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Chris Neil

#25 · Right wing · Ottawa Senators

Born Jun 18, 1979 in Flesherton, Ontario, CAN · 6'1", 209 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 161st overall in 1998 by OTT (round 6)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Cody McLeod COL · 12 P in 48 GP Erik Condra OTT · 12 P in 48 GP Kyle Brodziak MIN · 12 P in 48 GP Craig Smith NSH · 12 P in 44 GP Blake Comeau CBJ · 12 P in 42 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

01020302001-02: 17 points1701-022002-03: 10 points102003-04: 16 points1603-042005-06: 33 points332006-07: 28 points2806-072007-08: 20 points202008-09: 10 points1008-092009-10: 22 points222010-11: 16 points1610-112011-12: 28 points282012-13: 12 points1212-132013-14: 14 points142014-15: 7 points714-152015-16: 13 points132016-17: 4 points416-17

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2001-02 OTT 72 10 7 17 5 231 56 163 0.24
2002-03 OTT 68 6 4 10 8 147 62 82 0.15
2003-04 OTT 82 8 8 16 13 194 76 202 0.20
2005-06 OTT 79 16 17 33 9 204 126 221 0.42
2006-07 OTT 82 12 16 28 6 177 139 288 0.34 $1.1M
2007-08 OTT 68 6 14 20 -3 199 78 204 0.29 $1.1M
2008-09 OTT 60 3 7 10 -13 146 59 163 0.17 $1.1M
2009-10 OTT 68 10 12 22 -1 175 100 245 0.32 $2M
2010-11 OTT 80 6 10 16 -14 210 105 258 0.20 $2M
2011-12 OTT 72 13 15 28 -10 178 127 271 0.39 $2M
2012-13 OTT 48 4 8 12 0 144 87 206 0.25 $2M
2013-14 OTT 76 8 6 14 -10 211 99 253 0.18 $1.9M
2014-15 OTT 38 4 3 7 5 78 23 136 0.18 $1.9M
2015-16 OTT 80 5 8 13 -3 165 70 215 0.16 $1.9M
2016-17 OTT 53 1 3 4 -11 63 42 108 0.08 $1.5M
15 seasons Career 1026 112 138 250 -19 2522 1249 3015 0.24

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2001-02 OTT 12 0 0 0 -1 12 6 37 0.00
2002-03 OTT 15 1 0 1 1 24 16 37 0.07
2003-04 OTT 7 0 1 1 0 19 1 15 0.14
2005-06 OTT 10 1 0 1 -1 14 10 19 0.10
2006-07 OTT 20 2 2 4 0 20 31 54 0.20
2007-08 OTT 4 0 1 1 0 22 3 10 0.25
2009-10 OTT 6 3 1 4 1 20 11 22 0.67
2011-12 OTT 7 2 1 3 2 22 8 27 0.43
2012-13 OTT 10 0 4 4 0 39 10 61 0.40
2014-15 OTT 2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 13 0.00
2016-17 OTT 2 0 0 0 0 12 0 2 0.00
11 seasons Playoffs 95 9 10 19 1 204 97 297 0.20

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
48 4 8 12 0 144 87 206 0.25 4.6 13:52

Contract

$2MCap hit2012-13
$167KCap dollars per point12 points in 48 games
-$739KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.7MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 558 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2016-17 to 2016-17 $1.5M
2012-13 to 2015-16 $2M
2009-10 to 2012-13 $2M
2006-07 to 2008-09 $1.1M

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2012-13 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2012-13 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-1.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.5Even-strength defence-0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties-1.0

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-8-6-4-2022010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-17Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

45.6Corsi for %104 attempts for, 124 against
-6.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
35.1Expected goals for %2.5 expected for, 4.6 against
-11.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
55.6Goals for %5 for, 4 against
107.2PDO12.8% shooting + 94.4% saves
25Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Neil · Matt Kassian · Zack Smith429:0552.638.91-0
Chris Neil · Colin Greening · Zack Smith727:1048.038.91-0
Chris Neil · Zack Smith · Mika Zibanejad421:0040.533.71-2
Chris Neil · Colin Greening · Jean-Gabriel Pageau56:3827.323.82-0

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.0Expected goalsfrom 19 unblocked attempts
-1.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.48 expected goals per 60 minutes19th
Shot quality 5.3% chance per attempt7th
Finishing -1.0 goals above expected24thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 68 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.51Expected 1.0Goals 0

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 28, 2013 @ BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 5 1 4 12:43
Apr 27, 2013 vs PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 10 0 5 11:33
Apr 25, 2013 @ WSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 12:25
Apr 22, 2013 vs PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 4 2 3 07:39
Apr 20, 2013 vs TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 8 13:38
Apr 18, 2013 vs WSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:12
Apr 16, 2013 vs CAR W 3-2 1 0 1 1 5 2 4 08:35
Apr 12, 2013 @ NJD W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:08
Apr 11, 2013 @ PHI W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 12:56
Apr 9, 2013 @ TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 16:55
Apr 7, 2013 @ FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 5 15:07
Apr 5, 2013 @ BUF L 2-4 0 1 1 0 2 0 6 13:51
Apr 2, 2013 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 17:17
Mar 30, 2013 vs TOR L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 14 4 6 15:04
Mar 28, 2013 vs NYR W 3-0 0 2 2 1 0 1 6 13:17
Mar 25, 2013 vs NJD W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 18:03
Mar 23, 2013 vs TBL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 14 2 8 11:46
Mar 21, 2013 vs BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 13:23
Mar 19, 2013 @ NYI W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 14:28
Mar 17, 2013 vs WPG W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 5 4 12:32
Mar 16, 2013 @ BUF W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 7 1 5 13:55
Mar 13, 2013 @ MTL L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 2 1 8 15:20
Mar 11, 2013 vs BOS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:19
Mar 8, 2013 @ NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12:37
Mar 6, 2013 @ TOR L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 5 1 3 14:38
Mar 3, 2013 @ NYI L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 9 14:47
Mar 2, 2013 @ PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 16:25
Feb 28, 2013 @ BOS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:22
Feb 25, 2013 vs MTL W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 1 2 0 8 16:11
Feb 23, 2013 vs TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 16:50
Feb 21, 2013 vs NYR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 15:10
Feb 19, 2013 vs NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 15:15
Feb 18, 2013 @ NJD W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 26 3 4 15:15
Feb 16, 2013 @ TOR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 17:58
Feb 13, 2013 @ PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 14 4 2 13:30
Feb 12, 2013 vs BUF W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:58
Feb 9, 2013 vs WPG L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 7 17:15
Feb 7, 2013 vs CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:15
Feb 5, 2013 vs BUF W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 11:46
Feb 3, 2013 @ MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 13:00
Feb 1, 2013 @ CAR L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 12:57
Jan 30, 2013 vs MTL W 5-1 1 0 1 2 11 2 4 12:55
Jan 29, 2013 vs WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 12:24
Jan 27, 2013 vs PIT L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:18
Jan 25, 2013 @ TBL L 4-6 0 1 1 1 7 4 3 13:37
Jan 24, 2013 @ FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 11:36
Jan 21, 2013 vs FLA W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 13:00
Jan 19, 2013 @ WPG W 4-1 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 10:20