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Michael McLeod

#20 · Centre · New Jersey Devils

Born Feb 3, 1998 in Mississauga, Ontario, CAN · 6'2", 190 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 12th overall in 2016 by NJD (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.

Jonny Brodzinski NYR · 19 P in 57 GP Kaapo Kakko NYR · 19 P in 61 GP Jack Quinn BUF · 19 P in 27 GP Brett Howden VGK · 19 P in 72 GP Jesper Fast CAR · 19 P in 73 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.

010202018-19: 3 points318-192019-20: 2 points219-202020-21: 15 points1520-212021-22: 20 points2021-222022-23: 26 points2622-232023-24: 19 points1923-24

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2018-19 NJD 21 0 3 3 -8 13 21 41 0.14 $863K
2019-20 NJD 12 0 2 2 4 4 11 19 0.17 $863K
2020-21 NJD 52 9 6 15 -12 42 60 89 0.29 $863K
2021-22 NJD 77 6 14 20 -13 52 78 145 0.26 $975K
2022-23 NJD 80 4 22 26 6 43 90 127 0.33 $975K
2023-24 NJD 45 10 9 19 6 10 73 101 0.42 $1.4M
6 seasons Career 287 29 56 85 -17 164 333 522 0.30

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2022-23 NJD 12 2 4 6 2 15 19 29 0.50
1 season Playoffs 12 2 4 6 2 15 19 29 0.50

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
45 10 9 19 6 10 73 101 0.42 13.7 15:09

Contract

$1.4MCap hitends in 2024
$74KCap dollars per point19 points in 45 games
$335KCap dollars per goal above replacement4.2 goals above replacement
$3.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.5MValueworth 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

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2023-24, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit
2023-24 $1.4M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2023-24 to 2023-24 $1.4M
2021-22 to 2022-23 $975K
2020-21 to 2020-21 $863K
2018-19 to 2020-21 $863K

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

+4.2Goals above replacement254th of 721 skaters, 189th of 469 forwards
+0.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+2.3Goals 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+0.2 55th percentileEven-strength defence+1.0 62nd percentilePower play-0.1 41st percentilePenalty kill+0.0 48th percentilePenalties+1.2 80th 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.

-10123452018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-24Goals 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

53.4Corsi for %624 attempts for, 545 against
-0.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.1Expected goals for %25.4 expected for, 23.4 against
+1.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
61.4Goals for %35 for, 22 against
103.2PDO11.3% shooting + 91.9% saves
113Attempts 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
Curtis Lazar · Nathan Bastian · Michael McLeod1893:1263.259.83-3
Timo Meier · Michael McLeod · Dawson Mercer1492:1343.247.24-7
Tyler Toffoli · Jesper Bratt · Michael McLeod1387:5757.258.43-2
Curtis Lazar · Michael McLeod · Alexander Holtz750:5150.552.37-1

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.

9Goalsnot counting empty-netters
8.4Expected goalsfrom 100 unblocked attempts
+0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.74 expected goals per 60 minutes45th
Shot quality 8.4% chance per attempt72nd
Finishing +0.6 goals above expected58thOne 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.

02468Game 20Game 40Goals 9Expected 8.4

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
Jan 22, 2024 vs VGK W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:27
Jan 20, 2024 vs DAL L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 18:31
Jan 19, 2024 @ CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:37
Jan 17, 2024 vs MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 17:37
Jan 15, 2024 @ BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 18:40
Jan 13, 2024 @ FLA W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18:00
Jan 11, 2024 @ TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 17:46
Jan 6, 2024 vs VAN L 4-6 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 18:14
Jan 5, 2024 vs CHI W 4-2 1 0 1 2 0 4 2 14:06
Jan 3, 2024 @ WSH W 6-3 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 13:36
Dec 30, 2023 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 18:53
Dec 29, 2023 @ OTT W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 15:24
Dec 27, 2023 vs CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 14:33
Dec 23, 2023 vs DET W 3-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 17:50
Dec 21, 2023 vs EDM L 3-6 0 2 2 1 0 1 3 16:55
Dec 19, 2023 vs PHI L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 5 14:03
Dec 17, 2023 vs ANA L 1-5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 11:45
Dec 16, 2023 @ CBJ W 6-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 13:31
Dec 13, 2023 vs BOS W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 12:49
Dec 10, 2023 @ EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:36
Dec 9, 2023 @ CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:50
Dec 7, 2023 @ SEA W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 12:34
Dec 5, 2023 @ VAN W 6-5 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 09:03
Dec 1, 2023 vs SJS L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 10:09
Nov 30, 2023 @ PHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 16:08
Nov 28, 2023 vs NYI W 5-4 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 15:07
Nov 25, 2023 vs BUF W 7-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 14:06
Nov 24, 2023 vs CBJ L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 13:33
Nov 22, 2023 @ DET L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:00
Nov 18, 2023 vs NYR L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 18:55
Nov 16, 2023 @ PIT W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:36
Nov 14, 2023 @ WPG L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 18:27
Nov 10, 2023 vs WSH L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 16:06
Nov 7, 2023 @ COL L 3-6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16:07
Nov 5, 2023 @ CHI W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 5 5 17:34
Nov 3, 2023 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 16:26
Nov 2, 2023 @ MIN W 5-3 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 14:20
Oct 29, 2023 vs MIN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:51
Oct 27, 2023 vs BUF W 5-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 13:40
Oct 25, 2023 vs WSH L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:18
Oct 24, 2023 @ MTL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10:10
Oct 20, 2023 @ NYI W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 15:52
Oct 16, 2023 vs FLA L 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 6 14:09
Oct 13, 2023 vs ARI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:01
Oct 12, 2023 vs DET W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10:34