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Adam Burish

#37 · Right wing · San Jose Sharks

Born Jan 6, 1983 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA · 6'1", 195 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 282nd overall in 2002 by CHI (round 9)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2009-10

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Zac Dalpe BUF · 3 P in 21 GP Andy Andreoff LAK · 3 P in 18 GP Iiro Pakarinen EDM · 3 P in 17 GP Cory Conacher NYI · 3 P in 15 GP Matt Puempel OTT · 3 P in 13 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.

0510152006-07: 0 points006-072007-08: 8 points807-082008-09: 9 points908-092009-10: 4 points409-102010-11: 14 points1410-112011-12: 19 points1911-122012-13: 3 points312-132013-14: 0 points013-142014-15: 3 points314-15

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2006-07 CHI 9 0 0 0 -4 2 12 16 0.00
2007-08 CHI 81 4 4 8 -13 214 69 89 0.10
2008-09 CHI 66 6 3 9 3 93 83 47 0.14
2009-10 CHI 13 1 3 4 2 14 9 9 0.31
2010-11 DAL 63 8 6 14 2 91 89 77 0.22
2011-12 DAL 65 6 13 19 6 76 82 69 0.29
2012-13 SJS 46 1 2 3 -7 25 39 65 0.07 $1.85M
2013-14 SJS 15 0 0 0 -4 6 9 23 0.00
2014-15 SJS 20 1 2 3 -6 33 22 11 0.15
9 seasons Career 378 27 33 60 -21 554 414 406 0.16

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2008-09 CHI 17 3 2 5 3 30 23 35 0.29
2009-10 CHI 15 0 0 0 -1 2 15 9 0.00
2012-13 SJS 6 0 0 0 0 4 9 7 0.00
3 seasons Playoffs 38 3 2 5 2 36 47 51 0.13

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
20 1 2 3 -6 33 22 11 0.15 4.5 11:09

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2012-13 to 2012-13 $1.85M

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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Rating

-2.2Goals above replacement615th of 665 skaters, 406th of 432 forwards
-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 432 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 defence-0.5 33rd percentilePower play0.0 58th percentilePenalty kill-0.4 10th percentilePenalties-0.5 20th 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.

-3-2-101232010-112011-122012-132013-142014-15Goals 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

36.5Corsi for %127 attempts for, 221 against
-17.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
31.1Expected goals for %4.2 expected for, 9.4 against
-20.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
34.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.0Goals for %3 for, 9 against
96.9PDO5.0% shooting + 91.9% saves
34Attempts 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
Adam Burish · Andrew Desjardins · Tye McGinn630:2931.730.40-2
Adam Burish · Andrew Desjardins · John Scott628:0148.332.11-3
Adam Burish · Andrew Desjardins · Barclay Goodrow427:3847.435.50-1
Adam Burish · Andrew Desjardins · Eriah Hayes315:1047.445.00-1

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.4Expected goalsfrom 31 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.39 expected goals per 60 minutes4th
Shot quality 4.7% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected51stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Game 20Expected 1.4Goals 1

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
Nov 18, 2014 @ BUF L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 08:33
Nov 16, 2014 @ CAR W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:26
Nov 15, 2014 @ CBJ L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:39
Nov 11, 2014 @ FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 12:52
Nov 9, 2014 @ CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 7 1 0 08:29
Nov 8, 2014 @ DAL W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:08
Nov 6, 2014 vs VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 09:09
Nov 1, 2014 vs NYI W 3-1 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 13:05
Oct 30, 2014 @ MIN L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:36
Oct 28, 2014 @ COL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11:34
Oct 26, 2014 @ ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 10:40
Oct 25, 2014 vs BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 09:53
Oct 23, 2014 vs CBJ L 4-5 1 0 1 -1 0 1 2 12:27
Oct 21, 2014 @ BOS L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:17
Oct 19, 2014 @ NYR L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:21
Oct 18, 2014 @ NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:15
Oct 16, 2014 @ NYI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:16
Oct 14, 2014 @ WSH W 6-5 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 10:47
Oct 11, 2014 vs WPG W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 09:01
Oct 8, 2014 @ LAK W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:26