GRIT & GF
Sonny Milano

Washington Capitals, Left wing

Sonny Milano

  • Play-driver
  • Steady
Points, 2025–26
8
4 G, 4 A in 31 GP
Individual xG
4.2
4 goals from it
Ice time per game
8:53
34 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
54.6
share of chances while he's on

Sonny Milano has 4 goals and 4 assists (8 points) in 31 games for the Washington Capitals in 2025–26, with 34 shots on goal and 8:53 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2025–26 is 28.8 out of 100.

GRIT & GF

2025-26

28.8050100
Rated above 10% of forwards
Goals above average
+1.5
Wins
+0.25
Physicality1thGF62thIntimidation41thChemistry82thClutch31th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to −0.36, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 10.2% of 531 rated players

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Chemistry

+0.85 SD · 82th percentile · weight 13% · +1.1 goals

How much his linemates' attack improves with him, measured teammate by teammate (with or without you), at 5-on-5.

  • Linemates' xGF liftper 60Teammates' expected goals per 60 with him minus without him, weighted by shared time.0.2882th pct
  • Shared minutes measuredminutesHow much evidence the chemistry number rests on.78316th pct

Percentiles are against 531 rated forwards in 2025-26, on 241 minutes of his 5-on-5 time. Hits, blocks and takeaways count toward the rating and are worth zero goals until a study shows otherwise. Model grit-0.5.

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Game notes

Written the morning after from the night's stats, for games where he did something worth a sentence.

  1. at MTL

    Thursday, November 20

    Two goals

    Sonny Milano scored twice. His goal stood up as the winner. He has 3 goals this season. He played 6:39 and had three shots on goal. It finished 8-4 for the Capitals.

Player card

Percentile among 476 forwards with enough games this season. 50 is the median.

Scoring

  • Ice time per game8:53
    4
  • Points per 601.74
    49
  • Goals per 600.87
    61
  • Individual xG per 600.92
    61
  • Shots per 607.4
    74

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice3.06
    92
  • xG against per 60, on ice2.54
    48
  • xGF%54.6%
    85

Physical

  • Hits per 602.0
    22
  • Blocks per 600.7
    0
  • Penalty minutes per 600.9
    80

Who he plays with

His most-used linemates at 5-on-5 this season, with what happened while they were out together.

LinematesGamesTOIShot attemptsxGGoalsxG share
Hendrix Lapierre, Ethen Frank1558:3954–392.6–1.74–360%
Brandon Duhaime, Hendrix Lapierre1345:2231–532.0–2.42–346%
Hendrix Lapierre, Ryan Leonard2041:1755–362.4–1.72–058%
Alex Ovechkin, Dylan Strome1213:4418–100.9–0.40–068%
Connor McMichael, Ethen Frank910:0710–130.6–1.12–137%
Anthony Beauvillier, Hendrix Lapierre108:2510–70.6–0.50–155%
Brett Leason, Hendrix Lapierre24:093–50.1–0.10–049%
Alex Ovechkin, Hendrix Lapierre123:502–00.1–0.00–0100%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 4 goals from 47 attempts.

GoalShot or miss

Last 20 games

Columns are his individual expected goals, the quality of his own chances. Dots are goals he scored.

ixGGoal
0.000.200.400.60
11-2402-03

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2025–2631448344.28:539354.6
2024–25300040.47:131045.0
2023–244915823505.612:31202052.2

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2026-02-036:090000.03000
2026-02-027:210010.09100
2026-01-318:290120.06000
2026-01-157:280000.00000
2026-01-139:210020.14100
2026-01-077:590010.05100
2026-01-056:080010.20000
2026-01-037:250010.15110
2025-12-237:070110.09000
2025-12-209:210000.00000
2025-12-1811:060010.42000
2025-12-1611:560000.00000
2025-12-116:090020.27000
2025-12-079:200000.28000
2025-12-0311:131010.11002
2025-12-025:530000.00000
2025-11-306:390010.09000
2025-11-286:390000.00100
2025-11-268:140110.11000
2025-11-2410:180000.00100