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Kevan Miller

#86 · Defence · Boston Bruins

Born Nov 15, 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA · 6'2", 210 lb · Shoots right

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Tim Erixon TOR · 7 P in 42 GP Anton Volchenkov NSH · 7 P in 46 GP Derrick Pouliot PIT · 7 P in 34 GP Brian Strait NYI · 7 P in 52 GP Mark Barberio TBL · 7 P in 52 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.

0510152013-14: 6 points613-142014-15: 7 points714-152015-16: 18 points1815-162016-17: 13 points1316-172017-18: 16 points1617-182018-19: 7 points718-192020-21: 4 points420-21

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 BOS 47 1 5 6 20 38 41 103 0.13 $550K
2014-15 BOS 41 2 5 7 20 15 37 87 0.17 $800K
2015-16 BOS 71 5 13 18 15 53 64 164 0.25 $800K
2016-17 BOS 58 3 10 13 1 50 49 121 0.22 $2.5M
2017-18 BOS 68 1 15 16 16 70 64 164 0.24 $2.5M
2018-19 BOS 39 0 7 7 8 35 32 73 0.18 $2.5M
2020-21 BOS 28 1 3 4 -1 20 27 64 0.14 $1.25M
7 seasons Career 352 13 58 71 79 281 314 776 0.20

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 BOS 11 0 2 2 2 8 6 45 0.18
2016-17 BOS 6 0 0 0 0 4 9 20 0.00
2017-18 BOS 12 1 3 4 2 4 17 42 0.33
2020-21 BOS 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 7 0.25
4 seasons Playoffs 33 1 6 7 4 16 36 114 0.21

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
41 2 5 7 20 15 37 87 0.17 5.4 18:02

Contract

$800KCap hit2014-15
$114KCap dollars per point7 points in 41 games
$284KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.8 goals above replacement
$2.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.4MValueworth 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
2020-21 to 2020-21 $1.25M
2018-19 to 2019-20 $2.5M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $2.5M
2014-15 to 2015-16 $800K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $550K

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

+2.8Goals above replacement321st of 665 skaters, 99th of 233 defencemen
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 233 ranked defencemen: 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-1.2 42nd percentileEven-strength defence+1.7 80th percentilePower play0.0 73rd percentilePenalty kill+0.3 74th percentilePenalties-0.4 58th 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 defencemen. 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.

024682013-142014-152015-162016-172017-182018-192020-21Goals 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

49.6Corsi for %526 attempts for, 534 against
-3.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.9Expected goals for %21.0 expected for, 18.7 against
+1.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
69.4Goals for %25 for, 11 against
104.8PDO8.9% shooting + 96.0% saves
85Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kevan Miller · Torey Krug38342:4154.458.314-6
Dennis Seidenberg · Kevan Miller39112:2941.840.74-1
Matt Bartkowski · Kevan Miller1076:5952.559.03-3
Zdeno Chara · Kevan Miller2555:3537.335.42-1

The pairs 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 pairs 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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.4Expected goalsfrom 56 unblocked attempts
+0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.11 expected goals per 60 minutes16th
Shot quality 2.4% chance per attempt13th
Finishing +0.6 goals above expected65thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 231 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Game 20Game 40Goals 2Expected 1.4

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
Feb 16, 2015 @ CGY L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 12:31
Feb 13, 2015 @ VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 18:04
Feb 10, 2015 vs DAL L 3-5 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 17:20
Feb 8, 2015 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 22:47
Feb 7, 2015 vs NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 20:31
Feb 4, 2015 @ NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18:32
Jan 31, 2015 vs LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 20:10
Jan 29, 2015 @ NYI W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 18:47
Jan 21, 2015 @ COL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 17:40
Jan 20, 2015 @ DAL W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 19:39
Jan 17, 2015 vs CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:44
Jan 15, 2015 vs NYR W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 18:55
Jan 13, 2015 vs TBL W 4-3 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 14:55
Jan 10, 2015 @ PHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:59
Jan 8, 2015 vs NJD W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:11
Jan 7, 2015 @ PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 19:20
Jan 4, 2015 @ CAR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 17:33
Jan 3, 2015 vs OTT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:08
Dec 31, 2014 vs TOR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 17:24
Dec 29, 2014 vs DET W 5-2 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 20:16
Dec 27, 2014 @ CBJ L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 18:21
Dec 23, 2014 vs NSH W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16:42
Dec 21, 2014 vs BUF W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:23
Dec 19, 2014 @ WPG L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 16:20
Dec 17, 2014 @ MIN W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 17:22
Dec 16, 2014 @ NSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 19:11
Dec 13, 2014 vs OTT L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 3 3 20:24
Dec 11, 2014 vs CHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 19:18
Dec 6, 2014 @ ARI W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 20:54
Dec 4, 2014 @ SJS L 4-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:23
Dec 2, 2014 @ LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 18:00
Nov 28, 2014 vs WPG W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 19:02
Nov 24, 2014 vs PIT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 22:44
Nov 22, 2014 vs MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 20:45
Nov 21, 2014 @ CBJ W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 20:32
Oct 18, 2014 @ BUF W 4-0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 03:23
Oct 16, 2014 @ MTL L 4-6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14:02
Oct 15, 2014 @ DET W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 16:25
Oct 11, 2014 vs WSH L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16:50
Oct 9, 2014 @ DET L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17:06
Oct 8, 2014 vs PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:49