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Sean Kuraly

#52 · Centre · Boston Bruins

Born Jan 20, 1993 in Niagara Falls, New York, USA (age 33) · 6'2", 214 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 133rd overall in 2011 by SJS (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mark Kastelic BOS · 22 P in 82 GP Tanner Jeannot BOS · 22 P in 77 GP Kent Johnson CBJ · 22 P in 76 GP Pontus Holmberg TBL · 22 P in 70 GP Tye Kartye NYR · 22 P in 64 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.

01020302016-17: 1 points116-172017-18: 14 points1417-182018-19: 21 points2118-192019-20: 23 points2319-202020-21: 9 points920-212021-22: 30 points3021-222022-23: 20 points2022-232023-24: 18 points1823-242024-25: 17 points1724-252025-26: 22 points2225-262026-27: 0 points026-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2016-17 BOS 8 0 1 1 -1 2 11 9 0.13 $809K
2017-18 BOS 75 6 8 14 -5 40 134 143 0.19 $809K
2018-19 BOS 71 8 13 21 6 38 134 129 0.30 $1.275M
2019-20 BOS 69 6 17 23 -2 34 95 145 0.33 $1.275M
2020-21 BOS 47 4 5 9 -10 20 88 99 0.19 $1.275M
2021-22 CBJ 77 14 16 30 2 61 121 240 0.39 $2.5M
2022-23 CBJ 71 11 9 20 -28 68 100 187 0.28 $2.5M
2023-24 CBJ 62 9 9 18 -5 40 92 156 0.29 $2.5M
2024-25 CBJ 82 6 11 17 -4 40 88 163 0.21 $2.5M
2025-26 BOS 82 6 16 22 0 41 110 87 0.27 $1.85M
2026-27 BOS 3 0 0 0 0 2 6 7 0.00 $1.85M
11 seasons Career 647 70 105 175 -47 386 979 1365 0.27

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2016-17 BOS 4 2 0 2 0 4 10 9 0.50
2017-18 BOS 12 2 2 4 5 2 20 12 0.33
2018-19 BOS 20 4 6 10 4 8 52 46 0.50
2019-20 BOS 7 1 1 2 -3 2 7 25 0.29
2020-21 BOS 11 0 0 0 -3 6 12 32 0.00
2025-26 BOS 6 1 1 2 1 2 3 7 0.33
6 seasons Playoffs 60 10 10 20 4 24 104 131 0.33

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 6 16 22 0 41 110 87 0.27 5.5 13:20

Contract

$1.85MCap hitends in 2027
$84KCap dollars per point22 points in 82 games
$623KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.0 goals above replacement
$3.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.4MValueworth 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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 715 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Boston Bruins on Jul 1, 2025, as a new contract: 2 years and $3.7M, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2026-27, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $1.85M
2026-27 $1.85M

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
Jul 1, 2025 Boston Bruins New contract 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $3.7M $1.85M
Jul 28, 2021 Columbus Blue Jackets New contract 2021-22 to 2024-25 4 $10M $2.5M
Jul 3, 2018 Boston Bruins New contract 2018-19 to 2020-21 3 $3.825M $1.275M
Mar 29, 2016 Boston Bruins Entry-level 2016-17 to 2017-18 2 $1.85M $809K

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 2025-26 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.

2025-26 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.9Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.7Even-strength defence-0.5Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties+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.

-6-4-20242016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

34.9Corsi for %37 attempts for, 69 against
-13.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
21.5Expected goals for %0.9 expected for, 3.1 against
-28.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
34.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %2 for, 2 against
103.9PDO10.5% shooting + 93.3% saves
5Attempts 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
Sean Kuraly · Tanner Jeannot · Mark Kastelic639:4436.123.91-1
Sean Kuraly · David Pastrnak · Morgan Geekie21:1733.30.00-0
Sean Kuraly · Morgan Geekie · Mark Kastelic21:120.00.00-0
Sean Kuraly · Viktor Arvidsson · Pavel Zacha11:000.00.00-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.4Expected goalsfrom 4 unblocked attempts
+0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.31 expected goals per 60 minutes2nd
Shot quality 10.0% chance per attempt85th
Finishing +0.6 goals above expected70thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 81 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.4

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 14, 2026 vs NJD W 4-0 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 17:53
Apr 12, 2026 @ CBJ W 3-2 1 2 3 3 0 2 3 14:54
Apr 11, 2026 vs TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:02
Apr 7, 2026 @ CAR L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:15
Apr 5, 2026 @ PHI L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:20
Apr 4, 2026 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:04
Apr 2, 2026 @ FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:09
Mar 31, 2026 vs DAL W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 15:43
Mar 29, 2026 @ CBJ W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 14:41
Mar 28, 2026 vs MIN W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:27
Mar 25, 2026 @ BUF W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 10:45
Mar 24, 2026 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:46
Mar 21, 2026 @ DET W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:14
Mar 19, 2026 vs WPG W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:21
Mar 17, 2026 @ MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:14
Mar 16, 2026 @ NJD L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 10:50
Mar 14, 2026 @ WSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:37
Mar 12, 2026 vs SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 08:23
Mar 10, 2026 vs LAK W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:21
Mar 8, 2026 @ PIT L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:37
Mar 7, 2026 vs WSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:36
Mar 5, 2026 @ NSH L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 15:03
Mar 3, 2026 vs PIT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:51
Feb 28, 2026 @ PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 09:17
Feb 26, 2026 vs CBJ W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 12:42
Feb 4, 2026 @ FLA L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 09:22
Feb 1, 2026 @ TBL L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 13:11
Jan 29, 2026 vs PHI W 6-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 16:00
Jan 27, 2026 vs NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:28
Jan 26, 2026 @ NYR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:07
Jan 24, 2026 vs MTL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:59
Jan 22, 2026 vs VGK W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 12:28
Jan 20, 2026 @ DAL L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:26
Jan 17, 2026 @ CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:04
Jan 15, 2026 vs SEA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:12
Jan 13, 2026 vs DET W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:03
Jan 11, 2026 vs PIT W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:48
Jan 10, 2026 vs NYR W 10-2 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 17:30
Jan 8, 2026 vs CGY W 4-1 1 1 2 1 0 2 4 14:28
Jan 6, 2026 @ SEA L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:51
Jan 3, 2026 @ VAN W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:05
Dec 31, 2025 @ EDM W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 10 1 2 12:59
Dec 29, 2025 @ CGY L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 13:42
Dec 27, 2025 @ BUF L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 2 3 2 11:59
Dec 23, 2025 vs MTL L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:41
Dec 21, 2025 vs OTT L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:24
Dec 20, 2025 vs VAN L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:12
Dec 18, 2025 vs EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:42
Dec 16, 2025 vs UTA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:41
Dec 14, 2025 @ MIN L 2-6 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 14:30
Dec 11, 2025 @ WPG W 6-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 16:59
Dec 9, 2025 @ STL W 5-2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 16:00
Dec 6, 2025 vs NJD W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:47
Dec 4, 2025 vs STL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:54
Dec 2, 2025 @ DET L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:51
Nov 29, 2025 vs DET W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:56
Nov 28, 2025 vs NYR L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 4 3 16:30
Nov 26, 2025 @ NYI W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 14:31
Nov 23, 2025 @ SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:38
Nov 21, 2025 @ LAK W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 14 1 1 12:04
Nov 19, 2025 @ ANA L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:48
Nov 17, 2025 vs CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 13:19
Nov 15, 2025 @ MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:18
Nov 13, 2025 @ OTT L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 11:11
Nov 11, 2025 vs TOR W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:33
Nov 8, 2025 @ TOR W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:10
Nov 6, 2025 vs OTT W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 14:19
Nov 4, 2025 @ NYI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:18
Nov 1, 2025 vs CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:08
Oct 30, 2025 vs BUF W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14:29
Oct 28, 2025 vs NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:26
Oct 27, 2025 @ OTT L 2-7 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 13:16
Oct 25, 2025 vs COL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 12:28
Oct 23, 2025 vs ANA L 5-7 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 13:38
Oct 21, 2025 vs FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 16:25
Oct 19, 2025 @ UTA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:46
Oct 18, 2025 @ COL L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:32
Oct 16, 2025 @ VGK L 5-6 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 16:59
Oct 13, 2025 vs TBL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:26
Oct 11, 2025 vs BUF W 3-1 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 13:30
Oct 9, 2025 vs CHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 12:20
Oct 8, 2025 @ WSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 14:34