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Mikael Granlund

#64 · Centre · Anaheim Ducks

Born Feb 26, 1992 in Oulu, FIN (age 34) · 5'10", 192 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 9th overall in 2010 by MIN (round 1)

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.

Alex Laferriere LAK · 3 P in 3 GP Alex Tuch WSH · 3 P in 3 GP Artemi Panarin LAK · 3 P in 3 GP Bo Horvat NYI · 3 P in 3 GP Brandon Hagel TBL · 3 P in 3 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.

02040602012-13: 8 points812-132013-14: 41 points412014-15: 39 points3914-152015-16: 44 points442016-17: 69 points6916-172017-18: 67 points672018-19: 54 points5418-192019-20: 30 points302020-21: 27 points2720-212021-22: 64 points642022-23: 41 points4122-232023-24: 60 points602024-25: 66 points6624-252025-26: 41 points412026-27: 3 points326-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2012-13 MIN 27 2 6 8 -4 6 36 15 0.30 $900K
2013-14 MIN 63 8 33 41 -3 22 104 38 0.65 $900K
2014-15 MIN 68 8 31 39 17 20 99 47 0.57 $900K
2015-16 MIN 82 13 31 44 -12 20 160 86 0.54 $3M
2016-17 MIN 81 26 43 69 23 12 177 50 0.85 $3M
2017-18 MIN 77 21 46 67 13 18 193 47 0.87 $5.75M
2018-19 MIN 63 15 34 49 -2 20 160 28 0.78 $5.75M
2018-19 NSH 16 1 4 5 -6 4 29 18 0.31
2019-20 NSH 63 17 13 30 -4 28 130 42 0.48 $5.75M
2020-21 NSH 51 13 14 27 -1 14 74 46 0.53 $3.75M
2021-22 NSH 80 11 53 64 -9 33 117 92 0.80 $5M
2022-23 NSH 58 9 27 36 -16 12 83 57 0.62 $5M
2022-23 PIT 21 1 4 5 1 8 38 21 0.24
2023-24 SJS 69 12 48 60 -23 32 134 62 0.87 $5M
2024-25 SJS 52 15 30 45 -8 20 126 37 0.87 $5M
2024-25 DAL 31 7 14 21 8 8 43 20 0.68
2025-26 ANA 58 19 22 41 -9 18 117 32 0.71 $7M
2026-27 ANA 3 1 2 3 -1 0 4 0 1.00 $7M
15 seasons Career 963 199 455 654 -36 295 1824 738 0.68

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2013-14 MIN 13 4 3 7 3 2 35 14 0.54
2014-15 MIN 10 2 4 6 2 0 18 18 0.60
2015-16 MIN 6 1 2 3 -2 0 22 7 0.50
2016-17 MIN 5 0 2 2 0 2 10 6 0.40
2017-18 MIN 5 1 2 3 -1 0 6 5 0.60
2018-19 NSH 6 1 1 2 1 2 12 2 0.33
2019-20 NSH 4 0 1 1 -3 2 7 8 0.25
2020-21 NSH 6 2 3 5 -3 2 10 8 0.83
2021-22 NSH 4 0 3 3 -1 0 10 9 0.75
2024-25 DAL 18 5 5 10 -2 8 29 40 0.56
2025-26 ANA 12 5 5 10 -3 4 20 26 0.83
11 seasons Playoffs 89 21 31 52 -9 22 179 143 0.58

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
3 1 2 3 -1 0 4 0 1.00 25.0 20:54

Contract

$7MCap hitends in 2028, then UFA
$2.333MCap dollars per point3 points in 3 games
$1.224MCap dollars per goal above replacement5.7 goals above replacement, projected
$6.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$726KValueworth less cap hit

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 all of it: what the player has done so far, plus the games left at a rate taken from his last three seasons and this one. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 647 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Anaheim Ducks on Jul 1, 2025, as a new contract: 3 years and $21M, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2027-28, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $7M
2026-27 $7M
2027-28 $7M

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
Jul 1, 2025 Anaheim Ducks New contract 2025-26 to 2027-28 3 $21M $7M
Jul 28, 2021 Nashville Predators New contract 2021-22 to 2024-25 4 $20M $5M
Dec 23, 2020 Nashville Predators New contract 2020-21 to 2020-21 1 $3.75M $3.75M
Aug 1, 2017 Minnesota Wild New contract 2017-18 to 2019-20 3 $17.25M $5.75M
Jul 1, 2015 Minnesota Wild New contract 2015-16 to 2016-17 2 $6M $3M
May 25, 2012 Minnesota Wild Entry-level 2012-13 to 2014-15 3 $6.3M $900K

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 3 games (+1.2 goals above replacement), plus the 68 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.

+5.7Goals above replacement171st of 647 skaters, 122nd of 422 forwards
+1.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 422 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+0.2 53rd percentileEven-strength defence-0.8 29th percentilePower play+1.0 87th percentilePenalty kill-0.4 8th percentilePenalties+1.8 94th 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.

-50510152012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

43.1Corsi for %25 attempts for, 33 against
-7.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
58.7Expected goals for %0.9 expected for, 0.6 against
+13.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
100.0Goals for %1 for, 0 against
107.7PDO7.7% shooting + 100.0% saves
4Attempts 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
Alex Killorn · Mikael Granlund · Beckett Sennecke322:1543.259.61-0
Mikael Granlund · Beckett Sennecke · Nikita Klepov12:1575.042.20-0
Mikael Granlund · Cutter Gauthier · Beckett Sennecke21:5657.159.70-0
Mikael Granlund · A.J. Greer · Cutter Gauthier21:1733.388.60-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.0Expected goalsfrom 10 unblocked attempts
+0.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.95 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 9.9% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +0.0 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.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 1.0

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 7, 2026 vs EDM L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 21:33
Oct 4, 2026 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 22:31
Oct 2, 2026 @ VGK W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 18:39