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Michael Dal Colle

#28 · Left wing · New York Islanders

Born Jun 20, 1996 in Woodbridge, Ontario, CAN · 6'3", 195 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 5th overall in 2014 by NYI (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Kurtis MacDermid LAK · 4 P in 28 GP Liam Foudy CBJ · 4 P in 24 GP Vitali Kravtsov NYR · 4 P in 20 GP Anthony Angello PIT · 4 P in 19 GP Ryan Lomberg FLA · 4 P in 34 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.

02468102017-18: 0 points017-182018-19: 7 points718-192019-20: 10 points1019-202020-21: 4 points420-212021-22: 0 points021-22

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2017-18 NYI 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 $863K
2018-19 NYI 28 3 4 7 3 2 34 10 0.25 $863K
2019-20 NYI 53 4 6 10 -8 12 59 81 0.19 $700K
2020-21 NYI 26 1 3 4 1 4 19 32 0.15 $700K
2021-22 NYI 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.00 $750K
5 seasons Career 112 8 13 21 -3 18 115 124 0.19

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2018-19 NYI 1 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0.00
2019-20 NYI 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 4 0 0 0 -2 0 4 5 0.00

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
26 1 3 4 1 4 19 32 0.15 5.3 11:54

Contract

$700KCap hit2020-21
$175KCap dollars per point4 points in 26 games
$321KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$379KValueworth 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 633 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
2021-22 to 2021-22 $750K
2020-21 to 2020-21 $700K
2019-20 to 2020-21 $700K
2017-18 to 2018-19 $863K

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 2020-21 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.

2020-21 analytics

Rating

-0.4Goals above replacement520th of 643 skaters, 359th of 430 forwards
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 430 ranked forwards: 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-1.1 30th percentileEven-strength defence-0.1 45th percentilePower play-0.1 50th percentilePenalty kill0.0 39th percentilePenalties+0.0 36th 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 forwards. 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.

-2-10122017-182018-192019-202020-212021-22Goals 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

50.9Corsi for %262 attempts for, 253 against
+3.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.7Expected goals for %13.2 expected for, 10.9 against
0.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
52.6Goals for %10 for, 9 against
100.1PDO7.1% shooting + 93.0% saves
41Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Michael Dal Colle · Oliver Wahlstrom1066:2544.747.81-2
Jordan Eberle · Brock Nelson · Michael Dal Colle864:5256.260.23-2
Kyle Palmieri · Brock Nelson · Michael Dal Colle553:0951.953.11-1
Josh Bailey · Brock Nelson · Michael Dal Colle944:0642.749.73-1

The lines 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 lines 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
2.8Expected goalsfrom 32 unblocked attempts
-1.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.55 expected goals per 60 minutes19th
Shot quality 8.9% chance per attempt74th
Finishing -1.8 goals above expected27thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 411 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

012Game 20Expected 2.8Goals 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
May 4, 2021 @ BUF L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 14:54
Apr 24, 2021 vs WSH L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:06
Apr 22, 2021 vs WSH L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:49
Apr 20, 2021 vs NYR W 6-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 12:17
Apr 18, 2021 @ PHI W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:40
Apr 16, 2021 @ BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 09:46
Mar 25, 2021 @ BOS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 12:40
Mar 22, 2021 @ PHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:26
Mar 20, 2021 vs PHI W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:49
Mar 18, 2021 vs PHI L 3-4 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 11:48
Mar 13, 2021 @ NJD W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 05:56
Mar 11, 2021 vs NJD W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:51
Mar 7, 2021 vs BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:34
Mar 6, 2021 vs BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13:57
Mar 4, 2021 vs BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:14
Mar 2, 2021 @ NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 09:07
Feb 28, 2021 vs PIT W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 07:28
Feb 27, 2021 vs PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:00
Feb 16, 2021 @ BUF W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:59
Feb 15, 2021 @ BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:05
Feb 13, 2021 vs BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:24
Feb 11, 2021 vs PIT L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:06
Feb 8, 2021 @ NYR W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 11:01
Feb 6, 2021 vs PIT W 4-3 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 13:56
Jan 31, 2021 @ PHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:50
Jan 24, 2021 @ NJD L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:49