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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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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.

Adam Clendening EDM · 7 P in 29 GP Joe Morrow BOS · 7 P in 33 GP Derrick Pouliot PIT · 7 P in 22 GP Greg Pateryn MTL · 7 P in 38 GP Zach Trotman BOS · 7 P in 38 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 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 0.00 $850K
12 seasons Career 463 19 114 133 -2 190 765 390 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

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
29 1 6 7 -4 8 27 3 0.24 3.7 12:05

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2017
$132KCap dollars per point7 points in 29 games
-$261KWorth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Minnesota Wild on Jul 1, 2015, as an entry-level contract: 2 years and $4.05M, beginning in 2015-16. It runs through 2016-17, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2015-16 $925K $833K $93K $1.1M $925K
2016-17 $925K $833K $93K $1.1M $925K

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
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 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

-1.3Goals above replacement586th of 675 skaters, 191st of 230 defencemen
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.5Goals 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+0.5 71st percentileEven-strength defence-1.9 22nd percentilePower play-0.6 17th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 52nd percentilePenalties-0.5 59th 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-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

45.8Corsi for %249 attempts for, 295 against
-1.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.9Expected goals for %10.4 expected for, 12.3 against
-6.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.9Goals for %9 for, 13 against
97.9PDO6.4% shooting + 91.6% saves
29Attempts 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 · Mathew Dumba2275:1848.653.96-3
Mike Reilly · Jonas Brodin1259:1842.350.30-2
Nate Prosser · Mike Reilly951:1948.441.52-4
Mike Reilly · Christian Folin743:0136.539.51-1

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.4Expected goalsfrom 33 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.24 expected goals per 60 minutes73rd
Shot quality 4.3% chance per attempt93rd
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected44thOne 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.

00.51Game 20Expected 1.4Goals 1

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 3, 2016 @ WPG L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:14
Apr 1, 2016 @ DET L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 10:08
Mar 31, 2016 vs OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:19
Mar 29, 2016 vs CHI W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 12:37
Mar 26, 2016 @ COL W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:19
Mar 24, 2016 vs CGY W 6-2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 13:22
Mar 22, 2016 vs LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:18
Mar 20, 2016 @ CHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:01
Mar 19, 2016 vs CAR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 09:09
Mar 10, 2016 vs EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:56
Mar 6, 2016 vs STL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:44
Mar 5, 2016 @ BUF W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:46
Mar 3, 2016 @ TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:49
Mar 1, 2016 vs COL W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:06
Feb 28, 2016 vs FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:33
Feb 26, 2016 @ WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:14
Feb 25, 2016 @ PHI L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15:30
Feb 23, 2016 vs NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:52
Feb 21, 2016 vs CHI W 6-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16:17
Feb 18, 2016 @ EDM W 5-2 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 12:41
Feb 17, 2016 @ CGY W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:12
Feb 15, 2016 @ VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:10
Feb 13, 2016 vs BOS L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 2 2 0 12:24
Feb 11, 2016 vs WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:00
Feb 9, 2016 vs DAL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:27
Jan 16, 2016 @ NSH L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:14
Jan 12, 2016 vs BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:01
Jan 10, 2016 vs NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:36
Jan 9, 2016 @ DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:25