Hockey Terminal
Be a GM

← All players

Photo of Marcus Foligno

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)

Trophy case

King Clancy Memorial Trophy Leadership and Humanitarian Contribution 2025-26

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Anthony Mantha NJD · 0 P in 4 GP Cody Glass NJD · 0 P in 4 GP Conor Garland CBJ · 0 P in 4 GP Danton Heinen CBJ · 0 P in 4 GP Dawson Mercer NJD · 0 P in 4 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

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
4 0 0 0 4 0 4 13 0.00 0.0 12:10

Contract

$4MCap hitends in 2028, then UFA
$1.769MCap dollars per goal above replacement2.3 goals above replacement, projected
$3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1MValueworth 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. The season is still being played, so each rating is projected over the whole season: the games played so far, plus the games left at the rate of the last three seasons and this one. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 652 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Minnesota Wild on Sep 29, 2023, as an extension of the contract he was on: 4 years and $16M, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2027-28, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2024-25 $4M $5M $0 $5M NMC
2025-26 $4M $4.5M $0 $4.5M NMC
2026-27 $4M $3.5M $0 $3.5M M-NTC
2027-28 $4M $3M $0 $3M M-NTC

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 2026-27 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.

2026-27 analytics

Rating, projected over the full season

2026-27 is still being played, so these are a projection of his whole season, not a count so far: what he has done in 4 games (-0.4 goals above replacement), plus the 61 more he is taken to play, going by how much of his team's games he has played before, at a rate set by his last three seasons and this one. The more he plays, the more this season counts, and by the last game it is simply his season.

+2.3Goals above replacement330th of 652 skaters, 234th of 424 forwards
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 424 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-1.6 23rd percentileEven-strength defence+2.0 86th percentilePower play0.0 62nd percentilePenalty kill+0.1 71st percentilePenalties-0.7 11th 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.

-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

44.6Corsi for %37 attempts for, 46 against
-5.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.4Expected goals for %1.8 expected for, 2.4 against
-3.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
100.0Goals for %4 for, 0 against
117.4PDO17.4% shooting + 100.0% saves
9Attempts 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
Nick Foligno · Marcus Foligno · Michael McCarron319:5061.871.42-0
Marcus Foligno · Michael McCarron · Yakov Trenin16:3837.50.90-0
Marcus Foligno · Ryan Hartman · Bobby Brink15:0925.04.91-0
Marcus Foligno · Michael McCarron · Nico Sturm13:3214.30.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.7Expected goalsfrom 6 unblocked attempts
-0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.81 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 10.9% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.7 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 0 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.7Goals 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 8, 2026 @ TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 10:54
Oct 6, 2026 @ BUF L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 13:25
Oct 3, 2026 vs BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12:04
Oct 1, 2026 @ NSH W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 12:16