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Max Talbot

#25 · Centre · Boston Bruins

Born Feb 11, 1984 in Lemoyne, Quebec, CAN · 5'11", 186 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 234th overall in 2002 by PIT (round 8)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2008-09

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jake Dowell CHI · 21 P in 79 GP Brandon McMillan ANA · 21 P in 60 GP Bobby Butler OTT · 21 P in 36 GP Samuel Pahlsson CBJ · 20 P in 82 GP Cody McCormick BUF · 20 P in 81 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.

01020302005-06: 8 points805-062006-07: 24 points2406-072007-08: 26 points2607-082008-09: 22 points2208-092009-10: 7 points709-102010-11: 21 points2110-112011-12: 34 points3411-122012-13: 10 points1012-132013-14: 27 points2713-142014-15: 18 points1814-152015-16: 7 points715-16

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 PIT 48 5 3 8 -12 59 45 52 0.17
2006-07 PIT 75 13 11 24 -2 53 88 114 0.32
2007-08 PIT 63 12 14 26 8 53 80 66 0.41
2008-09 PIT 75 12 10 22 -9 63 102 115 0.29
2009-10 PIT 45 2 5 7 -9 30 49 77 0.16
2010-11 PIT 82 8 13 21 -3 66 117 154 0.26
2011-12 PHI 81 19 15 34 5 59 115 150 0.42
2012-13 PHI 35 5 5 10 2 23 41 57 0.29 $1.8M
2013-14 PHI 11 1 1 2 1 2 14 11 0.18 $1.8M
2013-14 COL 70 7 18 25 4 43 110 105 0.36
2014-15 COL 63 5 10 15 2 27 73 86 0.24 $1.8M
2014-15 BOS 18 0 3 3 -3 2 24 46 0.17
2015-16 BOS 38 2 5 7 -11 15 29 66 0.18 $1.8M
11 seasons Career 704 91 113 204 -27 495 887 1099 0.29

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2006-07 PIT 5 0 1 1 -2 7 5 7 0.20
2007-08 PIT 17 3 6 9 4 36 16 25 0.53
2008-09 PIT 24 8 5 13 8 19 37 31 0.54
2009-10 PIT 13 2 4 6 1 11 23 21 0.46
2010-11 PIT 7 1 3 4 1 14 9 12 0.57
2011-12 PHI 11 4 2 6 5 10 15 26 0.55
2013-14 COL 7 0 0 0 -3 4 9 16 0.00
7 seasons Playoffs 84 18 21 39 14 101 114 138 0.46

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 8 13 21 -3 66 117 154 0.26 6.8 15:04

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2012-13 to 2015-16 $1.8M

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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+5.3Goals above replacement189th of 672 skaters, 150th of 439 forwards
+0.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 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-1.9 20th percentileEven-strength defence+1.8 84th percentilePower play-0.2 32nd percentilePenalty kill+0.8 98th percentilePenalties+1.3 78th 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.

-6-4-202462010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16Goals 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

52.0Corsi for %887 attempts for, 818 against
-1.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.7Expected goals for %33.3 expected for, 31.0 against
+0.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
43.6Goals for %24 for, 31 against
98.1PDO5.0% shooting + 93.1% saves
155Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 569 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
Mike Rupp · Max Talbot · Chris Conner19108:3454.062.52-3
Matt Cooke · Max Talbot · Evgeni Malkin1791:1654.359.52-1
Pascal Dupuis · Max Talbot · Chris Conner1775:3954.852.63-2
Matt Cooke · Pascal Dupuis · Max Talbot3566:5260.049.02-1

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.

7Goalsnot counting empty-netters
10.9Expected goalsfrom 144 unblocked attempts
-3.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.53 expected goals per 60 minutes17th
Shot quality 7.6% chance per attempt57th
Finishing -3.9 goals above expected9thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 406 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Expected 10.9Goals 7

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 10, 2011 @ ATL W 5-2 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 17:38
Apr 8, 2011 @ NYI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 2 3 1 18:12
Apr 5, 2011 vs NJD W 4-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 12:26
Apr 2, 2011 @ FLA W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 15:33
Mar 31, 2011 @ TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 14:22
Mar 29, 2011 vs PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 3 3 13:02
Mar 27, 2011 vs FLA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 14:25
Mar 25, 2011 vs NJD W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 18:51
Mar 24, 2011 @ PHI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 15:07
Mar 21, 2011 @ DET W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:48
Mar 20, 2011 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:11
Mar 15, 2011 @ OTT W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 13:50
Mar 13, 2011 vs EDM W 5-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 12:10
Mar 12, 2011 vs MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 7 2 2 11:21
Mar 8, 2011 vs BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:19
Mar 5, 2011 @ BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 12:39
Mar 4, 2011 @ NJD L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:30
Mar 2, 2011 @ TOR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 15:53
Feb 26, 2011 @ TOR W 6-5 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 15:00
Feb 25, 2011 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 14:10
Feb 23, 2011 vs SJS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:28
Feb 21, 2011 vs WSH L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 16:20
Feb 20, 2011 @ CHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 18:22
Feb 16, 2011 @ COL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 18:15
Feb 13, 2011 @ NYR L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 17:20
Feb 11, 2011 @ NYI L 3-9 0 0 0 -3 17 0 0 18:29
Feb 10, 2011 vs LAK W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 19:28
Feb 8, 2011 vs CBJ L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 18:04
Feb 6, 2011 @ WSH L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 15:44
Feb 4, 2011 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 16:36
Feb 2, 2011 vs NYI W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 17:45
Feb 1, 2011 @ NYR W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 18:23
Jan 25, 2011 vs NYI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 17:37
Jan 22, 2011 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 14:36
Jan 20, 2011 @ NJD L 0-2 0 0 0 0 9 1 1 13:44
Jan 18, 2011 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:09
Jan 15, 2011 @ BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:21
Jan 12, 2011 @ MTL W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 14:33
Jan 10, 2011 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 13:28
Jan 8, 2011 vs MIN L 0-4 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 13:13
Jan 6, 2011 @ MTL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 16:09
Jan 5, 2011 vs TBL W 8-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:41
Jan 1, 2011 vs WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 12:55
Dec 29, 2010 @ NYI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:21
Dec 28, 2010 vs ATL W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:56
Dec 26, 2010 @ OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:49
Dec 23, 2010 @ WSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:10
Dec 22, 2010 vs FLA W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 14:56
Dec 20, 2010 vs PHX W 6-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 16:32
Dec 15, 2010 vs NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:01
Dec 14, 2010 @ PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 14:44
Dec 11, 2010 @ BUF W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 15:31
Dec 8, 2010 vs TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:42
Dec 6, 2010 vs NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:24
Dec 4, 2010 @ CBJ W 7-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17:47
Dec 2, 2010 vs ATL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 15:53
Nov 29, 2010 @ NYR W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 16:36
Nov 27, 2010 vs CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16:55
Nov 26, 2010 vs OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:51
Nov 24, 2010 @ BUF W 1-0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 13:27
Nov 22, 2010 @ FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:16
Nov 19, 2010 vs CAR W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:26
Nov 17, 2010 vs VAN W 3-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 14:25
Nov 15, 2010 vs NYR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:46
Nov 13, 2010 @ ATL W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 12:38
Nov 12, 2010 vs TBL W 5-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 14:18
Nov 10, 2010 vs BOS L 4-7 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 12:33
Nov 6, 2010 @ PHX W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 14:10
Nov 5, 2010 @ ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:04
Nov 3, 2010 @ DAL L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 14:55
Oct 30, 2010 @ CAR W 3-0 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 13:23
Oct 29, 2010 vs PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:27
Oct 27, 2010 @ TBL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:07
Oct 23, 2010 @ STL L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:48
Oct 21, 2010 @ NSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:19
Oct 18, 2010 vs OTT W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:26
Oct 16, 2010 @ PHI W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:36
Oct 15, 2010 vs NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:12
Oct 13, 2010 vs TOR L 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 13:22
Oct 11, 2010 @ NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:25
Oct 9, 2010 vs MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 13:07
Oct 7, 2010 vs PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 10:09