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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 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Connor Bedard CHI · 61 P in 68 GP Nick Schmaltz ARI · 61 P in 79 GP Nikolaj Ehlers WPG · 61 P in 82 GP Mikael Granlund SJS · 60 P in 69 GP William Karlsson VGK · 60 P in 70 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

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
65 34 27 61 -6 6 221 14 0.94 15.4 19:43

Contract

$7.143MCap hitends in 2026, then UFA
$117KCap dollars per point61 points in 65 games
$2.343MCap dollars per goal above replacement3.0 goals above replacement
$3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$4.1MValueworth 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 718 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 2 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 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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+3.0Goals above replacement300th of 721 skaters, 221st of 469 forwards
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 469 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+3.3 81st percentileEven-strength defence-5.4 1st percentilePower play+0.1 70th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 75th percentilePenalties+1.3 81st 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.

-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

47.8Corsi for %959 attempts for, 1046 against
-3.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.1Expected goals for %44.8 expected for, 46.4 against
-2.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %43 for, 43 against
100.7PDO8.6% shooting + 92.1% saves
273Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 616 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 · Alex Iafallo37299:4645.550.613-11
Mark Scheifele · Kyle Connor · Gabriel Vilardi21196:0042.941.911-13
Mark Scheifele · Nikolaj Ehlers · Kyle Connor25141:1157.861.66-2
Mark Scheifele · Vladislav Namestnikov · Kyle Connor1675:3244.438.83-6

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.

31Goalsnot counting empty-netters
23.0Expected goalsfrom 285 unblocked attempts
+8.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.08 expected goals per 60 minutes89th
Shot quality 8.1% chance per attempt63rd
Finishing +8.0 goals above expected95thOne 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.

0102030Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 31Expected 23.0

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 16, 2024 vs SEA W 4-3 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 21:14
Apr 13, 2024 @ COL W 7-0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 19:03
Apr 11, 2024 @ DAL W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 16:28
Apr 9, 2024 @ NSH W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 17:24
Apr 6, 2024 @ MIN W 4-2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 16:22
Apr 4, 2024 vs CGY W 5-2 0 1 1 -1 0 5 1 21:43
Apr 1, 2024 vs LAK W 4-3 0 3 3 1 0 2 0 16:29
Mar 30, 2024 vs OTT L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 20:19
Mar 28, 2024 vs VGK L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 22:37
Mar 26, 2024 vs EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 19:37
Mar 24, 2024 @ WSH L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 8 0 17:32
Mar 23, 2024 @ NYI L 3-6 0 0 0 -4 0 4 0 19:44
Mar 21, 2024 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 22:05
Mar 19, 2024 @ NYR W 4-2 1 0 1 2 2 4 0 20:33
Mar 17, 2024 @ CBJ W 6-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 15:15
Mar 15, 2024 vs ANA W 6-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 17:22
Mar 13, 2024 vs NSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 20:47
Mar 11, 2024 vs WSH W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 19:35
Mar 9, 2024 @ VAN L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 17:42
Mar 8, 2024 @ SEA W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 16:34
Mar 5, 2024 vs SEA L 3-4 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 20:37
Mar 3, 2024 @ BUF W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:32
Mar 2, 2024 @ CAR W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 20:17
Feb 29, 2024 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 19:14
Feb 27, 2024 vs STL W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 19:14
Feb 25, 2024 vs ARI W 4-3 (OT) 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 20:17
Feb 23, 2024 @ CHI W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 21:21
Feb 20, 2024 vs MIN W 6-3 1 2 3 0 0 2 2 18:49
Feb 19, 2024 @ CGY L 3-6 0 2 2 -2 0 2 1 19:34
Feb 17, 2024 @ VAN W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 20:06
Feb 14, 2024 vs SJS W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 21:36
Feb 10, 2024 vs PIT W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 18:37
Feb 8, 2024 @ PHI L 1-4 1 0 1 -1 0 2 3 20:31
Feb 6, 2024 @ PIT L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 19:39
Jan 27, 2024 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 19:31
Jan 24, 2024 @ TOR L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 20:38
Jan 22, 2024 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 19:55
Jan 20, 2024 @ OTT W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 21:27
Jan 16, 2024 vs NYI W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 19:03
Dec 10, 2023 @ ANA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 07:56
Dec 7, 2023 @ COL W 4-2 2 0 2 2 0 4 0 20:10
Dec 4, 2023 vs CAR W 2-1 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 20:19
Dec 2, 2023 vs CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 21:35
Nov 30, 2023 vs EDM L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 19:07
Nov 28, 2023 vs DAL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22:16
Nov 26, 2023 @ NSH L 2-3 0 1 1 -2 0 6 0 22:20
Nov 24, 2023 @ FLA W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 18:29
Nov 22, 2023 @ TBL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 20:34
Nov 18, 2023 vs ARI W 5-2 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 18:09
Nov 17, 2023 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:07
Nov 14, 2023 vs NJD W 6-3 2 1 3 0 0 5 0 22:45
Nov 11, 2023 vs DAL L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 20:55
Nov 9, 2023 vs NSH W 6-3 3 1 4 2 0 7 0 18:28
Nov 7, 2023 @ STL W 5-2 2 1 3 2 0 7 0 16:46
Nov 4, 2023 @ ARI W 5-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 17:53
Nov 2, 2023 @ VGK L 2-5 1 1 2 0 2 6 0 21:17
Oct 30, 2023 vs NYR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 5 1 23:16
Oct 28, 2023 @ MTL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 23:18
Oct 26, 2023 @ DET W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 22:07
Oct 24, 2023 vs STL W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18:56
Oct 21, 2023 @ EDM W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 20:56
Oct 19, 2023 vs VGK L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 6 0 21:37
Oct 17, 2023 vs LAK L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:37
Oct 14, 2023 vs FLA W 6-4 2 1 3 -1 0 7 0 21:50
Oct 11, 2023 @ CGY L 3-5 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 22:00