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Collin Graf

#51 · Right wing · San Jose Sharks

Born Sep 21, 2002 in Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA (age 24) · 6'1", 190 lb · Shoots right

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Adam Klapka CGY · 1 P in 4 GP Alexander Wennberg SJS · 1 P in 4 GP Anthony Cirelli TBL · 1 P in 4 GP Anthony Duclair NYI · 1 P in 4 GP Anton Lundell FLA · 1 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.

0102030402023-24: 2 points223-242024-25: 11 points1124-252025-26: 46 points4625-262026-27: 1 points126-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2023-24 SJS 7 0 2 2 -4 0 7 5 0.29 $942K
2024-25 SJS 33 5 6 11 -4 8 40 20 0.33 $942K
2025-26 SJS 81 21 25 46 6 12 118 88 0.57 $942K
2026-27 SJS 4 1 0 1 -2 7 4 8 0.25 $4.25M
4 seasons Career 125 27 33 60 -4 27 169 121 0.48

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
4 1 0 1 -2 7 4 8 0.25 25.0 15:07

Contract

$4.25MCap hitends in 2029, then RFA
$4.25MCap dollars per point1 points in 4 games
$2.387MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.8 goals above replacement, projected
$2.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.7MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

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 season is still being played, so each rating is projected over the whole season: the games played so far, plus the games left at the rate of the last three seasons and this one. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 648 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the San Jose Sharks on Jul 31, 2026, as a new contract: 3 years and $12.75M, beginning in 2026-27. It runs through 2028-29, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2026-27 $4.25M
2027-28 $4.25M
2028-29 $4.25M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 31, 2026 San Jose Sharks New contract 2026-27 to 2028-29 3 $12.75M $4.25M
Apr 4, 2024 San Jose Sharks Entry-level 2023-24 to 2025-26 3 $3.85M $942K

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 2026-27 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.

2026-27 analytics

Rating, projected over the full season

2026-27 is still being played, so these are a projection of his whole season, not a count so far: what he has done in 4 games (+0.4 goals above replacement), plus the 54 more he is taken to play, going by how much of his team's games he has played before, at a rate set by his last three seasons and this one. The more he plays, the more this season counts, and by the last game it is simply his season.

+1.8Goals above replacement368th of 648 skaters, 265th of 423 forwards
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 423 ranked forwards: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence-1.1 27th percentileEven-strength defence+0.6 63rd percentilePower play-0.1 42nd percentilePenalty kill-0.4 7th percentilePenalties+0.7 67th percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance.

-202462023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

39.3Corsi for %33 attempts for, 51 against
-3.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
37.0Expected goals for %1.1 expected for, 1.9 against
+3.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %1 for, 2 against
99.2PDO8.3% shooting + 90.9% saves
7Attempts 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
Alexander Wennberg · Collin Graf · Ivar Stenberg220:5938.931.90-1
Tyler Toffoli · Collin Graf · Michael Misa18:5842.950.21-0
Barclay Goodrow · Zack Ostapchuk · Collin Graf15:1940.094.50-0
Ty Dellandrea · Collin Graf · Ivar Stenberg14:0233.391.70-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.7Expected goalsfrom 6 unblocked attempts
+0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.67 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 11.2% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +0.3 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 0 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.7

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
Oct 8, 2026 @ STL W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 14:16
Oct 5, 2026 @ DAL L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 12:42
Oct 3, 2026 vs LAK W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 16:43
Oct 1, 2026 vs FLA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 16:48