Hugh McGing
#56 · Left wing · Free agent, last with the St. Louis Blues
Born Jul 11, 1998 in Chicago, Illinois, USA · 5'8", 174 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 138th overall in 2018 by STL (round 5)
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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.
Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | Hits | P/GP | Cap hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | STL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | $750K |
| 2023-24 | STL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0.00 | $775K |
| 2025-26 | STL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.67 | $775K |
| 3 seasons | Career | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0.22 |
2022-23 season totals
| GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | Hits | P/GP | Shooting % | Avg TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 9:37 |
Contract
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 St. Louis Blues on Jul 12, 2022, as an extension of the contract he was on: 1 year and $750K, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2022-23, so this is its last season.
| Season | Cap hit | Base salary | Signing bonus | Performance bonuses | Paid in all | Clause |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2024 | St. Louis Blues | Extension | 2024-25 to 2025-26 | 2 | $1.55M | $775K |
| Jul 6, 2023 | St. Louis Blues | New contract | 2023-24 to 2023-24 | 1 | $775K | $775K |
| Jul 12, 2022 | St. Louis Blues | Extension | 2022-23 to 2022-23 | 1 | $750K | $750K |
| Mar 20, 2020 | St. Louis Blues | Entry-level | 2020-21 to 2021-22 | 2 | $1.85M | $884K |
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 2022-23 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.
2022-23 analytics
Rating
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.
On the ice
What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean
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 line | GP | Time | CF% | xGF% | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Walker · Alexey Toropchenko · Hugh McGing | 1 | 6:16 | 25.0 | 37.7 | 0-0 |
| Nathan Walker · Hugh McGing · Jake Neighbours | 1 | 1:05 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0-0 |
| Pavel Buchnevich · Robert Thomas · Hugh McGing | 1 | 0:40 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0-0 |
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.
Game log
| Date | Opponent | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 2023 | vs DAL | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:37 |