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Chris Kelly

#22 · Centre · Anaheim Ducks

Born Nov 11, 1980 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN · 6'0", 190 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 94th overall in 1999 by OTT (round 3)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2010-11

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Josh Bailey NYI · 28 P in 70 GP Chris Higgins VAN · 28 P in 62 GP Brandon Prust NYR · 29 P in 82 GP Brandon Sutter CAR · 29 P in 82 GP Gregory Campbell BOS · 29 P in 80 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.

01020302003-04: 0 points003-042005-06: 30 points3005-062006-07: 38 points3806-072007-08: 30 points3007-082008-09: 23 points2308-092009-10: 32 points3209-102010-11: 28 points2810-112011-12: 39 points3911-122012-13: 9 points912-132013-14: 18 points1813-142014-15: 28 points2814-152015-16: 2 points215-162016-17: 12 points1216-172017-18: 2 points217-18

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2003-04 OTT 4 0 0 0 -2 0 4 5 0.00
2005-06 OTT 82 10 20 30 21 76 112 65 0.37 $450K
2006-07 OTT 82 15 23 38 28 40 131 75 0.46
2007-08 OTT 75 11 19 30 3 30 124 64 0.40 $1.263M
2008-09 OTT 82 12 11 23 -10 38 118 97 0.28 $2.125M
2009-10 OTT 81 15 17 32 -7 38 112 65 0.40 $2.125M
2010-11 OTT 57 12 11 23 -12 27 89 51 0.40 $2.125M
2010-11 BOS 24 2 3 5 -1 6 24 30 0.21
2011-12 BOS 82 20 19 39 33 41 122 79 0.48 $2.125M
2012-13 BOS 34 3 6 9 -8 16 40 43 0.26 $3M
2013-14 BOS 57 9 9 18 2 32 69 72 0.32 $3M
2014-15 BOS 80 7 21 28 6 48 112 126 0.35 $3M
2015-16 BOS 11 2 0 2 3 0 8 13 0.18 $3M
2016-17 OTT 82 5 7 12 -17 23 85 71 0.15 $900K
2017-18 ANA 12 0 2 2 1 2 5 7 0.17 $1.25M
14 seasons Career 845 123 168 291 40 417 1155 863 0.34

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 OTT 10 0 0 0 -4 2 14 6 0.00
2006-07 OTT 20 3 4 7 0 4 27 27 0.35
2009-10 OTT 6 1 5 6 1 2 11 9 1.00
2010-11 BOS 25 5 8 13 11 6 28 29 0.52
2011-12 BOS 7 1 2 3 1 4 12 14 0.43
2012-13 BOS 22 2 1 3 -7 19 26 47 0.14
2016-17 OTT 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00
7 seasons Playoffs 92 12 20 32 2 37 119 133 0.35

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
81 14 14 28 -13 33 113 81 0.35 12.4 15:25

Contract

$2.125MCap hitends in 2012, then UFA
$76KCap dollars per point28 points in 81 games
$685KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.1 goals above replacement
$1.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$315KValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 315 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2011-12, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2010-11 $2.125M
2011-12 $2.125M

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
2017-18 to 2017-18 $1.25M
2016-17 to 2016-17 $900K
2015-16 to 2015-16 $3M
2012-13 to 2014-15 $3M
2008-09 to 2011-12 $2.125M
2007-08 to 2007-08 $1.263M
2005-06 to 2005-06 $450K

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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+3.1Goals above replacement298th of 672 skaters, 217th of 439 forwards
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 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-3.4 6th percentileEven-strength defence+3.1 96th percentilePower play-0.3 24th percentilePenalty kill-0.4 9th percentilePenalties+0.6 58th 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.

-4-2024682010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-18Goals 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

50.4Corsi for %854 attempts for, 839 against
-0.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.9Expected goals for %32.0 expected for, 33.5 against
-1.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
36.6Goals for %26 for, 45 against
95.5PDO5.9% shooting + 89.6% saves
187Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 569 skaters who played enough to be ranked: 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. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jarkko Ruutu · Chris Neil · Chris KellyOTT44346:2052.651.312-15
Michael Ryder · Chris Kelly · Rich PeverleyBOS1395:2858.364.35-2
Chris Kelly · Rich Peverley · Tyler SeguinBOS1288:4157.961.62-3
Chris Neil · Chris Kelly · Nick FolignoOTT1959:1554.762.81-0

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.

11Goalsnot counting empty-netters
10.4Expected goalsfrom 154 unblocked attempts
+0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.50 expected goals per 60 minutes12th
Shot quality 6.8% chance per attempt36th
Finishing +0.6 goals above expected58thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 406 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Goals 11Expected 10.4

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 10, 2011 @ NJD L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 12:32
Apr 9, 2011 vs OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 15:55
Apr 6, 2011 vs NYI W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 12:09
Apr 4, 2011 @ NYR L 3-5 1 0 1 -1 0 1 1 12:17
Apr 2, 2011 vs ATL W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 15:49
Mar 31, 2011 vs TOR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:33
Mar 29, 2011 vs CHI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 17:57
Mar 27, 2011 @ PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:25
Mar 26, 2011 vs NYR L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:27
Mar 24, 2011 vs MTL W 7-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 13:47
Mar 22, 2011 vs NJD W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:30
Mar 19, 2011 @ TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 15:52
Mar 17, 2011 @ NSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:45
Mar 15, 2011 @ CBJ W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15:34
Mar 11, 2011 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 15:56
Mar 10, 2011 vs BUF L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:37
Mar 8, 2011 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 13:18
Mar 5, 2011 vs PIT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 14:49
Mar 3, 2011 vs TBL W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 12:31
Mar 1, 2011 @ OTT W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:43
Feb 27, 2011 @ EDM W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 16:26
Feb 26, 2011 @ VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 16:48
Feb 22, 2011 @ CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:55
Feb 18, 2011 @ OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 15:09
Feb 15, 2011 vs NYI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 16:43
Feb 12, 2011 @ EDM W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:06
Feb 9, 2011 @ CGY L 2-5 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 16:03
Feb 7, 2011 @ VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:37
Feb 5, 2011 @ NYI L 3-5 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 17:01
Feb 2, 2011 vs DET L 5-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 17:18
Feb 1, 2011 @ NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:29
Jan 25, 2011 vs BUF L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 17:54
Jan 21, 2011 vs MTL L 1-7 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 16:04
Jan 20, 2011 @ PHI L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 18:56
Jan 18, 2011 vs ANA L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21:49
Jan 16, 2011 @ WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 19:32
Jan 14, 2011 vs CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:51
Jan 13, 2011 @ NYI W 6-4 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 16:16
Jan 11, 2011 @ BOS L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 17:03
Jan 8, 2011 vs TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:17
Jan 7, 2011 @ CHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:16
Jan 1, 2011 vs TOR L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:25
Dec 31, 2010 @ CBJ L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:50
Dec 29, 2010 vs CAR L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:21
Dec 26, 2010 vs PIT W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 17:10
Dec 23, 2010 @ NSH W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:54
Dec 19, 2010 vs WSH L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 11:44
Dec 17, 2010 @ COL L 5-6 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 14:06
Dec 16, 2010 @ MIN W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 14:19
Dec 13, 2010 vs ATL L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 3 1 16:36
Dec 10, 2010 vs NJD W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 15:10
Dec 9, 2010 vs NYR L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:47
Dec 7, 2010 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 5 0 1 14:33
Dec 5, 2010 @ NYR W 3-1 3 0 3 3 0 3 3 17:05
Dec 4, 2010 vs BUF L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:20
Dec 2, 2010 vs SJS L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 14:45
Nov 29, 2010 vs EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 15:50
Nov 27, 2010 vs TOR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:20
Nov 26, 2010 @ PIT L 1-2 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 12:59
Nov 24, 2010 vs DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:12
Nov 22, 2010 vs LAK W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:19
Nov 19, 2010 @ STL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 15:31
Nov 17, 2010 @ CAR L 1-7 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 15:53
Nov 15, 2010 @ PHI L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:53
Nov 13, 2010 @ BOS W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 13:38
Nov 11, 2010 vs VAN L 2-6 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 12:14
Nov 9, 2010 vs ATL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:19
Nov 6, 2010 @ MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 13:55
Nov 4, 2010 vs NYI W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 15:31
Nov 2, 2010 @ TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15:51
Oct 30, 2010 vs BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:55
Oct 28, 2010 vs FLA W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 16:33
Oct 26, 2010 vs PHX W 5-2 1 0 1 0 2 7 0 17:55
Oct 23, 2010 vs MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 15:51
Oct 22, 2010 @ BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:56
Oct 18, 2010 @ PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 13:49
Oct 16, 2010 @ MTL L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 14:45
Oct 14, 2010 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:55
Oct 11, 2010 @ WSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 14:20
Oct 9, 2010 @ TOR L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 14:16
Oct 8, 2010 vs BUF L 1-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 12:55