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

Erik Cole DET · 39 P in 68 GP Nazem Kadri TOR · 39 P in 73 GP Nick Bonino VAN · 39 P in 75 GP Mike Fisher NSH · 39 P in 59 GP Elias Lindholm CAR · 39 P in 81 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: 5 points526-27

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 4 2 3 5 1 0 6 0 1.25 $7M
15 seasons Career 964 200 456 656 -34 295 1826 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

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
68 8 31 39 17 20 99 47 0.57 8.1 17:54

Contract

$900KCap hitends in 2015, then RFA
$23KCap dollars per point39 points in 68 games
$158KCap dollars per goal above replacement5.7 goals above replacement
$4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3.1MValueworth 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. 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 Minnesota Wild on May 25, 2012, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $6.3M, beginning in 2012-13. It runs through 2014-15, 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
2012-13 $900K $810K $90K $1.2M $900K
2013-14 $900K $810K $90K $1.2M $900K
2014-15 $900K $810K $90K $1.2M $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
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 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

+5.7Goals above replacement181st of 665 skaters, 130th of 432 forwards
+0.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+2.3Goals 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+1.6 69th percentileEven-strength defence+0.3 52nd percentilePower play-0.3 29th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 71st percentilePenalties+0.5 56th 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.

-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

52.7Corsi for %1004 attempts for, 902 against
+2.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.8Expected goals for %41.2 expected for, 31.3 against
+2.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
61.0Goals for %50 for, 32 against
101.7PDO9.1% shooting + 92.6% saves
154Attempts 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
Jason Pominville · Zach Parise · Mikael Granlund50496:0155.460.325-10
Thomas Vanek · Zach Parise · Mikael Granlund15137:2745.952.06-5
Charlie Coyle · Mikael Granlund · Nino Niederreiter1648:4956.560.63-3
Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek · Mikael Granlund938:3557.753.91-1

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
8.6Expected goalsfrom 137 unblocked attempts
-0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.42 expected goals per 60 minutes10th
Shot quality 6.3% chance per attempt19th
Finishing -0.6 goals above expected50thOne 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 40Game 60Expected 8.6Goals 8

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 11, 2015 @ STL L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 17:13
Apr 9, 2015 @ NSH W 4-2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 17:35
Apr 7, 2015 @ CHI W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 18:47
Apr 6, 2015 vs WPG L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:36
Apr 4, 2015 vs DET L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 21:54
Apr 2, 2015 vs NYR L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:26
Mar 28, 2015 vs LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:01
Mar 27, 2015 vs CGY W 4-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 18:52
Mar 24, 2015 @ NYI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 19:36
Mar 23, 2015 @ TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:48
Mar 21, 2015 vs STL W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 16:55
Mar 19, 2015 vs WSH L 2-3 0 2 2 -1 0 2 0 17:34
Mar 17, 2015 @ NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:02
Mar 14, 2015 @ STL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:06
Mar 13, 2015 vs ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 17:04
Mar 10, 2015 vs NJD W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 17:29
Mar 8, 2015 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 18:09
Mar 6, 2015 @ CAR W 3-1 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 16:50
Mar 5, 2015 @ WSH W 2-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 16:34
Mar 3, 2015 vs OTT W 3-2 (SO) 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 16:35
Feb 28, 2015 @ COL W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 17:12
Feb 26, 2015 @ NSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 17:06
Feb 24, 2015 vs EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:08
Feb 22, 2015 vs DAL W 6-2 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 17:39
Feb 20, 2015 @ EDM W 4-0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 16:36
Feb 18, 2015 @ CGY W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:55
Feb 16, 2015 @ VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:52
Feb 14, 2015 vs CAR W 6-3 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 15:28
Feb 12, 2015 vs FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:47
Feb 10, 2015 @ WPG L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17:05
Feb 9, 2015 vs VAN W 5-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 17:56
Feb 7, 2015 vs COL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 17:48
Feb 3, 2015 vs CHI W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 16:27
Feb 1, 2015 @ VAN W 4-2 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 16:07
Jan 29, 2015 @ CGY W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 15:53
Jan 27, 2015 @ EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 17:25
Dec 27, 2014 vs WPG L 3-4 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 14:27
Dec 23, 2014 vs PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:31
Dec 17, 2014 vs BOS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:52
Dec 16, 2014 @ CHI L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 16:47
Dec 13, 2014 @ ARI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 18:46
Dec 11, 2014 @ SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:53
Dec 9, 2014 vs NYI W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:56
Dec 5, 2014 vs ANA L 4-5 0 2 2 -1 0 1 2 18:33
Dec 3, 2014 vs MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21:30
Nov 29, 2014 vs STL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 20:07
Nov 28, 2014 @ DAL W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 18:39
Nov 26, 2014 vs LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 18:07
Nov 24, 2014 @ FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:52
Nov 22, 2014 @ TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:27
Nov 20, 2014 @ PHI W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 19:19
Nov 16, 2014 vs WPG W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 15:26
Nov 15, 2014 @ DAL W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18:06
Nov 13, 2014 vs BUF W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 18:30
Nov 11, 2014 @ NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:53
Nov 8, 2014 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:48
Nov 6, 2014 @ OTT L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 19:30
Nov 4, 2014 vs PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 21:28
Nov 1, 2014 vs DAL W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 16:29
Oct 30, 2014 vs SJS W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 22:15
Oct 28, 2014 @ BOS W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 18:22
Oct 27, 2014 @ NYR L 4-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 20:41
Oct 25, 2014 vs TBL W 7-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 17:27
Oct 23, 2014 vs ARI W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 18:16
Oct 19, 2014 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:22
Oct 17, 2014 @ ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:38
Oct 11, 2014 @ COL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:58
Oct 9, 2014 vs COL W 5-0 0 2 2 4 0 3 1 15:34