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Jeff Carter

#77 · Centre · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Jan 1, 1985 in London, Ontario, CAN · 6'3", 219 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 11th overall in 2003 by PHI (round 1)

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Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Kyle Okposo BUF · 45 P in 74 GP Jack Roslovic CBJ · 45 P in 81 GP Paul Stastny WPG · 45 P in 71 GP Anders Lee NYI · 46 P in 76 GP Yegor Sharangovich NJD · 46 P in 76 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.

0204060802005-06: 42 points4205-062006-07: 37 points372007-08: 53 points5307-082008-09: 84 points842009-10: 61 points6109-102010-11: 66 points662011-12: 34 points3411-122012-13: 33 points332013-14: 50 points5013-142014-15: 62 points622015-16: 62 points6215-162016-17: 66 points662017-18: 22 points2217-182018-19: 33 points332019-20: 27 points2719-202020-21: 30 points302021-22: 45 points4521-222022-23: 29 points292023-24: 15 points1523-24

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2005-06 PHI 81 23 19 42 10 40 189 55 0.52
2006-07 PHI 62 14 23 37 -17 48 215 44 0.60
2007-08 PHI 82 29 24 53 6 55 260 52 0.65
2008-09 PHI 82 46 38 84 23 68 342 54 1.02 $5M
2009-10 PHI 74 33 28 61 2 38 319 60 0.82 $5M
2010-11 PHI 80 36 30 66 27 39 335 65 0.83 $5M
2011-12 CBJ 39 15 10 25 -11 14 130 8 0.64 $5.273M
2011-12 LAK 16 6 3 9 -1 2 54 8 0.56
2012-13 LAK 48 26 7 33 0 16 133 25 0.69 $5.273M
2013-14 LAK 72 27 23 50 8 44 256 68 0.69 $5.273M
2014-15 LAK 82 28 34 62 7 28 218 76 0.76 $5.273M
2015-16 LAK 77 24 38 62 18 20 242 89 0.81 $5.273M
2016-17 LAK 82 32 34 66 2 41 250 86 0.80 $5.273M
2017-18 LAK 27 13 9 22 4 2 85 27 0.81 $5.273M
2018-19 LAK 76 13 20 33 -20 42 174 80 0.43 $5.273M
2019-20 LAK 60 17 10 27 -21 36 182 66 0.45 $5.273M
2020-21 LAK 40 8 11 19 -6 22 117 36 0.48 $5.273M
2020-21 PIT 14 9 2 11 9 0 37 5 0.79
2021-22 PIT 76 19 26 45 -8 38 200 99 0.59 $5.273M
2022-23 PIT 79 13 16 29 -16 30 139 80 0.37 $3.125M
2023-24 PIT 72 11 4 15 -7 12 90 83 0.21 $3.125M
19 seasons Career 1321 442 409 851 9 635 3967 1166 0.64

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2005-06 PHI 6 0 0 0 -4 10 10 7 0.00
2007-08 PHI 17 6 5 11 0 12 72 20 0.65
2008-09 PHI 6 1 0 1 -2 8 30 3 0.17
2009-10 PHI 12 5 2 7 -5 2 51 26 0.58
2010-11 PHI 6 1 1 2 -3 2 18 6 0.33
2011-12 LAK 20 8 5 13 0 4 54 22 0.65
2012-13 LAK 18 6 7 13 6 14 56 18 0.72
2013-14 LAK 26 10 15 25 5 4 73 41 0.96
2015-16 LAK 5 2 0 2 -5 4 13 20 0.40
2017-18 LAK 4 0 0 0 0 2 11 10 0.00
2020-21 PIT 6 4 1 5 0 4 17 14 0.83
2021-22 PIT 7 4 1 5 -6 6 23 14 0.71
12 seasons Playoffs 133 47 37 84 -14 72 428 201 0.63

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
76 19 26 45 -8 38 200 99 0.59 9.5 17:40

Contract

$5.273MCap hit2021-22
$117KCap dollars per point45 points in 76 games
-$207KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$5.5MValueworth 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 716 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
2022-23 to 2023-24 $3.125M
2020-21 to 2021-22 $5.273M
2018-19 to 2021-22 $5.273M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $5.273M
2011-12 to 2021-22 $5.273M
2008-09 to 2010-11 $5M

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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-1.2Goals 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-1.0Power play+0.4Penalty kill-0.2Penalties-0.3

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.

-50510152010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-23Goals 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

41.6Corsi for %89 attempts for, 125 against
-14.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.7Expected goals for %4.9 expected for, 5.1 against
-17.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.0Goals for %3 for, 9 against
94.1PDO5.7% shooting + 88.5% saves
28Attempts 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
Jeff Carter · Jason Zucker · Brock McGinn439:5031.039.32-4
Jeff Carter · Brock McGinn · Evan Rodrigues318:5170.281.70-0
Jeff Carter · Jason Zucker · Danton Heinen18:2427.825.90-2
Jeff Carter · Brock McGinn · Kasperi Kapanen35:3253.860.61-0

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.2Expected goalsfrom 28 unblocked attempts
+0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.10 expected goals per 60 minutes73rd
Shot quality 8.0% chance per attempt48th
Finishing +0.8 goals above expected65thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 89 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

0123Goals 3Expected 2.2

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 29, 2022 vs CBJ W 5-3 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 16:29
Apr 26, 2022 vs EDM L 1-5 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 17:48
Apr 24, 2022 @ PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:12
Apr 23, 2022 @ DET W 7-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 15:17
Apr 21, 2022 vs BOS W 4-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 13:34
Apr 16, 2022 @ BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:29
Apr 14, 2022 vs NYI W 6-3 0 1 1 -1 0 5 1 16:42
Apr 12, 2022 @ NYI L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 -2 0 2 3 21:59
Apr 10, 2022 vs NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:06
Apr 9, 2022 vs WSH L 3-6 1 0 1 -1 2 2 2 17:10
Apr 7, 2022 @ NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 5 1 17:23
Apr 5, 2022 vs COL L 4-6 0 1 1 -1 0 4 1 19:09
Apr 2, 2022 @ COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 17:50
Mar 31, 2022 @ MIN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 4 2 18:48
Mar 29, 2022 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 18:29
Mar 27, 2022 vs DET W 11-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 16:37
Mar 25, 2022 @ NYR L 1-5 1 0 1 -2 0 2 1 18:17
Mar 23, 2022 @ BUF L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:06
Mar 22, 2022 vs CBJ W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:07
Mar 19, 2022 @ ARI W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14:58
Mar 17, 2022 @ STL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 19:38
Mar 15, 2022 @ NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:14
Mar 13, 2022 vs CAR W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 14:31
Mar 11, 2022 vs VGK W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 14:47
Mar 8, 2022 vs FLA L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 16:27
Mar 4, 2022 @ CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:30
Mar 3, 2022 @ TBL W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 16:19
Feb 27, 2022 @ CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 17:00
Feb 26, 2022 vs NYR W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18:21
Feb 24, 2022 vs NJD L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 4 2 0 16:36
Feb 20, 2022 vs CAR L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:57
Feb 17, 2022 @ TOR L 1-4 0 1 1 1 0 5 1 16:05
Feb 15, 2022 vs PHI W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 15:57
Feb 13, 2022 @ NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:43
Feb 10, 2022 @ OTT W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 6 4 16:01
Feb 8, 2022 @ BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 16:11
Feb 1, 2022 vs WSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:28
Jan 30, 2022 vs LAK L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 17:57
Jan 28, 2022 vs DET L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 18:01
Jan 27, 2022 vs SEA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 16:58
Jan 25, 2022 vs ARI W 6-3 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 16:45
Jan 23, 2022 vs WPG W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 19:33
Jan 21, 2022 @ CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:02
Jan 20, 2022 vs OTT W 6-4 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 14:55
Jan 17, 2022 @ VGK W 5-3 0 2 2 0 0 6 3 16:00
Jan 15, 2022 @ SJS W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:02
Jan 13, 2022 @ LAK L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 7 1 17:50
Jan 11, 2022 @ ANA W 4-1 2 0 2 1 2 2 2 19:48
Jan 8, 2022 @ DAL L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 3 3 21:11
Dec 19, 2021 @ NJD W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 19:32
Dec 17, 2021 vs BUF W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 7 1 18:52
Dec 14, 2021 vs MTL W 5-2 0 1 1 -1 2 4 3 18:07
Dec 11, 2021 vs ANA W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:30
Dec 10, 2021 @ WSH W 4-2 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 17:33
Dec 6, 2021 @ SEA W 6-1 2 0 2 3 0 4 0 16:53
Dec 4, 2021 @ VAN W 4-1 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 18:58
Dec 1, 2021 @ EDM L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 18:44
Nov 29, 2021 @ CGY L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:12
Nov 27, 2021 vs MTL L 3-6 1 1 2 -2 0 4 4 18:48
Nov 26, 2021 @ NYI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:49
Nov 24, 2021 vs VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 19:08
Nov 22, 2021 @ WPG W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17:04
Nov 20, 2021 @ TOR W 2-0 1 0 1 1 2 5 1 18:46
Nov 18, 2021 @ MTL W 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:39
Nov 16, 2021 vs BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20:32
Nov 14, 2021 @ WSH L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 2 2 0 16:29
Nov 13, 2021 @ OTT L 3-6 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 18:21
Nov 11, 2021 vs FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 4 6 1 20:48
Nov 9, 2021 @ CHI L 2-3 (SO) 2 0 2 1 2 7 1 21:06
Nov 6, 2021 vs MIN L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21:03
Nov 4, 2021 vs PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 17:22
Oct 30, 2021 vs NJD L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 21:31
Oct 19, 2021 vs DAL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 19:20
Oct 16, 2021 vs CHI W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 17:33
Oct 14, 2021 @ FLA L 4-5 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 8 2 22:25
Oct 12, 2021 @ TBL W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 19:37