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Washington Capitals

Michael Sgarbossa

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2024-25 regular season
3
GP
1
G
1
A
2
P
1
SOG
100.0% SH
9:20
TOI/GP

C · WSH · NHL id 8475958

Michael Sgarbossa has played 3 games for the Washington Capitals in 2024-25, scoring 1 goal and 1 assist (2 points) on 1 shots while averaging 9:20 a night (9:19 at even strength, 0:02 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Capitals have controlled 45% of shot attempts with Sgarbossa on the ice (3-1 in goals, 78% offensive-zone starts). In the Capitals' most recent game against STL he was on L4 with Jakub Vrana and Andrew Mangiapane and off the power play.

Right now

From the Nov 9 game vs STL, detected from shift data

Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Last 3: L4 · L4 · L4

Deployment timeline

2024-25 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 3 games, 9:20 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.

PPLine4440m3m7m10m13mOct 29Oct 31Nov 2Nov 3Nov 6Nov 8Nov 9
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
3 games shown, 9:20 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

Only 3 GP in 2024-25; showing 2023-24 NHL EDGE data.

Top speed30th3121.8 mph
Bursts 20+ mph31st3229
Hardest shot21st2180.6 mph
Offensive-zone time13th1338.9%
Distance skated27th2848.7 mi
High-danger SOG27th289
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

2024-25 · 4 attempts, 1 on goal, 1 goal

Shot map, OPP at WSH: 4 attempts, 1 on goal, 1 goal, 0.10 expected goals; best chance Michael Sgarbossa at 0.10 xG.

  • 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

2024-25 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

00.20.40.60.81+0.9goals above expected2.9σOct 29Nov 9
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2023-24 regular season · 22 of 25 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.020
Season net
−0.09xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
−0.101
Season
−0.13G
46.0%126 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 2-19 · NZ 31-20 · DZ 25-29

MethodLeaders
Per 60
1.39
Attempts
6
0.031

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

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.78G
Per 60
+0.170
Drawn / taken
5 / 1minors

MethodLeaders
53.6%
47.4%
54.3%
Transition CF/60
4.6
Turnovers won/60
15.5
Turnovers lost/60
13.4

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
27 shots on goal, 4 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Center Point0%8%0
R Point0%6%0
L Circle19%13%0
Crease7%2%1
Outside R0%5%0
L Net Side7%3%0
Low Slot26%22%1

How his goals happened

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

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Nov 9, 2024 @ STLDeflectioncarry08.53-on-2
Mar 9, 2024 vs CHICycle—2*3.4—
Feb 27, 2024 @ DETRebound—2*43.0rebound
Feb 20, 2024 vs NJDForecheck turnover—17.5—

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

Linemates

2024-25 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Sgarbossa

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

3 games in 2024-25, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Nov 9@ STLW 8-1112+1121050%11:2511:25——
Oct 31vs MTLW 6-3000+1000120%8:038:03——
Oct 29vs NYRW 5-30000000057%8:338:280:05—

Season splits by strength

2024-25 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations328:019:20242945.3%51.5%12103175%1.50.680%
Even strength327:569:19242945.3%51.5%12103175%1.50.678%
5v5327:569:19242945.3%51.5%12103175%1.50.678%
Power play10:050:0500——0000—0.00.0100%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2024-25WSH3112+221100.0%119:20
2023-24WSH25437022714.8%16310:58
2021-22WSH10224+301118.2%729:54
2020-21WSH5022+2040.0%129:48
2019-20WSH20000010.0%308:07

Michael Sgarbossa 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.