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Michal Kempny

#6 · Defence · Washington Capitals

Born Sep 8, 1990 in Hodonin, CZE · 6'1", 190 lb · Shoots left

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2017-18

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mark Pysyk FLA · 18 P in 58 GP Brett Pesce CAR · 18 P in 61 GP Brandon Montour BUF · 18 P in 54 GP Mark Borowiecki OTT · 18 P in 53 GP Justin Holl TOR · 18 P in 68 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.

05101520252016-17: 8 points816-172017-18: 10 points1017-182018-19: 25 points2518-192019-20: 18 points1819-202021-22: 2 points221-22

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 CHI 50 2 6 8 1 22 67 76 0.16 $700K
2017-18 CHI 31 1 6 7 13 12 50 31 0.23 $900K
2017-18 WSH 22 2 1 3 1 14 32 26 0.14
2018-19 WSH 71 6 19 25 24 60 111 84 0.35 $2.5M
2019-20 WSH 58 3 15 18 19 22 73 42 0.31 $2.5M
2021-22 WSH 15 1 1 2 -3 16 10 22 0.13 $2.5M
5 seasons Career 247 15 48 63 55 146 343 281 0.26

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 CHI 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.00
2017-18 WSH 24 2 3 5 1 10 39 31 0.21
2019-20 WSH 2 0 0 0 -3 0 1 4 0.00
3 seasons Playoffs 27 2 3 5 -2 10 41 37 0.19

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
58 3 15 18 19 22 73 42 0.31 4.1 18:38

Contract

$2.5MCap hitends in 2022, then UFA
$139KCap dollars per point18 points in 58 games
$2.266MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.1 goals above replacement
$1.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$905KValueworth 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 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2021-22, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2019-20 $2.5M
2020-21 $2.5M
2021-22 $2.5M

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
2021-22 to 2021-22 $2.5M
2018-19 to 2021-22 $2.5M
2017-18 to 2017-18 $900K
2016-17 to 2016-17 $700K

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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.2Even-strength defence-0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+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.

-10123452016-172017-182018-192019-202021-22Goals 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

40.7Corsi for %24 attempts for, 35 against
-8.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
31.2Expected goals for %0.7 expected for, 1.6 against
-6.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 3 against
84.2PDO0.0% shooting + 84.2% 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
John Carlson · Michal Kempny223:2643.635.80-2
Dmitry Orlov · Michal Kempny25:4637.522.10-1
Brenden Dillon · Michal Kempny24:5933.352.20-0
Nick Jensen · Michal Kempny10:360.00.00-0

The pairs 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 pairs 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
0.0Expected goalsfrom 2 unblocked attempts
0.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.03 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 1.0% chance per attempt1st
Finishing 0.0 goals above expected53rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 70 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.0Goals 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
Mar 9, 2020 @ BUF L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 17:06
Mar 7, 2020 @ PIT W 5-2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 15:45
Mar 5, 2020 @ NYR L 5-6 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 14:45
Mar 1, 2020 @ MIN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14:07
Feb 27, 2020 @ WPG L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:03
Feb 25, 2020 vs WPG W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:44
Feb 23, 2020 vs PIT W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20:28
Feb 22, 2020 @ NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 17:13
Feb 20, 2020 vs MTL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 19:44
Feb 17, 2020 @ VGK L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:41
Feb 15, 2020 @ ARI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 19:03
Feb 13, 2020 @ COL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:15
Feb 10, 2020 vs NYI L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 18:31
Feb 8, 2020 vs PHI L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 18:34
Feb 4, 2020 vs LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 23:10
Feb 2, 2020 vs PIT L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 21:08
Jan 31, 2020 @ OTT W 5-3 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 20:34
Jan 29, 2020 vs NSH L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 17:59
Jan 27, 2020 @ MTL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:15
Jan 18, 2020 @ NYI W 6-4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 20:25
Jan 16, 2020 vs NJD W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 20:36
Jan 13, 2020 vs CAR W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:38
Jan 11, 2020 vs NJD L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 19:29
Jan 8, 2020 @ PHI L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 16:51
Jan 7, 2020 vs OTT W 6-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 20:56
Jan 5, 2020 vs SJS W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 19:33
Jan 3, 2020 @ CAR W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20:35
Dec 31, 2019 vs NYI L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:59
Dec 23, 2019 @ BOS L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:22
Dec 21, 2019 vs TBL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:23
Dec 20, 2019 @ NJD W 6-3 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 19:22
Dec 16, 2019 @ CBJ L 0-3 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 14:18
Dec 14, 2019 @ TBL W 5-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 21:30
Dec 11, 2019 vs BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 19:12
Dec 9, 2019 vs CBJ L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:18
Dec 6, 2019 @ ANA W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:10
Dec 4, 2019 @ LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 17:50
Dec 3, 2019 @ SJS W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 19:46
Nov 30, 2019 @ DET W 5-2 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 19:58
Nov 29, 2019 vs TBL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:06
Nov 27, 2019 vs FLA W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 19:43
Nov 23, 2019 vs VAN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:26
Nov 20, 2019 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:24
Nov 18, 2019 vs ANA W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 21:10
Nov 16, 2019 @ BOS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:37
Nov 15, 2019 vs MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 20:26
Nov 13, 2019 @ PHI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 19:59
Nov 11, 2019 vs ARI L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 21:55
Nov 9, 2019 vs VGK W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:04
Nov 7, 2019 @ FLA W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 21:28
Nov 3, 2019 vs CGY W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 20:50
Nov 1, 2019 vs BUF W 6-1 0 3 3 3 0 1 1 20:57
Oct 29, 2019 @ TOR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 18:26
Oct 25, 2019 @ VAN W 6-5 (SO) 2 0 2 2 4 3 0 18:09
Oct 24, 2019 @ EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:27
Oct 22, 2019 @ CGY W 5-3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 19:33
Oct 20, 2019 @ CHI W 5-3 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 19:28
Oct 18, 2019 vs NYR W 5-2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 14:24