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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)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Adam Raska MIN · 0 P in 5 GP Pavol Regenda ANA · 0 P in 5 GP Bokondji Imama OTT · 0 P in 6 GP Brett Seney CHI · 0 P in 4 GP Cole Schwindt CGY · 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.

00.511.522022-23: 0 points022-232023-24: 0 points023-242025-26: 2 points225-26

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

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
5 0 0 0 -5 0 4 7 0.00 0.0 8:23

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2024, then extended to 2026
$1.586MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.5 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 St. Louis Blues on Jul 6, 2023, as a new contract: 1 year and $775K, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2023-24, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the St. Louis Blues on May 8, 2024, 2 years and $1.55M at $775K a season, beginning in 2024-25.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $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
May 8, 2024 St. Louis Blues Extension not begun 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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Rating

+0.5Goals 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 defence+0.4Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.3

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.

00.20.40.60.812022-232023-242025-26Goals 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

47.1Corsi for %33 attempts for, 37 against
-9.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.1Expected goals for %1.6 expected for, 1.3 against
-1.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 5 against
66.7PDO0.0% shooting + 66.7% saves
5Attempts 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
Oskar Sundqvist · Mackenzie MacEachern · Hugh McGing315:2127.334.10-2
Mackenzie MacEachern · Alexey Toropchenko · Hugh McGing17:3347.149.80-0
Oskar Sundqvist · Alexey Toropchenko · Hugh McGing25:4164.356.40-1
Sammy Blais · Alexey Toropchenko · Hugh McGing13:4060.096.30-0

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 4 unblocked attempts
-0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.81 expected goals per 60 minutes55th
Shot quality 14.1% chance per attempt99th
Finishing -0.6 goals above expected45thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 438 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
Dec 19, 2023 @ TBL L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:43
Dec 16, 2023 vs DAL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 08:12
Dec 14, 2023 vs OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 07:54
Dec 12, 2023 vs DET L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 05:07
Dec 9, 2023 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 07:58