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Blake Coleman

#20 · Left wing · Minnesota Wild

Born Nov 28, 1991 in Plano, Texas, USA (age 34) · 5'11", 199 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 75th overall in 2011 by NJD (round 3)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Bobby McMann SEA · 3 P in 6 GP Danila Yurov MIN · 3 P in 6 GP Hendrix Lapierre PIT · 3 P in 6 GP Joel Eriksson Ek MIN · 3 P in 6 GP Lars Eller FLA · 3 P in 6 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.

020402016-17: 2 points216-172017-18: 25 points2517-182018-19: 36 points3618-192019-20: 32 points3219-202020-21: 31 points3120-212021-22: 33 points3321-222022-23: 38 points3822-232023-24: 54 points5423-242024-25: 39 points3924-252025-26: 35 points3525-262026-27: 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
2016-17 NJD 23 1 1 2 -7 27 29 51 0.09 $680K
2017-18 NJD 79 13 12 25 7 50 146 216 0.32 $660K
2018-19 NJD 78 22 14 36 -19 71 213 225 0.46 $1.8M
2019-20 NJD 57 21 10 31 -2 40 182 166 0.54 $1.8M
2019-20 TBL 9 0 1 1 2 16 18 25 0.11
2020-21 TBL 55 14 17 31 15 37 122 109 0.56 $1.8M
2021-22 CGY 81 16 17 33 16 60 212 163 0.41 $4.9M
2022-23 CGY 82 18 20 38 9 54 188 107 0.46 $4.9M
2023-24 CGY 78 30 24 54 19 76 191 128 0.69 $4.9M
2024-25 CGY 82 15 24 39 -2 36 194 176 0.48 $4.9M
2025-26 CGY 69 20 15 35 12 49 176 152 0.51 $4.9M
2026-27 MIN 6 2 1 3 -2 10 12 10 0.50 $4.9M
11 seasons Career 699 172 156 328 48 526 1683 1528 0.47

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2017-18 NJD 5 2 0 2 1 4 16 18 0.40
2019-20 TBL 22 5 8 13 7 20 60 112 0.59
2020-21 TBL 23 3 8 11 5 22 45 83 0.48
2021-22 CGY 12 2 3 5 5 12 33 41 0.42
4 seasons Playoffs 62 12 19 31 18 58 154 254 0.50

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
6 2 1 3 -2 10 12 10 0.50 16.7 15:35

Contract

$4.9MCap hitends in 2027, then UFA
$1.633MCap dollars per point3 points in 6 games
$1.048MCap dollars per goal above replacement4.7 goals above replacement, projected
$5.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$416KValueworth 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. The season is still being played, so each rating is projected over the whole season: the games played so far, plus the games left at the rate of the last three seasons and this one. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 653 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Calgary Flames on Jul 28, 2021, as a new contract: 6 years and $29.4M, beginning in 2021-22. It runs through 2026-27, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent. The Minnesota Wild are charged $2.45M of his $4.9M cap hit this season. The Calgary Flames, who traded him, still count $2.45M of it.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2021-22 $4.9M $2.9M $1M $3.9M NTC
2022-23 $4.9M $4.9M $0 $4.9M NTC
2023-24 $4.9M $5.9M $0 $5.9M NTC
2024-25 $4.9M $4.9M $0 $4.9M M-NTC
2025-26 $4.9M $4.9M $0 $4.9M M-NTC
2026-27 $4.9M $4.9M $0 $4.9M M-NTC

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 28, 2021 Calgary Flames New contract 2021-22 to 2026-27 6 $29.4M $4.9M
Jul 17, 2018 New Jersey Devils New contract 2018-19 to 2020-21 3 $5.4M $1.8M
Jul 26, 2017 New Jersey Devils New contract 2017-18 to 2017-18 1 $660K $660K
Jul 1, 2015 New Jersey Devils Entry-level 2015-16 to 2016-17 2 $1.85M $680K

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 6 games (-0.8 goals above replacement), plus the 72 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.

+4.7Goals above replacement216th of 653 skaters, 153rd of 425 forwards
+0.8Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 425 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+1.5 67th percentileEven-strength defence+1.3 76th percentilePower play+0.5 81st percentilePenalty kill-0.4 9th percentilePenalties-1.8 1st 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.

-50510152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

44.5Corsi for %61 attempts for, 76 against
-7.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.0Expected goals for %3.0 expected for, 4.0 against
-9.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.0Goals for %1 for, 3 against
94.1PDO2.9% shooting + 91.2% saves
13Attempts 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
Blake Coleman · Joel Eriksson Ek · Matt Boldy627:2150.952.51-1
Blake Coleman · Ryan Hartman · Maxim Shabanov319:0634.325.20-1
Blake Coleman · Danila Yurov · Maxim Shabanov54:2969.276.60-0
Blake Coleman · Ryan Hartman · Bobby Brink43:3511.10.00-1

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.7Expected goalsfrom 16 unblocked attempts
+0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.07 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 10.4% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +0.3 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.

00.511.52Goals 2Expected 1.7

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 12, 2026 vs VGK W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 4 1 2 17:34
Oct 10, 2026 @ FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 16:36
Oct 8, 2026 @ TBL L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 6 1 14:20
Oct 6, 2026 @ BUF L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 1 4 17:44
Oct 3, 2026 vs BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:34
Oct 1, 2026 @ NSH W 3-1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 13:44