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Mike Reilly

#6 · Defence · Carolina Hurricanes

Born Jul 13, 1993 in Glenview, Illinois, USA (age 33) · 6'2", 191 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 98th overall in 2011 by CBJ (round 4)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2025-26

Compare with a similar player

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

Cameron Crotty OTT · 0 P in 2 GP Carson Soucy CBJ · 0 P in 2 GP Charles Alexis Legault CAR · 0 P in 2 GP David Jiricek PHI · 0 P in 2 GP Erik Gudbranson CBJ · 0 P in 2 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.

010202015-16: 7 points715-162016-17: 1 points116-172017-18: 18 points1817-182018-19: 11 points1118-192019-20: 16 points1619-202020-21: 27 points2720-212021-22: 17 points1721-222022-23: 1 points122-232023-24: 24 points2423-242024-25: 2 points224-252025-26: 9 points925-262026-27: 0 points026-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 MIN 29 1 6 7 -4 8 27 3 0.24 $925K
2016-17 MIN 17 1 0 1 1 2 19 2 0.06 $925K
2017-18 MIN 38 2 8 10 -6 18 36 24 0.26 $725K
2017-18 MTL 19 0 8 8 1 8 29 17 0.42
2018-19 MTL 57 3 8 11 0 16 101 48 0.19 $725K
2019-20 MTL 14 0 4 4 2 6 21 12 0.29 $1.5M
2019-20 OTT 30 1 11 12 -8 18 64 27 0.40
2020-21 OTT 40 0 19 19 -2 18 67 54 0.48 $1.5M
2020-21 BOS 15 0 8 8 7 4 31 16 0.53
2021-22 BOS 70 4 13 17 -1 32 135 94 0.24 $3M
2022-23 BOS 10 0 1 1 0 2 12 21 0.10 $3M
2023-24 FLA 2 0 0 0 -2 2 7 0 0.00 $1M
2023-24 NYI 59 6 18 24 1 28 119 47 0.41
2024-25 NYI 18 0 2 2 -3 2 31 3 0.11 $1.25M
2025-26 CAR 42 1 8 9 11 26 63 18 0.21 $1.1M
2026-27 CAR 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.00 $850K
12 seasons Career 462 19 114 133 -3 190 764 387 0.29

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2020-21 BOS 11 0 4 4 3 8 21 9 0.36
2021-22 BOS 5 0 0 0 1 2 7 3 0.00
2023-24 NYI 5 1 1 2 -3 0 12 0 0.40
2025-26 CAR 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 1.00
4 seasons Playoffs 23 1 7 8 3 12 42 13 0.35

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.00 0.0 10:29

Contract

$850KCap hitends in 2027, then UFA
$673KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.3 goals above replacement, projected
$2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.2MValueworth 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 647 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Carolina Hurricanes on Sep 10, 2026, as a new contract (two-way): 1 year and $850K, beginning in 2026-27. It runs through 2026-27, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2026-27 $850K

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
Sep 10, 2026 Carolina Hurricanes New contract (two-way) 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $850K $850K
Jul 1, 2025 Carolina Hurricanes New contract 2025-26 to 2025-26 1 $1.1M $1.1M
Jul 1, 2024 New York Islanders New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $1.25M $1.25M
Jul 1, 2023 Florida Panthers New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $1M $1M
Jul 27, 2021 Boston Bruins Extension bought out, Jun 30, 2023 2021-22 to 2022-23 3 $9M $3M
Jun 26, 2019 Montreal Canadiens Extension 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $3M $1.5M
Jul 2, 2017 Minnesota Wild New contract 2017-18 to 2018-19 2 $1.45M $725K
Jul 1, 2015 Minnesota Wild Entry-level 2015-16 to 2016-17 2 $4.05M $925K

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 2 games (-0.1 goals above replacement), plus the 37 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.

+1.3Goals above replacement408th of 647 skaters, 121st of 225 defencemen
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 225 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-0.4 60th percentileEven-strength defence+0.8 69th percentilePower play-0.3 26th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 56th percentilePenalties-0.5 54th 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.

-4-20242015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

70.4Corsi for %19 attempts for, 8 against
+3.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
62.9Expected goals for %1.0 expected for, 0.6 against
-10.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
76.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %2 for, 2 against
80.0PDO20.0% shooting + 60.0% 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Reilly · Shayne Gostisbehere218:2765.249.81-2
Mike Reilly · K'Andre Miller11:00100.0100.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.1Expected goalsfrom 3 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.25 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 3.0% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 0 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.1Goals 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 6, 2026 @ MTL W 6-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 10:22
Oct 3, 2026 @ PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:36