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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 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Chris Tanev VAN · 18 P in 69 GP Justin Schultz PIT · 18 P in 63 GP Matt Bartkowski VAN · 18 P in 80 GP Thomas Hickey NYI · 18 P in 62 GP Adam Larsson NJD · 18 P in 82 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

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
71 5 13 18 15 53 64 164 0.25 7.8 19:04

Contract

$800KCap hit2015-16
$44KCap dollars per point18 points in 71 games
$110KCap dollars per goal above replacement7.3 goals above replacement
$5.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$4.4MValueworth 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 668 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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Rating

+7.3Goals above replacement127th of 675 skaters, 37th of 230 defencemen
+1.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+2.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 230 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+0.1 65th percentileEven-strength defence+2.4 86th percentilePower play0.0 73rd percentilePenalty kill+0.7 94th 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 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

49.8Corsi for %1022 attempts for, 1029 against
+0.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.9Expected goals for %38.8 expected for, 37.4 against
+2.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
54.3Goals for %50 for, 42 against
101.0PDO8.8% shooting + 92.2% saves
140Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 561 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 Krug65401:0252.051.614-11
Zdeno Chara · Kevan Miller61361:3950.848.712-12
Kevan Miller · Joe Morrow29153:2450.057.912-9
Dennis Seidenberg · Kevan Miller45124:4646.546.17-3

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.

5Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.3Expected goalsfrom 100 unblocked attempts
+2.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.10 expected goals per 60 minutes15th
Shot quality 2.3% chance per attempt10th
Finishing +2.7 goals above expected90thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 230 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

012345Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 5Expected 2.3

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 9, 2016 vs OTT L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 18:07
Apr 7, 2016 vs DET W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 18:47
Apr 5, 2016 vs CAR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 19:41
Apr 1, 2016 @ STL W 6-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:13
Mar 29, 2016 @ NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 15:58
Mar 26, 2016 @ TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 21:04
Mar 24, 2016 vs FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 19:44
Mar 23, 2016 @ NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 20:37
Mar 19, 2016 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 6 18:38
Mar 18, 2016 @ ANA L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 19:05
Mar 15, 2016 @ SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:59
Mar 12, 2016 vs NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 20:23
Mar 5, 2016 vs WSH L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 08:26
Mar 3, 2016 vs CHI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 22:11
Mar 1, 2016 vs CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 16:09
Feb 28, 2016 vs TBL L 1-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 18:24
Feb 26, 2016 @ CAR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 15:58
Feb 24, 2016 vs PIT W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 15:27
Feb 22, 2016 vs CBJ L 4-6 0 1 1 1 7 1 1 16:10
Feb 20, 2016 @ DAL W 7-3 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 19:01
Feb 18, 2016 @ NSH L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 19:39
Feb 16, 2016 @ CBJ W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 18:20
Feb 14, 2016 @ DET L 5-6 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 21:32
Feb 13, 2016 @ MIN W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 17:00
Feb 11, 2016 @ WPG W 6-2 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 18:09
Feb 9, 2016 vs LAK L 2-9 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 20:16
Feb 6, 2016 vs BUF W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22:03
Feb 4, 2016 @ BUF W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 19:36
Feb 2, 2016 vs TOR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 18:57
Jan 26, 2016 vs ANA L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 18:09
Jan 25, 2016 @ PHI W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 22:03
Jan 23, 2016 vs CBJ W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 19:20
Jan 21, 2016 vs VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 18:54
Jan 19, 2016 @ MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 18:11
Jan 16, 2016 vs TOR W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 21:48
Jan 15, 2016 @ BUF W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 21:56
Jan 13, 2016 @ PHI L 2-3 1 0 1 0 5 2 2 15:43
Jan 11, 2016 @ NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 19:08
Jan 9, 2016 @ OTT L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 23:22
Jan 8, 2016 @ NJD W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:10
Jan 5, 2016 vs WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 21:17
Jan 1, 2016 vs MTL L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 2 1 2 18:09
Dec 29, 2015 vs OTT W 7-3 0 1 1 1 10 0 6 16:38
Dec 27, 2015 @ OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 17:43
Dec 26, 2015 vs BUF L 3-6 0 1 1 -2 2 2 1 19:02
Dec 22, 2015 vs STL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 19:06
Dec 20, 2015 vs NJD W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21:05
Dec 18, 2015 @ PIT W 6-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 18:13
Dec 16, 2015 vs PIT W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 21:21
Dec 14, 2015 vs EDM L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:14
Dec 12, 2015 vs FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 20:11
Dec 9, 2015 @ MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 17:11
Dec 7, 2015 vs NSH L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 19:29
Dec 5, 2015 @ VAN W 4-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 25:01
Nov 17, 2015 vs SJS L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:54
Nov 14, 2015 vs DET W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 21:59
Nov 12, 2015 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:21
Nov 8, 2015 @ NYI W 2-1 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 24:53
Nov 7, 2015 @ MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 19:36
Nov 5, 2015 @ WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 21:02
Nov 3, 2015 vs DAL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 18:40
Oct 31, 2015 @ TBL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 21:29
Oct 30, 2015 @ FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 21:06
Oct 27, 2015 vs ARI W 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:29
Oct 23, 2015 @ NYI W 5-3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 23:00
Oct 21, 2015 vs PHI L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 20:28
Oct 17, 2015 @ ARI W 5-3 0 1 1 0 5 2 1 19:26
Oct 14, 2015 @ COL W 6-2 1 0 1 2 0 2 3 23:00
Oct 12, 2015 vs TBL L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20:25
Oct 10, 2015 vs MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 20:58
Oct 8, 2015 vs WPG L 2-6 0 1 1 -1 0 0 4 22:26