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Mirco Mueller

#25 · Defence · New Jersey Devils

Born Mar 21, 1995 in Winterthur, CHE · 6'3", 210 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 18th overall in 2013 by SJS (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Nate Schmidt WSH · 4 P in 39 GP Jordan Leopold MIN · 4 P in 43 GP David Schlemko CGY · 4 P in 44 GP Mark Fraser NJD · 4 P in 34 GP Matt Bartkowski BOS · 4 P in 47 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.

05102014-15: 4 points414-152015-16: 0 points015-162016-17: 2 points216-172017-18: 4 points417-182018-19: 11 points1118-192019-20: 7 points719-20

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2014-15 SJS 39 1 3 4 -8 10 31 49 0.10 $894K
2015-16 SJS 11 0 0 0 -4 7 8 2 0.00
2016-17 SJS 4 1 1 2 2 0 3 2 0.50 $894K
2017-18 NJD 28 0 4 4 1 4 19 15 0.14 $850K
2018-19 NJD 53 1 10 11 -3 17 39 75 0.21 $850K
2019-20 NJD 50 2 5 7 -13 23 29 63 0.14 $1.4M
6 seasons Career 185 5 23 28 -25 61 129 206 0.15

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 3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 7 0.00
1 season Playoffs 3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 7 0.00

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
39 1 3 4 -8 10 31 49 0.10 3.2 16:58

Contract

$894KCap hit2014-15
$224KCap dollars per point4 points in 39 games
$515KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.7 goals above replacement
$1.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$701KValueworth 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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 649 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2019-20 to 2019-20 $1.4M
2016-17 to 2018-19 $894K
2014-15 to 2014-15 $894K

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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Rating

+1.7Goals above replacement391st of 665 skaters, 123rd of 233 defencemen
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 233 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-1.7 32nd percentileEven-strength defence+0.8 66th percentilePower play-0.2 39th percentilePenalty kill+0.3 76th percentilePenalties+0.2 83rd 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.

-3-2-101232014-152015-162016-172017-182018-192019-20Goals 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

50.1Corsi for %564 attempts for, 561 against
-2.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.3Expected goals for %22.7 expected for, 22.4 against
-0.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
38.6Goals for %17 for, 27 against
96.7PDO6.0% shooting + 90.7% saves
63Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 585 skaters who played enough to be ranked: 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. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brent Burns · Mirco Mueller26263:4652.445.011-14
Brenden Dillon · Mirco Mueller17206:2444.648.24-9
Justin Braun · Mirco Mueller1845:1146.343.70-2
Scott Hannan · Mirco Mueller734:1968.387.02-1

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
1.2Expected goalsfrom 44 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.11 expected goals per 60 minutes13th
Shot quality 2.6% chance per attempt23rd
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected49thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 231 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Game 20Expected 1.2Goals 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
Mar 26, 2015 @ DET W 6-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 11:53
Mar 23, 2015 @ OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 18:37
Mar 21, 2015 @ MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:03
Mar 19, 2015 @ TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 17:54
Mar 14, 2015 vs CHI L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:58
Mar 12, 2015 vs NSH W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:07
Mar 9, 2015 vs PIT W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 17:19
Mar 7, 2015 vs VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 14:06
Mar 3, 2015 @ VAN W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:59
Mar 2, 2015 vs MTL W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:33
Feb 13, 2015 @ ARI W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 18:09
Feb 11, 2015 vs WSH L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:15
Feb 9, 2015 vs CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 17:01
Feb 7, 2015 vs CAR L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:41
Feb 5, 2015 @ VAN W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:05
Dec 11, 2014 vs MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:31
Dec 9, 2014 vs EDM W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:29
Dec 7, 2014 @ EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 12:20
Nov 26, 2014 vs CGY L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:18
Nov 22, 2014 vs ARI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 16:19
Nov 20, 2014 vs FLA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:36
Nov 18, 2014 @ BUF L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:14
Nov 16, 2014 @ CAR W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:50
Nov 15, 2014 @ CBJ L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 16:14
Nov 13, 2014 @ TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:00
Nov 11, 2014 @ FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:44
Nov 9, 2014 @ CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 17:17
Nov 8, 2014 @ DAL W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 19:55
Nov 6, 2014 vs VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:31
Nov 1, 2014 vs NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 24:58
Oct 30, 2014 @ MIN L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 17:14
Oct 28, 2014 @ COL W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 18:14
Oct 26, 2014 @ ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 15:56
Oct 25, 2014 vs BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 18:10
Oct 19, 2014 @ NYR L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 19:31
Oct 18, 2014 @ NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:51
Oct 16, 2014 @ NYI L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 16:50
Oct 11, 2014 vs WPG W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20:53
Oct 8, 2014 @ LAK W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17:54