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Garrett Pilon

#40 · Centre · Free agent, last with the Washington Capitals

Born Apr 13, 1998 in Mineola, New York, USA · 5'11", 209 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 87th overall in 2016 by WSH (round 3)

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.

Adam Beckman MIN · 1 P in 3 GP Alex Steeves TOR · 1 P in 3 GP Cooper Marody EDM · 1 P in 1 GP Fredrik Karlstrom DAL · 1 P in 3 GP Gemel Smith DET · 1 P in 3 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.

00.20.40.60.812020-21: 0 points020-212021-22: 1 points121-22

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2020-21 WSH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 $745K
2021-22 WSH 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0.50 $750K
2 seasons Career 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0.33

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
2 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0.50 100.0 9:25

Contract

$750KCap hitends in 2023
$750KCap dollars per point1 points in 2 games
$3.136MCap 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 Washington Capitals on Jun 17, 2021, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $1.5M, beginning in 2021-22. It runs through 2022-23, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2021-22 $750K $750K $0 $750K
2022-23 $750K $750K $0 $750K

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, 2024 Ottawa Senators New contract 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $1.55M $775K
Jul 1, 2023 Ottawa Senators New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Jun 17, 2021 Washington Capitals Extension 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $1.5M $750K
Mar 30, 2017 Washington Capitals Entry-level 2018-19 to 2020-21 signed for 2017-18, slid 3 $2.775M $745K

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

+0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence0.0Even-strength defence+0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.0

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. 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.

00.20.40.60.812020-212021-22Goals 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

52.2Corsi for %12 attempts for, 11 against
+1.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.3Expected goals for %0.4 expected for, 0.3 against
+7.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
100.0Goals for %1 for, 0 against
114.3PDO14.3% shooting + 100.0% saves
3Attempts 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
Carl Hagelin · Garrett Pilon · Brett Leason29:1950.050.30-0
Garnet Hathaway · Garrett Pilon · Axel Jonsson-Fjallby15:3350.053.50-0
Alex Ovechkin · Conor Sheary · Garrett Pilon10:5750.016.30-0
Alex Ovechkin · Garnet Hathaway · Garrett Pilon10:430.00.00-0

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. 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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.1Expected goalsfrom 2 unblocked attempts
+0.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.38 expected goals per 60 minutes2nd
Shot quality 6.0% chance per attempt2nd
Finishing +0.9 goals above expected65thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.1

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. 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
Nov 17, 2021 @ LAK W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:21
Nov 16, 2021 @ ANA L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 09:28