Michael McCarron
Age 31 · Shoots right · 6′6″ · 232 lb · Born Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA
Drafted 2013, #25 overall by Montréal
2025-262025-26: 79 games, 8-9-17, 0.22 points per game Season detail →
Michael McCarron has 3 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 17 points in 79 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample3 points in 3 games for the 5th-placed Minnesota
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (1.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Minnesota's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
No goals yet: all 3 points are assists
How the 0 goals and 3 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
11 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 79 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersTop speed 20.42 mph, hardest shot 74.81 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.42vs
BOS3 Oct · 3rd 03:41 - 19.90@
NSH1 Oct · 3rd 03:06 - 19.70vsBOS3 Oct · 1st 02:41
- 19.61@NSH1 Oct · 1st 09:10
- 19.54@NSH1 Oct · 2nd 13:07
- 19.39@NSH1 Oct · 3rd 02:40
- 19.33@NSH1 Oct · 1st 09:32
- 19.33@NSH1 Oct · 2nd 13:16
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 74.81@NSH1 Oct · 3rd 14:53
- 73.27@NSH1 Oct · 2nd 18:23
- 71.40@NSH1 Oct · 1st 09:32
- 71.13@NSH1 Oct · 2nd 05:17
- 67.04@NSH1 Oct · 3rd 03:17
- 62.61vsBOS3 Oct · 1st 19:36
- 22.99@NSH1 Oct · 3rd 03:19
- 2.06vsBOS3 Oct · 1st 13:05
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.37@
BUF6 Oct · 15:16 TOI - 2.63vsBOS3 Oct · 16:58 TOI
- 2.25@NSH1 Oct · 13:24 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.41 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Tampa Bay, a point in zero of two
TBLL 3-60000011:07TBLL 2-50000015:30BUFW 3-2 OT0110+115:16BOSW 4-10114+116:58NSHL 1-30114+113:2417 points in 79 games on a team that finished 7th
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.2). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Minnesota's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 8 goals and 9 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 8 goals broke a tie; 4 came with Minnesota trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
212 attempts across the 72 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 79 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersDistance per 60 in the 70th percentile of forwards: 9.81 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (16 of 79)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Tampa Bay, a point in zero of two
TBLL 3-60000011:07TBLL 2-50000015:30
ANAW 3-20002014:23
STLL 3-61013018:01NSHL 1-21013+112:07
DALL 4-50001−29:55
SEAW 5-20002+214:22
DETW 5-40000012:28
OTTW 4-10001013:16
VANW 5-20001012:43BOSL 3-60000−19:10
FLAW 3-20002−117:20BUFW 3-2 OT0110+115:16BOSW 4-10114+116:58NSHL 1-30114+113:24Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$3.33M a season through 2031-32
In 2025-26 he scored 5.1 points per $1M of cap hit, 324th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.
With Minnesota
One season · 2025-26 to 2025-26166th in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 3 assists.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsNine seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct