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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 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mark Scheifele WPG · 73 P in 71 GP J.T. Miller VAN · 72 P in 69 GP Evgeni Malkin PIT · 74 P in 55 GP Mika Zibanejad NYR · 75 P in 57 GP Jonathan Huberdeau FLA · 78 P in 69 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

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
71 38 35 73 4 34 239 18 1.03 15.9 21:05

Contract

$7.143MCap hitends in 2026, then UFA
$98KCap dollars per point73 points in 71 games
$2.755MCap dollars per goal above replacement2.6 goals above replacement
$2.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$4.3MValueworth 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 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Winnipeg Jets on Sep 28, 2019, as a new contract: 7 years and $50M, beginning in 2019-20. It runs through 2025-26, with 6 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2019-20 $7.143M $7.5M $0 $7.5M
2020-21 $7.143M $8M $0 $8M
2021-22 $7.143M $7.5M $0 $7.5M
2022-23 $7.143M $5M $0 $5M
2023-24 $7.143M $7.5M $0 $7.5M
2024-25 $7.143M $7.5M $0 $7.5M M-NTC
2025-26 $7.143M $7M $0 $7M M-NTC

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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+2.6Goals above replacement305th of 670 skaters, 214th of 439 forwards
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 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+6.1 93rd percentileEven-strength defence-7.8 1st percentilePower play+0.7 87th percentilePenalty kill-0.6 4th percentilePenalties+0.0 38th 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

48.9Corsi for %1049 attempts for, 1096 against
+0.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.7Expected goals for %46.0 expected for, 59.3 against
-0.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
51.4Goals for %55 for, 52 against
101.1PDO9.5% shooting + 91.6% saves
264Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 583 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
Mark Scheifele · Kyle Connor · Patrik Laine55584:4946.142.729-29
Blake Wheeler · Mark Scheifele · Kyle Connor20165:0752.847.88-5
Andrew Copp · Kyle Connor · Patrik Laine1086:4149.139.82-6
Andrew Copp · Nikolaj Ehlers · Kyle Connor979:3762.649.91-3

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.

34Goalsnot counting empty-netters
27.6Expected goalsfrom 298 unblocked attempts
+6.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.11 expected goals per 60 minutes93rd
Shot quality 9.3% chance per attempt83rd
Finishing +6.4 goals above expected93rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0102030Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 34Expected 27.6

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
Mar 11, 2020 @ EDM W 4-2 2 0 2 0 2 4 0 19:01
Mar 9, 2020 vs ARI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 22:54
Mar 6, 2020 vs VGK W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 20:57
Mar 3, 2020 vs BUF W 3-1 2 1 3 2 0 4 0 24:15
Feb 29, 2020 @ EDM L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 7 0 24:05
Feb 27, 2020 vs WSH W 3-0 1 1 2 3 0 5 0 20:52
Feb 25, 2020 @ WSH L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 22:55
Feb 23, 2020 @ BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:41
Feb 22, 2020 @ PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 20:44
Feb 20, 2020 @ OTT W 5-1 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 20:40
Feb 18, 2020 vs LAK W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 6 1 19:24
Feb 16, 2020 vs CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 19:19
Feb 14, 2020 vs SJS L 2-3 1 0 1 -1 0 6 0 25:27
Feb 11, 2020 vs NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 4 1 26:04
Feb 9, 2020 vs CHI W 5-2 2 1 3 2 0 5 0 24:51
Feb 8, 2020 vs OTT W 5-2 1 3 4 1 0 2 0 21:01
Feb 6, 2020 @ STL W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 18:43
Feb 4, 2020 vs NSH L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 23:44
Feb 1, 2020 vs STL W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 5 0 21:33
Jan 31, 2020 vs BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22:43
Jan 22, 2020 @ CBJ L 3-4 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 21:47
Jan 21, 2020 @ CAR L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 26:19
Jan 19, 2020 @ CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 25:16
Jan 17, 2020 vs TBL L 1-7 0 0 0 -4 0 1 0 19:06
Jan 14, 2020 vs VAN W 4-0 2 1 3 2 0 5 0 20:09
Jan 12, 2020 vs NSH L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:23
Jan 9, 2020 @ BOS L 4-5 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 21:23
Jan 8, 2020 @ TOR W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 24:14
Jan 6, 2020 @ MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 18:15
Jan 4, 2020 @ MIN L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 19:52
Jan 2, 2020 vs TOR L 3-6 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 21:38
Dec 31, 2019 @ COL W 7-4 3 0 3 2 6 8 0 17:44
Dec 29, 2019 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 23:16
Dec 27, 2019 vs STL L 4-5 (OT) 2 0 2 1 0 3 1 27:12
Dec 23, 2019 vs MTL L 2-6 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 21:22
Dec 21, 2019 @ MIN W 6-0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 16:53
Dec 19, 2019 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 7 0 21:19
Dec 17, 2019 vs CAR L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 21:58
Dec 15, 2019 vs PHI W 7-3 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 18:25
Dec 12, 2019 @ DET L 2-5 2 0 2 0 0 8 0 21:53
Dec 10, 2019 vs DET W 5-1 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 16:20
Dec 8, 2019 vs ANA W 3-2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 20:46
Dec 5, 2019 @ DAL L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 23:25
Dec 3, 2019 vs DAL W 5-1 1 2 3 3 2 4 0 20:40
Nov 30, 2019 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 21:00
Nov 29, 2019 @ ANA W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 20:27
Nov 27, 2019 @ SJS W 5-1 1 1 2 4 12 3 0 19:52
Nov 23, 2019 vs CBJ W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 22:08
Nov 21, 2019 @ DAL L 3-5 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 21:06
Nov 19, 2019 @ NSH W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 19:49
Nov 16, 2019 @ TBL W 4-3 1 1 2 -1 0 3 0 22:25
Nov 14, 2019 @ FLA W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 17:16
Nov 12, 2019 vs COL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 20:12
Nov 10, 2019 vs DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:29
Nov 8, 2019 vs VAN W 4-1 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 18:39
Nov 5, 2019 vs NJD L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 23:42
Nov 2, 2019 @ VGK W 4-3 (OT) 1 2 3 1 0 2 0 22:26
Nov 1, 2019 @ SJS W 3-2 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 19:46
Oct 29, 2019 @ ANA L 4-7 0 0 0 -3 0 9 1 22:24
Oct 26, 2019 vs CGY W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 18:41
Oct 22, 2019 vs LAK L 2-3 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 19:42
Oct 20, 2019 vs EDM W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:48
Oct 17, 2019 vs NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 19:58
Oct 15, 2019 vs ARI L 2-4 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 22:42
Oct 13, 2019 vs PIT L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 18:31
Oct 12, 2019 @ CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 7 1 18:57
Oct 10, 2019 vs MIN W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 19:40
Oct 8, 2019 @ PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 17:02
Oct 6, 2019 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 18:18
Oct 4, 2019 @ NJD W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 19:54
Oct 3, 2019 @ NYR L 4-6 1 0 1 -3 0 5 0 19:51