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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 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Lawson Crouse ARI · 34 P in 65 GP Tanner Pearson VAN · 34 P in 68 GP Joel Farabee PHI · 34 P in 63 GP Anthony Beauvillier NYI · 34 P in 75 GP Jesper Fast CAR · 34 P in 82 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

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
66 14 20 34 -9 10 94 27 0.52 14.9 15:17

Contract

$1.7MCap hitends in 2022
$50KCap dollars per point34 points in 66 games
$310KCap dollars per goal above replacement5.5 goals above replacement
$4.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.9MValueworth 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 716 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Anaheim Ducks on Jul 28, 2020, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $3.4M, beginning in 2020-21. It runs through 2021-22, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2020-21 $1.7M $1.6M $0 $1.6M
2021-22 $1.7M $1.8M $0 $1.8M

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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 analytics

Rating

+5.5Goals above replacement185th of 723 skaters, 133rd of 481 forwards
+0.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+2.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 481 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+1.5 69th percentileEven-strength defence+0.5 58th percentilePower play+0.3 78th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 49th percentilePenalties+0.4 55th 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. 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.

-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

52.1Corsi for %797 attempts for, 733 against
+5.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.4Expected goals for %37.7 expected for, 34.3 against
+4.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
48.5Goals for %33 for, 35 against
98.9PDO7.6% shooting + 91.3% saves
144Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 636 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rickard Rakell · Sonny Milano · Trevor Zegras26259:0356.759.414-10
Ryan Getzlaf · Sonny Milano · Troy Terry1461:5056.846.82-3
Nicolas Deslauriers · Sonny Milano · Trevor Zegras758:0240.641.72-4
Sonny Milano · Troy Terry · Trevor Zegras2440:4149.456.02-3

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.

14Goalsnot counting empty-netters
12.0Expected goalsfrom 141 unblocked attempts
+2.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.71 expected goals per 60 minutes41st
Shot quality 8.5% chance per attempt57th
Finishing +2.0 goals above expected73rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 451 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 14Expected 12.0

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 29, 2022 @ DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:46
Apr 26, 2022 @ SJS W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 11:24
Apr 24, 2022 vs STL L 3-6 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 16:34
Apr 23, 2022 @ LAK L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 13:20
Apr 19, 2022 vs LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:00
Apr 17, 2022 vs CBJ W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:30
Apr 14, 2022 @ TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:39
Apr 12, 2022 @ FLA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:59
Apr 10, 2022 @ CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:05
Apr 9, 2022 @ PHI W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 20:57
Apr 6, 2022 vs CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:48
Apr 3, 2022 vs EDM L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:47
Apr 1, 2022 @ ARI W 5-0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 15:56
Mar 31, 2022 vs DAL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:19
Mar 29, 2022 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17:03
Mar 18, 2022 vs FLA L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:36
Mar 15, 2022 @ NYR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:22
Mar 13, 2022 @ NYI L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 16:44
Mar 12, 2022 @ NJD L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 18:38
Mar 10, 2022 @ NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:38
Mar 8, 2022 @ CHI L 3-8 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 17:13
Mar 6, 2022 vs SJS W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 19:26
Mar 4, 2022 vs VGK L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:15
Mar 1, 2022 vs BOS W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:14
Feb 27, 2022 vs NYI L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 17:40
Feb 25, 2022 vs LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:33
Feb 22, 2022 vs SJS W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:31
Feb 19, 2022 @ VAN W 7-4 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 14:54
Feb 17, 2022 @ EDM L 3-7 1 1 2 -1 0 1 0 15:08
Feb 16, 2022 @ CGY L 2-6 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 16:52
Feb 11, 2022 vs SEA L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 13:02
Jan 14, 2022 @ MIN L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 03:43
Jan 11, 2022 vs PIT L 1-4 0 1 1 -2 0 2 1 18:44
Jan 9, 2022 vs DET W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 17:17
Jan 8, 2022 vs NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:39
Jan 4, 2022 vs PHI W 4-1 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 12:50
Jan 2, 2022 @ COL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:09
Dec 31, 2021 @ VGK L 1-3 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 13:08
Dec 29, 2021 vs VAN L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:29
Dec 17, 2021 vs ARI L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 15:01
Dec 15, 2021 vs SEA W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 16:39
Dec 12, 2021 @ STL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 13:53
Dec 11, 2021 @ PIT L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:20
Dec 9, 2021 @ CBJ W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:52
Dec 7, 2021 @ BUF W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 16:08
Dec 6, 2021 @ WSH L 3-4 (SO) 1 1 2 2 0 5 0 22:23
Dec 3, 2021 vs CGY L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 16:12
Dec 1, 2021 vs VGK W 6-5 0 3 3 2 0 1 0 14:01
Nov 30, 2021 @ LAK W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 17:23
Nov 28, 2021 vs TOR L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:09
Nov 26, 2021 vs OTT W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 14:10
Nov 24, 2021 @ COL L 2-5 2 0 2 -1 0 4 1 11:51
Nov 22, 2021 @ NSH L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 13:09
Nov 18, 2021 vs CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 15:09
Nov 16, 2021 vs WSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12:54
Nov 14, 2021 vs VAN W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 11:55
Nov 11, 2021 @ SEA W 7-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 11:21
Nov 9, 2021 @ VAN W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17:31
Nov 7, 2021 vs STL W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 17:32
Nov 5, 2021 vs ARI W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 14:51
Nov 2, 2021 vs NJD W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:41
Oct 31, 2021 vs MTL W 4-2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 14:39
Oct 29, 2021 @ VGK L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 17:11
Oct 28, 2021 vs BUF L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 17:18
Oct 26, 2021 vs WPG L 3-4 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 14:08
Oct 21, 2021 @ WPG L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 15:08