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Colin Wilson

#22 · Centre · Colorado Avalanche

Born Oct 20, 1989 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA · 6'1", 215 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 7th overall in 2008 by NSH (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.

Aleksi Saarela FLA · 4 P in 9 GP Alexander True SJS · 4 P in 12 GP Carl Grundstrom LAK · 4 P in 13 GP Isac Lundeström ANA · 4 P in 15 GP Valentin Zykov VGK · 4 P in 15 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.

0102030402009-10: 15 points1509-102010-11: 34 points3410-112011-12: 35 points3511-122012-13: 19 points1912-132013-14: 33 points3313-142014-15: 42 points4214-152015-16: 24 points2415-162016-17: 35 points3516-172017-18: 18 points1817-182018-19: 27 points2718-192019-20: 4 points419-20

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 NSH 35 8 7 15 -2 7 58 21 0.43
2010-11 NSH 82 16 18 34 9 17 101 38 0.41
2011-12 NSH 68 15 20 35 5 21 114 43 0.51
2012-13 NSH 25 7 12 19 1 4 26 10 0.76 $2M
2013-14 NSH 81 11 22 33 -1 21 112 49 0.41 $2M
2014-15 NSH 77 20 22 42 19 22 172 52 0.55 $2M
2015-16 NSH 64 6 18 24 -1 14 108 61 0.38 $3.938M
2016-17 NSH 70 12 23 35 7 18 113 50 0.50 $3.938M
2017-18 COL 56 6 12 18 -5 6 75 38 0.32 $3.938M
2018-19 COL 65 12 15 27 -6 8 104 55 0.42 $3.938M
2019-20 COL 9 0 4 4 6 0 12 8 0.44 $2.6M
11 seasons Career 632 113 173 286 32 138 995 425 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
2009-10 NSH 6 0 1 1 -1 0 8 4 0.17
2010-11 NSH 3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 0.00
2011-12 NSH 4 1 0 1 1 0 7 3 0.25
2014-15 NSH 6 5 0 5 -1 0 19 4 0.83
2015-16 NSH 14 5 8 13 8 0 27 18 0.93
2016-17 NSH 14 2 2 4 -1 2 20 10 0.29
2017-18 COL 6 0 1 1 -2 0 8 5 0.17
2018-19 COL 12 4 4 8 0 2 25 3 0.67
8 seasons Playoffs 65 17 16 33 3 4 116 50 0.51

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
9 0 4 4 6 0 12 8 0.44 0.0 12:38

Contract

$2.6MCap hitends in 2020, then UFA
$650KCap dollars per point4 points in 9 games
$2.802MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.9 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2019-20, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2019-20 $2.6M

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
2019-20 to 2019-20 $2.6M
2015-16 to 2018-19 $3.938M
2012-13 to 2014-15 $2M

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

Rating

+0.9Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.3Even-strength defence+0.5Power play-0.2Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.0

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.

0510152010-112012-132014-152016-172018-19Goals 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

55.1Corsi for %103 attempts for, 84 against
+7.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
61.3Expected goals for %4.2 expected for, 2.6 against
+16.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
100.0Goals for %7 for, 0 against
111.7PDO11.7% shooting + 100.0% saves
18Attempts 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
Colin Wilson · J.T. Compher · Tyson Jost428:4453.561.23-0
Colin Wilson · Matt Nieto · Tyson Jost523:5757.160.01-0
Colin Wilson · Valeri Nichushkin · Tyson Jost310:5338.944.20-0
Colin Wilson · Nazem Kadri · Joonas Donskoi34:2971.4100.00-0

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
1.3Expected goalsfrom 17 unblocked attempts
-1.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.67 expected goals per 60 minutes34th
Shot quality 7.5% chance per attempt34th
Finishing -1.3 goals above expected37thOne 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.

00.51Expected 1.3Goals 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
Oct 26, 2019 vs ANA L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 13:23
Oct 25, 2019 @ VGK W 6-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12:04
Oct 21, 2019 @ STL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:43
Oct 19, 2019 @ TBL W 6-2 0 3 3 3 0 1 0 09:48
Oct 18, 2019 @ FLA W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:25
Oct 16, 2019 @ PIT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:01
Oct 14, 2019 @ WSH W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 12:33
Oct 12, 2019 vs ARI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:25
Oct 10, 2019 vs BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 15:24