Michael McLeod

#20Center

2023-24 regular season

SOG

13.7% SH

15:09

TOI/GP

C · NJD · NHL id 8479415

Michael McLeod has played 45 games for the New Jersey Devils in 2023-24, scoring 10 goals and 9 assists (19 points) on 73 shots while averaging 15:09 a night (13:28 at even strength, 0:08 on the power play and 1:08 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Devils have controlled 53% of shot attempts with McLeod on the ice (35-22 in goals, 38% offensive-zone starts). In the Devils' most recent game against VGK he was on L2 with Tyler Toffoli and Dawson Mercer and off the power play. He is shooting 13.7% this season against 8.8% across the 299 games in our data.

Right now

From the Jan 22 game vs VGK, detected from shift data

Line

Tyler Toffoli Dawson Mercer

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Last 5: L1 · L1 · L1 · L1 · L1

Deployment timeline

2023-24 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

20 games shown, 15:42 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2023-24 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Top speed69th7022.6 mph

Bursts 20+ mph88th88148

Hardest shot63rd6388.8 mph

Offensive-zone time17th1739.4%

Distance skated46th46117.7 mi

High-danger SOG52nd5331

Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2023-24 · 125 attempts, 73 on goal, 10 goals

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Puck luck

2023-24 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Beyond the box score

2023-24 regular season · 45 of 45 games through the sequence engine

Method Leaders

: +0.010
Season net: +0.10xG

Offensive TK/600.80 (8)

Offensive GV/601.10 (11)

Neutral TK/600.40 (4)

Neutral GV/600.00 (0)

Defensive TK/600.70 (7)

Defensive GV/600.70 (7)

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: +0.177
Season: +1.15G
: 65.0%652 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 72-51 · NZ 129-76 · DZ 223-101

Method Leaders

Per 60: 1.30
Attempts: 13
: 0.060

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

Method Leaders

Season: +1.36G
Per 60: +0.120
Drawn / taken: 12 / 5minors

Method Leaders

: 52.2%
: 52.5%
: 52.1%
Transition CF/60: 6.1
Turnovers won/60: 12.4
Turnovers lost/60: 13.8

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

73 shots on goal, 10 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
Low Slot	36%	22%	5
L Point	1%	6%	0
High Slot	3%	7%	0
Outside R	8%	5%	0
Outside L	1%	5%	0
R Net Side	7%	4%	0
Crease	5%	2%	4

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

All alerts →

Moved down to L4 from L3Dec 5, 2023 alerts →
Played 6:21 more than his 5-game averageMay 11, 2023 alerts →
Moved up to L3 from L4Apr 16, 2022 alerts →
Moved down to L4 from L3Jan 19, 2022 alerts →
Moved up to L2 from L4Apr 11, 2021 alerts →
Played 6:08 more than his 5-game averageApr 11, 2021 alerts →

How his goals happened

10 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method

Goal anatomy
Game	Play	Entry	Passes	Shot mph	Notes
Jan 5, 2024 vs CHI	Deflection	loose	1	12.1	3-on-2, rebound
Jan 3, 2024 @ WSH	Odd-man rush	carry	0	19.0	3-on-2
Jan 3, 2024 @ WSH	Rush	carry	0	35.7	—
Dec 19, 2023 vs PHI	Rebound	—	0	20.9	rebound
Dec 17, 2023 vs ANA	Rush	carry	0	23.6	—
Dec 5, 2023 @ VAN	Cycle	—	0	44.6	—
Nov 28, 2023 vs NYI	Odd-man rush	carry	0	57.8	2-on-1
Nov 5, 2023 @ CHI	Forecheck turnover	—	0	44.8	—
Nov 2, 2023 @ MIN	Deflection	carry	2*	12.0	rebound
Oct 16, 2023 vs FLA	Rebound	—	1*	3.1	rebound

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2023-24 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without McLeod

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

45 games in 2023-24, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Jan 22	vs VGK	W 6-5	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	1	50%	18:27	18:15	0:12	—
Jan 20	vs DAL	L 2-6	0	0	0	-1	2	0	4	0	53%	18:31	16:32	0:03	1:56
Jan 19	@ CBJ	W 4-1	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	1	56%	16:37	15:15	0:16	0:51
Jan 17	vs MTL	L 2-3	0	0	0	-2	1	2	1	1	77%	17:37	16:45	—	—
Jan 15	@ BOS	L 0-3	0	0	0	-1	2	2	3	0	40%	18:40	16:41	—	1:20
Jan 13	@ FLA	W 4-1	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	2	71%	18:00	16:35	0:13	0:24
Jan 11	@ TBL	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	-1	2	0	5	1	67%	17:46	16:57	—	0:26
Jan 6	vs VAN	L 4-6	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	52%	18:14	16:28	1:00	0:46
Jan 5	vs CHI	W 4-2	1	0	1	+2	4	0	2	0	81%	14:06	11:17	0:57	1:52
Jan 3	@ WSH	W 6-3	2	0	2	+2	2	0	2	0	71%	13:36	13:20	—	0:16
Dec 30	@ BOS	L 2-5	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	85%	18:53	18:13	0:16	0:24
Dec 29	@ OTT	W 6-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	2	75%	15:24	14:21	—	1:03
Dec 27	vs CBJ	W 4-3	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	1	55%	14:33	13:53	0:05	0:12
Dec 23	vs DET	W 3-2	0	0	0	+2	1	0	2	1	61%	17:50	14:19	0:33	1:15
Dec 21	vs EDM	L 3-6	0	2	2	+1	1	0	3	1	67%	16:55	16:19	—	0:36
Dec 19	vs PHI	OTL 2-3	1	0	1	+1	2	0	5	0	89%	14:03	12:44	—	1:19
Dec 17	vs ANA	L 1-5	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	100%	11:45	10:29	0:09	0:53
Dec 16	@ CBJ	W 6-3	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	85%	13:31	12:06	—	0:42
Dec 13	vs BOS	W 2-1	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	1	57%	12:49	12:49	—	—
Dec 10	@ EDM	L 1-4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	69%	13:36	11:30	0:01	1:09

Season splits by strength

2023-24 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	45	681:29	15:09	667	682	49.4%	49.4%	335	349	37	42	47%	28.7	37.5	30%
Even strength	45	606:16	13:28	622	556	52.8%	53.1%	312	274	35	24	59%	26.1	23.9	38%
5v5	45	597:44	13:17	615	551	52.7%	53.0%	309	271	35	22	61%	25.8	23.7	38%
Power play	19	5:56	0:19	8	3	72.7%	50.0%	3	3	0	0	—	0.2	0.1	73%
Penalty kill	40	50:54	1:16	18	90	16.7%	20.2%	12	52	0	11	0%	0.7	7.0	3%
4v4	11	6:48	0:37	6	3	66.7%	71.4%	3	1	0	1	0%	0.3	0.2	20%
5v4	19	5:56	0:19	8	3	72.7%	50.0%	3	3	0	0	—	0.2	0.1	73%
4v5	40	50:11	1:15	18	88	17.0%	20.7%	12	50	0	11	0%	0.7	6.7	4%
6v5, own net empty	13	6:47	0:31	11	6	64.7%	57.1%	5	4	0	4	0%	0.3	4.1	100%
5v6, opponent net empty	15	9:29	0:38	4	24	14.3%	10.0%	2	15	2	2	50%	0.8	1.7	0%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM			HIT	BLK	TOI/GP
2023-24	NJD	45	10	9	19	+6	10	73	13.7%	101	22	15:09
2022-23Playoffs	NJD	12	2	4	6	+2	15	19	10.5%	29	12	14:47
2022-23	NJD	80	4	22	26	+6	43	90	4.4%	127	51	12:15
2021-22	NJD	77	6	14	20	-13	52	78	7.7%	145	34	13:20
2020-21	NJD	52	9	6	15	-12	42	60	15.0%	89	20	13:49
2019-20	NJD	12	0	2	2	+4	4	11	0.0%	19	6	10:14
2018-19	NJD	21	0	3	3	-8	13	21	0.0%	41	4	12:12

Michael McLeod news

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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Puck luck

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Draw EquityDraw Equity (DrEq)Faceoff results in goals: each win or loss scored against a coin flip and weighted by the zone. 100 extra offensive- or defensive-zone wins are worth about 1.9 goals.Σ (win − 0.5) × V(zone)Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

Role changes

How his goals happened

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season

Michael McLeod news