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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 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alex Chiasson WSH · 18 P in 61 GP Brandon Tanev WPG · 18 P in 61 GP Chandler Stephenson WSH · 18 P in 67 GP Ryan Callahan TBL · 18 P in 67 GP Cal Clutterbuck NYI · 18 P in 76 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

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
56 6 12 18 -5 6 75 38 0.32 8.0 13:08

Contract

$3.938MCap hit2017-18
$219KCap dollars per point18 points in 56 games
$1.496MCap dollars per goal above replacement2.6 goals above replacement
$2.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.6MValueworth 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 691 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+2.6Goals above replacement327th of 691 skaters, 225th of 451 forwards
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 451 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-0.4 47th percentileEven-strength defence+0.4 54th percentilePower play-0.8 10th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 25th percentilePenalties+1.6 85th 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.

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

47.8Corsi for %544 attempts for, 594 against
+0.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.8Expected goals for %21.7 expected for, 21.9 against
+3.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
47.5Goals for %19 for, 21 against
99.6PDO6.4% shooting + 93.2% saves
89Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 600 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
Colin Wilson · Alexander Kerfoot · J.T. Compher1577:4451.257.23-3
Colin Wilson · Gabriel Bourque · Tyson Jost958:4343.654.72-0
Colin Wilson · J.T. Compher · Tyson Jost1350:2345.835.71-2
Colin Wilson · Gabriel Landeskog · Alexander Kerfoot745:1654.560.83-3

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
9.2Expected goalsfrom 92 unblocked attempts
-3.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.75 expected goals per 60 minutes55th
Shot quality 10.0% chance per attempt98th
Finishing -3.2 goals above expected20thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 423 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Expected 9.2Goals 6

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
Apr 7, 2018 vs STL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:40
Apr 5, 2018 @ SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 08:28
Apr 2, 2018 @ LAK L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 09:26
Mar 22, 2018 vs LAK L 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 11:19
Mar 20, 2018 @ CHI W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 11:47
Mar 2, 2018 vs MIN W 7-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:30
Feb 28, 2018 vs CGY W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:34
Feb 26, 2018 vs VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:56
Feb 24, 2018 @ CGY L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:47
Feb 22, 2018 @ EDM L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 5 4 14:40
Feb 20, 2018 @ VAN W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 12:28
Feb 18, 2018 vs EDM L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 15:34
Feb 16, 2018 @ WPG L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:36
Feb 14, 2018 vs MTL W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 15:18
Feb 11, 2018 @ BUF W 5-4 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 13:16
Feb 10, 2018 @ CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:41
Feb 8, 2018 @ STL L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 17:08
Feb 6, 2018 vs SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:18
Feb 3, 2018 @ WPG L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:34
Feb 1, 2018 @ EDM W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:53
Jan 30, 2018 @ VAN L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:51
Jan 18, 2018 vs SJS W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:24
Jan 15, 2018 vs ANA W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 13:42
Jan 13, 2018 @ DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:19
Jan 6, 2018 vs MIN W 7-2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 11:22
Jan 4, 2018 vs CBJ W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:47
Jan 2, 2018 vs WPG W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:53
Dec 31, 2017 vs NYI W 6-1 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 13:52
Dec 29, 2017 vs TOR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:15
Dec 27, 2017 vs ARI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:49
Dec 23, 2017 @ ARI W 6-2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 11:53
Dec 21, 2017 @ LAK L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:32
Dec 18, 2017 vs PIT W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 13:32
Dec 16, 2017 vs TBL L 5-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:26
Dec 14, 2017 vs FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:50
Dec 12, 2017 @ WSH L 2-5 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 15:19
Dec 11, 2017 @ PIT W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 14:41
Dec 9, 2017 @ FLA W 7-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 13:04
Dec 7, 2017 @ TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:07
Dec 5, 2017 vs BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 11:47
Nov 25, 2017 vs CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:29
Nov 24, 2017 @ MIN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:49
Nov 22, 2017 vs DAL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:19
Nov 19, 2017 @ DET W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 12:20
Nov 18, 2017 @ NSH L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 13:53
Nov 16, 2017 vs WSH W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 16:09
Nov 11, 2017 @ OTT L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:12
Nov 10, 2017 vs OTT L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 10:59
Oct 19, 2017 vs STL L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 12:37
Oct 17, 2017 @ NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:18
Oct 14, 2017 @ DAL L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13:32
Oct 13, 2017 vs ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:02
Oct 11, 2017 vs BOS W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 13:23
Oct 9, 2017 @ BOS W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:08
Oct 7, 2017 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 13:06
Oct 5, 2017 @ NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:51