:28
Dec 12, 2019 vs CHI W 5-2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 11:41
Dec 10, 2019 vs CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:17
Dec 8, 2019 @ CHI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 09:27
Dec 6, 2019 @ PIT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:50
Dec 5, 2019 @ PHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:32
Dec 3, 2019 @ CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:40
Nov 30, 2019 vs SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:51
Nov 29, 2019 @ VGK L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:16
Nov 27, 2019 vs ANA W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 12:34
Nov 24, 2019 vs EDM L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 13:52
Nov 18, 2019 vs LAK W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13:39
Nov 16, 2019 vs CGY W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 12:44
Nov 14, 2019 @ MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:48
Nov 12, 2019 @ STL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:11
Nov 11, 2019 @ WSH W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 13:39
Nov 9, 2019 vs MIN L 3-4 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 12:24
Nov 7, 2019 vs CBJ L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 13:26
Nov 5, 2019 @ CGY L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 13:02
Nov 4, 2019 @ EDM W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 16:05
Nov 2, 2019 vs COL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:03
Oct 30, 2019 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:47
Oct 28, 2019 @ BUF W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:10
Oct 25, 2019 @ NJD W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 11:30
Oct 24, 2019 @ NYI L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 11:07
Oct 22, 2019 @ NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:55
Oct 19, 2019 vs OTT W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:11
Oct 17, 2019 vs NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 14:29
Oct 15, 2019 @ WPG W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:11
Oct 12, 2019 @ COL L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 14:33
Oct 10, 2019 vs VGK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:11
Oct 5, 2019 vs BOS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:38
Oct 3, 2019 @ ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:09