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Marcus Kruger

#16 · Centre · Chicago Blackhawks

Born May 27, 1990 in Stockholm, SWE · 6'0", 186 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 149th overall in 2009 by CHI (round 5)

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

Darren Helm DET · 26 P in 68 GP Joey Crabb TOR · 26 P in 67 GP Nick Johnson MIN · 26 P in 77 GP Raffi Torres PHX · 26 P in 79 GP Zack Smith OTT · 26 P in 81 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.

010202010-11: 0 points010-112011-12: 26 points2611-122012-13: 13 points1312-132013-14: 28 points2813-142014-15: 17 points1714-152015-16: 4 points415-162016-17: 17 points1716-172017-18: 6 points617-182018-19: 12 points1218-19

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2010-11 CHI 7 0 0 0 -4 4 7 4 0.00
2011-12 CHI 71 9 17 26 11 22 89 26 0.37
2012-13 CHI 47 4 9 13 3 24 50 12 0.28 $735K
2013-14 CHI 81 8 20 28 6 36 96 22 0.35 $1.288M
2014-15 CHI 81 7 10 17 -5 32 126 29 0.21 $1.288M
2015-16 CHI 41 0 4 4 -5 24 50 25 0.10 $1.5M
2016-17 CHI 70 5 12 17 7 34 83 31 0.24 $3.083M
2017-18 CAR 48 1 5 6 -6 28 30 56 0.13 $3.083M
2018-19 CHI 74 4 8 12 -2 30 74 51 0.16 $3.083M
9 seasons Career 520 38 85 123 5 234 605 256 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
2010-11 CHI 5 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 0.20
2011-12 CHI 6 0 0 0 -4 0 13 1 0.00
2012-13 CHI 23 3 2 5 -2 2 27 12 0.22
2013-14 CHI 19 1 3 4 -1 6 23 8 0.21
2014-15 CHI 23 2 2 4 -5 4 27 10 0.17
2015-16 CHI 7 0 1 1 -2 0 8 3 0.14
2016-17 CHI 4 0 1 1 -2 2 7 2 0.25
7 seasons Playoffs 87 6 10 16 -14 14 107 38 0.18

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
71 9 17 26 11 22 89 26 0.37 10.1 15:24

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2016-17 to 2018-19 $3.083M
2015-16 to 2015-16 $1.5M
2013-14 to 2014-15 $1.288M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $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 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

+0.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.2Even-strength defence+0.1Power play-0.2Penalty kill-0.1Penalties+0.2

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.

-4-202462010-112012-132014-152016-172018-19Goals 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

59.0Corsi for %92 attempts for, 64 against
-3.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
60.1Expected goals for %3.4 expected for, 2.3 against
-1.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
20.0Goals for %1 for, 4 against
89.6PDO2.1% shooting + 87.5% saves
15Attempts 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
Patrick Sharp · Viktor Stalberg · Marcus Kruger417:1559.152.80-2
Andrew Brunette · Patrick Kane · Marcus Kruger111:4747.164.81-0
Patrick Sharp · Jimmy Hayes · Marcus Kruger29:4884.690.30-0
Patrick Sharp · Patrick Kane · Marcus Kruger17:5280.094.20-0

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
1.7Expected goalsfrom 16 unblocked attempts
-1.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.94 expected goals per 60 minutes87th
Shot quality 10.4% chance per attempt98th
Finishing -1.7 goals above expected13thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 83 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.511.5Expected 1.7Goals 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 7, 2012 @ DET W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17:47
Apr 5, 2012 @ MIN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:34
Apr 1, 2012 vs MIN L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 20:18
Mar 31, 2012 @ NSH W 5-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 20:23
Mar 29, 2012 vs STL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20:35
Mar 27, 2012 @ NJD L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:46
Mar 21, 2012 vs VAN W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:35
Mar 20, 2012 @ CBJ W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 16:12
Mar 18, 2012 vs WSH W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17:36
Mar 16, 2012 @ DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 19:10
Mar 13, 2012 vs STL W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 22:45
Mar 11, 2012 vs LAK L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 18:14
Mar 9, 2012 vs NYR W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 19:01
Mar 6, 2012 @ STL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:36
Mar 4, 2012 @ DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:02
Mar 2, 2012 @ OTT W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 15:01
Feb 29, 2012 vs TOR W 5-4 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 17:57
Feb 26, 2012 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:59
Feb 25, 2012 @ LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:03
Feb 23, 2012 vs DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:03
Feb 21, 2012 vs DET W 2-1 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 15:10
Feb 19, 2012 vs STL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 18:04
Feb 18, 2012 @ CBJ W 6-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 14:29
Feb 16, 2012 @ NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:58
Feb 14, 2012 @ NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 17:28
Feb 11, 2012 @ PHX L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:28
Feb 10, 2012 @ SJS L 3-5 2 0 2 2 0 6 0 17:52
Feb 7, 2012 @ COL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 14:34
Feb 3, 2012 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13:08
Feb 2, 2012 @ EDM L 4-8 0 2 2 -1 0 4 0 12:50
Jan 31, 2012 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:32
Jan 24, 2012 vs NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 18:59
Jan 21, 2012 @ NSH L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 19:32
Jan 20, 2012 vs FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:39
Jan 18, 2012 vs BUF W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 14:26
Jan 15, 2012 vs SJS W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 15:02
Jan 14, 2012 @ DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12:02
Dec 26, 2011 vs CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:23
Dec 20, 2011 @ PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:04
Dec 18, 2011 vs CGY W 4-2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 15:57
Dec 16, 2011 vs ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 16:07
Dec 14, 2011 @ MIN W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16:02
Dec 11, 2011 vs SJS W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 17:04
Dec 8, 2011 @ NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:48
Dec 5, 2011 vs PHX L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:58
Dec 3, 2011 @ STL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:42
Dec 2, 2011 vs NYI W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 20:02
Nov 29, 2011 vs PHX L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 15:29
Nov 26, 2011 @ LAK W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 16:43
Nov 25, 2011 @ ANA W 6-5 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 17:15
Nov 23, 2011 @ SJS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:27
Nov 19, 2011 @ EDM L 2-9 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 17:39
Nov 18, 2011 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:58
Nov 16, 2011 @ VAN W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 16:43
Nov 13, 2011 vs EDM W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:22
Nov 11, 2011 vs CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:28
Nov 10, 2011 @ CBJ W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 17:36
Nov 8, 2011 @ STL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 12:03
Nov 6, 2011 vs VAN L 2-6 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 11:21
Nov 4, 2011 @ TBL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 09:32
Nov 3, 2011 @ FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:08
Oct 31, 2011 vs NSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:56
Oct 29, 2011 vs CBJ W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 08:21
Oct 28, 2011 @ CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:29
Oct 25, 2011 vs ANA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:28
Oct 22, 2011 vs COL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 09:51
Oct 20, 2011 @ COL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:04
Oct 18, 2011 @ PHX W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:37
Oct 15, 2011 vs BOS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:56
Oct 13, 2011 vs WPG W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:55
Oct 8, 2011 vs DAL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 11:04