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Kurtis Foster

#3 · Defence · Philadelphia Flyers

Born Nov 24, 1981 in Carp, Ontario, CAN · 6'5", 225 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 40th overall in 2000 by CGY (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Peter Harrold NJD · 5 P in 23 GP Radko Gudas TBL · 5 P in 22 GP Aaron Rome DAL · 5 P in 27 GP Alec Martinez LAK · 5 P in 27 GP Mark Pysyk BUF · 5 P in 19 GP

Career

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

0102030402002-03: 0 points002-032003-04: 1 points103-042005-06: 28 points2805-062006-07: 23 points2306-072007-08: 19 points1907-082008-09: 6 points608-092009-10: 42 points4209-102010-11: 22 points2210-112011-12: 14 points1411-122012-13: 5 points512-13

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2002-03 ATL 2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 0.00
2003-04 ATL 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.33
2005-06 MIN 58 10 18 28 -3 60 124 50 0.48
2006-07 MIN 57 3 20 23 -3 52 135 66 0.40
2007-08 MIN 56 7 12 19 0 37 118 60 0.34
2008-09 MIN 10 1 5 6 7 6 10 8 0.60
2009-10 TBL 71 8 34 42 -5 48 165 60 0.59
2010-11 EDM 74 8 14 22 -12 45 182 89 0.30
2011-12 ANA 9 1 1 2 -5 8 16 17 0.22
2011-12 NJD 28 3 9 12 -9 23 54 19 0.43
2011-12 MIN 14 0 0 0 1 4 15 10 0.00
2012-13 PHI 23 1 4 5 0 35 21 16 0.22
10 seasons Career 405 42 118 160 -31 318 842 399 0.40

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2006-07 MIN 3 0 2 2 0 0 5 2 0.67
1 season Playoffs 3 0 2 2 0 0 5 2 0.67

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
23 1 4 5 0 35 21 16 0.22 4.8 13:05

2012-13 analytics

Rating

-2.8Goals above replacement592nd of 605 skaters, 201st of 208 defencemen
-0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 208 ranked defencemen: 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-0.1 62nd percentileEven-strength defence-3.0 6th percentilePower play-0.1 43rd percentilePenalty kill+0.0 54th percentilePenalties-0.6 43rd 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 defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-3-2-1012010-112011-122012-13Goals 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

42.9Corsi for %219 attempts for, 292 against
-5.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.1Expected goals for %9.3 expected for, 13.9 against
-9.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
47.8Goals for %11 for, 12 against
102.5PDO9.8% shooting + 92.7% saves
40Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 578 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kurtis Foster · Nicklas Grossmann1087:3650.345.74-2
Kurtis Foster · Brandon Manning444:0340.239.05-3
Kurtis Foster · Andrej Meszaros538:3438.644.41-1
Kurtis Foster · Erik Gustafsson626:3833.322.70-1

The pairs 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 pairs 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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.7Expected goalsfrom 34 unblocked attempts
+0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.15 expected goals per 60 minutes35th
Shot quality 2.2% chance per attempt9th
Finishing +0.3 goals above expected59thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 210 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Game 20Goals 1Expected 0.7

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 23, 2013 vs BOS W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:45
Apr 20, 2013 @ CAR W 5-3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 13:09
Apr 18, 2013 vs NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:06
Apr 16, 2013 vs NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:14
Apr 15, 2013 @ MTL W 7-3 0 0 0 0 29 0 2 12:28
Apr 13, 2013 @ BUF L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:45
Mar 30, 2013 vs BOS W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:19
Mar 28, 2013 vs NYI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 14:30
Mar 26, 2013 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:50
Mar 24, 2013 @ PIT L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:29
Mar 13, 2013 @ NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:46
Feb 15, 2013 @ NJD L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 13:53
Feb 12, 2013 @ WPG W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14:02
Feb 11, 2013 @ TOR L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 14:20
Feb 9, 2013 vs CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:27
Feb 7, 2013 vs FLA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:33
Feb 5, 2013 vs TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:19
Feb 2, 2013 vs CAR W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 11:54
Feb 1, 2013 @ WSH L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 13:43
Jan 27, 2013 @ TBL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:20
Jan 26, 2013 @ FLA W 7-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 15:49
Jan 20, 2013 @ BUF L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 10:35
Jan 19, 2013 vs PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:50