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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)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Richard Park PIT · 14 P in 54 GP Derek MacKenzie CBJ · 14 P in 66 GP Joe Vitale PIT · 14 P in 68 GP Matt Martin NYI · 14 P in 80 GP Gilbert Brule PHX · 14 P in 33 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

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
58 7 7 14 -10 51 65 62 0.24 10.8 11:51

Contract

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 2011-12 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.

2011-12 analytics

Rating

+0.0Goals above replacement505th of 680 skaters, 344th of 445 forwards
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 445 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-1.4 30th percentileEven-strength defence0.0 43rd percentilePower play-0.2 33rd percentilePenalty kill+0.1 65th percentilePenalties-0.3 28th 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.

-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

46.4Corsi for %468 attempts for, 540 against
-5.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.1Expected goals for %18.5 expected for, 21.7 against
-5.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
36.6Goals for %15 for, 26 against
97.3PDO6.3% shooting + 91.1% saves
102Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 557 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
Chuck Kobasew · Jay McClement · Daniel Winnik2298:4038.433.62-6
Chuck Kobasew · David Jones · Paul Stastny1281:0052.950.51-2
Chuck Kobasew · Jay McClement · Cody McLeod2071:1544.347.51-3
Chuck Kobasew · David Van Der Gulik · Cody McLeod1133:0347.140.61-1

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.

7Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.7Expected goalsfrom 84 unblocked attempts
+0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.59 expected goals per 60 minutes31st
Shot quality 8.0% chance per attempt70th
Finishing +0.3 goals above expected60thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Goals 7Expected 6.7

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 7, 2012 vs NSH L 1-6 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 14:04
Mar 30, 2012 @ CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:12
Mar 26, 2012 @ SJS L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:13
Mar 24, 2012 vs VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 06:33
Feb 27, 2012 vs ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:38
Feb 25, 2012 @ DET W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:29
Feb 24, 2012 @ CBJ W 5-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14:27
Feb 22, 2012 vs LAK W 4-1 0 1 1 1 10 0 0 07:25
Feb 19, 2012 @ WPG L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:17
Feb 17, 2012 @ EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:36
Feb 15, 2012 @ VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:41
Feb 11, 2012 @ STL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 12:19
Feb 10, 2012 vs CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11:51
Feb 7, 2012 vs CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 09:19
Feb 4, 2012 vs VAN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 14:45
Feb 2, 2012 vs MIN L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 9 3 1 09:59
Jan 31, 2012 @ EDM L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 14:38
Jan 24, 2012 vs MIN L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 14:51
Jan 22, 2012 @ ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 09:01
Jan 21, 2012 @ LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 08:00
Jan 18, 2012 vs FLA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:48
Jan 16, 2012 @ PHX L 1-6 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 11:50
Jan 14, 2012 @ DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:08
Jan 12, 2012 @ NSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:20
Jan 10, 2012 vs NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 11:43
Jan 7, 2012 @ STL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 12:24
Jan 6, 2012 @ CHI W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 14:05
Jan 2, 2012 @ LAK W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 13:06
Dec 31, 2011 @ ANA W 4-2 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 13:27
Dec 29, 2011 vs PHX W 3-2 0 1 1 1 2 3 3 12:48
Dec 9, 2011 @ EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:51
Dec 8, 2011 @ CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:24
Dec 6, 2011 @ VAN L 0-6 0 0 0 0 10 0 3 11:03
Dec 2, 2011 vs STL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:06
Nov 30, 2011 vs NJD W 6-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:46
Nov 28, 2011 vs DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 12:20
Nov 26, 2011 vs EDM W 5-2 0 2 2 1 0 4 4 14:10
Nov 23, 2011 vs VAN L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:53
Nov 20, 2011 vs SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10:19
Nov 18, 2011 vs DAL W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 11:01
Nov 15, 2011 @ PIT L 3-6 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 09:57
Nov 12, 2011 vs CGY L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 07:10
Nov 10, 2011 vs NYI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:02
Nov 8, 2011 @ DET L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 08:25
Nov 6, 2011 vs CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:37
Nov 4, 2011 @ DAL L 6-7 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 12:03
Nov 2, 2011 vs PHX L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:43
Oct 30, 2011 vs LAK W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 08:38
Oct 28, 2011 vs EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10:52
Oct 26, 2011 @ CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 12:32
Oct 22, 2011 @ CHI W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 13:12
Oct 20, 2011 vs CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:46
Oct 17, 2011 @ TOR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:44
Oct 15, 2011 @ MTL W 6-5 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 16:34
Oct 13, 2011 @ OTT W 7-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 16:04
Oct 12, 2011 @ CBJ W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 13:10
Oct 10, 2011 @ BOS W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:48
Oct 8, 2011 vs DET L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:06