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Craig Adams

#27 · Right wing · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Apr 26, 1977 in Seria, BHR · 6'0", 200 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 223rd overall in 1996 by HFD (round 9)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Marc-Andre Cliche COL · 7 P in 74 GP Tim Jackman ANA · 7 P in 55 GP Craig Cunningham ARI · 7 P in 51 GP Tye McGinn ARI · 7 P in 51 GP Chris Neil OTT · 7 P in 38 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.

051015202000-01: 1 points100-012001-02: 1 points101-022002-03: 18 points1802-032003-04: 17 points1703-042005-06: 21 points2105-062006-07: 14 points1406-072007-08: 11 points1107-082008-09: 7 points708-092009-10: 10 points1009-102010-11: 15 points1510-112011-12: 18 points1811-122012-13: 9 points912-132013-14: 11 points1113-142014-15: 7 points714-15

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2000-01 CAR 44 1 0 1 -7 20 15 61 0.02
2001-02 CAR 33 0 1 1 2 38 17 59 0.03
2002-03 CAR 81 6 12 18 -11 71 107 81 0.22
2003-04 CAR 80 7 10 17 -5 69 110 142 0.21
2005-06 CAR 67 10 11 21 1 51 68 151 0.31
2006-07 CAR 82 7 7 14 -9 54 71 173 0.17
2007-08 CAR 40 2 3 5 -8 34 31 67 0.13
2007-08 CHI 35 2 4 6 -8 24 32 50 0.17
2008-09 CHI 36 2 4 6 -3 22 38 53 0.17
2008-09 PIT 9 0 1 1 0 0 9 14 0.11
2009-10 PIT 82 0 10 10 -5 72 84 197 0.12
2010-11 PIT 80 4 11 15 -5 76 90 171 0.19
2011-12 PIT 82 5 13 18 -6 34 76 162 0.22
2012-13 PIT 48 3 6 9 -1 28 46 107 0.19 $675K
2013-14 PIT 82 5 6 11 -16 46 73 190 0.13 $700K
2014-15 PIT 71 1 6 7 -1 44 51 183 0.10 $700K
14 seasons Career 952 55 105 160 -82 683 918 1861 0.17

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2000-01 CAR 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.00
2001-02 CAR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
2005-06 CAR 25 0 0 0 -4 10 18 43 0.00
2008-09 PIT 24 3 2 5 -1 16 26 32 0.21
2009-10 PIT 13 2 1 3 2 15 11 32 0.23
2010-11 PIT 7 1 0 1 2 2 6 20 0.14
2011-12 PIT 5 0 0 0 -1 19 1 10 0.00
2012-13 PIT 15 0 1 1 1 10 13 28 0.07
2013-14 PIT 13 1 1 2 2 2 10 35 0.15
9 seasons Playoffs 106 7 5 12 1 74 86 205 0.11

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
71 1 6 7 -1 44 51 183 0.10 2.0 9:36

Contract

$700KCap hit2014-15
$100KCap dollars per point7 points in 71 games
-$699KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.4MValueworth less cap hit

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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 649 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2012-13 to 2014-15 $675K

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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Rating

-2.1Goals above replacement610th of 665 skaters, 403rd of 432 forwards
-0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 432 ranked forwards: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence-3.8 5th percentileEven-strength defence+0.5 56th percentilePower play-0.1 52nd percentilePenalty kill-0.2 18th percentilePenalties-0.4 22nd percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. 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.

-4-202462010-112011-122012-132013-142014-15Goals 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

47.7Corsi for %353 attempts for, 387 against
-5.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.4Expected goals for %12.8 expected for, 16.0 against
-9.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
43.5Goals for %10 for, 13 against
98.7PDO5.2% shooting + 93.5% saves
67Attempts 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
Craig Adams · Marcel Goc · Zach Sill2378:5148.850.61-1
Craig Adams · Andrew Ebbett · Zach Sill942:4861.158.51-1
Craig Adams · Maxim Lapierre · Zach Sill736:3142.036.20-2
Craig Adams · Maxim Lapierre · Nick Spaling929:2245.260.90-2

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
4.2Expected goalsfrom 64 unblocked attempts
-3.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.37 expected goals per 60 minutes3rd
Shot quality 6.6% chance per attempt29th
Finishing -3.2 goals above expected16thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 4.2Goals 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 this season, 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 11, 2015 @ BUF W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Apr 10, 2015 vs NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 00:35
Apr 7, 2015 @ OTT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:02
Apr 5, 2015 @ PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 07:06
Apr 4, 2015 @ CBJ L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 08:03
Apr 1, 2015 vs PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:25
Mar 29, 2015 vs SJS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 08:01
Mar 28, 2015 vs ARI W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 11:45
Mar 26, 2015 @ CAR L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 09:44
Mar 24, 2015 vs STL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 06:48
Mar 21, 2015 @ ARI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 09:27
Mar 19, 2015 @ DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:27
Mar 17, 2015 @ NJD L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:58
Mar 15, 2015 vs DET L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:47
Mar 14, 2015 vs BOS L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:13
Mar 6, 2015 @ ANA W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:01
Feb 25, 2015 @ WSH W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 12:04
Feb 21, 2015 @ STL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:05
Feb 19, 2015 vs CBJ L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 10:06
Feb 17, 2015 vs WSH L 1-3 0 1 1 1 10 0 2 07:50
Feb 15, 2015 @ CHI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:21
Feb 12, 2015 @ OTT W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 5 11:45
Feb 11, 2015 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 13:12
Feb 7, 2015 @ VAN L 0-5 0 0 0 0 10 1 2 12:01
Feb 6, 2015 @ CGY W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 16:22
Feb 4, 2015 @ EDM W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:23
Feb 1, 2015 vs NSH L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:49
Jan 30, 2015 @ NJD W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 10:22
Jan 28, 2015 @ WSH L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 09:41
Jan 27, 2015 vs WPG W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 13:09
Jan 21, 2015 vs CHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 11:48
Jan 20, 2015 @ PHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 15:02
Jan 18, 2015 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 12:33
Jan 16, 2015 @ NYI L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:45
Jan 13, 2015 vs MIN W 7-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 6 15:07
Jan 10, 2015 @ MTL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 09:30
Jan 7, 2015 vs BOS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 09:32
Jan 3, 2015 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 08:08
Jan 2, 2015 vs TBL W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11:28
Dec 31, 2014 vs CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 13:49
Dec 18, 2014 vs COL W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:13
Dec 15, 2014 vs TBL W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 08:35
Dec 13, 2014 @ CBJ L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 12:54
Dec 12, 2014 vs CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:31
Dec 8, 2014 @ NYR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 09:21
Dec 6, 2014 vs OTT W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 09:23
Dec 4, 2014 vs VAN L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 10:23
Dec 2, 2014 vs NJD W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:01
Nov 29, 2014 @ CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:02
Nov 28, 2014 vs CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 07:54
Nov 26, 2014 vs TOR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:36
Nov 24, 2014 @ BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 05:35
Nov 22, 2014 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 08:12
Nov 21, 2014 vs NYI L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:37
Nov 18, 2014 @ MTL W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:46
Nov 15, 2014 vs NYR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:45
Nov 14, 2014 @ TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:36
Nov 11, 2014 @ NYR L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:06
Nov 8, 2014 @ BUF W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10:54
Nov 6, 2014 @ WPG W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 10:12
Nov 4, 2014 @ MIN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:23
Nov 1, 2014 vs BUF W 5-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 08:51
Oct 30, 2014 vs LAK W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 06:55
Oct 28, 2014 vs NJD W 8-3 1 0 1 0 2 2 5 11:38
Oct 25, 2014 @ NSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:45
Oct 23, 2014 @ DET L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:08
Oct 22, 2014 vs PHI L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:12
Oct 18, 2014 vs NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:44
Oct 16, 2014 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:28
Oct 11, 2014 @ TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:25
Oct 9, 2014 vs ANA W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 08:52