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

Dustin Brown LAK · 27 P in 79 GP Jarret Stoll LAK · 27 P in 78 GP Devin Setoguchi WPG · 27 P in 75 GP Teemu Selanne ANA · 27 P in 64 GP Marcus Kruger CHI · 28 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

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
81 8 19 27 5 45 124 116 0.33 6.5 16:10

Contract

$1.8MCap hit2013-14
$67KCap dollars per point27 points in 81 games
-$2.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$3.9MValueworth 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 641 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 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 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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-4.6Goals above replacement659th of 672 skaters, 430th of 438 forwards
-0.8Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-8.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 438 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-3.8 5th percentileEven-strength defence-4.2 2nd percentilePower play-0.2 35th percentilePenalty kill-0.7 3rd percentilePenalties+0.6 61st 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

44.5Corsi for %866 attempts for, 1080 against
-3.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
39.7Expected goals for %32.4 expected for, 49.2 against
-10.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
51.5Goals for %35 for, 33 against
101.9PDO7.4% shooting + 94.5% saves
181Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 567 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
Max Talbot · John Mitchell · Jamie McGinn30220:1447.735.95-4
Max Talbot · Cody McLeod · Marc-Andre Cliche20120:5639.130.10-4
Max Talbot · John Mitchell · Cody McLeod30105:5838.735.75-3
Max Talbot · John Mitchell · Nathan MacKinnon1886:4850.649.23-0

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
9.7Expected goalsfrom 149 unblocked attempts
-2.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.44 expected goals per 60 minutes13th
Shot quality 6.5% chance per attempt24th
Finishing -2.7 goals above expected24thOne 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.

02468Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Expected 9.7Goals 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 13, 2014 @ ANA L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 15:21
Apr 11, 2014 @ SJS L 1-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 17:48
Apr 10, 2014 @ VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 14:29
Apr 8, 2014 @ EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 15:39
Apr 6, 2014 vs PIT L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 15:19
Apr 5, 2014 @ STL W 4-0 0 1 1 0 12 2 0 17:24
Apr 3, 2014 vs NYR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 17:50
Apr 1, 2014 @ CBJ W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:46
Mar 29, 2014 vs SJS W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:51
Mar 27, 2014 vs VAN W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:44
Mar 25, 2014 @ NSH W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 17:31
Mar 21, 2014 vs BOS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:12
Mar 19, 2014 @ WPG L 4-5 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 18:07
Mar 18, 2014 @ MTL L 3-6 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 14:16
Mar 16, 2014 @ OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 19:13
Mar 14, 2014 vs ANA L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 14:35
Mar 12, 2014 vs CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 16:08
Mar 10, 2014 vs WPG W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 16:57
Mar 8, 2014 vs STL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 17:02
Mar 6, 2014 @ DET W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 19:52
Mar 4, 2014 @ CHI W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 17:47
Mar 2, 2014 vs TBL W 6-3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 13:35
Feb 28, 2014 vs PHX W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:56
Feb 8, 2014 @ NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 15:58
Feb 6, 2014 @ PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 15:43
Feb 4, 2014 @ NYR L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:26
Feb 3, 2014 @ NJD W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 14:36
Feb 1, 2014 vs BUF W 7-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:28
Jan 30, 2014 vs MIN W 5-4 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 16:11
Jan 27, 2014 @ DAL W 4-3 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 15:45
Jan 25, 2014 @ TBL L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 15:55
Jan 24, 2014 @ FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 16:16
Jan 21, 2014 vs TOR L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 14:15
Jan 18, 2014 @ NSH W 5-4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 15:56
Jan 16, 2014 vs NJD W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:08
Jan 14, 2014 @ CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 17:19
Jan 11, 2014 @ MIN W 4-2 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 16:37
Jan 10, 2014 vs NYI L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 13:57
Jan 8, 2014 vs OTT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:24
Jan 6, 2014 vs CGY L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:54
Jan 4, 2014 vs SJS W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 5 0 2 16:20
Jan 2, 2014 vs PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 15:25
Dec 31, 2013 vs CBJ W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 15:34
Dec 29, 2013 vs WPG L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 17:10
Dec 27, 2013 @ CHI L 2-7 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 15:37
Dec 23, 2013 @ SJS L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 17:54
Dec 21, 2013 @ LAK L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:09
Dec 19, 2013 vs EDM W 4-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 15:57
Dec 17, 2013 @ DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:10
Dec 16, 2013 vs DAL W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 16:39
Dec 14, 2013 vs MIN L 1-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 14:16
Dec 12, 2013 @ WPG W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 18:33
Dec 10, 2013 vs PHX L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 15:58
Dec 8, 2013 @ VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 17:08
Dec 6, 2013 @ CGY W 3-2 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 16:24
Dec 5, 2013 @ EDM L 2-8 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:05
Nov 30, 2013 vs MIN W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:38
Nov 29, 2013 @ MIN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21:26
Nov 27, 2013 vs STL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:31
Nov 23, 2013 @ LAK W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18:14
Nov 21, 2013 @ PHX W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:34
Nov 19, 2013 vs CHI W 5-1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 15:51
Nov 16, 2013 vs FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 16:30
Nov 14, 2013 @ STL L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 4 0 1 13:58
Nov 12, 2013 @ CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:31
Nov 10, 2013 vs WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 15:02
Nov 8, 2013 vs CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 15:23
Nov 6, 2013 vs NSH L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 14:08
Nov 2, 2013 vs MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 18:33
Nov 1, 2013 @ DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:36
Oct 29, 2013 vs ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:33
Oct 26, 2013 @ NYI W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 12:54
Oct 24, 2013 vs NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:37
Oct 17, 2013 vs PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:37
Oct 15, 2013 vs VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:31
Oct 12, 2013 @ DET L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:49
Oct 11, 2013 vs PHX L 1-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18:03
Oct 8, 2013 vs FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 18:39
Oct 6, 2013 @ CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 09:52
Oct 5, 2013 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17:23
Oct 2, 2013 vs TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:30