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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 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mike Sislo NJD · 0 P in 14 GP Pierre-Cedric Labrie TBL · 0 P in 13 GP Jerred Smithson TOR · 0 P in 18 GP Paul Carey COL · 0 P in 12 GP Freddie Hamilton SJS · 0 P in 11 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

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
15 0 0 0 -4 6 9 23 0.00 0.0 9:37

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 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

-0.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.1Even-strength defence+0.7Power play0.0Penalty kill-0.1Penalties-0.3

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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

52.8Corsi for %113 attempts for, 101 against
-4.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
63.4Expected goals for %5.6 expected for, 3.2 against
+2.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.0Goals for %2 for, 6 against
91.1PDO3.6% shooting + 87.5% saves
18Attempts 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 · Mike Brown · Andrew Desjardins744:5446.870.30-1
Adam Burish · Tyler Kennedy · Andrew Desjardins638:1555.953.90-1
Adam Burish · Tommy Wingels · Matt Nieto110:0550.059.90-1
Adam Burish · Tyler Kennedy · Tommy Wingels19:0352.269.90-2

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.9Expected goalsfrom 16 unblocked attempts
-0.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.36 expected goals per 60 minutes5th
Shot quality 5.4% chance per attempt5th
Finishing -0.9 goals above expected45thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.9Goals 0

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 25, 2014 @ EDM W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:08
Mar 24, 2014 @ CGY L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:38
Mar 22, 2014 vs WSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:49
Mar 20, 2014 vs ANA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 07:54
Mar 18, 2014 vs FLA L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 06:19
Mar 16, 2014 @ NYR W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:37
Mar 14, 2014 @ NYI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11:55
Mar 13, 2014 @ CBJ W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 07:09
Mar 11, 2014 vs TOR W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:14
Mar 8, 2014 vs MTL W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:01
Mar 6, 2014 vs PIT W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 06:22
Feb 28, 2014 @ BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:42
Feb 27, 2014 @ PHI W 7-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 14:44
Feb 7, 2014 vs CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 09:40
Feb 5, 2014 vs DAL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10:06