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Kyle Connor

#81 · Left wing · Winnipeg Jets

Born Dec 9, 1996 in Shelby Township, Michigan, USA (age 29) · 6'1", 183 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 17th overall in 2015 by WPG (round 1)

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Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Sportsmanship and Gentlemanly Conduct 2021-22

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jakub Voracek PHI · 66 P in 78 GP Timo Meier SJS · 66 P in 78 GP Elias Pettersson VAN · 66 P in 71 GP Sam Reinhart BUF · 65 P in 82 GP Ryan Johansen NSH · 64 P in 80 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.

0204060802016-17: 5 points516-172017-18: 57 points5717-182018-19: 66 points6618-192019-20: 73 points7319-202020-21: 50 points5020-212021-22: 93 points9321-222022-23: 80 points8022-232023-24: 61 points6123-242024-25: 97 points9724-252025-26: 92 points9225-262026-27: 8 points826-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2016-17 WPG 20 2 3 5 -7 4 24 1 0.25 $925K
2017-18 WPG 76 31 26 57 8 16 192 18 0.75 $925K
2018-19 WPG 82 34 32 66 -7 18 227 9 0.80 $925K
2019-20 WPG 71 38 35 73 4 34 239 18 1.03 $7.143M
2020-21 WPG 56 26 24 50 -4 12 166 18 0.89 $7.143M
2021-22 WPG 79 47 46 93 -3 4 317 32 1.18 $7.143M
2022-23 WPG 82 31 49 80 -11 20 273 43 0.98 $7.143M
2023-24 WPG 65 34 27 61 -6 6 221 14 0.94 $7.143M
2024-25 WPG 82 41 56 97 17 25 267 21 1.18 $7.143M
2025-26 WPG 82 39 53 92 -2 16 274 36 1.12 $7.143M
2026-27 WPG 5 6 2 8 -1 0 27 3 1.60 $12M
11 seasons Career 700 329 353 682 -12 155 2227 213 0.97

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2017-18 WPG 17 3 7 10 2 2 36 7 0.59
2018-19 WPG 6 3 2 5 -1 0 14 3 0.83
2019-20 WPG 4 0 1 1 -4 0 14 1 0.25
2020-21 WPG 8 3 4 7 -2 0 28 4 0.88
2022-23 WPG 5 3 1 4 0 0 26 4 0.80
2023-24 WPG 5 3 2 5 -2 4 19 4 1.00
2024-25 WPG 13 5 12 17 4 0 45 11 1.31
7 seasons Playoffs 58 20 29 49 -3 6 182 34 0.84

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 34 32 66 -7 18 227 9 0.80 15.0 19:15

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2019, then RFA
$14KCap dollars per point66 points in 82 games
$309KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.0 goals above replacement
$2.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.8MValueworth 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 696 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Winnipeg Jets on Apr 11, 2016, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $5.325M, beginning in 2016-17. It runs through 2018-19, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2016-17 $925K $833K $93K $850K $925K
2017-18 $925K $833K $93K $850K $925K
2018-19 $925K $833K $93K $850K $925K

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
Oct 8, 2025 Winnipeg Jets Extension 2026-27 to 2033-34 8 $96M $12M
Sep 28, 2019 Winnipeg Jets New contract 2019-20 to 2025-26 7 $50M $7.143M
Apr 11, 2016 Winnipeg Jets Entry-level 2016-17 to 2018-19 3 $5.325M $925K

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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+3.0Goals above replacement307th of 699 skaters, 220th of 455 forwards
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 455 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+2.6 77th percentileEven-strength defence-4.7 2nd percentilePower play+0.8 87th percentilePenalty kill-0.5 7th percentilePenalties+0.4 52nd 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.

-50510152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

48.4Corsi for %1116 attempts for, 1190 against
-0.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.2Expected goals for %48.4 expected for, 56.3 against
-1.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
47.5Goals for %58 for, 64 against
99.9PDO9.2% shooting + 90.7% saves
244Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 591 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
Blake Wheeler · Mark Scheifele · Kyle Connor55512:0550.048.321-26
Bryan Little · Kyle Connor · Patrik Laine31237:2443.940.513-15
Kevin Hayes · Nikolaj Ehlers · Kyle Connor12107:0051.352.06-5
Bryan Little · Mathieu Perreault · Kyle Connor865:0153.652.22-2

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.

30Goalsnot counting empty-netters
27.9Expected goalsfrom 290 unblocked attempts
+2.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.06 expected goals per 60 minutes89th
Shot quality 9.6% chance per attempt91st
Finishing +2.1 goals above expected73rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 426 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0102030Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Goals 30Expected 27.9

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 6, 2019 @ ARI W 4-2 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 18:18
Apr 4, 2019 @ COL L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 4 0 24:19
Apr 2, 2019 @ MIN L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 20:36
Apr 1, 2019 @ CHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 22:48
Mar 30, 2019 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:08
Mar 28, 2019 vs NYI L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:49
Mar 25, 2019 vs DAL L 2-5 1 1 2 0 2 5 0 22:09
Mar 23, 2019 vs NSH W 5-0 3 1 4 4 0 6 0 19:38
Mar 21, 2019 @ VGK L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 19:32
Mar 20, 2019 @ ANA W 3-0 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 16:16
Mar 18, 2019 @ LAK W 3-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 18:46
Mar 16, 2019 vs CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:53
Mar 14, 2019 vs BOS W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:43
Mar 12, 2019 vs SJS L 4-5 1 0 1 -4 0 3 0 16:57
Mar 10, 2019 @ WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 20:27
Mar 8, 2019 @ CAR W 8-1 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 14:35
Mar 5, 2019 @ TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:31
Mar 3, 2019 @ CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:21
Mar 1, 2019 vs NSH W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 19:22
Feb 26, 2019 vs MIN L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 16:23
Feb 24, 2019 @ ARI L 1-4 0 1 1 -2 0 3 1 22:54
Feb 22, 2019 @ VGK W 6-3 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 16:11
Feb 20, 2019 @ COL L 1-7 1 0 1 -2 0 1 0 18:59
Feb 16, 2019 vs OTT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:36
Feb 14, 2019 vs COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 4 1 19:10
Feb 12, 2019 vs NYR W 4-3 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 19:25
Feb 10, 2019 @ BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22:22
Feb 9, 2019 @ OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 19:24
Feb 7, 2019 @ MTL L 2-5 0 1 1 -3 2 3 0 18:59
Feb 5, 2019 vs SJS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 20:34
Feb 2, 2019 vs ANA W 9-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:22
Jan 31, 2019 vs CBJ W 4-3 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 20:51
Jan 29, 2019 @ BOS W 4-3 (SO) 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 22:44
Jan 28, 2019 @ PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22:13
Jan 19, 2019 @ DAL L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 21:51
Jan 17, 2019 @ NSH W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:12
Jan 15, 2019 vs VGK W 4-1 2 1 3 2 2 3 0 19:31
Jan 13, 2019 vs ANA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 19:40
Jan 11, 2019 vs DET W 4-2 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 18:48
Jan 10, 2019 @ MIN L 2-3 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 24:52
Jan 8, 2019 vs COL W 7-4 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 19:54
Jan 6, 2019 vs DAL W 5-1 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 17:48
Jan 4, 2019 @ PIT L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 6 1 22:01
Dec 31, 2018 @ EDM W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:37
Dec 29, 2018 vs MIN L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:31
Dec 27, 2018 vs CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 17:13
Dec 22, 2018 @ VAN W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21:09
Dec 20, 2018 @ SJS W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:39
Dec 18, 2018 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 19:17
Dec 16, 2018 vs TBL W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:21
Dec 14, 2018 @ CHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 19:19
Dec 13, 2018 vs EDM W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 19:08
Dec 11, 2018 vs CHI W 6-3 2 0 2 -1 0 5 0 20:26
Dec 9, 2018 vs PHI W 7-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 17:42
Dec 7, 2018 vs STL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 24:03
Dec 4, 2018 @ NYI W 3-1 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 17:57
Dec 2, 2018 @ NYR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -3 0 5 1 19:38
Dec 1, 2018 @ NJD W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 16:43
Nov 29, 2018 vs CHI W 6-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:16
Nov 27, 2018 vs PIT L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 22:16
Nov 24, 2018 @ STL W 8-4 0 4 4 2 0 4 0 17:22
Nov 23, 2018 @ MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:43
Nov 21, 2018 @ CGY L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 20:00
Nov 19, 2018 @ VAN W 6-3 1 3 4 2 0 7 1 16:50
Nov 16, 2018 vs BUF L 1-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 19:38
Nov 14, 2018 vs WSH W 3-1 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 16:26
Nov 11, 2018 vs NJD W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 17:26
Nov 9, 2018 vs COL W 5-2 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 16:58
Nov 2, 2018 vs FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:35
Nov 1, 2018 @ FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:18
Oct 27, 2018 @ TOR L 2-3 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 18:08
Oct 26, 2018 @ DET W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 17:57
Oct 24, 2018 vs TOR L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 20:23
Oct 22, 2018 vs STL W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 21:19
Oct 20, 2018 vs ARI W 5-3 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 19:56
Oct 18, 2018 vs VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:15
Oct 16, 2018 vs EDM L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 19:45
Oct 14, 2018 vs CAR W 3-1 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 22:37
Oct 11, 2018 @ NSH L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 15:12
Oct 9, 2018 vs LAK W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 22:10
Oct 6, 2018 @ DAL L 1-5 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 20:00
Oct 4, 2018 @ STL W 5-1 1 1 2 2 2 5 0 17:38