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Michael Latta

#46 · Centre · Washington Capitals

Born May 25, 1991 in Kitchener, Ontario, CAN · 6'0", 207 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 72nd overall in 2009 by NSH (round 3)

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.

B.J. Crombeen ARI · 6 P in 58 GP Zac Rinaldo PHI · 6 P in 58 GP Jeremy Morin CBJ · 6 P in 43 GP Tanner Glass NYR · 6 P in 66 GP Jacob de la Rose MTL · 6 P in 33 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.

02462013-14: 4 points413-142014-15: 6 points614-152015-16: 7 points715-16

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2013-14 WSH 17 1 3 4 0 12 6 14 0.24
2014-15 WSH 53 0 6 6 4 68 24 91 0.11 $575K
2015-16 WSH 43 3 4 7 0 50 29 58 0.16 $575K
3 seasons Career 113 4 13 17 4 130 59 163 0.15

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2014-15 WSH 4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 7 0.00
1 season Playoffs 4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 7 0.00

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
53 0 6 6 4 68 24 91 0.11 0.0 8:23

Contract

$575KCap hit2014-15
$96KCap dollars per point6 points in 53 games
$525KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.1 goals above replacement
$1.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$635KValueworth 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

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
2014-15 to 2015-16 $575K

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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.1Goals above replacement427th of 665 skaters, 290th of 432 forwards
+0.2Wins 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 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-1.9 22nd percentileEven-strength defence+1.8 84th percentilePower play0.0 59th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 72nd percentilePenalties-0.1 32nd 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.

00.511.52013-142014-152015-16Goals 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

50.9Corsi for %363 attempts for, 350 against
+0.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.1Expected goals for %15.6 expected for, 12.2 against
+3.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
60.0Goals for %12 for, 8 against
101.7PDO6.1% shooting + 95.6% saves
51Attempts 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
Jason Chimera · Jay Beagle · Michael Latta1570:4748.162.63-1
Jay Beagle · Michael Latta · Tom Wilson1045:3946.343.61-1
Jason Chimera · Michael Latta · Tom Wilson1233:2633.936.20-0
Brooks Laich · Michael Latta · Tom Wilson723:0962.777.50-1

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.7Expected goalsfrom 35 unblocked attempts
-1.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.24 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 5.0% chance per attempt2nd
Finishing -1.7 goals above expected36thOne 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.

00.511.5Game 20Game 40Expected 1.7Goals 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
Apr 11, 2015 vs NYR L 2-4 0 1 1 1 10 1 2 08:40
Apr 8, 2015 vs BOS W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 12:31
Apr 5, 2015 @ DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:54
Apr 4, 2015 @ OTT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:09
Apr 2, 2015 @ MTL W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:49
Mar 31, 2015 vs CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 10:31
Mar 29, 2015 @ NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:01
Mar 28, 2015 vs NSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:16
Mar 26, 2015 vs NJD W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10:23
Mar 21, 2015 @ WPG L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 08:36
Mar 19, 2015 @ MIN W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:41
Mar 3, 2015 @ CBJ W 5-3 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 03:38
Feb 25, 2015 vs PIT L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 04:21
Feb 22, 2015 @ PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 07:17
Feb 19, 2015 vs WPG W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:40
Feb 17, 2015 @ PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 5 0 4 06:43
Feb 15, 2015 @ ANA W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:31
Feb 11, 2015 @ SJS W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 1 4 08:43
Feb 8, 2015 vs PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:29
Feb 6, 2015 vs ANA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:55
Feb 1, 2015 vs STL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:20
Jan 31, 2015 @ MTL L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:06
Jan 28, 2015 vs PIT W 4-0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 08:13
Jan 16, 2015 @ NSH L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:15
Jan 1, 2015 vs CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:31
Dec 29, 2014 @ NYI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:15
Dec 27, 2014 @ PIT W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:23
Dec 23, 2014 @ NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:40
Dec 22, 2014 vs OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 10 0 4 06:57
Dec 20, 2014 @ NJD W 4-0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 09:18
Dec 18, 2014 @ CBJ W 5-4 (OT) 0 2 2 1 5 0 0 08:55
Dec 16, 2014 @ FLA L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10:08
Dec 13, 2014 vs TBL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:28
Dec 11, 2014 vs CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:55
Dec 9, 2014 @ TBL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:58
Dec 6, 2014 @ NJD W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 12:56
Dec 4, 2014 @ CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 13:42
Nov 22, 2014 vs BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 06:50
Nov 20, 2014 @ COL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:20
Nov 15, 2014 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:33
Nov 14, 2014 vs NJD L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:27
Nov 11, 2014 vs CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 08:57
Nov 8, 2014 vs CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 06:05
Nov 7, 2014 @ CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 06:24
Nov 4, 2014 vs CGY L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:54
Nov 2, 2014 vs ARI L 5-6 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 08:19
Nov 1, 2014 @ TBL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:02
Oct 29, 2014 vs DET L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:38
Oct 26, 2014 @ VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 09:18
Oct 25, 2014 @ CGY W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 10:17
Oct 22, 2014 @ EDM L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:08
Oct 14, 2014 vs SJS L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 06:58
Oct 11, 2014 @ BOS W 4-0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 07:05