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Centre · #23

Sean Monahan

Calgary Flames Montréal Canadiens Winnipeg Jets Columbus Blue Jackets(traded during the season)
Age
31
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
91 kg
Born
Brampton, CAN
Draft
2013, round 1, #6 (CGY)

Career · 2013–14 to 2026–27

Games
898
Goals
277
Points
632
TOI per game
17:52
xGF% (5v5)
50.0%
Goals above expected
+3.1
ShowAll teamsCalgary FlamesMontréal CanadiensWinnipeg JetsColumbus Blue Jackets

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2013–14CGY75221234−2015:5914015.7%715.145.9%
2014–15CGY81313162+819:3719116.2%1923.246.4%
2015–16CGY81273663−619:1019713.7%2027.047.4%
2016–17CGY82273158−117:3519913.6%1728.049.5%
2017–18CGY74313364+318:4120215.3%1931.452.9%
2018–19CGY78344882+719:0321116.1%2331.952.2%
2019–20CGY70222648−1618:0616613.3%1823.246.8%
2020–21CGY50101828−617:419810.2%914.551.8%
2021–22CGY6581523−1514:041117.2%1313.552.7%
2022–23MTL2561117−517:225510.9%47.247.2%
2023–24MTL49132235−1018:2710412.5%1615.846.0%
2023–24WPG34131124+917:346719.4%59.753.5%
2023–24All teams83263359−118:0617115.2%2125.549.0%
2024–25CBJ54193857+1919:0112814.8%1416.555.7%
2025–26CBJ78132336−117:071319.9%1016.651.5%
2026–27CBJ2101−116:12250.0%10.349.0%
Total4 teams898277355632−3517:522,00213.8%195273.950.0%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.511.52200400600800
10m12m14m16m18m20m22m200400600800Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2013–14 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st line

89th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

1st line
  • Goals /601.0488th pct
  • Assists /601.3386th pct
  • ixG /601.0292nd pct
  • Goals above expected+3.179th pct

Play-driving

2nd line
  • xGF% (5v5)50.0%65th pct
  • CF% (5v5)50.3%67th pct
  • Relative xGF%−0.160th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.1053rd pct

Usage

1st line
  • TOI per game17:5292nd pct
  • PP time share56.7%93rd pct
  • Offensive zone starts63.0%75th pct
  • Quality of competition25.0%88th 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).

Most similar players this season

  1. Brayden PointTBL0.96
  2. Logan CoutureSJS0.96
  3. Tyler JohnsonTBL/CHI/BOS0.96
  4. Sam ReinhartBUF/FLA0.96
  5. Mikko RantanenCOL/DAL0.96
  6. Brock NelsonNYI/COL0.95

Faceoffs

How often Monahan wins the draw over 2013–14 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 2561+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

51.2%

7617–7264 · #89 of 208 regulars, 57th percentile

Against an average centre

51.7%

Opponents won 50.5% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.5% against them.

Wins above average

+258

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

16.6

14,881 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

53%2460 · +0.853%4239 · +2.246%2124 · +2.257%544 · +0.743%449 · +0.855%471 · +1.247%390 · +1.156%2445 · +1.944%1759 · +1.7Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone50.6% 3221–3140
  • Neutral zone52.2% 2252–2062
  • Defensive zone51.0% 2144–2062

By strength

  • Even strength51.0% 5863–5637
  • Power play53.7% 1393–1203
  • Shorthanded46.0% 361–423

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +20 after a win, −12 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.7 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2013–14103645.9%46.3%
2014–15183049.3%50.1%
2015–16173951.0%51.7%
2016–17144451.5%52.0%
2017–18140750.4%51.2%
2018–1988851.1%51.8%
2019–20104452.6%53.2%
2020–2169449.0%49.2%
2021–2277953.1%53.2%
2022–2332155.1%55.1%
2023–24127254.9%55.1%
2024–25117152.6%53.1%
2025–26122052.3%52.8%
2026–273638.9%38.7%

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

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.

+3.1 goals above expected

-50050100150200250300200400600800Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−100−500+50+100+150

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.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

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 speed33.5 km/h30th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph19th pct
  • Hardest shot77.7 km/h6th pct
  • Distance skated9 km25th pct
  • Offensive-zone time36.8%12th pct
Tracking, season by season

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.

This playerMedian forwardMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

35.3 km/h23rd pct

▲ +0.4 km/h since 2024–25

343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 35.4 km/h, 27th percentile (65 games)2022–23: 34.8 km/h, 14th percentile (25 games)2023–24: 36.0 km/h, 52nd percentile (83 games)2024–25: 34.9 km/h, 14th percentile (54 games)2025–26: 35.3 km/h, 23rd percentile (78 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

5.048th pct

▲ +1.3 since 2024–25

24681021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 4.1, 37th percentile (65 games)2022–23: 5.0, 52nd percentile (25 games)2023–24: 5.0, 49th percentile (83 games)2024–25: 3.7, 29th percentile (54 games)2025–26: 5.0, 48th percentile (78 games)

Distance skated per 60

15.1 km26th pct

▲ +0.1 km since 2024–25

14.51515.51616.51721–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 16.5 km, 93rd percentile (65 games)2022–23: 16.0 km, 83rd percentile (25 games)2023–24: 15.5 km, 51st percentile (83 games)2024–25: 15.0 km, 15th percentile (54 games)2025–26: 15.1 km, 26th percentile (78 games)

Hardest shot

133.1 km/h22nd pct

▲ +2.9 km/h since 2024–25

12013014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 138.0 km/h, 28th percentile (65 games)2022–23: 129.4 km/h, 5th percentile (25 games)2023–24: 130.3 km/h, 8th percentile (83 games)2024–25: 130.1 km/h, 10th percentile (54 games)2025–26: 133.1 km/h, 22nd percentile (78 games)

Offensive-zone time

40.9%36th pct

▼ −1.2 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%48%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 46.1%, 95th percentile (65 games)2022–23: 43.0%, 61st percentile (25 games)2023–24: 44.1%, 77th percentile (83 games)2024–25: 42.0%, 53rd percentile (54 games)2025–26: 40.9%, 36th percentile (78 games)