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

Patrick Kane CHI · 92 P in 78 GP Mikko Rantanen COL · 92 P in 75 GP Alex Ovechkin WSH · 90 P in 77 GP Artemi Panarin NYR · 96 P in 75 GP Mitch Marner TOR · 97 P in 72 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

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
79 47 46 93 -3 4 317 32 1.18 14.8 21:47

Contract

$7.143MCap hitends in 2026, then UFA
$77KCap dollars per point93 points in 79 games
$845KCap dollars per goal above replacement8.4 goals above replacement
$6.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$353KValueworth 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 Winnipeg Jets on Sep 28, 2019, as a new contract: 7 years and $50M, beginning in 2019-20. It runs through 2025-26, with 4 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 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

+8.4Goals above replacement114th of 723 skaters, 94th of 481 forwards
+1.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+3.7Goals 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+5.0 87th percentileEven-strength defence-4.3 3rd percentilePower play+2.6 95th percentilePenalty kill-0.4 11th percentilePenalties+0.8 72nd 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

49.3Corsi for %1212 attempts for, 1244 against
-0.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.6Expected goals for %61.1 expected for, 62.0 against
-0.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
48.7Goals for %55 for, 58 against
99.9PDO8.0% shooting + 91.9% saves
292Attempts 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
Kyle Connor · Evgeny Svechnikov · Pierre-Luc Dubois42339:2651.353.415-14
Kyle Connor · Pierre-Luc Dubois · Cole Perfetti14146:5456.955.66-2
Blake Wheeler · Kyle Connor · Pierre-Luc Dubois27137:1151.354.21-4
Blake Wheeler · Mark Scheifele · Kyle Connor33111:5648.745.18-7

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.

41Goalsnot counting empty-netters
32.1Expected goalsfrom 389 unblocked attempts
+8.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.12 expected goals per 60 minutes86th
Shot quality 8.3% chance per attempt52nd
Finishing +8.9 goals above expected95thOne 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.

010203040Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 41Expected 32.1

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
May 1, 2022 vs SEA W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18:46
Apr 29, 2022 vs CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 20:35
Apr 27, 2022 vs PHI W 4-0 1 2 3 1 0 4 0 20:28
Apr 24, 2022 vs COL W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 20:40
Apr 21, 2022 @ CAR L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 23:07
Apr 19, 2022 @ NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 22:10
Apr 16, 2022 @ TBL L 4-7 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 19:36
Apr 15, 2022 @ FLA L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 22:13
Apr 11, 2022 @ MTL W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 20:26
Apr 10, 2022 @ OTT W 4-3 1 1 2 -1 0 1 1 20:26
Apr 8, 2022 vs COL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 24:05
Apr 6, 2022 vs DET L 1-3 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 23:14
Mar 27, 2022 vs ARI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 22:48
Mar 25, 2022 vs CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 24:38
Mar 24, 2022 vs OTT L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 20:18
Mar 22, 2022 vs VGK W 4-0 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 22:15
Mar 20, 2022 @ CHI W 6-4 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 21:29
Mar 18, 2022 vs BOS L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 26:19
Mar 15, 2022 vs VGK W 7-3 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 18:36
Mar 13, 2022 @ STL W 4-3 (OT) 1 2 3 3 0 5 0 24:36
Mar 11, 2022 @ NYI L 2-5 1 0 1 -3 2 3 0 18:34
Mar 10, 2022 @ NJD W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 19:56
Mar 8, 2022 vs TBL W 7-4 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 19:13
Mar 6, 2022 vs NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 23:37
Mar 4, 2022 vs DAL L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 7 2 27:53
Mar 1, 2022 vs MTL W 8-4 0 3 3 2 0 3 0 19:53
Feb 27, 2022 @ ARI W 5-3 2 0 2 3 0 5 0 20:03
Feb 25, 2022 @ COL L 3-6 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 22:04
Feb 23, 2022 @ DAL L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 22:28
Feb 21, 2022 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 21:35
Feb 19, 2022 vs EDM L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 25:17
Feb 17, 2022 vs SEA W 5-3 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 24:40
Feb 16, 2022 vs MIN W 6-3 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 18:56
Feb 14, 2022 vs CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 22:34
Feb 12, 2022 @ NSH W 5-2 1 1 2 0 0 8 3 25:46
Feb 11, 2022 @ DAL L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 23:24
Feb 8, 2022 vs MIN W 2-0 0 2 2 1 0 3 2 22:02
Feb 1, 2022 @ PHI L 1-3 1 0 1 1 0 6 2 21:05
Jan 29, 2022 @ STL W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 21:03
Jan 27, 2022 vs VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 20:53
Jan 25, 2022 vs FLA L 3-5 1 0 1 0 0 7 0 20:24
Jan 23, 2022 @ PIT L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 7 0 24:55
Jan 22, 2022 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 22:58
Jan 20, 2022 @ NSH L 2-5 0 1 1 -2 0 10 0 25:04
Jan 18, 2022 @ WSH L 3-4 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 26:45
Jan 13, 2022 @ DET W 3-0 1 1 2 2 0 7 2 21:29
Jan 6, 2022 @ COL L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 19:52
Jan 4, 2022 @ ARI W 3-1 0 1 1 -1 0 5 0 23:17
Jan 2, 2022 @ VGK W 5-4 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 23:24
Dec 19, 2021 vs STL W 4-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 20:47
Dec 17, 2021 vs WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -4 0 3 0 21:49
Dec 14, 2021 vs BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 24:47
Dec 10, 2021 @ VAN L 3-4 (SO) 1 2 3 1 0 6 1 22:54
Dec 9, 2021 @ SEA W 3-0 2 0 2 2 0 6 0 20:52
Dec 7, 2021 vs CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 23:13
Dec 5, 2021 vs TOR W 6-3 1 1 2 -1 0 4 0 18:57
Dec 3, 2021 vs NJD W 8-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 20:11
Nov 29, 2021 vs ARI L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 21:51
Nov 27, 2021 @ CGY W 4-2 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 20:33
Nov 26, 2021 @ MIN L 1-7 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 20:17
Nov 24, 2021 @ CBJ L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 5 2 20:01
Nov 22, 2021 vs PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 23:26
Nov 19, 2021 @ VAN L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 20:05
Nov 18, 2021 @ EDM L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 2 9 1 24:12
Nov 16, 2021 vs EDM W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 10 1 20:28
Nov 13, 2021 vs LAK W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 20:54
Nov 11, 2021 vs SJS W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 18:55
Nov 9, 2021 vs STL L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 21:09
Nov 6, 2021 vs NYI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:49
Nov 5, 2021 vs CHI W 5-1 1 1 2 0 0 7 0 18:53
Nov 2, 2021 vs DAL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22:51
Oct 30, 2021 @ SJS L 1-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 19:56
Oct 28, 2021 @ LAK W 3-2 0 3 3 2 0 6 1 22:17
Oct 26, 2021 @ ANA W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 16:56
Oct 23, 2021 vs NSH W 6-4 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 21:47
Oct 21, 2021 vs ANA W 5-1 2 1 3 3 0 6 1 21:56
Oct 19, 2021 @ MIN L 5-6 (OT) 2 1 3 0 0 4 0 23:54
Oct 16, 2021 @ SJS L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 19:16
Oct 13, 2021 @ ANA L 1-4 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 20:29