Centre · #47
Michael McCarron
- Age
- 31
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 198 cm
- Weight
- 105 kg
- Born
- Grosse Pointe, USA
- Draft
- 2013, round 1, #25 (MTL)
Career · 10 seasons
- Games
- 385
- Goals
- 36
- Points
- 82
- TOI per game
- 12:13
- xGF% (5v5)
- 48.8%
- Goals above expected
- −14.1
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2015–16 |   MTL | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −10 | 11:41 | 41 | 2.4% | 0 | 3.6 | 47.1% |
| 2016–17 | MTL | 31 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −4 | 9:53 | 31 | 3.2% | 0 | 2.7 | 49.1% |
| 2017–18 | MTL | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 8:46 | 15 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.9 | 41.1% |
| After a break: 2020–21 |   NSH | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 10:18 | 3 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.6 | 48.7% |
| 2021–22 | NSH | 51 | 7 | 7 | 14 | +10 | 10:23 | 51 | 13.7% | 1 | 5.2 | 50.0% |
| 2022–23 | NSH | 32 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −3 | 10:33 | 39 | 5.1% | 0 | 4.0 | 48.4% |
| 2023–24 | NSH | 70 | 12 | 10 | 22 | +4 | 12:46 | 94 | 12.8% | 0 | 11.0 | 51.8% |
| 2024–25 | NSH | 74 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −21 | 13:45 | 80 | 6.3% | 0 | 9.6 | 46.7% |
| 2025–26 | NSH | 59 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −15 | 14:30 | 86 | 5.8% | 0 | 9.0 | 46.5% |
| 2025–26 |   MIN | 20 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −1 | 12:40 | 23 | 13.0% | 0 | 3.1 | 56.3% |
| 2025–26 | All teams | 79 | 8 | 9 | 17 | −16 | 14:02 | 109 | 7.3% | 0 | 12.1 | 48.8% |
| 2026–27 | MIN | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 14:07 | 9 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.5 | 47.1% |
| Total | 3 teams | 385 | 36 | 46 | 82 | −38 | 12:13 | 472 | 7.6% | 1 | 50.1 | 48.8% |
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 10 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
4th line
17th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
Extra / AHL- Goals /600.4624th pct
- Assists /600.5923rd pct
- ixG /600.6437th pct
- Goals above expected−14.18th pct
Play-driving
4th line- xGF% (5v5)48.8%50th pct
- CF% (5v5)48.0%41st pct
- Relative xGF%−2.434th pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.418th pct
Usage
4th line- TOI per game12:1338th pct
- PP time share3.4%24th pct
- Offensive zone starts26.4%4th pct
- Quality of competition23.6%35th pct
Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).
Faceoffs
How often McCarron wins the draw over 10 seasons, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1778+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
52.8%
1904–1703 · #59 of 214 regulars, 73rd percentile
Against an average centre
52.7%
Opponents won 50.0% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.0% against them.
Wins above average
+99
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
9.6
3,607 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone46.4% 287–331
- Neutral zone52.5% 661–597
- Defensive zone55.2% 956–775
By strength
- Even strength53.4% 1614–1408
- Power play46.1% 41–48
- Shorthanded50.2% 249–247
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +7 after a win, −20 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.3 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Vincent Trocheck36.6% 15–26
- Nazem Kadri53.8% 21–18
- Tomas Hertl41.2% 14–20
- Joel Eriksson Ek58.8% 20–14
- Dylan Strome44.1% 15–19
- Mason McTavish44.1% 15–19
- John Tavares53.1% 17–15
- Leon Draisaitl53.1% 17–15
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 | 169 | 50.3% | 50.0% |
| 2016–17 | 175 | 43.4% | 42.6% |
| 2017–18 | 123 | 48.8% | 49.1% |
| 2020–21 | 42 | 42.9% | 42.2% |
| 2021–22 | 353 | 54.4% | 53.5% |
| 2022–23 | 106 | 59.4% | 59.8% |
| 2023–24 | 671 | 53.2% | 53.1% |
| 2024–25 | 923 | 54.4% | 54.5% |
| 2025–26 | 994 | 52.5% | 52.8% |
| 2026–27 | 51 | 56.9% | 57.1% |
Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.
−14.1 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games
Speed and tracking
From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.
Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.
Tracking
- Top skating speed32.9 km/h18th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph19th pct
- Hardest shot120.4 km/h43rd pct
- Distance skated12 km48th pct
- Offensive-zone time40.4%41st pct
Each season against the other forwards that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.
Top skating speed
35.7 km/h38th pct
▲ +0.1 km/h since 2024–25
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
4.642nd pct
▲ +0.9 since 2024–25
Distance skated per 60
15.8 km67th pct
▼ −0.0 km since 2024–25
Hardest shot
143.7 km/h75th pct
▼ −3.2 km/h since 2024–25
Offensive-zone time
40.7%34th pct
▼ −0.2 points since 2024–25