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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 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Kevin Labanc SJS · 33 P in 72 GP Anton Lundell FLA · 33 P in 73 GP Evgenii Dadonov DAL · 33 P in 73 GP Kyle Palmieri NYI · 33 P in 55 GP Kasperi Kapanen STL · 34 P in 66 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

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
64 11 22 33 -5 18 80 39 0.52 13.8 12:54

Contract

$750KCap hitends in 2023, then extended to 2026
$23KCap dollars per point33 points in 64 games
$319KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.3 goals above replacement
$2.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.7MValueworth 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 695 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Washington Capitals on Oct 15, 2022, as a new contract: 1 year and $750K, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2022-23, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Washington Capitals on Feb 4, 2023, 3 years and $5.7M at $1.9M a season, beginning in 2023-24.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2022-23 $750K $750K $0 $750K

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 not begun 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 2022-23 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.

2022-23 analytics

Rating

+2.3Goals above replacement341st of 696 skaters, 234th of 461 forwards
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 461 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+0.9 62nd percentileEven-strength defence-0.5 36th percentilePower play-0.2 41st percentilePenalty kill+0.0 41st percentilePenalties-0.2 31st 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

49.7Corsi for %696 attempts for, 703 against
-0.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.9Expected goals for %34.0 expected for, 32.8 against
+0.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
46.5Goals for %40 for, 46 against
99.9PDO11.4% shooting + 88.5% saves
129Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 613 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
T.J. Oshie · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Sonny Milano1588:5742.644.23-6
T.J. Oshie · Sonny Milano · Dylan Strome1686:0849.449.79-4
Evgeny Kuznetsov · Anthony Mantha · Sonny Milano1982:3555.357.95-3
Nicklas Backstrom · Tom Wilson · Sonny Milano851:1857.967.41-4

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.

11Goalsnot counting empty-netters
10.2Expected goalsfrom 123 unblocked attempts
+0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.74 expected goals per 60 minutes45th
Shot quality 8.3% chance per attempt54th
Finishing +0.8 goals above expected65thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 446 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 11Expected 10.2

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 13, 2023 vs NJD L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11:59
Apr 11, 2023 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:50
Apr 10, 2023 vs NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:31
Apr 8, 2023 vs FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:31
Apr 6, 2023 @ MTL L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 4 2 0 10:06
Apr 2, 2023 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:59
Mar 23, 2023 vs CHI W 6-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:05
Mar 21, 2023 vs CBJ L 6-7 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 10:17
Mar 19, 2023 @ MIN L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:46
Mar 17, 2023 vs STL L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 13:40
Mar 11, 2023 @ NYI W 5-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 10:52
Mar 9, 2023 vs NJD L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11:56
Mar 6, 2023 @ LAK L 2-4 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 12:02
Mar 4, 2023 @ SJS W 8-3 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 12:17
Mar 1, 2023 @ ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:02
Feb 26, 2023 @ BUF L 4-7 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 15:03
Feb 25, 2023 vs NYR W 6-3 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 12:20
Feb 23, 2023 vs ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:43
Feb 21, 2023 vs DET L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:47
Feb 18, 2023 @ CAR L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 12:46
Feb 16, 2023 vs FLA L 3-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 11:41
Feb 14, 2023 vs CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 13:08
Feb 12, 2023 vs SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:25
Feb 11, 2023 @ BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:18
Jan 31, 2023 @ CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:11
Jan 29, 2023 @ TOR L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:11
Jan 26, 2023 vs PIT W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12:38
Jan 24, 2023 @ COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:35
Jan 21, 2023 @ VGK L 2-6 0 0 0 -3 0 2 2 13:19
Jan 19, 2023 @ ARI W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 10:45
Jan 17, 2023 vs MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 13:31
Jan 16, 2023 @ NYI W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 17:38
Jan 14, 2023 vs PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:25
Jan 11, 2023 @ PHI L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:35
Jan 8, 2023 vs CBJ W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:11
Jan 6, 2023 vs NSH L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 15:15
Jan 5, 2023 @ CBJ W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:15
Jan 3, 2023 vs BUF L 4-5 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 14:55
Dec 31, 2022 vs MTL W 9-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 14:14
Dec 29, 2022 vs OTT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 10:39
Dec 27, 2022 @ NYR W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:23
Dec 23, 2022 vs WPG W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 12:44
Dec 22, 2022 @ OTT W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 4 2 0 12:19
Dec 19, 2022 vs DET W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:08
Dec 17, 2022 vs TOR W 5-2 0 3 3 2 0 1 0 13:25
Dec 13, 2022 @ CHI W 7-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 13:47
Dec 11, 2022 @ WPG W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:47
Dec 9, 2022 vs SEA W 4-1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 15:13
Dec 7, 2022 @ PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:01
Dec 5, 2022 @ EDM W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 15:54
Dec 3, 2022 @ CGY L 2-5 0 1 1 -3 0 0 1 13:20
Dec 1, 2022 @ SEA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:55
Nov 29, 2022 @ VAN W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:36
Nov 26, 2022 @ NJD L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 14:57
Nov 25, 2022 vs CGY W 3-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 13:37
Nov 23, 2022 vs PHI W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 12:55
Nov 19, 2022 vs COL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:27
Nov 17, 2022 @ STL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 13:21
Nov 15, 2022 @ FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:06
Nov 13, 2022 @ TBL L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 13:18
Nov 11, 2022 vs TBL W 5-1 2 1 3 3 0 4 0 14:17
Nov 9, 2022 vs PIT L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 12:27
Nov 7, 2022 vs EDM W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:25
Nov 5, 2022 vs ARI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 13:20