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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)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Matthew Peca TBL · 5 P in 10 GP Vinni Lettieri NYR · 5 P in 19 GP Reid Boucher VAN · 5 P in 20 GP Zack Mitchell MIN · 5 P in 23 GP David Booth DET · 5 P in 28 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: 2 points226-27

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 6 2 0 2 2 2 9 1 0.33 $5.75M
10 seasons Career 515 98 182 280 -60 120 757 180 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

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
6 1 4 5 1 2 9 2 0.83 11.1 14:01

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2020
$185KCap dollars per point5 points in 6 games
$1.559MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.6 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 Buffalo Sabres on Mar 26, 2018, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $4.475M, beginning in 2017-18. It runs through 2019-20, with 2 seasons left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2017-18 $925K $833K $93K $925K
2018-19 $925K $833K $93K $850K $925K
2019-20 $925K $833K $93K $850K $925K

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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Rating

+0.6Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.3Even-strength defence0.0Power play+0.1Penalty 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.

-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

47.8Corsi for %55 attempts for, 60 against
-5.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.7Expected goals for %2.0 expected for, 2.2 against
-2.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
62.5Goals for %5 for, 3 against
106.6PDO14.7% shooting + 91.9% saves
12Attempts 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
Jason Pominville · Evan Rodrigues · Casey Mittelstadt420:4362.972.62-0
Kyle Okposo · Evan Rodrigues · Casey Mittelstadt217:0250.057.91-1
Jason Pominville · Jack Eichel · Casey Mittelstadt19:1650.061.70-0
Sam Reinhart · Evan Rodrigues · Casey Mittelstadt17:3523.124.11-2

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
0.6Expected goalsfrom 12 unblocked attempts
+0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.46 expected goals per 60 minutes7th
Shot quality 5.3% chance per attempt2nd
Finishing +0.4 goals above expected57thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 423 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.6

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, 2018 @ FLA L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 15:13
Apr 6, 2018 @ TBL L 5-7 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 13:32
Apr 4, 2018 vs OTT L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16:29
Apr 2, 2018 @ TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 12:01
Mar 31, 2018 @ NSH W 7-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 13:59
Mar 29, 2018 vs DET L 3-6 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 12:53