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Casey Mittelstadt

#11 · Centre · Boston Bruins

Born Nov 22, 1998 in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA (age 27) · 6'1", 202 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 8th overall in 2017 by BUF (round 1)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Bokondji Imama FLA · 0 P in 4 GP Brad Lambert WPG · 0 P in 4 GP Brady Tkachuk FLA · 0 P in 4 GP Brandon Duhaime TOR · 0 P in 4 GP Brendan Gallagher VAN · 0 P in 4 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.

020402017-18: 5 points517-182018-19: 25 points2518-192019-20: 9 points919-202020-21: 22 points2220-212021-22: 19 points1921-222022-23: 59 points5922-232023-24: 57 points5723-242024-25: 40 points4024-252025-26: 42 points4225-262026-27: 0 points026-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2017-18 BUF 6 1 4 5 1 2 9 2 0.83 $925K
2018-19 BUF 77 12 13 25 -19 10 118 30 0.32 $925K
2019-20 BUF 31 4 5 9 -5 2 34 11 0.29 $925K
2020-21 BUF 41 10 12 22 -10 10 61 9 0.54 $874K
2021-22 BUF 40 6 13 19 -14 4 79 19 0.48 $2.5M
2022-23 BUF 82 15 44 59 -8 22 135 30 0.72 $2.5M
2023-24 BUF 62 14 33 47 12 28 102 14 0.76 $2.5M
2023-24 COL 18 4 6 10 -2 4 25 11 0.56
2024-25 COL 63 11 23 34 -12 20 82 24 0.54 $5.75M
2024-25 BOS 18 4 2 6 -17 4 23 6 0.33
2025-26 BOS 71 15 27 42 12 12 80 23 0.59 $5.75M
2026-27 BOS 4 0 0 0 -1 2 6 1 0.00 $5.75M
10 seasons Career 513 96 182 278 -63 120 754 180 0.54

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2023-24 COL 11 3 6 9 0 2 24 16 0.82
2025-26 BOS 6 0 2 2 -4 0 8 8 0.33
2 seasons Playoffs 17 3 8 11 -4 2 32 24 0.65

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
4 0 0 0 -1 2 6 1 0.00 0.0 14:41

Contract

$5.75MCap hitends in 2027, then UFA
-$148KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$5.9MValueworth less cap hit

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 season is still being played, so each rating is projected over all of it: what the player has done so far, plus the games left at a rate taken from his last three seasons and this one. 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 647 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Colorado Avalanche on Jun 25, 2024, as an extension of the contract he was on: 3 years and $17.25M, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2026-27, 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
2024-25 $5.75M $5.75M $0 $5.75M
2025-26 $5.75M $6M $0 $6M
2026-27 $5.75M $4.5M $1M $5.5M

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
Jun 25, 2024 Colorado Avalanche Extension 2024-25 to 2026-27 3 $17.25M $5.75M
Sep 2, 2021 Buffalo Sabres New contract 2021-22 to 2023-24 3 $7.5M $2.5M
Dec 23, 2020 Buffalo Sabres New contract 2020-21 to 2020-21 1 $874K $874K
Mar 26, 2018 Buffalo Sabres Entry-level 2017-18 to 2019-20 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 2026-27 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.

2026-27 analytics

Rating, projected over the full season

2026-27 is still being played, so these are a projection of his whole season, not a count so far: what he has done in 4 games (-0.4 goals above replacement), plus the 75 more he is taken to play, going by how much of his team's games he has played before, at a rate set by his last three seasons and this one. The more he plays, the more this season counts, and by the last game it is simply his season.

-1.0Goals above replacement574th of 647 skaters, 389th of 422 forwards
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 422 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-1.2 25th percentileEven-strength defence-2.1 12th percentilePower play-0.7 8th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 52nd percentilePenalties-0.4 16th 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.

-10-505102017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

50.5Corsi for %47 attempts for, 46 against
-1.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.0Expected goals for %2.6 expected for, 2.1 against
-1.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %1 for, 1 against
101.6PDO5.0% shooting + 96.6% saves
8Attempts 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
Pavel Zacha · Morgan Geekie · Casey Mittelstadt437:2852.249.11-0
Pavel Zacha · Casey Mittelstadt · JJ Peterka23:2860.096.40-0
Elias Lindholm · Casey Mittelstadt · JJ Peterka13:1725.019.60-0
Sean Kuraly · Casey Mittelstadt · Mark Kastelic10:590.00.00-0

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
0.6Expected goalsfrom 7 unblocked attempts
-0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.62 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 8.6% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.6 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 0 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.6Goals 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
Oct 5, 2026 vs OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:56
Oct 3, 2026 @ MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 17:18
Oct 2, 2026 @ WPG W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 14:01
Sep 29, 2026 vs NYR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:28