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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 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Taylor Pyatt PHX · 19 P in 73 GP Tom Pyatt TBL · 19 P in 74 GP Torrey Mitchell SJS · 19 P in 76 GP Maxim Lapierre VAN · 19 P in 82 GP Gabriel Bourque NSH · 19 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.

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

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
65 6 13 19 6 76 82 69 0.29 7.3 12:47

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 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

+2.5Goals above replacement325th of 680 skaters, 231st of 445 forwards
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.2Goals 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-1.0 38th percentileEven-strength defence+1.8 85th percentilePower play-0.1 36th percentilePenalty kill-0.4 10th percentilePenalties-0.1 34th 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.

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

49.6Corsi for %612 attempts for, 623 against
+0.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.2Expected goals for %20.7 expected for, 22.2 against
+0.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
51.2Goals for %22 for, 21 against
100.8PDO7.4% shooting + 93.4% saves
126Attempts 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
Steve Ott · Adam Burish · Jamie Benn1580:1850.650.25-1
Brenden Morrow · Mike Ribeiro · Adam Burish1275:1643.548.22-2
Adam Burish · Jake Dowell · Tom Wandell1562:5355.062.72-1
Radek Dvorak · Vernon Fiddler · Adam Burish851:1435.422.82-4

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
7.2Expected goalsfrom 113 unblocked attempts
-1.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.52 expected goals per 60 minutes23rd
Shot quality 6.4% chance per attempt24th
Finishing -1.2 goals above expected40thOne 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 40Game 60Expected 7.2Goals 6

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 STL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 12:26
Apr 5, 2012 @ NSH L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:44
Apr 3, 2012 vs SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:39
Mar 31, 2012 @ SJS L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 14:16
Mar 30, 2012 @ VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:10
Mar 28, 2012 @ EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:05
Mar 26, 2012 @ CGY L 4-5 0 1 1 2 2 4 0 13:51
Mar 24, 2012 vs CGY W 4-1 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 14:13
Mar 22, 2012 vs VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:21
Mar 20, 2012 vs PHX W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 10:46
Mar 16, 2012 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:12
Mar 14, 2012 @ WPG L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 14 2 1 16:07
Mar 13, 2012 @ MIN W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:33
Mar 10, 2012 vs ANA W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:32
Mar 8, 2012 vs SJS W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 15:34
Mar 6, 2012 @ VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 14:24
Mar 4, 2012 @ CGY W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 16:24
Mar 2, 2012 @ EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:42
Feb 29, 2012 vs PIT L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 15:22
Feb 26, 2012 vs VAN W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:12
Feb 24, 2012 vs MIN W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 15:03
Feb 23, 2012 @ CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:53
Feb 19, 2012 vs NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:23
Feb 18, 2012 @ PHX L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:36
Feb 16, 2012 vs CGY W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 13:43
Feb 14, 2012 @ DET L 1-3 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 12:09
Feb 12, 2012 vs LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 06:46
Feb 10, 2012 @ BUF L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:55
Feb 9, 2012 @ CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10:16
Feb 7, 2012 vs PHX L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:24
Feb 4, 2012 vs MIN W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:53
Feb 2, 2012 @ SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 11:38
Feb 1, 2012 @ ANA W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:29
Jan 24, 2012 vs ANA W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:59
Jan 21, 2012 @ MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:28
Jan 20, 2012 vs TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:41
Jan 17, 2012 vs DET L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 18:05
Jan 16, 2012 @ STL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:46
Jan 14, 2012 vs COL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:48
Jan 12, 2012 @ LAK W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10:27
Jan 10, 2012 @ ANA L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 09:09
Jan 7, 2012 vs EDM W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 09:54
Jan 5, 2012 @ NSH W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 08:34
Jan 3, 2012 vs DET L 4-5 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 12:05
Dec 31, 2011 vs BOS W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 07:40
Dec 29, 2011 vs CBJ L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 12:07
Dec 26, 2011 @ STL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 10:54
Dec 23, 2011 vs NSH W 6-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 09:30
Dec 21, 2011 vs PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 10 2 0 06:57
Nov 15, 2011 vs FLA L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:33
Nov 12, 2011 @ DET L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 16:26
Nov 11, 2011 @ PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 19:11
Nov 8, 2011 @ WSH W 5-2 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 16:45
Nov 6, 2011 @ CAR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 10 1 1 16:16
Nov 4, 2011 vs COL W 7-6 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 19:04
Oct 29, 2011 vs NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 08:57
Oct 27, 2011 vs LAK L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 08:57
Oct 25, 2011 @ PHX W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 10:07
Oct 22, 2011 @ LAK L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:28
Oct 21, 2011 @ ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:13
Oct 18, 2011 @ CBJ W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 14:10
Oct 15, 2011 vs CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:16
Oct 13, 2011 vs STL W 3-2 1 0 1 -1 4 1 0 12:36
Oct 10, 2011 vs PHX W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:27
Oct 8, 2011 @ CHI L 2-5 0 1 1 0 10 0 3 13:02