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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 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jeff Halpern MTL · 3 P in 46 GP Andrew Desjardins SJS · 3 P in 42 GP Tim Brent CAR · 3 P in 30 GP Tom Sestito VAN · 3 P in 30 GP Peter Regin OTT · 3 P in 27 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

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
46 1 2 3 -7 25 39 65 0.07 2.6 10:34

Contract

$1.85MCap hit2012-13
$617KCap dollars per point3 points in 46 games
-$229KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.1MValueworth 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 558 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
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 2012-13 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.

2012-13 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.9Goals above replacement520th of 605 skaters, 351st of 397 forwards
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 397 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-3.6 1st percentileEven-strength defence-0.3 39th percentilePower play0.0 61st percentilePenalty kill+0.1 75th percentilePenalties+1.6 94th 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

43.9Corsi for %337 attempts for, 431 against
-9.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.1Expected goals for %12.8 expected for, 16.2 against
-11.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
26.7Goals for %4 for, 11 against
97.5PDO2.5% shooting + 95.0% saves
70Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 578 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
Scott Gomez · Adam Burish · Andrew Desjardins20109:1848.640.31-4
Adam Burish · Andrew Desjardins · James Sheppard1055:3247.463.70-1
Michal Handzus · Adam Burish · Andrew Desjardins943:4849.345.10-1
Adam Burish · James Sheppard · TJ Galiardi515:0440.652.31-1

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
3.4Expected goalsfrom 57 unblocked attempts
-2.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.43 expected goals per 60 minutes8th
Shot quality 6.1% chance per attempt13th
Finishing -2.4 goals above expected18thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 355 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Game 40Expected 3.4Goals 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
Apr 27, 2013 @ LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:28
Apr 24, 2013 @ PHX L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:32
Apr 23, 2013 vs DAL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 08:34
Apr 21, 2013 vs CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10:58
Apr 18, 2013 vs MIN W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:12
Apr 16, 2013 vs LAK W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:25
Apr 15, 2013 @ PHX W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:03
Apr 13, 2013 @ DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 08:31
Apr 11, 2013 @ DET W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:44
Apr 9, 2013 @ CBJ L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 6 14:21
Apr 7, 2013 vs DAL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 11:18
Apr 5, 2013 vs CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:50
Apr 3, 2013 vs MIN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:45
Apr 1, 2013 vs VAN W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 09:21
Mar 30, 2013 vs PHX W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:00
Mar 25, 2013 @ ANA W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:31
Mar 23, 2013 @ MIN L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:29
Mar 20, 2013 @ EDM W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:07
Mar 18, 2013 @ ANA L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:44
Mar 16, 2013 @ LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:52
Mar 14, 2013 vs LAK W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:38
Mar 12, 2013 @ STL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 08:55
Mar 10, 2013 @ COL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 08:55
Mar 9, 2013 vs STL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:03
Mar 6, 2013 @ CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 07:21
Mar 5, 2013 @ VAN W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 11:23
Mar 2, 2013 vs NSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:11
Feb 28, 2013 vs DET L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:06
Feb 26, 2013 vs COL W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 10:55
Feb 23, 2013 @ DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:20
Feb 22, 2013 @ CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:28
Feb 19, 2013 @ STL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 09:56
Feb 15, 2013 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 11:26
Feb 12, 2013 @ NSH L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:24
Feb 11, 2013 @ CBJ L 2-6 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 10:55
Feb 9, 2013 vs PHX L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:11
Feb 5, 2013 vs CHI L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 09:09
Feb 4, 2013 @ ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:42
Feb 2, 2013 vs NSH L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:31
Jan 31, 2013 vs EDM W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:52
Jan 29, 2013 vs ANA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:41
Jan 27, 2013 vs VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:00
Jan 26, 2013 vs COL W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 09:58
Jan 24, 2013 vs PHX W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:42
Jan 22, 2013 @ EDM W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 07:55
Jan 20, 2013 @ CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 08:50