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Kristian Huselius

#20 · Left wing · Columbus Blue Jackets

Born Nov 10, 1978 in Osterhaninge, SWE · 6'2", 184 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 47th overall in 1997 by FLA (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alexandre Bolduc PHX · 0 P in 2 GP Bill Sweatt VAN · 0 P in 2 GP Brandon Saad CHI · 0 P in 2 GP Colin Stuart BUF · 0 P in 2 GP Derek Whitmore BUF · 0 P in 2 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02040602001-02: 45 points4501-022002-03: 43 points4302-032003-04: 31 points3103-042005-06: 47 points4705-062006-07: 77 points7706-072007-08: 66 points6607-082008-09: 56 points5608-092009-10: 63 points6309-102010-11: 23 points2310-112011-12: 0 points011-12

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2001-02 FLA 79 23 22 45 -4 14 169 13 0.57
2002-03 FLA 78 20 23 43 -6 20 187 7 0.55
2003-04 FLA 76 10 21 31 -6 24 168 22 0.41
2005-06 FLA 24 5 3 8 -11 4 57 1 0.33
2005-06 CGY 54 15 24 39 2 36 107 6 0.72
2006-07 CGY 81 34 43 77 21 26 173 11 0.95
2007-08 CGY 81 25 41 66 10 40 202 9 0.81
2008-09 CBJ 74 21 35 56 1 44 212 21 0.76
2009-10 CBJ 74 23 40 63 -4 36 162 15 0.85
2010-11 CBJ 39 14 9 23 -17 10 94 4 0.59
2011-12 CBJ 2 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 0.00
10 seasons Career 662 190 261 451 -16 256 1533 109 0.68

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2005-06 CGY 7 2 4 6 1 4 14 0 0.86
2006-07 CGY 6 0 2 2 -4 4 7 2 0.33
2007-08 CGY 7 0 4 4 -1 6 5 3 0.57
2008-09 CBJ 4 1 1 2 -4 4 11 2 0.50
4 seasons Playoffs 24 3 11 14 -8 18 37 7 0.58

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
2 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 0.00 0.0 16:12

2011-12 analytics

Rating

-0.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.1Even-strength defence-0.3Power play-0.1Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.2

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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-101232010-112011-12Goals 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

59.2Corsi for %29 attempts for, 20 against
+8.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.0Expected goals for %1.7 expected for, 1.4 against
+4.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 1 against
90.9PDO0.0% shooting + 90.9% 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
Kristian Huselius · Antoine Vermette · Rick Nash111:1460.043.00-1
Kristian Huselius · Rick Nash · Jeff Carter18:0860.068.40-0
Kristian Huselius · Rick Nash · Derick Brassard11:19100.0100.00-0
Kristian Huselius · Antoine Vermette · Derek Dorsett10:270.00.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.3Expected goalsfrom 5 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.65 expected goals per 60 minutes43rd
Shot quality 7.0% chance per attempt41st
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected50thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.3Goals 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 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
Dec 6, 2011 @ MTL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 12:57
Dec 2, 2011 @ EDM L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 19:27