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Marcus Foligno

#17 · Left wing · Minnesota Wild

Born Aug 10, 1991 in Buffalo, New York, USA (age 35) · 6'3", 226 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 104th overall in 2009 by BUF (round 4)

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King Clancy Memorial Trophy Leadership and Humanitarian Contribution 2025-26

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Cal Clutterbuck NYI · 19 P in 73 GP David Booth VAN · 19 P in 66 GP JT Brown TBL · 19 P in 63 GP Dominic Moore NYR · 18 P in 73 GP Rob Klinkhammer PHX · 20 P in 72 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.

0102030402011-12: 13 points1311-122012-13: 18 points182013-14: 19 points1913-142014-15: 20 points202015-16: 23 points2315-162016-17: 23 points232017-18: 23 points2317-182018-19: 19 points192019-20: 25 points2519-202020-21: 26 points262021-22: 42 points4221-222022-23: 21 points212023-24: 22 points2223-242024-25: 29 points292025-26: 13 points1325-262026-27: 0 points0

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 BUF 14 6 7 13 6 9 23 44 0.93 $827K
2012-13 BUF 47 5 13 18 -4 41 55 108 0.38 $827K
2013-14 BUF 74 7 12 19 -17 82 79 206 0.26 $827K
2014-15 BUF 57 8 12 20 -5 50 66 193 0.35 $1.875M
2015-16 BUF 75 10 13 23 4 79 81 193 0.31 $1.875M
2016-17 BUF 80 13 10 23 -1 73 97 279 0.29 $2.25M
2017-18 MIN 77 8 15 23 2 72 79 185 0.30 $2.875M
2018-19 MIN 82 7 12 19 -1 55 91 206 0.23 $2.875M
2019-20 MIN 59 11 14 25 8 30 86 184 0.42 $2.875M
2020-21 MIN 39 11 15 26 19 49 40 109 0.67 $2.875M
2021-22 MIN 74 23 19 42 25 112 98 238 0.57 $3.1M
2022-23 MIN 65 7 14 21 -6 97 83 237 0.32 $3.1M
2023-24 MIN 55 10 12 22 10 59 56 179 0.40 $3.1M
2024-25 MIN 77 14 15 29 7 75 91 253 0.38 $4M
2025-26 MIN 56 8 5 13 -12 67 65 180 0.23 $4M
2026-27 MIN 4 0 0 0 4 0 4 13 0.00 $4M
16 seasons Career 935 148 188 336 39 950 1094 2807 0.36

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2017-18 MIN 5 1 0 1 -2 16 4 16 0.20
2019-20 MIN 4 0 1 1 -2 5 4 23 0.25
2020-21 MIN 7 0 2 2 0 0 9 52 0.29
2021-22 MIN 6 0 2 2 1 14 4 25 0.33
2022-23 MIN 6 1 0 1 -1 35 6 27 0.17
2024-25 MIN 6 3 1 4 4 6 10 42 0.67
2025-26 MIN 11 2 1 3 1 8 7 55 0.27
7 seasons Playoffs 45 7 7 14 1 84 44 240 0.31

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
74 7 12 19 -17 82 79 206 0.26 8.9 15:04

Contract

$827KCap hitends in 2014, then RFA
$44KCap dollars per point19 points in 74 games
-$356KWorth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 641 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Buffalo Sabres on May 26, 2011, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.7M, beginning in 2011-12. It runs through 2013-14, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2011-12 $827K $700K $90K $110K $790K
2012-13 $827K $700K $90K $110K $790K
2013-14 $827K $810K $90K $900K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Sep 29, 2023 Minnesota Wild Extension 2024-25 to 2027-28 4 $16M $4M
Jan 12, 2021 Minnesota Wild Extension 2021-22 to 2023-24 3 $9.3M $3.1M
Sep 14, 2017 Minnesota Wild New contract 2017-18 to 2020-21 4 $11.5M $2.875M
Jul 14, 2016 Buffalo Sabres New contract 2016-17 to 2016-17 1 $2.25M $2.25M
Jul 1, 2014 Buffalo Sabres New contract 2014-15 to 2015-16 2 $3.75M $1.875M
May 26, 2011 Buffalo Sabres Entry-level 2011-12 to 2013-14 3 $2.7M $827K

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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 analytics

Rating

-1.6Goals above replacement595th of 672 skaters, 390th of 438 forwards
-0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 438 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-3.2 11th percentileEven-strength defence+0.2 48th percentilePower play-1.0 5th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 69th percentilePenalties-0.8 14th 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.

-202468102011-122013-142015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

42.8Corsi for %694 attempts for, 927 against
-1.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.8Expected goals for %26.8 expected for, 38.8 against
-2.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
37.7Goals for %23 for, 38 against
98.6PDO6.2% shooting + 92.4% saves
110Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 567 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
Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis · Marcus Foligno19129:5247.846.13-5
Marcus Foligno · Brian Flynn · Zemgus Girgensons19111:2835.738.04-5
Steve Ott · Drew Stafford · Marcus Foligno1150:2443.433.11-1
Matt D'Agostini · Cody Hodgson · Marcus Foligno844:1142.734.51-2

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.

7Goalsnot counting empty-netters
7.6Expected goalsfrom 109 unblocked attempts
-0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.41 expected goals per 60 minutes8th
Shot quality 7.0% chance per attempt39th
Finishing -0.6 goals above expected48thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 403 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 7.6Goals 7

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 13, 2014 vs NYI L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 18:51
Apr 12, 2014 @ BOS L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 22:13
Apr 10, 2014 @ NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 10:47
Apr 8, 2014 vs DET L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 17:34
Apr 3, 2014 @ STL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:34
Apr 1, 2014 vs NJD W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 14:46
Mar 29, 2014 vs TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 17:38
Mar 27, 2014 @ NSH L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 15:37
Mar 25, 2014 @ MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:19
Mar 23, 2014 @ VAN L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18:51
Mar 20, 2014 @ EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 19:54
Mar 18, 2014 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 18:06
Mar 16, 2014 vs MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 18:30
Mar 15, 2014 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:34
Mar 13, 2014 @ CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 20:08
Mar 11, 2014 vs NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 16:21
Mar 9, 2014 vs CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 18:57
Mar 7, 2014 @ FLA L 0-2 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 02:30
Mar 6, 2014 @ TBL W 3-1 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 19:20
Mar 3, 2014 @ DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 14:29
Feb 28, 2014 vs SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 16:17
Feb 26, 2014 vs BOS W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 15:06
Feb 25, 2014 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 16:18
Feb 5, 2014 vs PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 14:41
Feb 3, 2014 vs EDM L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 10:56
Feb 1, 2014 @ COL L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 20:28
Jan 30, 2014 @ PHX W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 16:11
Jan 28, 2014 vs WSH L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 6 18:33
Jan 27, 2014 @ PIT L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 15:56
Jan 25, 2014 @ CBJ W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 16:22
Jan 23, 2014 vs CAR L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 16:22
Jan 21, 2014 vs FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 16:16
Jan 18, 2014 vs CBJ L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 8 14:26
Jan 14, 2014 vs PHI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:52
Jan 12, 2014 @ WSH W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:59
Jan 9, 2014 vs FLA L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 14:26
Jan 4, 2014 vs NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:25
Jan 2, 2014 @ MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 15:56
Dec 31, 2013 @ WPG L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:46
Dec 29, 2013 vs WSH W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 17 0 1 09:42
Dec 27, 2013 @ TOR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:53
Dec 21, 2013 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:43
Dec 19, 2013 vs BOS W 4-2 1 1 2 2 5 2 1 16:20
Dec 17, 2013 vs WPG W 4-2 1 0 1 -1 0 3 6 16:46
Dec 14, 2013 vs CGY L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 6 0 0 10:33
Dec 12, 2013 @ OTT L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16:48
Dec 10, 2013 vs OTT W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 17:43
Dec 7, 2013 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 15:21
Dec 5, 2013 vs NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:53
Nov 30, 2013 @ NJD L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 11:31
Nov 29, 2013 vs TOR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:38
Nov 27, 2013 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 08:29
Nov 24, 2013 vs DET L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:33
Nov 21, 2013 @ PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:02
Nov 19, 2013 vs STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:00
Nov 16, 2013 @ TOR L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 10:37
Nov 15, 2013 vs TOR W 3-1 1 0 1 1 2 2 5 12:53
Nov 12, 2013 vs LAK W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 14:01
Nov 8, 2013 @ ANA L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 7 18:33
Nov 7, 2013 @ LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13:52
Nov 5, 2013 @ SJS W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 2 5 1 13:22
Nov 2, 2013 vs ANA L 3-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 14:50
Oct 31, 2013 @ NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:22
Oct 28, 2013 vs DAL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 5 0 3 16:23
Oct 26, 2013 @ TBL L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17:56
Oct 25, 2013 @ FLA W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 6 16:31
Oct 23, 2013 vs BOS L 2-5 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 15:33
Oct 19, 2013 vs COL L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 3 3 17:23
Oct 17, 2013 vs VAN L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 17:05
Oct 15, 2013 @ NYI W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 2 0 3 4 18:11
Oct 14, 2013 vs MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:44
Oct 12, 2013 @ CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:54
Oct 10, 2013 vs CBJ L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 4 1 2 14:56
Oct 8, 2013 vs TBL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 1 7 20:21