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Paul Bissonnette

#12 · Left wing · Phoenix Coyotes

Born Mar 11, 1985 in Welland, Ontario, CAN · 6'2", 216 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 121st overall in 2003 by PIT (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jody Shelley PHI · 1 P in 30 GP Brad Mills NJD · 1 P in 27 GP John Scott NYR · 1 P in 35 GP Aaron Volpatti VAN · 1 P in 23 GP Cam Janssen NJD · 1 P in 48 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.

024682008-09: 1 points108-092009-10: 5 points509-102010-11: 1 points110-112011-12: 1 points111-122012-13: 6 points612-132013-14: 8 points813-14

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2008-09 PIT 15 0 1 1 -1 22 4 15 0.07
2009-10 PHX 41 3 2 5 -2 117 25 78 0.12
2010-11 PHX 48 1 0 1 6 71 18 122 0.02
2011-12 PHX 31 1 0 1 -4 41 15 70 0.03
2012-13 PHX 28 0 6 6 2 36 13 36 0.21 $738K
2013-14 PHX 39 2 6 8 6 53 25 51 0.21 $738K
6 seasons Career 202 7 15 22 7 340 100 372 0.11

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2010-11 PHX 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0.00
2011-12 PHX 3 0 0 0 0 15 0 4 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 4 0 0 0 0 15 1 9 0.00

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
31 1 0 1 -4 41 15 70 0.03 6.7 6:04

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2012-13 to 2013-14 $738K

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 2011-12 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.

2011-12 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence0.0Even-strength defence+0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.0

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.

-0.500.511.522010-112011-122012-132013-14Goals 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

46.2Corsi for %6 attempts for, 7 against
+0.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.4Expected goals for %0.3 expected for, 0.3 against
+11.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 0 against
100.0PDO0.0% shooting + 100.0% saves
0Attempts 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
Paul Bissonnette · Kyle Chipchura · Gilbert Brule13:5660.0100.00-0
Marc-Antoine Pouliot · Paul Bissonnette · Kyle Chipchura12:4342.945.90-0

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.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 25, 2012 vs STL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 06:39
Mar 24, 2012 @ SJS L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 05:55
Mar 22, 2012 vs COL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 05:06
Mar 20, 2012 @ DAL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 05:47
Mar 15, 2012 @ CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 06:02
Mar 14, 2012 @ VAN W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:42
Mar 8, 2012 vs MIN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 02:13
Mar 5, 2012 @ PIT L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 06:01
Mar 1, 2012 vs CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 5 2 4 06:25
Feb 28, 2012 vs VAN W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 05:29
Feb 25, 2012 @ EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 06:02
Feb 23, 2012 @ CGY W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:31
Feb 21, 2012 vs LAK W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 04:18
Feb 18, 2012 vs DAL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:12
Feb 16, 2012 @ LAK W 1-0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 08:31
Jan 10, 2012 @ NYR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 03:06
Jan 5, 2012 @ LAK L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:03
Jan 3, 2012 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 09:57
Dec 31, 2011 @ MIN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 08:06
Dec 28, 2011 vs BOS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 07:55
Dec 26, 2011 @ LAK L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:48
Dec 14, 2011 @ ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:43
Nov 25, 2011 vs VAN L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 5 08:35
Nov 21, 2011 @ WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:48
Nov 19, 2011 @ BUF W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 07:07
Oct 29, 2011 vs LAK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 03:04
Oct 20, 2011 vs LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 04:35
Oct 18, 2011 vs CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 08:12
Oct 15, 2011 vs WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 07:02
Oct 13, 2011 @ NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 06:56
Oct 8, 2011 @ SJS L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 05:29