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Mike Blunden

#20 · Right wing · Ottawa Senators

Born Dec 15, 1986 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN · 6'4", 217 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 43rd overall in 2005 by CHI (round 2)

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.

Akim Aliu CGY · 0 P in 5 GP Chris Brown PHX · 0 P in 5 GP Derek Grant OTT · 0 P in 5 GP Joe Colborne TOR · 0 P in 5 GP Jonathan Rheault FLA · 0 P in 5 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.

0123452006-07: 0 points006-072007-08: 0 points007-082009-10: 4 points409-102010-11: 0 points010-112011-12: 4 points411-122012-13: 0 points012-132013-14: 0 points013-142014-15: 0 points014-152015-16: 5 points515-162016-17: 0 points016-172017-18: 0 points017-18

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 -5 10 10 24 0.00
2007-08 CHI 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0.00
2009-10 CBJ 40 2 2 4 3 59 40 83 0.10 $735K
2010-11 CBJ 1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 6 0.00 $590K
2011-12 MTL 39 2 2 4 -1 27 34 104 0.10 $615K
2012-13 MTL 5 0 0 0 -1 4 5 2 0.00 $575K
2013-14 MTL 7 0 0 0 -2 5 2 16 0.00 $550K
2014-15 TBL 2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 7 0.00 $600K
2015-16 TBL 20 3 2 5 3 34 14 41 0.25 $660K
2016-17 OTT 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 6 0.00 $738K
2017-18 OTT 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0.00 $738K
11 seasons Career 127 7 6 13 -6 145 110 295 0.10

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2012-13 MTL 1 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 0.00
2015-16 TBL 7 0 0 0 -2 4 5 15 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 8 0 0 0 -2 14 6 15 0.00

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
5 0 0 0 -1 4 5 2 0.00 0.0 8:21

Contract

$575KCap hitends in 2013, then RFA

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2012-13, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2012-13 $575K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2016-17 to 2017-18 $738K
2015-16 to 2015-16 $660K
2014-15 to 2014-15 $600K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $550K
2012-13 to 2012-13 $575K
2011-12 to 2011-12 $615K
2010-11 to 2010-11 $590K
2009-10 to 2009-10 $735K

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

+0.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.0Even-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.

-1-0.500.512010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-18Goals 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

40.0Corsi for %4 attempts for, 6 against
-13.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
69.5Expected goals for %0.4 expected for, 0.2 against
+9.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 0 against
100.0PDO0.0% shooting + 100.0% saves
1Attempts 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
Colby Armstrong · Mike Blunden · Gabriel Dumont16:2057.186.50-0
Tomas Plekanec · Rene Bourque · Mike Blunden10:290.00.00-0
Colby Armstrong · Mike Blunden · David Desharnais10:240.00.00-0
Mike Blunden · David Desharnais · Brendan Gallagher10:200.00.00-0

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
0.3Expected goalsfrom 1 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.84 expected goals per 60 minutes99th
Shot quality 25.2% chance per attempt99th
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected40thOne 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.

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 4, 2013 vs WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:24
Apr 3, 2013 @ PHI L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 09:03
Mar 27, 2013 @ BOS W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 07:31
Mar 23, 2013 vs BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 05:57
Mar 16, 2013 @ NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 07:49