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Connor McMichael

Position	Left Wing / Center	Current Team	Washington Capitals
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	2 years
Height	6'0"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	180	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	25
Age	24 (Jan 15, 2001)	Expiry Status	RFA-arb
Drafted	2019, Round 1, Overall 25 (WSH)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jul 1, 2024	Washington Capitals	Signed 2 years @ $2.100M AAV starting in 2024-25
Jul 12, 2019	Washington Capitals	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

2025-26 Player Card

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2024-25 Player Card

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2023-24 Player Card

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Notes and Definitions

The numbers represent percentiles so the higher the better.
Percentiles are determined by comparing Forwards to Forwards and Defensemen to Defensemen.
Bursts/mi are calculated from NHL Edge Data are are speed bursts above 20mpg per mile skated. The NHL doesn't adjust for ice time so the players that skate more will naturally have more bursts over 20, or at least more opportunity to have more. The NHL also does not provide ice time in the context of NHL Edge Statistics, however, it does provide distance skated. By adjusting for distance skated it will have a similar effect to adjusting for ice time but also adjust for situationional effect. For example, Players don't typically skate as much on the PK, mostly within the defensive zone, so don't get significant opportunity in that ice time to get speed bursts above 20mph. Adjusting with miles skates would account for this better than adjusting with ice time.
Sh%AE is Shooting Percentage above Expected (Sh% - xSh%) and is an indicator of how good a shooter is at converting chances into goals.
Relative statistics are On Ice - Off Ice statistics and can be an indicator of whether the player makes his teammates better or worse.
All data is 5v5 except Shooting Hardest and Average, Skating Top Speed and Bursts/mi which are all situations, ES Average which is even strength (NHL doesn't give a specific definition).

Data Sources

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Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2020-21	WSH	1	8:53	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.86	-0.86	0.00	12.66	-12.66	0.00	0.00
2021-22	WSH	68	687:15	0.70	0.79	1.48	1.01	-0.31	7.69	11.13	-3.44	5.97	9.70
2022-23	WSH	6	52:33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.20	-0.20	0.00	8.69	-8.69	0.00	0.00
2023-24	WSH	80	1005:29	0.78	0.60	1.37	0.82	-0.04	11.71	12.34	-0.63	6.14	9.82
2024-25	WSH	82	1106:01	1.19	1.19	2.39	0.90	0.30	15.60	11.72	3.88	3.00	11.00
2025-26	WSH	20	240:21	0.25	1.75	2.00	0.78	-0.53	3.57	11.13	-7.56	0.00	12.82

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2020-21	WSH	1	8:53	27.02	0.00	2.27	54.03	0.00	2.08	-	52.09	0.14	-0.42	6.18
2021-22	WSH	68	687:15	45.57	2.27	2.88	40.07	2.36	2.31	49.06	55.45	0.36	-0.20	5.46
2022-23	WSH	6	52:33	28.54	2.28	1.80	70.79	2.28	3.87	50.00	31.82	-0.90	1.78	-24.62
2023-24	WSH	80	1005:29	37.24	1.85	2.39	43.02	2.74	2.50	40.26	48.84	0.17	0.03	1.51
2024-25	WSH	82	1106:01	44.92	3.47	2.90	43.02	2.55	2.52	57.66	53.53	0.57	0.34	1.91
2025-26	WSH	20	240:21	43.44	3.25	2.96	42.69	2.75	2.77	54.17	51.59	0.27	0.58	-3.41

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

Connor McMichael relieved to snap nine-game goalless streak after move back to wing: ‘I haven’t been playing at the level I want to’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sun Nov 16, 2025)
Connor McMichael stops Jordan Martinook from scoring just inches from the goal line: ‘Probably that’s the biggest save of the night’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Wed Nov 12, 2025)
Connor McMichael, Aliaksei Protas, and Dylan McIlrath catch up with Todd Nelson after Capitals-Penguins game at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sat Nov 8, 2025)
Aliaksei Protas on Connor McMichael’s brilliant set up on his goal: ‘Oh god, my mom would score from that’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Tue Oct 14, 2025)
Capitals Made Changes Prior to First Road Trip at The Hockey Writers (Sun Oct 12, 2025)
Hendrix Lapierre grabs back third-line center spot from Connor McMichael after remarkable preseason: ‘He made us consider some different options’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Fri Oct 3, 2025)
Connor McMichael breaks out classic Hershey Bears ROAR celebration after scoring preseason goal at Giant Center: ‘For old times’ sake. I’m glad I got a chance to do it.’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Fri Sep 26, 2025)
Giant Center selling shirts of vintage Hershey Bears players like Connor McMichael, Aliaksei Protas, and John Carlson at team store at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Thu Sep 25, 2025)
2025 Top 25 Under 25 Part 3: 5-1 at Japers Rink (Thu Sep 18, 2025)
Connor McMichael joins Capitals informal skates at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Wed Sep 3, 2025)
Spencer Carbery plans to begin training camp with Connor McMichael as Capitals’ third-line center: ‘I look at it as trying to balance out those top three lines’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Tue Sep 2, 2025)
Offseason Questions: Next Man Up? at Japers Rink (Fri Jul 25, 2025)

Current Contract

Connor McMichael signed a $4,200,000 2-year contract with the Washington Capitals and General Manager Brian MacLellan on July 1, 2024 with an AAV of $2,100,000. This contract will start in 2024-25 and end after the 2025-26 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 2.39% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	23	$2,100,000	$2,100,000	-	$500,000	$1,600,000	$2,100,000	$2,100,000	RFA
2025-26	24	$2,100,000	$2,100,000	-	-	$2,100,000	$2,100,000	$2,100,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	$500,000	$3,700,000	$4,200,000	$4,200,000

Signed: July 1, 2024

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: Brian MacLellan

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 2.39

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Connor McMichael signed a $2,775,000 3-year contract with the Washington Capitals and General Manager Brian MacLellan on July 12, 2019 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2019-20 and end after the 2023-24 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.13% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	18	$925,000	$925,000	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2020-21	19	$894,167	$894,167	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2021-22	20	$863,333	$863,333	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	-	ELC
2022-23	21	$863,333	$863,333	-	-	$832,500	$832,500	-	ELC
2023-24	22	$863,333	$863,333	-	-	$832,500	$832,500	-	ELC
Total				-	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$0

Signed: July 12, 2019

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: Brian MacLellan

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid two seasons as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2013-14	QC Int PW	Markham Waxers PW	2	0	2	2						2		2	2
2015-16	WSI U15	Pro Hockey Selects U15	7	5	1	6
2016-17	OGC-16	Team OMHA White	5	2	1	3
2016-17	ETAHL U18	Ajax/Pickering Raiders U18 AAA	1	1	2	3
2016-17	OJHL	St. Michael's Buzzers	1	0	0	0
2016-17	ETAHL U16	Ajax/Pickering Raiders U16 AAA	34	35	27	62		28				7	7	3	10		12
2017-18	OHL	Brantford Bulldogs	32	5	5	10	-5	10
2017-18	OHL	Hamilton Bulldogs	32	5	5	10	-5	10
2017-18	WHC-17	Canada White U17	6	1	3	4
2017-18	U17-Dev	Team Gold	3	0	1	1		12
2017-18	OHL	London Knights	28	3	3	6	-2	4				4
2018-19	OHL	London Knights	67	36	36	72	+15	19				11	2	3	5	-1	2
2019-20	OHL	London Knights	52	47	55	102	+32	26
2019-20	WJC-20	Canada U20	7	5	2	7	+2
2020-21	AHL	Hershey Bears	33	14	13	27	+6	14
2020-21	WJC-20	Canada U20	7	4	4	8	+8	4
2020-21	NHL	Washington Capitals	1	0	0	0		2	1	0.0	9:54
2021-22	NHL	Washington Capitals	68	9	9	18	-3	10	105	8.6	10:28	4		1	1			1	0.0	6:24
2022-23	NHL	Washington Capitals	6	0	0	0		5	2	0.0	8:52
2022-23	AHL	Hershey Bears	57	16	23	39		12				20	6	4	10	+2	6
2023-24	NHL	Washington Capitals	80	18	15	33	-20	34	135	13.3	15:59	4	1		1	-3	2	13	7.7	16:02
2024-25	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	26	31	57	+19	49	177	14.7	16:49	10	4	2	6	+3	2	18	22.2	16:58
2025-26	NHL	Washington Capitals	21	2	8	10	+2	8	40	5.0	16:05
NHL Career			258	55	63	118	-2	108	460	12.0	14:37	18	5	3	8		4	32	15.6	14:24