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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 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Chris Terry CAR · 20 P in 57 GP Vincent Lecavalier PHI · 20 P in 57 GP Andrej Nestrasil CAR · 20 P in 54 GP Jay Beagle WSH · 20 P in 62 GP Brooks Laich WSH · 20 P in 66 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

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
57 8 12 20 -5 50 66 193 0.35 12.1 16:14

Contract

$1.875MCap hitends in 2016
$94KCap dollars per point20 points in 57 games
$1.084MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.7 goals above replacement
$1.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$284KValueworth 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 649 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Buffalo Sabres on Jul 1, 2014, as a new contract: 2 years and $3.75M, beginning in 2014-15. It runs through 2015-16, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2014-15 $1.875M $1.5M $0 $1.5M
2015-16 $1.875M $2.25M $0 $2.25M

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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Rating

+1.7Goals above replacement393rd of 665 skaters, 270th of 432 forwards
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 432 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-1.1 35th percentileEven-strength defence+0.7 62nd percentilePower play-0.8 11th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 22nd percentilePenalties+0.4 54th 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

37.7Corsi for %517 attempts for, 854 against
-0.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.3Expected goals for %21.8 expected for, 32.3 against
-1.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
39.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
45.5Goals for %25 for, 30 against
101.7PDO8.4% shooting + 93.2% saves
86Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 585 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
Chris Stewart · Cody Hodgson · Marcus Foligno16123:2841.438.53-4
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Mikhail Grigorenko881:4436.143.24-4
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Phil Varone674:4834.032.80-3
Marcus Foligno · Nicolas Deslauriers · Brian Flynn740:4227.828.32-1

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.

8Goalsnot counting empty-netters
7.5Expected goalsfrom 90 unblocked attempts
+0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.48 expected goals per 60 minutes16th
Shot quality 8.3% chance per attempt80th
Finishing +0.5 goals above expected62ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Goals 8Expected 7.5

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 11, 2015 vs PIT L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 6 20:08
Apr 10, 2015 @ CBJ L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 18:56
Apr 6, 2015 vs CAR W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 17:53
Apr 4, 2015 @ NYI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21:16
Apr 3, 2015 vs CHI L 3-4 2 0 2 2 0 5 1 18:50
Apr 1, 2015 vs TOR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:50
Mar 30, 2015 @ ARI W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 17:34
Mar 28, 2015 @ COL L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 17:14
Mar 26, 2015 vs ARI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 21:13
Mar 23, 2015 @ DAL L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 20:29
Mar 21, 2015 @ NSH L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 17:40
Mar 20, 2015 vs NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 8 19:16
Mar 17, 2015 @ BOS W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 19:28
Mar 16, 2015 vs WSH L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 20:34
Mar 14, 2015 vs NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 7 20:24
Mar 11, 2015 @ TOR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 19:50
Mar 7, 2015 @ WSH L 1-6 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 17:20
Mar 6, 2015 @ OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 6 18:34
Mar 3, 2015 @ TBL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 16:34
Feb 28, 2015 @ FLA L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:21
Feb 26, 2015 vs VAN W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 20:46
Feb 24, 2015 @ CBJ W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 19:05
Feb 22, 2015 vs NSH L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 14:32
Feb 20, 2015 vs NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 15:19
Feb 19, 2015 @ PHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:03
Feb 17, 2015 @ NJD L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16:28
Feb 15, 2015 vs PHI L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 17:04
Feb 10, 2015 vs OTT L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 15:37
Feb 8, 2015 vs NYI L 2-3 1 1 2 2 0 2 5 15:21
Dec 21, 2014 @ BOS L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 04:46
Dec 20, 2014 vs COL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 15:22
Dec 16, 2014 @ WPG L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 14:35
Dec 15, 2014 vs OTT W 5-4 (SO) 1 1 2 2 4 3 5 16:59
Dec 13, 2014 vs FLA W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 14:28
Dec 11, 2014 vs CGY W 4-3 1 0 1 1 2 1 4 14:31
Dec 9, 2014 vs LAK W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14:43
Dec 6, 2014 @ FLA L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 5 2 3 12:43
Dec 4, 2014 @ TBL L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 09:35
Dec 2, 2014 vs TBL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 12:53
Nov 29, 2014 @ MTL W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16:17
Nov 28, 2014 vs MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 13:17
Nov 26, 2014 vs WPG L 1-2 0 1 1 1 2 0 6 12:15
Nov 22, 2014 @ WSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 13:50
Nov 18, 2014 vs SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:19
Nov 15, 2014 vs TOR W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 12:26
Nov 11, 2014 @ STL L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 6 10:25
Nov 1, 2014 @ PIT L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:44
Oct 30, 2014 vs BOS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 16:20
Oct 28, 2014 @ TOR L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 2 1 4 16:27
Oct 25, 2014 @ SJS W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 08:29
Oct 23, 2014 @ LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 19:13
Oct 22, 2014 @ ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:00
Oct 18, 2014 vs BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:41
Oct 17, 2014 vs FLA L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 2 3 4 13:07
Oct 14, 2014 @ CAR W 4-3 (SO) 2 0 2 1 0 3 2 18:03
Oct 11, 2014 @ CHI L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 6 16:24
Oct 9, 2014 vs CBJ L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 17:19