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Ian Mitchell

#14 · Defence · Free agent, last with the Boston Bruins

Born Jan 18, 1999 in St. Albert, Alberta, CAN · 5'11", 198 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 57th overall in 2017 by CHI (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

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

Cale Fleury SEA · 1 P in 14 GP Michael Callahan BOS · 1 P in 17 GP Ville Heinola WPG · 1 P in 18 GP Jack St. Ivany PIT · 1 P in 19 GP Joshua Brown EDM · 1 P in 10 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.

024682020-21: 7 points720-212021-22: 1 points121-222022-23: 8 points822-232023-24: 2 points223-242024-25: 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
2020-21 CHI 39 3 4 7 -10 14 23 18 0.18 $925K
2021-22 CHI 8 0 1 1 -3 0 2 2 0.13 $925K
2022-23 CHI 35 1 7 8 -8 8 25 16 0.23 $925K
2023-24 BOS 13 0 2 2 6 10 11 3 0.15 $775K
2024-25 BOS 15 0 1 1 -2 2 10 5 0.07 $775K
5 seasons Career 110 4 15 19 -17 34 71 44 0.17

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
15 0 1 1 -2 2 10 5 0.07 0.0 15:36

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2025
$775KCap dollars per point1 points in 15 games

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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.

The contract

Signed by the Boston Bruins on Jun 23, 2024, as an extension of the contract he was on: 1 year and $775K, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2024-25, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
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, 2025 Detroit Red Wings New contract 2025-26 to 2025-26 1 $775K $775K
Jun 23, 2024 Boston Bruins Extension 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Jul 10, 2023 Boston Bruins New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Jul 16, 2020 Chicago Blackhawks Entry-level 2020-21 to 2022-23 3 $5.325M $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

-0.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.2Even-strength defence-0.2Power play-0.3Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+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.

-6-4-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25Goals 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

40.5Corsi for %151 attempts for, 222 against
-6.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.9Expected goals for %6.7 expected for, 9.3 against
-6.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
47.1Goals for %8 for, 9 against
103.4PDO11.9% shooting + 91.4% saves
20Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Parker Wotherspoon · Ian Mitchell14107:4044.849.74-4
Ian Mitchell · Mason Lohrei1473:4037.438.53-3
Ian Mitchell · Michael Callahan111:0533.330.20-1
Nikita Zadorov · Ian Mitchell67:3523.141.30-0

The pairs 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 pairs 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
0.4Expected goalsfrom 19 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.11 expected goals per 60 minutes18th
Shot quality 2.3% chance per attempt18th
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected40thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 244 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.4Goals 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
Apr 13, 2025 @ PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:03
Apr 5, 2025 vs CAR W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18:03
Apr 3, 2025 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 19:01
Apr 1, 2025 vs WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:55
Mar 29, 2025 @ DET L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:38
Mar 26, 2025 @ ANA L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:16
Mar 20, 2025 @ VGK L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:48
Mar 17, 2025 vs BUF L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 16:18
Mar 15, 2025 vs TBL L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:33
Mar 13, 2025 @ OTT L 3-6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16:50
Mar 11, 2025 vs FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 16:04
Mar 8, 2025 @ TBL W 4-0 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 14:46
Mar 6, 2025 @ CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:57
Mar 2, 2025 @ MIN L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:06
Mar 1, 2025 @ PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:42