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Pascal Dupuis

#9 · Right wing · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Apr 7, 1979 in Laval, Quebec, CAN · 6'1", 205 lb · Shoots left

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mike Sislo NJD · 4 P in 18 GP Oskar Sundqvist PIT · 4 P in 18 GP Rich Clune TOR · 4 P in 19 GP Mark Arcobello TOR · 4 P in 20 GP Max McCormick OTT · 4 P in 20 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.

020402000-01: 1 points100-012001-02: 27 points272002-03: 48 points4802-032003-04: 26 points262005-06: 26 points2605-062006-07: 19 points192007-08: 27 points2707-082008-09: 28 points282009-10: 38 points3809-102010-11: 37 points372011-12: 59 points5911-122012-13: 38 points382013-14: 20 points2013-142014-15: 11 points112015-16: 4 points415-16

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 MIN 4 1 0 1 0 4 8 12 0.25
2001-02 MIN 76 15 12 27 -10 16 154 61 0.36
2002-03 MIN 80 20 28 48 17 44 183 22 0.60
2003-04 MIN 59 11 15 26 5 20 127 23 0.44
2005-06 MIN 67 10 16 26 -10 40 151 31 0.39
2006-07 MIN 48 10 3 13 -7 38 106 23 0.27 $798K
2006-07 NYR 6 1 0 1 -4 0 10 12 0.17
2006-07 ATL 17 3 2 5 -6 4 40 17 0.29
2007-08 ATL 62 10 5 15 -4 24 111 50 0.24 $880K
2007-08 PIT 16 2 10 12 4 8 32 35 0.75
2008-09 PIT 71 12 16 28 1 30 145 68 0.39 $1.4M
2009-10 PIT 81 18 20 38 5 16 157 86 0.47 $1.4M
2010-11 PIT 81 17 20 37 16 59 171 117 0.46 $1.4M
2011-12 PIT 82 25 34 59 18 34 214 111 0.72 $1.5M
2012-13 PIT 48 20 18 38 31 26 140 83 0.79 $1.5M
2013-14 PIT 39 7 13 20 6 8 97 68 0.51 $3.75M
2014-15 PIT 16 6 5 11 2 4 44 20 0.69 $3.75M
2015-16 PIT 18 2 2 4 -1 12 28 35 0.22 $3.75M
15 seasons Career 871 190 219 409 63 387 1918 874 0.47

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2002-03 MIN 16 4 4 8 0 8 36 7 0.50
2006-07 ATL 4 1 2 3 2 4 7 4 0.75
2007-08 PIT 20 2 5 7 5 18 38 42 0.35
2008-09 PIT 16 0 0 0 -5 8 17 18 0.00
2009-10 PIT 13 2 6 8 5 4 33 22 0.62
2010-11 PIT 7 1 0 1 -2 2 16 20 0.14
2011-12 PIT 6 2 4 6 0 0 11 20 1.00
2012-13 PIT 15 7 4 11 2 12 37 40 0.73
8 seasons Playoffs 97 19 25 44 7 56 195 173 0.45

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
18 2 2 4 -1 12 28 35 0.22 7.1 15:06

Contract

$3.75MCap hitends in 2017, then UFA
$938KCap dollars per point4 points in 18 games

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2016-17, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2015-16 $3.75M
2016-17 $3.75M

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
2014-15 to 2016-17 $3.75M
2013-14 to 2013-14 $3.75M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $1.5M
2011-12 to 2012-13 $1.5M
2008-09 to 2010-11 $1.4M
2007-08 to 2007-08 $880K
2006-07 to 2006-07 $798K

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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Rating

-0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.1Even-strength defence-0.5Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties-0.6

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.

-202468102010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16Goals 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

42.5Corsi for %180 attempts for, 244 against
-5.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.6Expected goals for %7.7 expected for, 8.8 against
-1.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
55.6Goals for %10 for, 8 against
104.1PDO10.5% shooting + 93.5% saves
47Attempts 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
Pascal Dupuis · Sidney Crosby · Patric Hornqvist14112:4947.251.16-2
Pascal Dupuis · Sidney Crosby · Beau Bennett626:1533.329.21-5
Pascal Dupuis · Patric Hornqvist · Nick Bonino517:3636.744.10-0
Pascal Dupuis · Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby213:2321.723.70-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.5Expected goalsfrom 39 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.56 expected goals per 60 minutes27th
Shot quality 6.5% chance per attempt23rd
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected51stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 412 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

012Expected 2.5Goals 2

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, 2015 @ ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:16
Dec 5, 2015 @ LAK L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:23
Dec 1, 2015 @ SJS W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 10:47
Nov 28, 2015 vs EDM L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 3 7 13:22
Nov 27, 2015 @ CBJ L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 17:36
Nov 25, 2015 vs STL W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 12:39
Nov 21, 2015 vs SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 14:19
Nov 19, 2015 vs COL W 4-3 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 17:03
Nov 17, 2015 vs MIN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 16:31
Nov 14, 2015 @ NJD L 0-4 0 0 0 -3 0 1 3 14:33
Nov 13, 2015 vs CBJ L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 16:11
Nov 11, 2015 vs MTL W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 16:13
Nov 4, 2015 @ VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 15:45
Oct 31, 2015 @ TOR W 4-0 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 15:47
Oct 29, 2015 vs BUF W 4-3 1 0 1 2 0 2 5 18:22
Oct 28, 2015 @ WSH W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:35
Oct 24, 2015 @ NSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 18:40
Oct 22, 2015 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 12:43