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Chris Thorburn

#22 · Right wing · St. Louis Blues

Born Jun 3, 1983 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, CAN · 6'3", 235 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 50th overall in 2001 by BUF (round 2)

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.

Corey Tropp CBJ · 11 P in 53 GP David Clarkson TOR · 11 P in 60 GP Peter Regin CHI · 11 P in 61 GP Stephen Gionta NJD · 11 P in 66 GP Peter Holland TOR · 11 P in 43 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.

0510152005-06: 1 points105-062006-07: 5 points506-072007-08: 18 points1807-082008-09: 15 points1508-092009-10: 13 points1309-102010-11: 19 points1910-112011-12: 11 points1111-122012-13: 4 points412-132013-14: 11 points1113-142014-15: 14 points1414-152015-16: 12 points1215-162016-17: 4 points416-172017-18: 7 points717-182018-19: 0 points018-19

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2005-06 BUF 2 0 1 1 -1 7 1 2 0.50
2006-07 PIT 39 3 2 5 1 69 40 49 0.13 $450K
2007-08 ATL 73 5 13 18 -4 92 72 89 0.25 $560K
2008-09 ATL 82 7 8 15 -10 104 85 127 0.18 $560K
2009-10 ATL 76 4 9 13 6 89 63 103 0.17 $660K
2010-11 ATL 82 9 10 19 -4 77 114 129 0.23 $660K
2011-12 WPG 72 4 7 11 -6 83 69 151 0.15 $867K
2012-13 WPG 42 2 2 4 -5 70 13 65 0.10 $867K
2013-14 WPG 55 2 9 11 0 65 26 108 0.20 $867K
2014-15 WPG 81 7 7 14 -5 76 67 126 0.17 $1.2M
2015-16 WPG 82 6 6 12 -1 81 70 146 0.15 $1.2M
2016-17 WPG 64 3 1 4 -7 95 36 90 0.06 $1.2M
2017-18 STL 50 1 6 7 -4 60 35 99 0.14 $900K
2018-19 STL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 $900K
14 seasons Career 801 53 81 134 -40 968 691 1285 0.17

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2014-15 WPG 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 0.00
1 season Playoffs 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 0.00

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
55 2 9 11 0 65 26 108 0.20 7.7 8:57

Contract

$867KCap hit2013-14
$79KCap dollars per point11 points in 55 games
-$387KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.3MValueworth 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 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
2018-19 to 2018-19 $900K
2017-18 to 2017-18 $900K
2014-15 to 2016-17 $1.2M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $867K
2011-12 to 2013-14 $867K
2009-10 to 2010-11 $660K
2007-08 to 2008-09 $560K
2006-07 to 2006-07 $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 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

-1.6Goals above replacement601st of 672 skaters, 395th of 438 forwards
-0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.0Goals 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-2.0 23rd percentileEven-strength defence+0.5 59th percentilePower play0.0 59th percentilePenalty kill0.0 37th percentilePenalties-1.4 6th 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.

-3-2-10122010-112012-132014-152016-172018-19Goals 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

43.1Corsi for %352 attempts for, 464 against
-7.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.3Expected goals for %15.9 expected for, 18.5 against
-5.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %18 for, 18 against
101.5PDO9.8% shooting + 91.6% saves
50Attempts 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
Olli Jokinen · Chris Thorburn · Devin Setoguchi20184:4543.447.65-10
Chris Thorburn · Blake Wheeler · Mark Scheifele993:3845.656.37-2
Chris Thorburn · Eric Tangradi · James Wright1469:5842.236.43-1
Chris Thorburn · Anthony Peluso · James Wright623:3421.413.90-0

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
3.5Expected goalsfrom 41 unblocked attempts
-1.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.43 expected goals per 60 minutes11th
Shot quality 8.6% chance per attempt86th
Finishing -1.5 goals above expected36thOne 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 20Game 40Expected 3.5Goals 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
Mar 14, 2014 vs NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 03:00
Mar 12, 2014 vs VAN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 02:06
Mar 4, 2014 vs NYI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 00:48
Mar 1, 2014 @ NSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 05:36
Feb 27, 2014 vs PHX W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 05:57
Feb 8, 2014 @ STL L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 7 0 4 13:53
Feb 6, 2014 @ WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 15:26
Feb 4, 2014 @ CAR W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 13:56
Feb 2, 2014 @ MTL W 2-1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 13:33
Jan 31, 2014 vs VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 14:17
Jan 28, 2014 vs NSH L 3-4 1 0 1 3 0 1 7 14:07
Jan 26, 2014 @ CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 04:14
Jan 25, 2014 vs TOR W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 05:11
Jan 23, 2014 @ SJS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:34
Jan 21, 2014 @ ANA W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 04:14
Jan 18, 2014 vs EDM W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 07:24
Jan 16, 2014 @ CGY W 5-2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 14:16
Jan 13, 2014 vs PHX W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 12:31
Jan 11, 2014 vs CBJ L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 06:36
Jan 7, 2014 vs TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 5 0 0 04:46
Jan 5, 2014 @ PIT L 5-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 11:17
Jan 4, 2014 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 13:06
Jan 2, 2014 @ OTT L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 11:04
Dec 31, 2013 vs BUF W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 11:04
Dec 29, 2013 @ COL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:36
Dec 27, 2013 vs MIN W 6-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 12:43
Dec 23, 2013 @ EDM L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 10 0 1 08:49
Dec 22, 2013 @ VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:05
Dec 20, 2013 vs FLA W 5-2 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 11:25
Dec 17, 2013 @ BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 12:18
Dec 16, 2013 @ CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 12:55
Dec 14, 2013 vs DAL L 4-6 0 1 1 0 4 0 6 13:13
Dec 12, 2013 vs COL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 12:17
Dec 10, 2013 vs STL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:25
Dec 7, 2013 @ TBL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:17
Dec 5, 2013 @ FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 16:04
Dec 2, 2013 @ NYR W 5-2 0 2 2 2 0 1 3 12:10
Nov 29, 2013 @ PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:27
Nov 27, 2013 @ NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 07:52
Nov 25, 2013 @ NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:33
Nov 23, 2013 vs MIN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:40
Nov 21, 2013 vs CHI L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 05:19
Nov 18, 2013 vs CGY L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 05:58
Nov 17, 2013 @ MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 06:52
Nov 15, 2013 vs PHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:19
Nov 12, 2013 @ DET W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:17
Nov 10, 2013 vs SJS W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 05:41
Nov 8, 2013 vs NSH W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 08:38
Nov 6, 2013 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 06:06
Nov 4, 2013 vs DET W 4-2 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 05:02
Nov 2, 2013 vs CHI L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:26
Oct 29, 2013 @ STL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 02:25
Oct 27, 2013 @ COL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:40
Oct 4, 2013 vs LAK W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:22
Oct 1, 2013 @ EDM W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 5 0 3 04:32