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Colin Miller

#6 · Defence · Free agent, last with the Winnipeg Jets

Born Oct 29, 1992 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, CAN · 6'1", 200 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 151st overall in 2012 by LAK (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dennis Cholowski NJD · 2 P in 17 GP Jake Bean CGY · 2 P in 16 GP Brendan Smith CBJ · 2 P in 15 GP Kevin Korchinski CHI · 2 P in 13 GP Charles Alexis Legault CAR · 2 P in 12 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.

0102030402015-16: 16 points1615-162016-17: 13 points1316-172017-18: 41 points4117-182018-19: 29 points2918-192019-20: 11 points1119-202020-21: 12 points1220-212021-22: 14 points1421-222022-23: 21 points2122-232023-24: 9 points923-242024-25: 15 points1524-252025-26: 2 points225-26

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 BOS 42 3 13 16 0 39 59 45 0.38 $603K
2016-17 BOS 61 6 7 13 0 55 85 85 0.21 $1M
2017-18 VGK 82 10 31 41 -4 53 177 165 0.50 $1M
2018-19 VGK 65 3 26 29 0 44 131 122 0.45 $3.875M
2019-20 BUF 51 1 10 11 -9 22 79 87 0.22 $3.875M
2020-21 BUF 48 4 8 12 -20 27 64 91 0.25 $3.875M
2021-22 BUF 38 2 12 14 -2 21 48 50 0.37 $3.875M
2022-23 DAL 79 6 15 21 23 37 106 108 0.27 $1.85M
2023-24 NJD 41 4 4 8 10 24 65 79 0.20 $1.85M
2023-24 WPG 5 0 1 1 -2 2 4 12 0.20
2024-25 WPG 60 4 11 15 10 38 68 84 0.25 $1.5M
2025-26 WPG 18 0 2 2 -8 6 20 29 0.11 $1.5M
11 seasons Career 590 43 140 183 -2 368 906 957 0.31

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2016-17 BOS 4 0 1 1 1 2 5 7 0.25
2017-18 VGK 20 3 4 7 5 14 36 37 0.35
2018-19 VGK 6 1 2 3 1 6 9 22 0.50
2022-23 DAL 10 0 1 1 -2 4 13 14 0.10
2023-24 WPG 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 4 1.00
2024-25 WPG 4 0 2 2 1 4 5 8 0.50
6 seasons Playoffs 45 4 11 15 7 30 71 92 0.33

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
18 0 2 2 -8 6 20 29 0.11 0.0 14:17

Contract

$1.5MCap hitends in 2026, then UFA
$750KCap dollars per point2 points in 18 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 Winnipeg Jets on Jul 1, 2024, as a new contract: 2 years and $3M, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2024-25 $1.5M $1.5M $0 $1.5M
2025-26 $1.5M $1.5M $0 $1.5M

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 1, 2024 Winnipeg Jets New contract 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $3M $1.5M
Jul 13, 2022 Dallas Stars New contract 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $3.7M $1.85M
Jul 7, 2018 Vegas Golden Knights New contract 2018-19 to 2021-22 4 $15.5M $3.875M
Jul 13, 2016 Boston Bruins New contract 2016-17 to 2017-18 2 $2M $1M
Jul 29, 2013 Los Angeles Kings Entry-level 2013-14 to 2015-16 3 $1.808M $603K

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 2025-26 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.

2025-26 analytics

Rating

-0.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.3Even-strength defence-0.7Power play+0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.3

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.

-505102015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

46.3Corsi for %206 attempts for, 239 against
-0.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.6Expected goals for %8.1 expected for, 11.9 against
-6.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
27.8Goals for %5 for, 13 against
95.0PDO5.6% shooting + 89.3% saves
48Attempts 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
Colin Miller · Logan Stanley14107:4648.934.50-9
Colin Miller · Dylan Samberg1147:0438.440.83-1
Colin Miller · Haydn Fleury529:5741.043.31-1
Colin Miller · Josh Morrissey1017:4950.043.50-0

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
0.9Expected goalsfrom 34 unblocked attempts
-0.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.21 expected goals per 60 minutes60th
Shot quality 2.6% chance per attempt19th
Finishing -0.9 goals above expected30thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 240 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.9Goals 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
Apr 16, 2026 vs SJS L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:38
Apr 14, 2026 @ UTA L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:46
Apr 13, 2026 @ VGK L 2-6 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 16:11
Jan 11, 2026 vs NJD W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:14
Jan 9, 2026 vs LAK W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 16:02
Jan 3, 2026 @ OTT L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 10:29
Jan 1, 2026 @ TOR L 5-6 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 14:00
Dec 21, 2025 @ UTA L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 12:48
Dec 1, 2025 @ BUF L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 17:00
Nov 29, 2025 @ NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 16:40
Nov 28, 2025 @ CAR L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 16:59
Nov 26, 2025 @ WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 18:36
Nov 23, 2025 vs MIN L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:11
Nov 13, 2025 @ SEA L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:17
Nov 4, 2025 @ LAK L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:19
Nov 1, 2025 vs PIT W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 14:34
Oct 24, 2025 vs CGY W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:16
Oct 13, 2025 @ NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 10:57