C · WSH · NHL id 8481580
Connor McMichael has played 78 games for the Washington Capitals in 2025-26, scoring 14 goals and 32 assists (46 points) on 142 shots while averaging 16:54 a night (12:54 at even strength, 1:37 on the power play and 2:02 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 56% of his 5v5 minutes with Pierre-Luc Dubois and 39% with Jakob Chychrun over the last 10 games, and the Capitals have controlled 47% of shot attempts with McMichael on the ice (48-45 in goals, 50% offensive-zone starts). In the Capitals' most recent game against CBJ he was on L1 with Hendrix Lapierre and Ryan Leonard and on PP2; added to PP2 in the last game. He is shooting 9.9% this season against 12.1% across the 333 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 14 game vs CBJ, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 20 games, 16:28 average time on ice, PP1 in 3 games, 8 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
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
2025-26 · 250 attempts, 142 on goal, 14 goals
Shot map, OPP at WSH: 250 attempts, 142 on goal, 14 goals, 19.54 expected goals; best chance Connor McMichael at 0.98 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 78 GP · 46 points vs 44.3 expected
Last 20 games: +25. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 9.9%
- 101.9
- 63.9%
- G vs xG
- 14 / 17.8
- • Shot diet improved: 0.160 xG per attempt lately vs 0.092 before (more from the slot).
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.
Fantasy box score
- Games played78
- Goals14212th of 715
- Assists32114th of 715
- Points46155th of 715
- Power-play points5261st of 715
- Shorthanded points1111th of 715
- Shots on goal142171st of 715
- Hits45437th of 715
- Blocked shots45288th of 715
- Plus/minus+8141st of 715
- Penalty minutes30294th of 715
- Faceoffs won265114th of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)46.9%533rd of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)47.0%530th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)47.1%495th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)46.9%505th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)46.9%508th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)47.3%493rd of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /601.17224th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.056454th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.16687th of 719
- Faceoff win %42.9%195th of 238
- Draw Equity /100−0.080199th of 238
Usage
- Ice time per game16:54304th of 715
- Power-play time per game1:37243rd of 715
- Offensive-zone start %49.5%377th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.27456th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1019145th of 719
- Goals above expected−3.8654th of 715
- Luck Meter+4358th of 828
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed23.0121st of 715
- 20+ mph bursts17458th of 715
- Hardest shot91.4203rd of 715
- Offensive-zone time37.9%671st of 715
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 78 of 78 games through the sequence engine
- −0.023
- Season net
- −0.37xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 100 draws
- −0.080
- Season
- −0.49G
- 42.9%618 draws
Wins by zone: OZ 70-106 · NZ 81-106 · DZ 114-141
- Per 60
- 1.17
- Attempts
- 19
- 0.057
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved up to L2 from L3Dec 21, 2025 alerts →
- Moved down to L4 from L1May 15, 2025 alerts →
- Moved up to L1 from L4Apr 10, 2025 alerts →
- Moved up to PP1 from PP2Feb 1, 2025 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1Dec 29, 2024 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1Dec 28, 2024 alerts →
- Moved up to PP1Nov 18, 2023 alerts →
- Moved up to L2 from L4Feb 15, 2022 alerts →
How his goals happened
40 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 2026 vs PIT | Odd-man rush | carry | 1 | 23.6 | 1-on-0 | |
| Apr 12, 2026 vs PIT | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 21.0 | 2-on-1 | |
| Apr 5, 2026 @ NYR | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 74.1 | 1-on-0 | |
| Apr 4, 2026 vs BUF | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 42.2 | — | |
| Mar 9, 2026 vs CGY | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 29.6 | — | |
| Mar 9, 2026 vs CGY | Forecheck turnover | loose | 0 | 68.0 | 2-on-1 | |
| Jan 24, 2026 @ EDM | Cycle | — | 0 | 6.6 | — | |
| Jan 13, 2026 vs MTL | Rebound | carry | 4 | 22.7 | rebound | |
| Jan 9, 2026 @ CHI | Odd-man rush | carry | 2 | 22.5 | 1-on-0 | |
| Dec 11, 2025 vs CAR | Odd-man rush | loose | 0 | 19.5 | 1-on-0 | |
| Nov 28, 2025 vs TOR | Rebound | — | 0 | 20.0 | rebound | |
| Nov 26, 2025 vs WPG | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 20.5 | 1-on-0 | |
| Nov 15, 2025 vs NJD | Cycle | — | 1 | 47.4 | — | |
| Oct 24, 2025 @ CBJ | Rush | carry | 0 | 21.1 | — | |
| May 8, 2025 vs CAR | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 64.0 | 2-on-0 | |
| Apr 25, 2025 @ MTL | Deflection | pass | 1 | 28.7 | 3-on-2, deflection, rebound | |
| Apr 23, 2025 vs MTL | Odd-man rush | carry | 1 | 63.0 | 2-on-1 | |
| Apr 23, 2025 vs MTL | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 46.9 | — | |
| Apr 17, 2025 @ PIT | Rebound | carry | 0 | 35.7 | 2-on-1, one-timer, rebound | |
| Mar 22, 2025 vs FLA | Rush | pass | 1 | 26.5 | — | |
| Mar 18, 2025 vs DET | Forecheck turnover | — | 2 | 5.1 | — | |
| Mar 9, 2025 vs SEA | Deflection | — | 5* | 34.0 | deflection | |
| Mar 3, 2025 vs OTT | Rebound | — | 1 | 1.7 | rebound | |
| Feb 27, 2025 vs STL | Cycle | — | 0 | 60.4 | — | |
| Feb 23, 2025 vs EDM | Odd-man rush | loose | 2* | 60.5 | 2-on-1, one-timer | |
| Feb 6, 2025 @ PHI | Deflection | carry | 0 | 32.1 | 5-on-2, deflection | |
| Jan 30, 2025 @ OTT | Cycle | — | 3 | 39.0 | — | |
| Jan 4, 2025 vs NYR | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 27.9 | one-timer | |
| Dec 20, 2024 vs CAR | Cycle | — | 4 | 61.2 | — | |
| Dec 6, 2024 @ TOR | Cycle | — | 0 | 27.2 | — | |
| Nov 30, 2024 @ NJD | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 40.9 | one-timer | |
| Nov 23, 2024 vs NJD | Rebound | — | 4* | 20.9 | rebound | |
| Nov 15, 2024 @ COL | Rush | loose | 0 | 31.0 | — | |
| Nov 15, 2024 @ COL | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 65.7 | one-timer | |
| Nov 9, 2024 @ STL | Rush | carry | 2 | 16.3 | — | |
| Nov 9, 2024 @ STL | Odd-man rush | carry | 1 | 39.3 | 4-on-3 | |
| Nov 6, 2024 vs NSH | Rebound | pass | 0 | 23.5 | rebound | |
| Nov 2, 2024 vs CBJ | Rebound | pass | 0 | 10.1 | 2-on-1, rebound | |
| Nov 2, 2024 vs CBJ | Odd-man rush | carry | 1* | 55.8 | 2-on-1 | |
| Oct 31, 2024 vs MTL | Rebound | carry | 0 | 20.2 | rebound |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without McMichael
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% McMichael apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Leonard | RW | 52 | 375:12 | 38% | 45.0% | 56% (18-14) | 43.9% 283:07 | 46.8% 241:35 |
| Jakob Chychrun | D | 76 | 375:09 | 38% | 49.9% | 69% (22-10) | 44.3% 574:40 | 52.9% 1015:04 |
| Matt Roy | D | 76 | 357:27 | 37% | 50.1% | 60% (18-12) | 45.0% 593:54 | 49.7% 958:22 |
| Martin Fehérváry | D | 76 | 322:07 | 33% | 43.9% | 41% (15-22) | 48.4% 634:52 | 49.0% 881:34 |
| Rasmus Sandin | D | 68 | 271:19 | 28% | 44.2% | 41% (11-16) | 48.7% 584:10 | 48.4% 822:20 |
| Tom Wilson | RW | 49 | 248:27 | 25% | 51.0% | 48% (12-13) | 45.7% 364:29 | 52.6% 398:33 |
| John Carlson | D | 51 | 245:42 | 25% | 47.9% | 50% (14-14) | 47.2% 402:58 | 55.8% 595:53 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | 63 | 219:22 | 23% | 45.4% | 58% (11-8) | 47.2% 570:29 | 48.3% 675:31 |
| Justin Sourdif | RW | 35 | 206:52 | 21% | 45.6% | 65% (13-7) | 44.1% 240:56 | 51.7% 260:34 |
| Aliaksei Protas | C | 37 | 177:47 | 18% | 52.8% | 50% (8-8) | 51.1% 283:22 | 54.9% 368:12 |
| Alex Ovechkin | LW | 31 | 149:24 | 15% | 48.6% | 47% (7-8) | 48.9% 245:38 | 51.4% 242:31 |
| Dylan Strome | C | 32 | 143:43 | 15% | 44.7% | 46% (6-7) | 49.3% 266:21 | 52.2% 294:07 |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois | LW | 19 | 132:02 | 14% | 43.5% | 40% (6-9) | 47.2% 98:53 | 50.9% 115:32 |
| Brandon Duhaime | RW | 14 | 96:28 | 10% | 42.0% | 50% (2-2) | 58.2% 86:08 | 40.4% 53:29 |
Game log
78 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14 | @ CBJ | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50% | 16:26 | 12:44 | 1:47 | 1:10 |
| Apr 12 | vs PIT | W 3-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47% | 15:31 | 13:54 | — | 1:22 |
| Apr 11 | @ PIT | W 6-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75% | 15:02 | 15:02 | — | — |
| Apr 8 | @ TOR | W 4-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 16:46 | 12:52 | — | 3:54 |
| Apr 5 | @ NYR | L 1-8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 40% | 17:12 | 11:41 | 2:41 | 2:50 |
| Apr 4 | vs BUF | W 6-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 43% | 16:03 | 12:20 | 0:55 | 2:48 |
| Apr 2 | @ NJD | L 3-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33% | 15:23 | 12:15 | 1:33 | 1:35 |
| Mar 31 | vs PHI | W 6-4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 60% | 18:03 | 11:21 | 3:00 | 2:51 |
| Mar 28 | @ VGK | W 5-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27% | 20:10 | 15:18 | 2:26 | 2:26 |
| Mar 26 | @ UTA | W 7-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 16:45 | 11:06 | 2:40 | 2:59 |
| Mar 24 | @ STL | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 17:35 | 14:12 | 2:02 | 1:21 |
| Mar 22 | vs COL | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20% | 20:03 | 13:36 | 3:53 | 2:18 |
| Mar 20 | vs NJD | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75% | 16:16 | 12:31 | 0:44 | 2:09 |
| Mar 18 | vs OTT | W 4-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29% | 17:34 | 11:20 | 1:46 | 3:19 |
| Mar 14 | vs BOS | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33% | 15:11 | 11:05 | 1:42 | 2:24 |
| Mar 12 | @ BUF | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 31% | 14:15 | 11:09 | 0:55 | 0:59 |
| Mar 11 | @ PHI | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60% | 16:31 | 13:32 | 0:39 | 2:20 |
| Mar 9 | vs CGY | W 7-3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 14:53 | 12:48 | 2:05 | — |
| Mar 7 | @ BOS | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | 17:19 | 9:36 | 2:16 | 4:55 |
| Mar 3 | vs UTA | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | 18:04 | 15:58 | 0:33 | 1:33 |
Season splits by strength
2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 78 | 1318:41 | 16:54 | 1190 | 1405 | 45.9% | 45.7% | 578 | 674 | 72 | 70 | 51% | 71.1 | 78.6 | 45% |
| Even strength | 78 | 1005:43 | 12:54 | 938 | 1055 | 47.1% | 47.2% | 449 | 499 | 51 | 46 | 53% | 47.3 | 51.1 | 49% |
| 5v5 | 78 | 974:38 | 12:30 | 910 | 1031 | 46.9% | 47.0% | 431 | 488 | 48 | 45 | 52% | 44.1 | 49.5 | 50% |
| Power play | 74 | 125:43 | 1:42 | 173 | 24 | 87.8% | 84.5% | 87 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 75% | 12.1 | 2.8 | 98% |
| Penalty kill | 72 | 158:29 | 2:12 | 33 | 287 | 10.3% | 11.2% | 23 | 136 | 1 | 16 | 6% | 2.3 | 21.2 | 4% |
| 4v4 | 25 | 20:01 | 0:48 | 20 | 15 | 57.1% | 57.7% | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 1.3 | 1.1 | 40% |
| 3v3 (OT) | 8 | 11:04 | 1:23 | 8 | 9 | 47.1% | 58.3% | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 100% | 1.9 | 0.5 | 67% |
| 5v4 | 74 | 124:54 | 1:41 | 172 | 24 | 87.8% | 84.5% | 87 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 75% | 12.1 | 2.8 | 98% |
| 4v5 | 72 | 156:35 | 2:10 | 33 | 281 | 10.5% | 11.3% | 23 | 134 | 1 | 16 | 6% | 2.3 | 20.7 | 3% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 13 | 8:31 | 0:39 | 19 | 6 | 76.0% | 72.2% | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 25% | 0.7 | 1.8 | 100% |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 24 | 18:54 | 0:47 | 26 | 32 | 44.8% | 43.6% | 9 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 82% | 8.1 | 1.6 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | WSH | 78 | 14 | 32 | 46 | +8 | 30 | 142 | 9.9% | 45 | 45 | 16:54 |
| 2024-25Playoffs | WSH | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +3 | 2 | 18 | 22.2% | 10 | 8 | 16:58 |
| 2024-25 | WSH | 82 | 26 | 31 | 57 | +19 | 49 | 177 | 14.7% | 39 | 36 | 16:49 |
| 2023-24Playoffs | WSH | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 13 | 7.7% | 2 | 0 | 16:02 |
| 2023-24 | WSH | 80 | 18 | 15 | 33 | -20 | 34 | 135 | 13.3% | 45 | 39 | 15:59 |
| 2022-23 | WSH | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0.0% | 2 | 3 | 8:52 |
| 2021-22Playoffs | WSH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 5 | 1 | 6:24 |
| 2021-22 | WSH | 68 | 9 | 9 | 18 | -3 | 10 | 105 | 8.6% | 46 | 22 | 10:28 |
| 2020-21 | WSH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 9:54 |
Connor McMichael news
- How Connor McMichael Bounces Back in First Season With the BluesThe Hockey Writers
- Connor McMichael debuts absolutely unhinged hockey smile at Blues golf tournamentRMNB
- Connor McMichael Statsnhl.com
- Connor McMichael Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- 2026-27 Washington Capitals Season PreviewNHLRumors.com
- Connor McMichael HomeNHL.com
- 2026-27 St. Louis Blues Season PreviewNHLRumors.com
- The Blues Have Plenty of Options at Center After a Busy OffseasonThe Hockey Writers
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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.