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Michael Stone

#26 · Defence · Calgary Flames

Born Jun 7, 1990 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN · 6'3", 210 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 69th overall in 2008 by PHX (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Sami Niku MTL · 6 P in 13 GP Scott Perunovich STL · 6 P in 19 GP Corey Schueneman MTL · 6 P in 24 GP Joel Edmundson MTL · 6 P in 24 GP Urho Vaakanainen ANA · 6 P in 29 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.

01020302011-12: 3 points311-122012-13: 9 points912-132013-14: 21 points2113-142014-15: 18 points1814-152015-16: 36 points3615-162016-17: 15 points1516-172017-18: 10 points1017-182018-19: 5 points518-192019-20: 7 points719-202020-21: 4 points420-212021-22: 6 points621-222022-23: 11 points1122-23

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2011-12 PHX 13 1 2 3 7 2 13 16 0.23
2012-13 PHX 40 5 4 9 2 16 50 89 0.23 $592K
2013-14 PHX 70 8 13 21 -10 38 105 153 0.30 $1.15M
2014-15 ARI 81 3 15 18 -24 60 144 202 0.22 $1.15M
2015-16 ARI 75 6 30 36 -10 62 161 137 0.48 $1.15M
2016-17 ARI 45 1 8 9 -5 12 57 98 0.20 $4M
2016-17 CGY 19 2 4 6 5 20 24 27 0.32
2017-18 CGY 82 3 7 10 -11 28 98 106 0.12 $3.5M
2018-19 CGY 14 0 5 5 0 10 12 27 0.36 $3.5M
2019-20 CGY 33 2 5 7 -5 16 57 52 0.21 $700K
2020-21 CGY 21 2 2 4 -1 6 41 24 0.19 $700K
2021-22 CGY 11 2 4 6 3 4 24 26 0.55 $750K
2022-23 CGY 48 6 5 11 2 35 92 54 0.23 $750K
12 seasons Career 552 41 104 145 -47 309 878 1011 0.26

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2011-12 PHX 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 0.00
2016-17 CGY 4 1 0 1 -1 0 5 8 0.25
2021-22 CGY 9 2 3 5 6 4 24 14 0.56
3 seasons Playoffs 15 3 3 6 3 4 29 23 0.40

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
11 2 4 6 3 4 24 26 0.55 8.3 17:27

Contract

$750KCap hitends in 2022, then UFA
$125KCap dollars per point6 points in 11 games

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 2021-22, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2021-22 $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
2022-23 to 2022-23 $750K
2021-22 to 2021-22 $750K
2020-21 to 2020-21 $700K
2019-20 to 2019-20 $700K
2018-19 to 2019-20 $3.5M
2017-18 to 2017-18 $3.5M
2016-17 to 2016-17 $4M
2013-14 to 2015-16 $1.15M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $592K

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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.3Even-strength defence-1.0Power play+0.4Penalty kill+0.2Penalties-0.3

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.

-6-4-2022011-122013-142015-162017-182019-202021-22Goals 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

50.6Corsi for %206 attempts for, 201 against
-3.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.0Expected goals for %8.9 expected for, 9.7 against
-3.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
58.3Goals for %7 for, 5 against
101.4PDO6.5% shooting + 94.9% saves
49Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Michael Stone · Chris Tanev576:5754.655.54-1
Michael Stone · Nikita Zadorov531:0953.648.10-0
Michael Stone · Oliver Kylington317:3739.039.31-0
Michael Stone · Erik Gudbranson514:4648.126.20-0

The pairs 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 pairs 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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.9Expected goalsfrom 34 unblocked attempts
+1.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.27 expected goals per 60 minutes78th
Shot quality 2.6% chance per attempt20th
Finishing +1.1 goals above expected75thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 241 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Goals 2Expected 0.9

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 29, 2022 @ WPG L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 17:13
Apr 12, 2022 vs SEA W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 13:46
Apr 9, 2022 @ SEA W 4-1 1 0 1 0 2 3 2 19:06
Apr 7, 2022 @ SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 19:07
Apr 6, 2022 @ ANA W 4-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 18:39
Apr 4, 2022 @ LAK W 3-2 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 14:30
Apr 2, 2022 vs STL L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 19:54
Mar 13, 2022 @ COL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 18:43
Mar 12, 2022 vs DET W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 6 18:01
Dec 5, 2021 @ VGK L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 15:19
Oct 28, 2021 @ PIT W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 17:44