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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 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brandon Prust MTL · 18 P in 82 GP Luke Glendening DET · 18 P in 82 GP Nate Thompson ANA · 18 P in 80 GP Calle Jarnkrok NSH · 18 P in 74 GP James Sheppard NYR · 18 P in 71 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

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
81 5 13 18 -1 29 97 132 0.22 5.2 13:37

Contract

$1.8MCap hit2014-15
$100KCap dollars per point18 points in 81 games
$464KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.9 goals above replacement
$2.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.1MValueworth 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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 649 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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Rating

+3.9Goals above replacement263rd of 665 skaters, 190th of 432 forwards
+0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 432 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-2.1 19th percentileEven-strength defence+3.5 96th percentilePower play-0.3 26th percentilePenalty kill-1.6 1st percentilePenalties+1.4 82nd 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

44.2Corsi for %700 attempts for, 882 against
-1.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.3Expected goals for %26.8 expected for, 33.7 against
+1.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
47.8Goals for %32 for, 35 against
99.7PDO7.8% shooting + 91.9% saves
136Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 585 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 lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Max Talbot · Cody McLeod · Marc-Andre ClicheCOL24120:4839.636.15-3
Jarome Iginla · Max Talbot · Matt DucheneCOL1086:4848.658.77-5
Gregory Campbell · Max Talbot · Daniel PailleBOS980:1641.834.72-2
Max Talbot · Matt Duchene · Nathan MacKinnonCOL964:0448.843.93-1

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.

5Goalsnot counting empty-netters
7.7Expected goalsfrom 118 unblocked attempts
-2.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.42 expected goals per 60 minutes9th
Shot quality 6.6% chance per attempt28th
Finishing -2.7 goals above expected22ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Expected 7.7Goals 5

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 11, 2015 @ TBL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:36
Apr 9, 2015 @ FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 08:50
Apr 4, 2015 vs TOR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 11:31
Mar 31, 2015 vs FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:57
Mar 29, 2015 @ CAR W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:21
Mar 28, 2015 vs NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:51
Mar 26, 2015 vs ANA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13:03
Mar 22, 2015 @ TBL L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 4 1 10:54
Mar 21, 2015 @ FLA L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12:00
Mar 19, 2015 @ OTT L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 12:29
Mar 17, 2015 vs BUF L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:27
Mar 15, 2015 @ WSH L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 10:32
Mar 14, 2015 @ PIT W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 13:13
Mar 12, 2015 vs TBL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:16
Mar 10, 2015 @ OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:03
Mar 8, 2015 vs DET W 5-3 0 1 1 2 0 1 7 13:49
Mar 7, 2015 vs PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 12:08
Mar 5, 2015 vs CGY L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 10:56
Feb 28, 2015 vs MIN L 1-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 08:34
Feb 27, 2015 @ DAL W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 16:24
Feb 24, 2015 @ NSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:17
Feb 22, 2015 vs TBL W 5-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 17:11
Feb 20, 2015 @ CHI W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:58
Feb 18, 2015 vs LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 15:55
Feb 16, 2015 vs ARI W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 15:22
Feb 14, 2015 vs DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 14:48
Feb 12, 2015 vs NYR L 3-6 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 12:59
Feb 8, 2015 @ WPG L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:38
Feb 7, 2015 @ MIN L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:56
Feb 5, 2015 vs DET L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:20
Feb 3, 2015 @ DAL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:16
Jan 30, 2015 vs NSH W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 13:53
Jan 27, 2015 @ NSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:08
Jan 21, 2015 vs BOS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 12:02
Jan 19, 2015 @ STL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 12:00
Jan 17, 2015 @ TBL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 13:24
Jan 15, 2015 @ FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:18
Jan 13, 2015 @ CAR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 14:18
Jan 12, 2015 @ WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:59
Jan 10, 2015 vs DAL W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 18:03
Jan 8, 2015 vs OTT W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:11
Jan 6, 2015 @ CHI W 2-0 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 14:40
Jan 4, 2015 vs CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:06
Jan 2, 2015 vs EDM W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:35
Dec 31, 2014 vs PHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 10:51
Dec 29, 2014 @ STL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:36
Dec 27, 2014 vs CHI L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 17:13
Dec 23, 2014 vs STL W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:46
Dec 21, 2014 @ DET W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 16:07
Dec 20, 2014 @ BUF W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 19:00
Dec 18, 2014 @ PIT L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 15:36
Dec 13, 2014 vs STL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 14:33
Dec 11, 2014 vs WPG W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 20:29
Dec 9, 2014 vs NSH L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:55
Dec 5, 2014 @ WPG L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 7 1 1 17:59
Dec 4, 2014 @ CGY L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 16:33
Dec 1, 2014 vs MTL L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 15:34
Nov 29, 2014 vs DAL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 17:34
Nov 26, 2014 vs CHI L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 16:02
Nov 25, 2014 @ ARI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:24
Nov 22, 2014 vs CAR W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:21
Nov 20, 2014 vs WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:16
Nov 15, 2014 @ NJD W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 11:21
Nov 13, 2014 @ NYR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:28
Nov 11, 2014 @ NYI L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 13:01
Nov 8, 2014 @ PHI L 3-4 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 12:22
Nov 6, 2014 vs TOR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:29
Nov 4, 2014 vs VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:38
Nov 2, 2014 vs ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 07:38
Nov 1, 2014 @ STL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:05
Oct 30, 2014 vs NYI W 5-0 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 15:46
Oct 28, 2014 vs SJS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 14:18
Oct 26, 2014 @ WPG L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:28
Oct 24, 2014 vs VAN W 7-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:37
Oct 21, 2014 vs FLA L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:36
Oct 18, 2014 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 11:29
Oct 16, 2014 @ OTT L 3-5 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 11:29
Oct 14, 2014 @ TOR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:48
Oct 13, 2014 @ BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:26
Oct 11, 2014 vs MIN L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:54
Oct 9, 2014 @ MIN L 0-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 3 12:34