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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 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Nikita Okhotiuk NJD · 1 P in 10 GP Tobias Bjornfot LAK · 1 P in 10 GP Ville Heinola WPG · 1 P in 10 GP Billy Sweezey CBJ · 1 P in 9 GP Travis Dermott VAN · 1 P in 11 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: 2 points226-27

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 5 0 2 2 5 0 5 10 0.40 $850K
12 seasons Career 465 19 116 135 2 190 767 396 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

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
10 0 1 1 0 2 12 21 0.10 0.0 16:44

Contract

$3MCap hitends in 2025, then UFA
$3MCap dollars per point1 points in 10 games

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.

The contract

Signed by the Boston Bruins on Jul 27, 2021, as an extension of the contract he was on: 3 years and $9M, beginning in 2021-22. It was signed to run through 2023-24, but the Boston Bruins bought it out on Jun 30, 2023, so this was its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2021-22 $3M $2M $0 $2M
2022-23 $3M $2.75M $250K $3M

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 2022-23 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.

2022-23 analytics

Rating

-0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.5Even-strength defence-0.3Power play-0.1Penalty kill+0.1Penalties+0.0

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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

52.1Corsi for %146 attempts for, 134 against
-3.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.2Expected goals for %6.7 expected for, 5.5 against
-1.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %6 for, 6 against
100.9PDO8.2% shooting + 92.7% saves
23Attempts 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 · Jakub Zboril747:1148.152.01-1
Mike Reilly · Hampus Lindholm941:3453.658.32-2
Mike Reilly · Connor Clifton820:0545.944.81-2
Mike Reilly · Brandon Carlo514:3644.462.01-0

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. 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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.6Expected goalsfrom 19 unblocked attempts
-0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.22 expected goals per 60 minutes63rd
Shot quality 3.3% chance per attempt45th
Finishing -0.6 goals above expected40thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 233 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.6Goals 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
Nov 7, 2022 vs STL W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 13:59
Nov 5, 2022 @ TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 16:45
Nov 3, 2022 @ NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:51
Oct 25, 2022 vs DAL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:09
Oct 22, 2022 vs MIN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 13:27
Oct 20, 2022 vs ANA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:57
Oct 18, 2022 @ OTT L 5-7 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 20:04
Oct 17, 2022 vs FLA W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:22
Oct 15, 2022 vs ARI W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 21:10
Oct 12, 2022 @ WSH W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 14:37