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Sonny Milano

#15 · Left wing · Free agent, last with the Washington Capitals

Born May 12, 1996 in Massapequa, New York, USA · 6'0", 205 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 16th overall in 2014 by CBJ (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

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

Lenni Hameenaho NJD · 8 P in 33 GP Lukas Reichel BOS · 8 P in 29 GP Kevin Hayes PIT · 8 P in 28 GP Sammy Blais MTL · 8 P in 21 GP Mattias Janmark EDM · 8 P in 43 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.

01020302015-16: 1 points115-162016-17: 0 points016-172017-18: 22 points2217-182018-19: 1 points118-192019-20: 23 points2319-202020-21: 0 points020-212021-22: 34 points3421-222022-23: 33 points3322-232023-24: 23 points2323-242024-25: 0 points024-252025-26: 8 points825-26

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 CBJ 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 0.33 $894K
2016-17 CBJ 4 0 0 0 -3 0 2 3 0.00 $863K
2017-18 CBJ 55 14 8 22 -8 10 69 28 0.40 $863K
2018-19 CBJ 8 1 0 1 0 0 5 5 0.13 $863K
2019-20 CBJ 46 5 13 18 -5 22 64 25 0.39 $874K
2019-20 ANA 9 2 3 5 -2 4 11 1 0.56
2020-21 ANA 6 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 0.00 $1.7M
2021-22 ANA 66 14 20 34 -9 10 94 27 0.52 $1.7M
2022-23 WSH 64 11 22 33 -5 18 80 39 0.52 $750K
2023-24 WSH 49 15 8 23 4 10 50 20 0.47 $1.9M
2024-25 WSH 3 0 0 0 -3 0 4 1 0.00 $1.9M
2025-26 WSH 31 4 4 8 0 4 34 9 0.26 $1.9M
11 seasons Career 344 66 79 145 -30 78 423 166 0.42

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 CBJ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
2017-18 CBJ 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
2023-24 WSH 4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 0.00
3 seasons Playoffs 8 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 0.00

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
31 4 4 8 0 4 34 9 0.26 11.8 8:53

Contract

$1.9MCap hitends in 2026, then UFA
$238KCap dollars per point8 points in 31 games
$1.05MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.8 goals above replacement
$2.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$409KValueworth 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 715 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Washington Capitals on Feb 4, 2023, as an extension of the contract he was on: 3 years and $5.7M, beginning in 2023-24. 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
2023-24 $1.9M $2.35M $0 $2.35M
2024-25 $1.9M $1.9M $0 $1.9M
2025-26 $1.9M $1.45M $0 $1.45M

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
Feb 4, 2023 Washington Capitals Extension 2023-24 to 2025-26 3 $5.7M $1.9M
Oct 15, 2022 Washington Capitals New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $750K $750K
Jul 28, 2020 Anaheim Ducks Extension 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $3.4M $1.7M
Jul 15, 2019 Columbus Blue Jackets New contract 2019-20 to 2019-20 1 $874K $874K
Sep 20, 2014 Columbus Blue Jackets Entry-level 2016-17 to 2018-19 signed for 2014-15, slid 3 $3.883M $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 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

+1.8Goals above replacement387th of 715 skaters, 275th of 476 forwards
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 476 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+1.3 68th percentileEven-strength defence+0.0 45th percentilePower play-0.5 21st percentilePenalty kill0.0 34th percentilePenalties+0.2 42nd 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.

-202462015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

52.3Corsi for %235 attempts for, 214 against
+1.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.9Expected goals for %12.3 expected for, 9.7 against
+5.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
54.5Goals for %12 for, 10 against
100.6PDO10.2% shooting + 90.4% saves
50Attempts 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
Sonny Milano · Hendrix Lapierre · Ethen Frank1258:2257.064.84-3
Sonny Milano · Brandon Duhaime · Hendrix Lapierre1145:2036.952.02-3
Sonny Milano · Hendrix Lapierre · Ryan Leonard1240:1657.860.92-0
Alex Ovechkin · Sonny Milano · Dylan Strome612:4264.372.80-0

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.4Expected goalsfrom 47 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.96 expected goals per 60 minutes74th
Shot quality 9.3% chance per attempt79th
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected58thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 444 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Expected 4.4Goals 4

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
Feb 3, 2026 @ PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:09
Feb 2, 2026 vs NYI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:21
Jan 31, 2026 vs CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 08:29
Jan 15, 2026 vs SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:28
Jan 13, 2026 vs MTL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:21
Jan 7, 2026 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:59
Jan 5, 2026 vs ANA W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:08
Jan 3, 2026 vs CHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:25
Dec 23, 2025 vs NYR L 3-7 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 07:07
Dec 20, 2025 vs DET L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:21
Dec 18, 2025 vs TOR W 4-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 11:06
Dec 16, 2025 @ MIN L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:56
Dec 11, 2025 vs CAR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 06:09
Dec 7, 2025 vs CBJ W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:20
Dec 3, 2025 @ SJS W 7-1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 11:13
Dec 2, 2025 @ LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:53
Nov 30, 2025 @ NYI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:39
Nov 28, 2025 vs TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 06:39
Nov 26, 2025 vs WPG W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 08:14
Nov 24, 2025 vs CBJ W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:18
Nov 22, 2025 vs TBL L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 09:17
Nov 20, 2025 @ MTL W 8-4 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 06:39
Nov 19, 2025 vs EDM W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 07:34
Nov 6, 2025 @ PIT L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 09:21
Nov 5, 2025 vs STL W 6-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 15:27
Nov 1, 2025 @ BUF L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 09:07
Oct 31, 2025 vs NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:13
Oct 19, 2025 vs VAN L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:38
Oct 17, 2025 vs MIN W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 14:54
Oct 14, 2025 vs TBL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:51
Oct 12, 2025 @ NYR W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:07