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Marc McLaughlin

#21 · Centre · New Jersey Devils

Born Jul 26, 1999 in North Billerica, Massachusetts, USA (age 27) · 6'0", 202 lb · Shoots right

Compare with a similar player

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

Austin Watson DET · 3 P in 13 GP Valtteri Puustinen PIT · 3 P in 13 GP Fabian Lysell BOS · 3 P in 12 GP Kailer Yamamoto UTA · 3 P in 12 GP Cam Lund SJS · 3 P in 11 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.

01232021-22: 3 points321-222022-23: 0 points022-232023-24: 1 points123-242024-25: 3 points324-252025-26: 0 points025-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2021-22 BOS 11 3 0 3 -1 8 12 15 0.27 $884K
2022-23 BOS 2 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 0.00 $884K
2023-24 BOS 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 4 1.00 $775K
2024-25 BOS 12 2 0 2 -1 0 13 23 0.17 $775K
2024-25 NJD 2 0 1 1 -1 0 0 5 0.50
2025-26 NJD 7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 0.00 $775K
5 seasons Career 35 6 1 7 -5 10 30 53 0.20

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
14 2 1 3 -2 0 13 28 0.21 15.4 9:12

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2025
$258KCap dollars per point3 points in 14 games
$1.91MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.4 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 Boston Bruins on Jul 16, 2024, as a new contract: 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, 2026 New Jersey Devils New contract (two-way) 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $850K $850K
2025-26 to 2025-26 $775K
Jul 16, 2024 Boston Bruins New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Jul 11, 2023 Boston Bruins New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Mar 15, 2022 Boston Bruins Entry-level 2021-22 to 2022-23 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 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

+0.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.5Even-strength defence+0.2Power 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.

-1-0.500.512021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26Goals 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

46.3Corsi for %99 attempts for, 115 against
-5.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.8Expected goals for %4.2 expected for, 4.2 against
-7.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.0Goals for %4 for, 6 against
98.2PDO9.5% shooting + 88.7% saves
23Attempts 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
Cole Koepke · John Beecher · Marc McLaughlin850:4646.853.81-1
Mark Kastelic · John Beecher · Marc McLaughlin412:0672.262.41-1
Mark Kastelic · Cole Koepke · Marc McLaughlin28:4018.82.50-0
Charlie Coyle · Trent Frederic · Marc McLaughlin47:3435.760.00-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.2Expected goalsfrom 19 unblocked attempts
+0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.58 expected goals per 60 minutes21st
Shot quality 6.6% chance per attempt14th
Finishing +0.8 goals above expected60thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 428 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Goals 2Expected 1.2

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 16, 2025 vs DET L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 09:42
Apr 15, 2025 @ BOS W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 08:50
Jan 11, 2025 @ FLA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 04:56
Dec 31, 2024 @ WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:31
Dec 28, 2024 vs CBJ W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:53
Dec 19, 2024 @ EDM L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:56
Dec 17, 2024 @ CGY W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 09:36
Dec 14, 2024 @ VAN W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 10:51
Dec 10, 2024 @ WPG L 1-8 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 12:05
Dec 7, 2024 vs PHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 07:27
Dec 4, 2024 @ CHI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:37
Dec 3, 2024 vs DET W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 08:19
Dec 1, 2024 vs MTL W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 09:34
Nov 26, 2024 vs VAN L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 09:36