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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 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Joakim Nordstrom CAR · 12 P in 82 GP Kyle Clifford LAK · 12 P in 73 GP Tommy Wingels OTT · 12 P in 73 GP Lawson Crouse ARI · 12 P in 72 GP Cody Eakin DAL · 12 P in 60 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

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 5 7 12 -17 23 85 71 0.15 5.9 11:56

Contract

$900KCap hit2016-17
$75KCap dollars per point12 points in 82 games
-$849KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.7MValueworth 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. 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 664 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
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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-2.2Goals above replacement625th of 664 skaters, 415th of 435 forwards
-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 435 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-5.6 1st percentileEven-strength defence+1.4 75th percentilePower play0.0 58th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 75th percentilePenalties-0.9 10th 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

41.5Corsi for %571 attempts for, 805 against
-8.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.9Expected goals for %22.1 expected for, 28.3 against
-6.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
20.5Goals for %8 for, 31 against
94.5PDO2.4% shooting + 92.1% saves
120Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 565 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 lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Kelly · Tom Pyatt · Jean-Gabriel Pageau43122:3845.449.51-4
Chris Kelly · Viktor Stalberg · Tommy Wingels1590:4846.355.71-2
Chris Neil · Chris Kelly · Curtis Lazar1567:3437.543.80-2
Chris Neil · Chris Kelly · Matt Puempel840:0856.053.50-1

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.7Expected goalsfrom 104 unblocked attempts
-2.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.41 expected goals per 60 minutes5th
Shot quality 6.4% chance per attempt17th
Finishing -2.7 goals above expected23rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 421 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Expected 6.7Goals 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. 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 9, 2017 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:08
Apr 8, 2017 vs NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:28
Apr 6, 2017 @ BOS W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 07:23
Apr 4, 2017 vs DET W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:51
Apr 3, 2017 @ DET L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:56
Apr 1, 2017 @ WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:12
Mar 30, 2017 @ MIN L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:53
Mar 28, 2017 @ PHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 10:21
Mar 25, 2017 @ MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 09:01
Mar 23, 2017 vs PIT W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:17
Mar 21, 2017 @ BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:11
Mar 19, 2017 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 5 0 1 08:24
Mar 18, 2017 vs MTL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 11:47
Mar 16, 2017 vs CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:12
Mar 14, 2017 vs TBL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:58
Mar 11, 2017 @ COL W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 13:52
Mar 9, 2017 @ ARI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:56
Mar 8, 2017 @ DAL W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 14:38
Mar 6, 2017 vs BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:57
Mar 4, 2017 vs CBJ W 3-2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 11:35
Mar 2, 2017 vs COL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:18
Feb 27, 2017 @ TBL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:24
Feb 26, 2017 @ FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:23
Feb 24, 2017 @ CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:44
Feb 21, 2017 @ NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:25
Feb 19, 2017 vs WPG L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:36
Feb 18, 2017 @ TOR W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 12:37
Feb 16, 2017 @ NJD W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:37
Feb 14, 2017 vs BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:58
Feb 11, 2017 vs NYI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11:31
Feb 9, 2017 vs DAL W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 14:33
Feb 7, 2017 vs STL L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 12:35
Feb 4, 2017 @ BUF L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 09:05
Feb 2, 2017 @ TBL W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 12:35
Jan 31, 2017 @ FLA L 5-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:44
Jan 26, 2017 vs CGY L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 10:09
Jan 24, 2017 vs WSH W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 16:37
Jan 22, 2017 vs CBJ L 6-7 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:49
Jan 21, 2017 @ TOR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:20
Jan 19, 2017 @ CBJ W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 08:17
Jan 17, 2017 @ STL W 6-4 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 11:15
Jan 14, 2017 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 06:58
Jan 12, 2017 vs PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:48
Jan 8, 2017 vs EDM W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:26
Jan 7, 2017 vs WSH L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:38
Jan 1, 2017 @ WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14:25
Dec 29, 2016 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:34
Dec 27, 2016 @ NYR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 08:34
Dec 22, 2016 vs ANA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:48
Dec 20, 2016 @ CHI W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 12:45
Dec 18, 2016 @ NYI W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:17
Dec 17, 2016 vs NJD W 3-1 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 12:44
Dec 14, 2016 vs SJS L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:52
Dec 11, 2016 @ ANA L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 11:37
Dec 10, 2016 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:44
Dec 7, 2016 @ SJS W 4-2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 12:08
Dec 5, 2016 @ PIT L 5-8 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 16:29
Dec 3, 2016 vs FLA W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:40
Dec 1, 2016 vs PHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:27
Nov 29, 2016 vs BUF L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:29
Nov 27, 2016 @ NYR W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:35
Nov 26, 2016 vs CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:39
Nov 24, 2016 vs BOS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:20
Nov 22, 2016 @ MTL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 13:34
Nov 19, 2016 vs FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:55
Nov 17, 2016 vs NSH L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:34
Nov 15, 2016 @ PHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:38
Nov 13, 2016 vs MIN L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 11:54
Nov 11, 2016 vs LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:33
Nov 9, 2016 @ BUF W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:55
Nov 8, 2016 @ NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:30
Nov 5, 2016 vs BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 12:47
Nov 3, 2016 vs VAN W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:14
Nov 1, 2016 vs CAR W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:40
Oct 30, 2016 @ EDM W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 13:36
Oct 28, 2016 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 13:43
Oct 25, 2016 @ VAN W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:04
Oct 22, 2016 vs TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 14:22
Oct 18, 2016 vs ARI W 7-4 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 17:47
Oct 17, 2016 @ DET L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 11:03
Oct 15, 2016 vs MTL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:04
Oct 12, 2016 vs TOR W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:38