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Karson Kuhlman

#20 · Centre · Winnipeg Jets

Born Sep 26, 1995 in Esko, Minnesota, USA · 5'11", 184 lb · Shoots right

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alan Quine CGY · 5 P in 13 GP Ben Street ANA · 5 P in 21 GP Josh Currie EDM · 5 P in 21 GP Vladislav Kamenev COL · 5 P in 23 GP Dillon Dube CGY · 5 P in 25 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.

02468102018-19: 5 points518-192019-20: 6 points619-202020-21: 2 points220-212021-22: 10 points1021-222022-23: 7 points722-23

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 BOS 11 3 2 5 5 2 15 6 0.45 $750K
2019-20 BOS 25 1 5 6 3 13 45 36 0.24 $750K
2020-21 BOS 20 2 0 2 -6 0 31 27 0.10 $725K
2021-22 BOS 19 1 1 2 0 0 22 42 0.11 $725K
2021-22 SEA 25 2 6 8 -2 6 46 29 0.32
2022-23 SEA 14 1 2 3 3 0 13 8 0.21 $830K
2022-23 WPG 33 2 2 4 -7 8 35 33 0.12
5 seasons Career 147 12 18 30 -4 29 207 181 0.20

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2018-19 BOS 8 1 2 3 1 0 10 8 0.38
2019-20 BOS 3 0 0 0 -1 0 6 13 0.00
2020-21 BOS 3 0 1 1 -2 2 3 3 0.33
2022-23 WPG 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0.00
4 seasons Playoffs 15 1 3 4 -2 4 20 26 0.27

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
11 3 2 5 5 2 15 6 0.45 20.0 12:09

Contract

$750KCap hitends in 2020, then RFA
$150KCap dollars per point5 points in 11 games
$1.236MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.6 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2019-20, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2018-19 $750K
2019-20 $750K

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
2022-23 to 2022-23 $830K
2020-21 to 2021-22 $725K
2018-19 to 2019-20 $750K

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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 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
-0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence0.0Even-strength defence-0.1Power play+0.0Penalty 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.

00.511.522.52018-192019-202020-212021-222022-23Goals 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

56.4Corsi for %102 attempts for, 79 against
+3.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.2Expected goals for %4.2 expected for, 3.1 against
+8.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
55.6Goals for %5 for, 4 against
99.7PDO8.2% shooting + 91.5% 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
David Krejci · Jake DeBrusk · Karson Kuhlman658:1257.963.53-0
Marcus Johansson · Charlie Coyle · Karson Kuhlman315:1860.064.91-3
David Krejci · Marcus Johansson · Karson Kuhlman22:2340.045.00-0
Charlie Coyle · Jake DeBrusk · Karson Kuhlman31:5350.062.91-0

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
0.8Expected goalsfrom 13 unblocked attempts
+0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.49 expected goals per 60 minutes14th
Shot quality 5.9% chance per attempt2nd
Finishing +0.2 goals above expected65thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 66 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.8

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 6, 2019 vs TBL L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:48
Apr 4, 2019 @ MIN W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:02
Apr 2, 2019 @ CBJ W 6-2 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 14:10
Mar 31, 2019 @ DET L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:57
Mar 25, 2019 @ TBL L 4-5 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 12:03
Mar 23, 2019 @ FLA W 7-3 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 11:11
Mar 7, 2019 vs FLA W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:14
Feb 23, 2019 @ STL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:22
Feb 20, 2019 @ VGK W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 12:13
Feb 18, 2019 @ SJS W 6-5 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 11:49
Feb 16, 2019 @ LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:47