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Michael Bunting

#58 · Left wing · Philadelphia Flyers

Born Sep 17, 1995 in Scarborough, Ontario, CAN (age 31) · 6'0", 186 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 117th overall in 2014 by ARI (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Owen Tippett PHI · 49 P in 77 GP Matias Maccelli ARI · 49 P in 64 GP Anders Lee NYI · 50 P in 82 GP Tomas Tatar NJD · 48 P in 82 GP Yanni Gourde SEA · 48 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.

02040602018-19: 1 points118-192020-21: 13 points1320-212021-22: 63 points6321-222022-23: 49 points4922-232023-24: 55 points5523-242024-25: 38 points3824-252025-26: 33 points3325-262026-27: 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
2018-19 ARI 5 1 0 1 0 2 5 6 0.20 $715K
2020-21 ARI 21 10 3 13 -1 12 38 28 0.62 $738K
2021-22 TOR 79 23 40 63 27 80 175 85 0.80 $950K
2022-23 TOR 82 23 26 49 21 103 174 85 0.60 $950K
2023-24 CAR 60 13 23 36 -15 55 113 25 0.60 $4.5M
2023-24 PIT 21 6 13 19 -4 2 55 24 0.90
2024-25 PIT 58 14 15 29 -18 48 110 59 0.50 $4.5M
2024-25 NSH 18 5 4 9 -1 20 45 11 0.50
2025-26 NSH 61 13 18 31 -17 16 108 35 0.51 $4.5M
2025-26 DAL 13 1 1 2 -7 4 18 10 0.15
2026-27 PHI 3 0 0 0 -4 2 3 1 0.00 $1.2M
8 seasons Career 421 109 143 252 -19 344 844 369 0.60

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2021-22 TOR 6 1 2 3 -1 4 6 9 0.50
2022-23 TOR 7 1 1 2 -1 15 9 15 0.29
2025-26 DAL 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1.00
3 seasons Playoffs 14 2 4 6 -1 19 16 26 0.43

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 23 26 49 21 103 174 85 0.60 13.2 15:48

Contract

$950KCap hitends in 2023, then UFA
$19KCap dollars per point49 points in 82 games
$108KCap dollars per goal above replacement8.8 goals above replacement
$7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$6.1MValueworth 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 695 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs on Jul 28, 2021, as a new contract: 2 years and $1.9M, beginning in 2021-22. It runs through 2022-23, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2021-22 $950K $750K $0 $750K
2022-23 $950K $1.15M $0 $1.15M

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Oct 6, 2026 Philadelphia Flyers New contract 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $1.2M $1.2M
Jul 1, 2023 Carolina Hurricanes New contract 2023-24 to 2025-26 3 $13.5M $4.5M
Jul 28, 2021 Toronto Maple Leafs New contract 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $1.9M $950K
Jul 5, 2019 Arizona Coyotes New contract 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $1.475M $738K
Jul 14, 2018 Arizona Coyotes New contract 2018-19 to 2018-19 1 $715K $715K
Jul 23, 2015 Arizona Coyotes Entry-level 2015-16 to 2017-18 3 $2.775M $693K

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 2022-23 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.

2022-23 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.2Even-strength defence+0.6Power play+0.2Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.7

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.

051015202018-192020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

49.7Corsi for %93 attempts for, 94 against
+0.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
60.1Expected goals for %4.5 expected for, 3.0 against
+8.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %2 for, 2 against
98.7PDO4.3% shooting + 94.4% saves
19Attempts 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
Michael Bunting · Mitch Marner · Auston Matthews637:5450.666.50-1
Ryan O'Reilly · Michael Bunting · Noel Acciari423:4038.145.10-1
William Nylander · Michael Bunting · Auston Matthews35:4750.055.60-0
Ryan O'Reilly · Michael Bunting · Mitch Marner42:260.00.00-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.5Expected goalsfrom 15 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.85 expected goals per 60 minutes60th
Shot quality 9.7% chance per attempt76th
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected36thOne 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.

00.51Expected 1.5Goals 1

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 13, 2023 @ NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 16:42
Apr 11, 2023 @ TBL W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 7 0 1 14:30
Apr 10, 2023 @ FLA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 4 3 17:53
Apr 8, 2023 vs MTL W 7-1 1 1 2 0 2 6 1 15:49
Apr 6, 2023 @ BOS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:07
Apr 4, 2023 vs CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 14:22
Apr 2, 2023 vs DET L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 12 5 1 14:02
Apr 1, 2023 @ OTT W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 12:17
Mar 29, 2023 vs FLA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:44
Mar 26, 2023 @ NSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:25
Mar 25, 2023 @ CAR L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 18:52
Mar 23, 2023 @ FLA W 6-2 1 0 1 1 2 4 3 15:07
Mar 21, 2023 @ NYI L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 15:57
Mar 18, 2023 @ OTT W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:10
Mar 17, 2023 vs CAR W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 16:08
Mar 15, 2023 vs COL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15:04
Mar 13, 2023 vs BUF L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 16:51
Mar 11, 2023 vs EDM W 7-4 0 0 0 -1 6 0 2 10:45
Mar 7, 2023 @ NJD W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 12:45
Mar 4, 2023 @ VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 15:01
Mar 2, 2023 @ CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:26
Mar 1, 2023 @ EDM L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:52
Feb 26, 2023 @ SEA W 5-1 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 12:23
Feb 24, 2023 vs MIN W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:29
Feb 21, 2023 @ BUF W 6-3 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 13:51
Feb 19, 2023 @ CHI L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 14:10
Feb 18, 2023 vs MTL W 5-1 2 0 2 2 0 3 1 13:46
Feb 15, 2023 vs CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 15:07
Feb 11, 2023 vs CBJ L 3-4 1 0 1 1 4 3 3 19:06
Feb 10, 2023 @ CBJ W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 16:53
Feb 1, 2023 vs BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 18:03
Jan 29, 2023 vs WSH W 5-1 1 1 2 1 0 5 1 17:56
Jan 27, 2023 vs OTT L 2-6 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 16:39
Jan 25, 2023 vs NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 16:22
Jan 23, 2023 vs NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:43
Jan 21, 2023 @ MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 13:54
Jan 19, 2023 vs WPG W 4-1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 13:33
Jan 17, 2023 vs FLA W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 16:08
Jan 14, 2023 @ BOS L 3-4 1 1 2 1 2 3 0 19:30
Jan 12, 2023 @ DET L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:23
Jan 11, 2023 vs NSH W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 20:38
Jan 8, 2023 @ PHI W 6-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 13:29
Jan 7, 2023 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 18:33
Jan 5, 2023 vs SEA L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:56
Jan 3, 2023 vs STL L 5-6 (SO) 2 1 3 2 2 5 1 19:02
Dec 31, 2022 @ COL W 6-2 2 0 2 2 0 4 0 16:51
Dec 29, 2022 @ ARI L 3-6 0 0 0 -3 2 2 2 18:33
Dec 27, 2022 @ STL W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 19:37
Dec 22, 2022 vs PHI W 4-3 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 17:03
Dec 20, 2022 vs TBL W 4-1 1 0 1 0 2 6 0 17:15
Dec 17, 2022 @ WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 16:42
Dec 15, 2022 @ NYR L 1-3 1 0 1 -1 0 1 1 17:21
Dec 13, 2022 vs ANA W 7-0 1 0 1 2 0 4 2 13:33
Dec 10, 2022 vs CGY W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 16:08
Dec 8, 2022 vs LAK W 5-0 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 16:44
Dec 6, 2022 @ DAL W 4-0 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 13:49
Dec 3, 2022 @ TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 14:57
Nov 30, 2022 vs SJS W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 18:51
Nov 28, 2022 @ DET W 4-2 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 15:43
Nov 26, 2022 @ PIT W 4-1 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 13:11
Nov 25, 2022 @ MIN W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15:29
Nov 23, 2022 @ NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:09
Nov 21, 2022 vs NYI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 4 1 3 16:30
Nov 19, 2022 vs BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 14:26
Nov 17, 2022 vs NJD L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 16:29
Nov 15, 2022 @ PIT W 5-2 2 1 3 2 2 3 0 15:57
Nov 12, 2022 vs VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 13:19
Nov 11, 2022 vs PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:43
Nov 8, 2022 vs VGK L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 10:53
Nov 6, 2022 @ CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 13:38
Nov 5, 2022 vs BOS W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18:11
Nov 2, 2022 vs PHI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 10 2 1 15:10
Oct 30, 2022 @ ANA L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 4 1 19:11
Oct 29, 2022 @ LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:31
Oct 27, 2022 @ SJS L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 15:22
Oct 24, 2022 @ VGK L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 5 20:45
Oct 22, 2022 @ WPG W 4-1 1 0 1 1 4 3 1 14:48
Oct 20, 2022 vs DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 15:59
Oct 17, 2022 vs ARI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 15:15
Oct 15, 2022 vs OTT W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 17:46
Oct 13, 2022 vs WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:11
Oct 12, 2022 @ MTL L 3-4 1 0 1 -1 2 1 1 12:58