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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

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ilya Kovalchuk LAK · 34 P in 64 GP Ondrej Palat TBL · 34 P in 64 GP Vincent Trocheck FLA · 34 P in 55 GP Danton Heinen BOS · 34 P in 77 GP Conor Sheary BUF · 34 P in 78 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

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
65 16 18 34 24 26 132 57 0.52 12.1 13:22

Contract

$4.3MCap hitends in 2020, then UFA
$126KCap dollars per point34 points in 65 games
$1.084MCap dollars per goal above replacement4.0 goals above replacement
$3.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$953KValueworth 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 696 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 2019-20, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2018-19 $4.3M
2019-20 $4.3M

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
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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+4.0Goals above replacement255th of 699 skaters, 185th of 455 forwards
+0.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 455 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+2.5 75th percentileEven-strength defence-0.1 42nd percentilePower play-0.1 48th percentilePenalty kill-0.2 19th percentilePenalties-0.6 16th 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

56.2Corsi for %879 attempts for, 684 against
+2.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.4Expected goals for %39.2 expected for, 32.9 against
+0.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
62.9Goals for %44 for, 26 against
102.0PDO9.2% shooting + 92.8% saves
208Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 591 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
Michael Frolik · Mikael Backlund · Matthew Tkachuk48427:4059.257.829-14
Michael Frolik · Garnet Hathaway · Derek Ryan1043:4054.542.10-0
Michael Frolik · Mark Jankowski · Austin Czarnik828:4556.942.01-0
Michael Frolik · Mikael Backlund · Elias Lindholm628:2964.854.62-0

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.

13Goalsnot counting empty-netters
11.4Expected goalsfrom 173 unblocked attempts
+1.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.78 expected goals per 60 minutes56th
Shot quality 6.6% chance per attempt10th
Finishing +1.6 goals above expected71stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 426 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 13Expected 11.4

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 6, 2019 vs EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:08
Apr 3, 2019 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 15:38
Apr 1, 2019 @ LAK W 7-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 15:23
Mar 31, 2019 @ SJS W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 6 1 13:19
Mar 29, 2019 vs ANA W 6-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 12:40
Mar 27, 2019 vs DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:43
Mar 25, 2019 vs LAK L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 12:18
Mar 23, 2019 @ VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:57
Mar 21, 2019 vs OTT W 5-1 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 16:01
Mar 19, 2019 vs CBJ W 4-2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 18:01
Mar 16, 2019 @ WPG L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17:09
Mar 15, 2019 vs NYR W 5-1 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 12:14
Mar 12, 2019 vs NJD W 9-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:51
Mar 10, 2019 vs VGK W 6-3 0 4 4 3 0 2 0 13:57
Mar 7, 2019 @ ARI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 09:05
Mar 6, 2019 @ VGK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:27
Mar 4, 2019 vs TOR L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:36
Mar 2, 2019 vs MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:30
Feb 27, 2019 @ NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 11:57
Feb 26, 2019 @ NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 11:22
Feb 24, 2019 @ OTT W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 09:55
Feb 22, 2019 vs ANA W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13:37
Feb 20, 2019 vs NYI W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 14:21
Feb 18, 2019 vs ARI W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 14:02
Feb 16, 2019 @ PIT W 5-4 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 18:31
Feb 14, 2019 @ FLA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 13:41
Feb 12, 2019 @ TBL L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 13:51
Feb 9, 2019 @ VAN L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 13:21
Feb 7, 2019 vs SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 15:06
Feb 3, 2019 @ CAR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 15:47
Feb 1, 2019 @ WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:33
Jan 22, 2019 vs CAR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:24
Jan 19, 2019 @ EDM W 5-2 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 12:23
Jan 18, 2019 vs DET W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:07
Jan 16, 2019 vs BUF L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:24
Jan 13, 2019 vs ARI W 7-1 0 2 2 4 0 1 1 13:53
Jan 11, 2019 vs FLA W 4-3 1 2 3 1 0 1 3 15:15
Jan 9, 2019 vs COL W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 16:53
Jan 7, 2019 @ CHI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 09:33
Jan 5, 2019 @ PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:03
Jan 3, 2019 @ BOS L 4-6 1 0 1 2 2 5 1 11:04
Jan 2, 2019 @ DET W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 13:47
Dec 31, 2018 vs SJS W 8-5 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 14:44
Dec 27, 2018 @ WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:18
Dec 22, 2018 vs STL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:15
Nov 19, 2018 vs VGK W 7-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:36
Nov 17, 2018 vs EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:40
Nov 15, 2018 vs MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:00
Nov 11, 2018 @ SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:10
Nov 10, 2018 @ LAK W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 12:20
Nov 7, 2018 @ ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:33
Nov 3, 2018 vs CHI W 5-3 1 0 1 1 2 5 0 13:12
Nov 1, 2018 vs COL W 6-5 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 15:59
Oct 30, 2018 @ BUF W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:36
Oct 29, 2018 @ TOR W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 15:22
Oct 27, 2018 vs WSH L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:28
Oct 25, 2018 vs PIT L 1-9 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 16:06
Oct 23, 2018 @ MTL L 2-3 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 08:09
Oct 21, 2018 @ NYR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:35
Oct 19, 2018 vs NSH L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 15:24
Oct 17, 2018 vs BOS W 5-2 2 0 2 3 0 3 1 16:07
Oct 11, 2018 @ STL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 08:48
Oct 9, 2018 @ NSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:46
Oct 6, 2018 vs VAN W 7-4 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 07:16
Oct 3, 2018 @ VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:18