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Colin White

#16 · Centre · San Jose Sharks

Born Jan 30, 1997 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA (age 29) · 6'1", 195 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 21st overall in 2015 by OTT (round 1)

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.

Rem Pitlick CHI · 0 P in 9 GP Ryan Winterton SEA · 0 P in 9 GP Zach Dean STL · 0 P in 9 GP Arshdeep Bains VAN · 0 P in 8 GP Shane Bowers NJD · 0 P in 8 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.

0102030402016-17: 0 points016-172017-18: 6 points617-182018-19: 41 points4118-192019-20: 23 points2319-202020-21: 18 points1820-212021-22: 10 points1021-222022-23: 15 points1522-232023-24: 0 points023-242024-25: 0 points024-25

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 OTT 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 $925K
2017-18 OTT 21 2 4 6 1 8 24 12 0.29 $925K
2018-19 OTT 71 14 27 41 -24 24 123 23 0.58 $925K
2019-20 OTT 61 7 16 23 -12 39 83 47 0.38 $4.75M
2020-21 OTT 45 10 8 18 -6 16 69 58 0.40 $4.75M
2021-22 OTT 24 3 7 10 -11 4 47 28 0.42 $4.75M
2022-23 FLA 68 8 7 15 0 12 64 61 0.22 $1.2M
2023-24 PIT 11 0 0 0 -2 2 8 11 0.00 $775K
2023-24 MTL 17 0 0 0 -3 2 8 11 0.00
2024-25 SJS 3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0.00 $850K
9 seasons Career 323 44 69 113 -58 107 428 253 0.35

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2016-17 OTT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
2022-23 FLA 21 0 2 2 -9 6 7 20 0.10
2 seasons Playoffs 22 0 2 2 -9 6 7 20 0.09

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
28 0 0 0 -5 4 16 22 0.00 0.0 9:31

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2024, then UFA
$378KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$397KValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. 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 Pittsburgh Penguins 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, after which he is an unrestricted free agent. The Ottawa Senators still count $875K this season for an earlier contract of his that was bought out.

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
2025-26 to 2025-26 $775K
Jan 24, 2025 San Jose Sharks New contract (two-way) 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $850K $850K
Oct 7, 2023 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Jul 13, 2022 Florida Panthers New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $1.2M $1.2M
Aug 21, 2019 Ottawa Senators New contract bought out, Jul 5, 2022 2019-20 to 2021-22 6 $28.5M $4.75M
Apr 2, 2017 Ottawa Senators Entry-level 2016-17 to 2018-19 3 $4.475M $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

Rating

-0.5Goals above replacement558th of 721 skaters, 379th of 469 forwards
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.2Goals 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-2.5 20th percentileEven-strength defence+1.3 69th percentilePower play0.0 63rd percentilePenalty kill0.0 33rd percentilePenalties+0.0 41st 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player.

-2024682016-172018-192020-212022-232024-25Goals 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

47.2Corsi for %214 attempts for, 239 against
-2.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.8Expected goals for %7.1 expected for, 9.1 against
-2.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %4 for, 8 against
96.6PDO4.3% shooting + 92.2% saves
41Attempts 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 lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Colin White · Michael Pezzetta · Rafael Harvey-PinardMTL952:4942.929.50-0
Tanner Pearson · Colin White · Jesse YlonenMTL536:5640.953.42-0
Jeff Carter · Colin White · Jansen HarkinsPIT522:1551.158.50-1
Evgeni Malkin · Colin White · Drew O'ConnorPIT418:5356.444.60-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.8Expected goalsfrom 31 unblocked attempts
-1.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.41 expected goals per 60 minutes5th
Shot quality 5.9% chance per attempt4th
Finishing -1.8 goals above expected31stOne 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.

00.511.5Game 20Expected 1.8Goals 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. 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 7, 2024 @ NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 08:19
Apr 6, 2024 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:25
Apr 4, 2024 vs TBL L 4-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:23
Apr 2, 2024 vs FLA W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:47
Mar 30, 2024 vs CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:56
Mar 28, 2024 vs PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 08:29
Mar 26, 2024 @ COL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:03
Mar 24, 2024 @ SEA W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:35
Mar 21, 2024 @ VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:24
Mar 19, 2024 @ EDM L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 06:49
Mar 16, 2024 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:19
Mar 14, 2024 vs BOS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:07
Mar 2, 2024 @ TBL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:55
Feb 29, 2024 @ FLA L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:20
Feb 27, 2024 vs ARI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:16
Feb 24, 2024 @ NJD L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:54
Feb 22, 2024 @ PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 11:11
Feb 20, 2024 vs NYI L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 08:18
Feb 18, 2024 vs LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 09:33
Feb 15, 2024 @ CHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:26
Feb 14, 2024 vs FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 11:01
Feb 10, 2024 @ WPG L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:02
Feb 9, 2024 @ MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:07
Jan 27, 2024 vs MTL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:30
Jan 26, 2024 vs FLA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 07:43
Jan 22, 2024 @ ARI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:22
Jan 20, 2024 @ VGK L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 09:03
Jan 13, 2024 @ CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:21