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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 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Aatu Räty VAN · 11 P in 33 GP Matthew Poitras BOS · 11 P in 33 GP Alexandre Texier STL · 11 P in 31 GP Elmer Soderblom DET · 11 P in 26 GP William Carrier CAR · 11 P in 43 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 5 1 0 1 -3 7 5 10 0.20 $4.25M
4 seasons Career 126 27 33 60 -5 27 170 123 0.48

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
33 5 6 11 -4 8 40 20 0.33 12.5 15:52

Contract

$942KCap hitends in 2026, then RFA
$86KCap dollars per point11 points in 33 games
$26KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$916KValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 698 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the San Jose Sharks on Apr 4, 2024, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $3.85M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2025-26, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $942K $830K $95K $25K $925K
2024-25 $942K $855K $95K $500K $950K
2025-26 $942K $855K $95K $500K $950K

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 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 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

-1.0Goals above replacement598th of 698 skaters, 401st of 456 forwards
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 456 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-2.0 25th percentileEven-strength defence-0.3 42nd percentilePower play+0.3 77th percentilePenalty kill-0.4 10th percentilePenalties-0.1 32nd 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player.

-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

44.5Corsi for %331 attempts for, 413 against
-3.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.3Expected goals for %13.8 expected for, 17.3 against
-1.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
46.9Goals for %15 for, 17 against
100.9PDO9.9% shooting + 91.0% saves
48Attempts 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 · William Eklund · Collin Graf642:5252.451.43-0
Tyler Toffoli · Alexander Wennberg · Collin Graf439:5656.573.52-0
Mikael Granlund · Fabian Zetterlund · Collin Graf533:1634.533.90-1
Will Smith · Macklin Celebrini · Collin Graf633:0134.439.82-2

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.

5Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.1Expected goalsfrom 55 unblocked attempts
+0.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.47 expected goals per 60 minutes9th
Shot quality 7.5% chance per attempt42nd
Finishing +0.9 goals above expected61stOne 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.

012345Game 20Goals 5Expected 4.1

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 7, 2025 vs CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 22:08
Apr 5, 2025 vs SEA L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:01
Apr 3, 2025 vs EDM L 2-3 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 15:06
Apr 1, 2025 @ ANA L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 16:06
Mar 30, 2025 @ LAK L 1-8 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 17:04
Mar 29, 2025 vs NYR L 1-6 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 16:01
Mar 27, 2025 vs TOR W 6-5 (SO) 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 19:55
Mar 22, 2025 vs BOS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:31
Mar 20, 2025 vs CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 14:39
Mar 15, 2025 vs WSH L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 19:41
Mar 13, 2025 vs CHI W 4-2 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 20:13
Mar 11, 2025 vs NSH L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 15:39
Mar 8, 2025 vs NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:59
Mar 6, 2025 @ COL L 3-7 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 18:42
Mar 4, 2025 @ BUF W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 14:17
Mar 3, 2025 @ TOR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:24
Mar 1, 2025 @ OTT L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 11:39
Feb 27, 2025 @ MTL L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 10:53
Feb 24, 2025 @ WPG L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:31
Feb 23, 2025 @ CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:14
Feb 8, 2025 vs DAL L 3-8 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:11
Feb 6, 2025 vs VAN L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:04
Feb 4, 2025 vs MTL L 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 17:37
Jan 21, 2025 @ NSH L 5-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:00
Jan 20, 2025 @ BOS L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 09:54
Jan 18, 2025 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 12:14
Jan 16, 2025 @ CBJ L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:00
Jan 14, 2025 @ DET W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:27
Jan 11, 2025 vs MIN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:45
Jan 10, 2025 @ UTA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:37
Jan 7, 2025 vs VGK L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 16:44
Jan 4, 2025 vs NJD W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13:12
Jan 2, 2025 vs TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:54