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Adam Burish

#37 · Right wing · San Jose Sharks

Born Jan 6, 1983 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA · 6'1", 195 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 282nd overall in 2002 by CHI (round 9)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2009-10

Compare with a similar player

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

Jeff Halpern MTL · 3 P in 46 GP Andrew Desjardins SJS · 3 P in 42 GP Tim Brent CAR · 3 P in 30 GP Tom Sestito VAN · 3 P in 30 GP Peter Regin OTT · 3 P in 27 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.

0510152006-07: 0 points006-072007-08: 8 points807-082008-09: 9 points908-092009-10: 4 points409-102010-11: 14 points1410-112011-12: 19 points1911-122012-13: 3 points312-132013-14: 0 points013-142014-15: 3 points314-15

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2006-07 CHI 9 0 0 0 -4 2 12 16 0.00
2007-08 CHI 81 4 4 8 -13 214 69 89 0.10
2008-09 CHI 66 6 3 9 3 93 83 47 0.14
2009-10 CHI 13 1 3 4 2 14 9 9 0.31
2010-11 DAL 63 8 6 14 2 91 89 77 0.22
2011-12 DAL 65 6 13 19 6 76 82 69 0.29
2012-13 SJS 46 1 2 3 -7 25 39 65 0.07 $1.85M
2013-14 SJS 15 0 0 0 -4 6 9 23 0.00
2014-15 SJS 20 1 2 3 -6 33 22 11 0.15
9 seasons Career 378 27 33 60 -21 554 414 406 0.16

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2008-09 CHI 17 3 2 5 3 30 23 35 0.29
2009-10 CHI 15 0 0 0 -1 2 15 9 0.00
2012-13 SJS 6 0 0 0 0 4 9 7 0.00
3 seasons Playoffs 38 3 2 5 2 36 47 51 0.13

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
46 1 2 3 -7 25 39 65 0.07 2.6 10:34

Contract

$1.85MCap hit2012-13
$617KCap dollars per point3 points in 46 games
-$229KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.1MValueworth 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
2012-13 to 2012-13 $1.85M

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

+0.9Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.4Even-strength defence+0.3Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties+0.7

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.

-3-2-101232010-112011-122012-132013-142014-15Goals 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

34.6Corsi for %28 attempts for, 53 against
-14.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.3Expected goals for %1.7 expected for, 1.4 against
-5.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
37.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 0 against
100.0PDO0.0% shooting + 100.0% saves
12Attempts 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
Adam Burish · Andrew Desjardins · Bracken Kearns214:0563.688.90-0
Scott Gomez · Adam Burish · James Sheppard211:4929.230.40-0
Adam Burish · Tim Kennedy · James Sheppard16:2328.63.30-0
Adam Burish · Joe Pavelski · James Sheppard34:2116.79.40-0

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
1.2Expected goalsfrom 11 unblocked attempts
-1.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.13 expected goals per 60 minutes88th
Shot quality 10.5% chance per attempt97th
Finishing -1.2 goals above expected21stOne 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 1.2Goals 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 27, 2013 @ LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:28
Apr 24, 2013 @ PHX L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:32
Apr 23, 2013 vs DAL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 08:34
Apr 21, 2013 vs CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10:58
Apr 18, 2013 vs MIN W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:12
Apr 16, 2013 vs LAK W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:25
Apr 15, 2013 @ PHX W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:03
Apr 13, 2013 @ DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 08:31
Apr 11, 2013 @ DET W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:44
Apr 9, 2013 @ CBJ L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 6 14:21
Apr 7, 2013 vs DAL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 11:18
Apr 5, 2013 vs CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:50
Apr 3, 2013 vs MIN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:45
Apr 1, 2013 vs VAN W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 09:21
Mar 30, 2013 vs PHX W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:00
Mar 25, 2013 @ ANA W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:31
Mar 23, 2013 @ MIN L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:29
Mar 20, 2013 @ EDM W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:07
Mar 18, 2013 @ ANA L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:44
Mar 16, 2013 @ LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:52
Mar 14, 2013 vs LAK W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:38
Mar 12, 2013 @ STL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 08:55
Mar 10, 2013 @ COL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 08:55
Mar 9, 2013 vs STL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:03
Mar 6, 2013 @ CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 07:21
Mar 5, 2013 @ VAN W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 11:23
Mar 2, 2013 vs NSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:11
Feb 28, 2013 vs DET L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:06
Feb 26, 2013 vs COL W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 10:55
Feb 23, 2013 @ DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:20
Feb 22, 2013 @ CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:28
Feb 19, 2013 @ STL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 09:56
Feb 15, 2013 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 11:26
Feb 12, 2013 @ NSH L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:24
Feb 11, 2013 @ CBJ L 2-6 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 10:55
Feb 9, 2013 vs PHX L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:11
Feb 5, 2013 vs CHI L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 09:09
Feb 4, 2013 @ ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:42
Feb 2, 2013 vs NSH L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:31
Jan 31, 2013 vs EDM W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:52
Jan 29, 2013 vs ANA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:41
Jan 27, 2013 vs VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:00
Jan 26, 2013 vs COL W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 09:58
Jan 24, 2013 vs PHX W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:42
Jan 22, 2013 @ EDM W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 07:55
Jan 20, 2013 @ CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 08:50