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Mike Rupp

#27 · Left wing · Minnesota Wild

Born Jan 13, 1980 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA · 6'5", 235 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 76th overall in 2000 by NJD (round 3)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2002-03

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ben Street CGY · 1 P in 13 GP Kevin Porter BUF · 1 P in 12 GP Luke Adam BUF · 1 P in 12 GP Brett Connolly TBL · 1 P in 11 GP Eriah Hayes SJS · 1 P in 15 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.

0510152002-03: 8 points802-032003-04: 12 points1203-042005-06: 6 points605-062006-07: 9 points906-072007-08: 9 points907-082008-09: 9 points908-092009-10: 19 points1909-102010-11: 17 points1710-112011-12: 5 points511-122012-13: 4 points412-132013-14: 1 points113-14

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2002-03 NJD 26 5 3 8 0 21 34 17 0.31
2003-04 NJD 51 6 5 11 -1 41 64 59 0.22
2003-04 PHX 6 0 1 1 -3 6 12 12 0.17
2005-06 PHX 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
2005-06 CBJ 39 4 2 6 -3 58 38 37 0.15
2006-07 NJD 76 6 3 9 -10 92 60 117 0.12
2007-08 NJD 64 3 6 9 -8 58 69 104 0.14
2008-09 NJD 72 3 6 9 -2 136 76 136 0.13
2009-10 PIT 81 13 6 19 5 120 87 198 0.23
2010-11 PIT 81 9 8 17 -4 124 81 181 0.21
2011-12 NYR 60 4 1 5 -1 97 31 103 0.08
2012-13 NYR 8 0 0 0 -3 12 2 7 0.00 $1.333M
2012-13 MIN 32 1 3 4 1 67 27 41 0.13
2013-14 MIN 13 0 1 1 1 23 6 13 0.08
11 seasons Career 610 54 45 99 -28 855 588 1025 0.16

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 NJD 4 1 3 4 4 0 2 6 1.00
2006-07 NJD 9 0 1 1 1 7 0 6 0.11
2007-08 NJD 5 0 1 1 1 2 3 14 0.20
2008-09 NJD 7 0 0 0 -2 14 7 17 0.00
2009-10 PIT 11 0 0 0 0 8 5 32 0.00
2010-11 PIT 7 1 1 2 4 4 15 19 0.29
2011-12 NYR 20 0 0 0 -3 36 17 27 0.00
2012-13 MIN 4 0 0 0 -3 12 2 11 0.00
8 seasons Playoffs 67 2 6 8 2 83 51 132 0.12

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
13 0 1 1 1 23 6 13 0.08 0.0 6:13

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2012-13 to 2012-13 $1.333M

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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 analytics

Rating

-0.9Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.6Even-strength defence+0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties-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.

-4-3-2-1012010-112011-122012-132013-14Goals 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

47.9Corsi for %56 attempts for, 61 against
+2.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
38.1Expected goals for %1.5 expected for, 2.4 against
-6.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
100.0Goals for %1 for, 0 against
103.6PDO3.6% shooting + 100.0% saves
11Attempts 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
Mike Rupp · Torrey Mitchell · Erik Haula419:2357.750.50-0
Mike Rupp · Erik Haula · Justin Fontaine615:4839.314.70-0
Mike Rupp · Stephane Veilleux · Torrey Mitchell26:5146.272.11-0
Mike Rupp · Dany Heatley · Cody McCormick15:180.00.00-0

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 7 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.21 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 4.0% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected51stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 403 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
Apr 10, 2014 vs STL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 07:27
Feb 1, 2014 @ CGY L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 04:05
Jan 30, 2014 @ COL L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 05:07
Jan 28, 2014 @ ANA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 08:02
Jan 25, 2014 @ SJS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 06:40
Dec 31, 2013 vs STL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:34
Dec 29, 2013 vs NYI L 4-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 05:06
Dec 22, 2013 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 08:22
Dec 6, 2013 @ CBJ L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 09:07
Dec 5, 2013 vs CHI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:20
Dec 2, 2013 vs PHI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 03:25
Nov 27, 2013 vs PHX L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:21
Nov 25, 2013 @ STL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 05:07