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Max Willman

#46 · Centre · New Jersey Devils

Born Feb 13, 1995 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA · 6'0", 184 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 121st overall in 2014 by BUF (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alex Turcotte LAK · 4 P in 20 GP Landon Slaggert CHI · 4 P in 16 GP Marat Khusnutdinov MIN · 4 P in 16 GP Devin Shore SEA · 4 P in 21 GP Jesse Puljujarvi PIT · 4 P in 22 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.

02462021-22: 6 points621-222022-23: 0 points022-232023-24: 4 points423-24

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2021-22 PHI 41 4 2 6 -13 16 65 53 0.15 $750K
2022-23 PHI 9 0 0 0 -3 4 9 16 0.00 $750K
2023-24 NJD 18 3 1 4 1 2 17 23 0.22 $775K
3 seasons Career 68 7 3 10 -15 22 91 92 0.15

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
18 3 1 4 1 2 17 23 0.22 17.6 8:20

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2024, then extended to 2025
$194KCap dollars per point4 points in 18 games

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.

The contract

Signed by the New Jersey Devils on Oct 7, 2023, as a new contract: 1 year and $775K, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2023-24, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the New Jersey Devils on May 7, 2024, 1 year and $775K at $775K a season, beginning in 2024-25.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $775K $775K $0 $775K

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
May 7, 2024 New Jersey Devils Extension not begun 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Oct 7, 2023 New Jersey Devils New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Mar 24, 2021 Philadelphia Flyers New contract 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $1.5M $750K

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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Rating

-1.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.4Even-strength defence-0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.0

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked.

-2-1012021-222022-232023-24Goals 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

41.0Corsi for %109 attempts for, 157 against
-10.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
31.0Expected goals for %3.2 expected for, 7.0 against
-19.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
39.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
55.6Goals for %5 for, 4 against
104.3PDO8.5% shooting + 95.8% saves
23Attempts 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
Chris Tierney · Max Willman · Alexander Holtz533:1045.030.81-1
Erik Haula · Curtis Lazar · Max Willman528:3244.436.41-1
Chris Tierney · Curtis Lazar · Max Willman718:2123.541.71-0
Max Willman · Nathan Bastian · Shane Bowers315:5151.643.31-0

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.2Expected goalsfrom 18 unblocked attempts
+1.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.47 expected goals per 60 minutes8th
Shot quality 6.5% chance per attempt13th
Finishing +1.8 goals above expected70thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 438 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Goals 3Expected 1.2

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 2, 2024 vs PIT L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 07:23
Mar 29, 2024 @ BUF L 2-5 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 06:27
Mar 26, 2024 @ TOR W 6-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 05:22
Mar 24, 2024 @ NYI W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 06:33
Mar 19, 2024 vs PIT W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:38
Feb 6, 2024 vs COL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:38
Jan 27, 2024 @ TBL L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11:17
Jan 22, 2024 vs VGK W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:48
Jan 20, 2024 vs DAL L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 10:08
Jan 19, 2024 @ CBJ W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 10:51
Jan 17, 2024 vs MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:39
Jan 15, 2024 @ BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 05:32
Jan 13, 2024 @ FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:31
Jan 11, 2024 @ TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 07:40
Nov 22, 2023 @ DET L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:59
Nov 16, 2023 @ PIT W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:08
Nov 7, 2023 @ COL L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 11:04
Nov 5, 2023 @ CHI W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 12:21