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

Brett Connolly TBL · 15 P in 68 GP Nate Thompson TBL · 15 P in 68 GP Daniel Paille BOS · 15 P in 69 GP TJ Galiardi SJS · 15 P in 69 GP Matt Beleskey ANA · 15 P in 70 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

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
63 5 10 15 -10 22 117 56 0.24 4.3 12:52

Contract

$2.333MCap hitends in 2014, then RFA
$156KCap dollars per point15 points in 63 games
$1.674MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.4 goals above replacement
$1.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.2MValueworth 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 2013-14, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2011-12 $2.333M
2012-13 $2.333M
2013-14 $2.333M

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 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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.4Goals above replacement396th of 680 skaters, 274th of 445 forwards
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.8Goals 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-3.3 10th percentileEven-strength defence+2.6 93rd percentilePower play-0.2 30th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 59th percentilePenalties+0.0 42nd 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.

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

51.4Corsi for %607 attempts for, 574 against
-1.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.0Expected goals for %22.3 expected for, 24.2 against
-4.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
31.6Goals for %12 for, 26 against
95.4PDO3.8% shooting + 91.6% saves
204Attempts 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
Dave Bolland · Bryan Bickell · Michael Frolik27192:2944.535.93-12
Dave Bolland · Michael Frolik · Ben Smith638:4643.243.30-3
Jamal Mayers · Michael Frolik · Brandon Bollig733:0052.255.61-0
Bryan Bickell · Michael Frolik · Marcus Kruger730:2755.858.31-0

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
8.7Expected goalsfrom 157 unblocked attempts
-5.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.64 expected goals per 60 minutes41st
Shot quality 5.5% chance per attempt7th
Finishing -5.7 goals above expected5thOne 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 40Game 60Expected 8.7Goals 3

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 @ DET W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:12
Apr 5, 2012 @ MIN L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 09:24
Apr 1, 2012 vs MIN L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 10:17
Mar 29, 2012 vs STL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 09:07
Mar 25, 2012 vs NSH L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:45
Mar 21, 2012 vs VAN W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:06
Mar 20, 2012 @ CBJ W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:00
Mar 18, 2012 vs WSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:02
Feb 26, 2012 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:42
Feb 25, 2012 @ LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 10:53
Feb 23, 2012 vs DAL L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 08:45
Feb 21, 2012 vs DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:24
Feb 10, 2012 @ SJS L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 4 2 0 10:35
Feb 7, 2012 @ COL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:43
Feb 3, 2012 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 08:49
Jan 31, 2012 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:22
Jan 21, 2012 @ NSH L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:59
Jan 20, 2012 vs FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:42
Jan 18, 2012 vs BUF W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:27
Jan 15, 2012 vs SJS W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:54
Jan 14, 2012 @ DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 12:57
Jan 12, 2012 vs MIN W 5-2 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 15:03
Jan 10, 2012 vs CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13:41
Jan 8, 2012 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 15:30
Jan 6, 2012 vs COL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:33
Jan 5, 2012 @ PHI L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:01
Jan 2, 2012 vs EDM L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 11:34
Dec 30, 2011 vs DET W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:19
Dec 28, 2011 vs LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 12:36
Dec 26, 2011 vs CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12:02
Dec 21, 2011 vs MTL W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 09:54
Dec 20, 2011 @ PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:46
Dec 18, 2011 vs CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 13:10
Dec 16, 2011 vs ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:14
Dec 14, 2011 @ MIN W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 09:57
Dec 11, 2011 vs SJS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:21
Dec 8, 2011 @ NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 13:48
Dec 5, 2011 vs PHX L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 13:59
Dec 3, 2011 @ STL W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 13:48
Dec 2, 2011 vs NYI W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 11:22
Nov 29, 2011 vs PHX L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 10:35
Nov 26, 2011 @ LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 16:25
Nov 25, 2011 @ ANA W 6-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 15:31
Nov 23, 2011 @ SJS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:09
Nov 16, 2011 @ VAN W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:26
Nov 13, 2011 vs EDM W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:38
Nov 11, 2011 vs CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:19
Nov 10, 2011 @ CBJ W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:41
Nov 8, 2011 @ STL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 14:37
Nov 6, 2011 vs VAN L 2-6 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 13:40
Nov 4, 2011 @ TBL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 14:41
Nov 3, 2011 @ FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 17:32
Oct 31, 2011 vs NSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 17:08
Oct 29, 2011 vs CBJ W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 14:22
Oct 28, 2011 @ CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:11
Oct 25, 2011 vs ANA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 22:28
Oct 22, 2011 vs COL L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 3 3 19:41
Oct 20, 2011 @ COL W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 14:20
Oct 18, 2011 @ PHX W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 13:18
Oct 15, 2011 vs BOS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 4 3 18:56
Oct 13, 2011 vs WPG W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:58
Oct 8, 2011 vs DAL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 14:21
Oct 7, 2011 @ DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:21