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Drake Caggiula

#8 · Left wing · Edmonton Oilers

Born Jun 20, 1994 in Pickering, Ontario, CAN · 5'10", 179 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Callahan Burke VGK · 1 P in 7 GP Calum Ritchie COL · 1 P in 7 GP Jaret Anderson-Dolan WPG · 1 P in 7 GP Lucas Condotta MTL · 1 P in 7 GP Matěj Blümel DAL · 1 P in 7 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.

051015202016-17: 18 points1816-172017-18: 20 points2017-182018-19: 23 points2318-192019-20: 15 points1519-202020-21: 10 points1020-212021-22: 5 points521-222022-23: 0 points022-232024-25: 1 points124-25

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 EDM 60 7 11 18 3 16 93 97 0.30 $925K
2017-18 EDM 67 13 7 20 -13 37 104 147 0.30 $925K
2018-19 EDM 29 7 4 11 -8 16 49 79 0.38 $1.5M
2018-19 CHI 26 5 7 12 3 12 47 56 0.46
2019-20 CHI 40 9 6 15 -3 32 56 81 0.38 $1.5M
2020-21 ARI 27 1 6 7 -1 15 31 49 0.26 $700K
2020-21 BUF 11 2 1 3 -5 4 15 15 0.27
2021-22 BUF 18 2 3 5 -4 4 23 17 0.28 $750K
2022-23 PIT 4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 6 0.00 $750K
2024-25 EDM 7 0 1 1 0 5 6 8 0.14 $775K
8 seasons Career 289 46 46 92 -29 141 426 555 0.32

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 EDM 13 3 0 3 0 25 22 25 0.23
2019-20 CHI 8 1 2 3 0 2 8 33 0.38
2 seasons Playoffs 21 4 2 6 0 27 30 58 0.29

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
7 0 1 1 0 5 6 8 0.14 0.0 7:18

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2025, then UFA
$775KCap dollars per point1 points in 7 games
$3.478MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.2 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Signed by the Edmonton Oilers on Jul 1, 2023, as a new contract: 2 years and $1.55M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2024-25, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $775K $775K $0 $775K
2024-25 $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
Jul 1, 2023 Edmonton Oilers New contract 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $1.55M $775K
Jul 13, 2022 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $750K $750K
Jul 27, 2021 Buffalo Sabres Extension 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $750K $750K
Dec 21, 2020 Arizona Coyotes New contract 2020-21 to 2020-21 1 $700K $700K
Jun 14, 2018 Edmonton Oilers Extension 2018-19 to 2019-20 2 $3M $1.5M
May 7, 2016 Edmonton Oilers Entry-level 2016-17 to 2017-18 2 $2.7M $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 2024-25 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.

2024-25 analytics

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.2Even-strength defence+0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.2

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked.

-101232016-172017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232024-25Goals 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

44.1Corsi for %41 attempts for, 52 against
-8.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.0Expected goals for %1.3 expected for, 1.7 against
-9.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
37.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %2 for, 2 against
105.1PDO12.5% shooting + 92.6% saves
9Attempts 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 lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Corey Perry · Derek Ryan · Drake Caggiula525:3546.740.81-2
Corey Perry · Drake Caggiula · Noah Philp210:5548.055.41-0
Kasperi Kapanen · Derek Ryan · Drake Caggiula22:2033.39.10-0
Connor Brown · Drake Caggiula · Noah Philp21:300.00.00-0

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
0.5Expected goalsfrom 7 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.54 expected goals per 60 minutes16th
Shot quality 6.5% chance per attempt14th
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected49thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 428 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.5Goals 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
Dec 3, 2024 @ VGK L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 05:44
Nov 30, 2024 @ COL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:16
Nov 29, 2024 @ UTA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:02
Nov 23, 2024 vs NYR W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:19
Nov 21, 2024 vs MIN L 3-5 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 07:34
Nov 3, 2024 @ CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 06:44
Oct 31, 2024 @ NSH W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 08:27