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Chuck Kobasew

#12 · Right wing · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Apr 17, 1982 in Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN · 6'0", 192 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 14th overall in 2001 by CGY (round 1)

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.

Colin Fraser LAK · 2 P in 33 GP Matt Kassian OTT · 2 P in 33 GP Jay Rosehill PHI · 2 P in 34 GP John McCarthy SJS · 2 P in 36 GP Jared Boll CBJ · 2 P in 28 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.

0102030402002-03: 6 points602-032003-04: 17 points1703-042005-06: 31 points3105-062006-07: 19 points1906-072007-08: 39 points3907-082008-09: 42 points4208-092009-10: 15 points1509-102010-11: 16 points1610-112011-12: 14 points1411-122012-13: 9 points912-132013-14: 2 points213-14

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 CGY 23 4 2 6 -3 8 29 7 0.26
2003-04 CGY 70 6 11 17 -12 51 78 51 0.24
2005-06 CGY 77 20 11 31 -10 64 143 86 0.40
2006-07 CGY 40 4 13 17 7 37 69 54 0.43
2006-07 BOS 10 1 1 2 -6 25 24 12 0.20
2007-08 BOS 73 22 17 39 6 29 147 86 0.53
2008-09 BOS 68 21 21 42 5 56 129 101 0.62
2009-10 BOS 7 0 1 1 -2 2 13 8 0.14
2009-10 MIN 42 9 5 14 -9 16 58 50 0.33
2010-11 MIN 64 9 7 16 -6 19 74 31 0.25
2011-12 COL 58 7 7 14 -10 51 65 62 0.24
2012-13 COL 37 5 4 9 6 21 43 34 0.24 $1.25M
2013-14 PIT 33 2 0 2 1 15 37 49 0.06 $550K
11 seasons Career 602 110 100 210 -33 394 909 631 0.35

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2003-04 CGY 19 0 1 1 1 24 10 15 0.05
2005-06 CGY 7 1 0 1 -3 0 13 5 0.14
2008-09 BOS 11 3 3 6 3 14 23 23 0.55
3 seasons Playoffs 37 4 4 8 1 38 46 43 0.22

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
33 2 0 2 1 15 37 49 0.06 5.4 11:13

Contract

$550KCap hit2013-14
$275KCap dollars per point2 points in 33 games
-$48KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$598KValueworth less cap hit

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 641 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
2013-14 to 2013-14 $550K
2012-13 to 2012-13 $1.25M

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

-1.0Goals above replacement562nd of 672 skaters, 370th of 438 forwards
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 438 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-2.4 17th percentileEven-strength defence+1.2 77th percentilePower play-0.3 23rd percentilePenalty kill-0.5 6th percentilePenalties+0.0 38th 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. 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.

-1-0.500.512010-112011-122012-132013-14Goals 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

45.3Corsi for %241 attempts for, 291 against
-3.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.5Expected goals for %9.4 expected for, 10.0 against
-4.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
54.5Goals for %6 for, 5 against
100.7PDO4.5% shooting + 96.2% saves
60Attempts 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
Chuck Kobasew · Jussi Jokinen · Evgeni Malkin953:4544.046.81-1
Chuck Kobasew · Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby1538:1347.857.11-0
Craig Adams · Chuck Kobasew · Zach Sill930:2747.927.00-1
Chuck Kobasew · Brandon Sutter · Dustin Jeffrey526:5347.752.21-0

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
3.8Expected goalsfrom 53 unblocked attempts
-1.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.62 expected goals per 60 minutes36th
Shot quality 7.2% chance per attempt46th
Finishing -1.8 goals above expected32ndOne 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.

0123Game 20Expected 3.8Goals 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
Apr 13, 2014 vs OTT L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 14:55
Mar 4, 2014 @ NSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:34
Feb 27, 2014 vs MTL L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 08:45
Feb 3, 2014 vs OTT W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:37
Jan 25, 2014 @ DAL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 11:31
Jan 23, 2014 @ NYI W 6-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 14:56
Jan 22, 2014 vs MTL W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 12:00
Jan 20, 2014 vs FLA L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:45
Dec 31, 2013 @ NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:52
Dec 29, 2013 @ CBJ W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:13
Dec 27, 2013 @ CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 09:43
Dec 23, 2013 @ OTT L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 12:34
Dec 21, 2013 vs CGY W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:20
Dec 19, 2013 vs MIN W 5-2 0 0 0 -2 5 0 1 09:03
Dec 18, 2013 @ NYR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:31
Dec 16, 2013 vs TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 08:27
Dec 14, 2013 @ DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 07:33
Dec 13, 2013 vs NJD W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:35
Dec 9, 2013 vs CBJ W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 09:09
Dec 7, 2013 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 09:55
Dec 5, 2013 vs SJS W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 12:32
Oct 28, 2013 @ CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 02:33
Oct 26, 2013 @ TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14:26
Oct 25, 2013 vs NYI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:33
Oct 21, 2013 vs COL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:29
Oct 19, 2013 vs VAN W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:27
Oct 17, 2013 @ PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 12:53
Oct 15, 2013 vs EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:20
Oct 12, 2013 @ TBL W 5-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 15:03
Oct 11, 2013 @ FLA L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 13:52
Oct 8, 2013 vs CAR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:51
Oct 5, 2013 vs BUF W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 10:32
Oct 3, 2013 vs NJD W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 4 15:28