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Michael Frolik

#67 · Right wing · Montréal Canadiens

Born Feb 17, 1988 in Kladno, CZE · 6'1", 186 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 10th overall in 2006 by FLA (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2012-13

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Zach Senyshyn BOS · 0 P in 8 GP Buddy Robinson CGY · 0 P in 9 GP Carsen Twarynski PHI · 0 P in 7 GP Joakim Nygard EDM · 0 P in 9 GP Kole Lind VAN · 0 P in 7 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.

0102030402008-09: 45 points4508-092009-10: 43 points4309-102010-11: 38 points3810-112011-12: 15 points1511-122012-13: 10 points1012-132013-14: 42 points4213-142014-15: 42 points4214-152015-16: 32 points3215-162016-17: 44 points4416-172017-18: 25 points2517-182018-19: 34 points3418-192019-20: 14 points1419-202020-21: 0 points020-21

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 FLA 79 21 24 45 10 22 158 46 0.57
2009-10 FLA 82 21 22 43 -4 43 219 72 0.52
2010-11 FLA 52 8 21 29 2 16 158 31 0.56
2010-11 CHI 28 3 6 9 0 14 93 21 0.32
2011-12 CHI 63 5 10 15 -10 22 117 56 0.24 $2.333M
2012-13 CHI 45 3 7 10 5 8 98 32 0.22 $2.333M
2013-14 WPG 81 15 27 42 8 12 189 41 0.52 $2.333M
2014-15 WPG 82 19 23 42 4 18 206 63 0.51 $3.3M
2015-16 CGY 64 15 17 32 1 24 155 49 0.50 $4.3M
2016-17 CGY 82 17 27 44 13 58 202 60 0.54 $4.3M
2017-18 CGY 70 10 15 25 -19 26 167 48 0.36 $4.3M
2018-19 CGY 65 16 18 34 24 26 132 57 0.52 $4.3M
2019-20 CGY 38 5 5 10 -10 24 44 19 0.26 $4.3M
2019-20 BUF 19 1 3 4 -2 4 26 13 0.21
2020-21 MTL 8 0 0 0 -3 0 14 9 0.00 $750K
13 seasons Career 858 159 225 384 19 317 1978 617 0.45

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2010-11 CHI 7 2 3 5 3 2 18 12 0.71
2011-12 CHI 4 2 1 3 1 0 13 3 0.75
2012-13 CHI 23 3 7 10 1 6 46 31 0.43
2014-15 WPG 4 0 0 0 -2 2 6 6 0.00
2016-17 CGY 4 0 1 1 -2 0 7 3 0.25
2018-19 CGY 5 0 0 0 -1 2 7 6 0.00
6 seasons Playoffs 47 7 12 19 0 12 97 61 0.40

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
8 0 0 0 -3 0 14 9 0.00 0.0 11:27

Contract

$750KCap hitends in 2021, then UFA

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2020-21, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2020-21 $750K

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
2020-21 to 2020-21 $750K
2018-19 to 2019-20 $4.3M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $4.3M
2015-16 to 2019-20 $4.3M
2014-15 to 2014-15 $3.3M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $2.333M
2011-12 to 2013-14 $2.333M

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 2020-21 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.

2020-21 analytics

Rating

-0.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.9Even-strength defence+0.0Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.2

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-505102010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-21Goals 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

57.4Corsi for %89 attempts for, 66 against
-1.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.8Expected goals for %2.8 expected for, 2.8 against
-9.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 3 against
91.9PDO0.0% shooting + 91.9% saves
24Attempts 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
Eric Staal · Corey Perry · Michael Frolik434:2553.736.60-3
Corey Perry · Michael Frolik · Jake Evans317:1263.283.20-0
Michael Frolik · Alex Belzile · Jesse Ylonen19:2847.837.70-0
Eric Staal · Michael Frolik · Jake Evans38:2875.054.50-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.8Expected goalsfrom 17 unblocked attempts
-0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.52 expected goals per 60 minutes14th
Shot quality 4.7% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.8 goals above expected41stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 411 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.8Goals 0

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
May 12, 2021 vs EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:41
May 5, 2021 @ OTT L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:04
May 3, 2021 vs TOR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 09:18
May 1, 2021 vs OTT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 10:57
Apr 30, 2021 vs WPG W 5-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 11:12
Apr 28, 2021 vs TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:04
Apr 1, 2021 @ OTT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:32
Mar 30, 2021 vs EDM W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:46