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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 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Josh Bailey NYI · 32 P in 80 GP Tomas Kopecky FLA · 32 P in 80 GP Benoit Pouliot BOS · 32 P in 74 GP Brandon Sutter CAR · 32 P in 82 GP Chad LaRose CAR · 32 P in 67 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

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
78 20 12 32 -18 12 174 16 0.41 11.5 15:33

Contract

$3MCap hitends in 2016, then UFA
$94KCap dollars per point32 points in 78 games
$554KCap dollars per goal above replacement5.4 goals above replacement
$3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$49KValueworth 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 367 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 2015-16, with 4 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2011-12 $3M
2012-13 $3M
2013-14 $3M
2014-15 $3M
2015-16 $3M

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 2011-12 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.

2011-12 analytics

Rating

+5.4Goals above replacement178th of 680 skaters, 131st of 445 forwards
+0.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+2.1Goals 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+0.8 62nd percentileEven-strength defence+0.7 64th percentilePower play-0.7 9th percentilePenalty kill-0.3 13th percentilePenalties+1.5 87th 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

47.0Corsi for %853 attempts for, 961 against
-0.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.5Expected goals for %37.9 expected for, 43.6 against
-3.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
42.5Goals for %34 for, 46 against
97.8PDO7.2% shooting + 90.6% saves
220Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 557 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
Frans Nielsen · Kyle Okposo · Michael Grabner43325:2447.348.410-12
PA Parenteau · Frans Nielsen · Michael Grabner25184:4047.842.25-5
Matt Moulson · Michael Grabner · John Tavares882:5245.450.95-2
Michael Grabner · Josh Bailey · Matt Martin1266:3851.962.53-2

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.

18Goalsnot counting empty-netters
17.5Expected goalsfrom 225 unblocked attempts
+0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.87 expected goals per 60 minutes77th
Shot quality 7.8% chance per attempt65th
Finishing +0.5 goals above expected61stOne 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.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 18Expected 17.5

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 7, 2012 @ CBJ L 3-7 1 1 2 -1 0 5 0 12:13
Apr 5, 2012 vs WPG W 5-4 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 12:31
Apr 3, 2012 @ NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:09
Apr 1, 2012 vs OTT L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:21
Mar 31, 2012 vs BOS L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 14:23
Mar 29, 2012 vs PIT W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:37
Mar 27, 2012 @ PIT W 5-3 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 12:19
Mar 25, 2012 @ FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:18
Mar 24, 2012 @ TBL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:44
Mar 20, 2012 @ TOR W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 10:46
Mar 17, 2012 @ MTL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 11:57
Mar 15, 2012 vs PHI L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 13:21
Mar 13, 2012 vs WSH L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 17:06
Mar 11, 2012 @ NYR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:16
Mar 10, 2012 vs NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:10
Mar 1, 2012 @ PHI L 3-6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12:38
Feb 28, 2012 @ WSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:17
Feb 26, 2012 @ OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:20
Feb 24, 2012 vs NYR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:02
Feb 21, 2012 @ BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:37
Feb 20, 2012 vs OTT L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:17
Feb 18, 2012 vs CAR W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 13:01
Feb 16, 2012 @ STL L 1-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12:44
Feb 14, 2012 @ WPG W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 14:09
Feb 12, 2012 vs FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:34
Feb 11, 2012 vs LAK W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 16:43
Feb 9, 2012 vs MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:23
Feb 7, 2012 @ PHI W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:12
Feb 4, 2012 vs BUF L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 15:43
Feb 3, 2012 @ OTT W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:56
Jan 31, 2012 @ CAR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:49
Jan 24, 2012 vs TOR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:07
Jan 23, 2012 @ TOR L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 14:27
Jan 21, 2012 vs CAR W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 15:57
Jan 19, 2012 @ PHI W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 18:07
Jan 17, 2012 @ WSH W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:44
Jan 16, 2012 vs NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 18:00
Jan 14, 2012 vs BUF W 4-2 2 0 2 1 0 5 1 14:16
Jan 12, 2012 vs PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 12:02
Jan 10, 2012 vs DET W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 13:56
Jan 7, 2012 @ PHX L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:28
Jan 6, 2012 @ ANA L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 13:54
Jan 3, 2012 @ CAR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:33
Dec 31, 2011 vs EDM W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 15:03
Dec 29, 2011 vs CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 14:11
Dec 26, 2011 @ NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:28
Dec 23, 2011 vs TOR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:52
Dec 22, 2011 @ NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 16:15
Dec 20, 2011 @ WPG W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 17:48
Dec 17, 2011 @ MIN W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 18:44
Dec 15, 2011 vs DAL L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 20:39
Dec 13, 2011 @ MTL L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 18:03
Dec 10, 2011 vs PIT L 3-6 0 1 1 -1 0 5 0 18:32
Dec 8, 2011 vs CHI L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 14:39
Dec 3, 2011 @ DAL W 5-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 16:51
Dec 2, 2011 @ CHI L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:58
Nov 29, 2011 @ BUF W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:02
Nov 26, 2011 @ NJD W 3-2 1 0 1 -1 2 5 0 18:26
Nov 25, 2011 vs NJD L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 18:20
Nov 23, 2011 vs PHI L 3-4 (OT) 1 2 3 1 0 6 0 21:44
Nov 21, 2011 @ PIT L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:23
Nov 19, 2011 vs BOS L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:57
Nov 17, 2011 vs MTL W 4-3 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 16:18
Nov 15, 2011 vs NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 18:47
Nov 13, 2011 @ VAN L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 16:04
Nov 10, 2011 @ COL L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 16:32
Nov 7, 2011 @ BOS L 2-6 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 17:49
Nov 5, 2011 vs WSH W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:24
Nov 3, 2011 vs WPG L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 13:29
Oct 29, 2011 vs SJS L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 16:24
Oct 27, 2011 @ PIT L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:16
Oct 25, 2011 vs PIT L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:15
Oct 22, 2011 @ FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:18
Oct 20, 2011 @ TBL L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 15:55
Oct 15, 2011 vs NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 14:51
Oct 13, 2011 vs TBL W 5-1 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 16:38
Oct 10, 2011 vs MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:30
Oct 8, 2011 vs FLA L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:54