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Chris Kunitz

#14 · Left wing · Chicago Blackhawks

Born Sep 26, 1979 in Regina, Saskatchewan, CAN · 6'0", 188 lb · Shoots left

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alex Killorn TBL · 40 P in 81 GP Brock Nelson NYI · 40 P in 81 GP Bo Horvat VAN · 40 P in 82 GP Jason Chimera WSH · 40 P in 82 GP Alexander Wennberg CBJ · 40 P in 69 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.

02040602003-04: 6 points603-042005-06: 41 points412006-07: 60 points6006-072007-08: 50 points502008-09: 53 points5308-092009-10: 32 points322010-11: 48 points4810-112011-12: 61 points612012-13: 52 points5212-132013-14: 68 points682014-15: 40 points4014-152015-16: 40 points402016-17: 29 points2916-172017-18: 29 points292018-19: 10 points1018-19

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2003-04 ANA 21 0 6 6 1 12 31 15 0.29
2005-06 ATL 2 0 0 0 -3 2 0 1 0.00
2005-06 ANA 67 19 22 41 19 69 149 86 0.61
2006-07 ANA 81 25 35 60 23 81 180 159 0.74 $1.056M
2007-08 ANA 82 21 29 50 8 80 196 159 0.61 $1.056M
2008-09 ANA 62 16 19 35 9 55 139 148 0.56 $3.725M
2008-09 PIT 20 7 11 18 3 16 39 59 0.90
2009-10 PIT 50 13 19 32 3 39 131 112 0.64 $3.725M
2010-11 PIT 66 23 25 48 18 47 133 155 0.73 $3.725M
2011-12 PIT 82 26 35 61 16 49 230 180 0.74 $3.725M
2012-13 PIT 48 22 30 52 30 39 113 104 1.08 $3.725M
2013-14 PIT 78 35 33 68 25 66 218 157 0.87 $3.725M
2014-15 PIT 74 17 23 40 2 56 170 211 0.54 $3.85M
2015-16 PIT 80 17 23 40 29 41 150 264 0.50 $3.85M
2016-17 PIT 71 9 20 29 0 36 134 216 0.41 $3.85M
2017-18 TBL 82 13 16 29 8 35 81 131 0.35 $2M
2018-19 CHI 56 5 5 10 -7 23 44 85 0.18 $1M
15 seasons Career 1022 268 351 619 184 746 2138 2242 0.61

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2005-06 ANA 16 3 5 8 -1 8 34 23 0.50
2006-07 ANA 13 1 5 6 1 19 28 27 0.46
2007-08 ANA 6 0 2 2 -2 8 14 29 0.33
2008-09 PIT 24 1 13 14 3 19 46 80 0.58
2009-10 PIT 13 4 7 11 3 8 38 50 0.85
2010-11 PIT 6 1 0 1 -1 6 13 11 0.17
2011-12 PIT 6 2 4 6 -2 8 17 23 1.00
2012-13 PIT 15 5 5 10 -1 6 32 42 0.67
2013-14 PIT 13 3 5 8 -4 16 40 40 0.62
2014-15 PIT 5 1 2 3 2 8 6 23 0.60
2015-16 PIT 24 4 8 12 2 15 50 89 0.50
2016-17 PIT 20 2 9 11 6 27 28 61 0.55
2017-18 TBL 17 0 1 1 -1 16 16 32 0.06
13 seasons Playoffs 178 27 66 93 5 164 362 530 0.52

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 17 23 40 29 41 150 264 0.50 11.3 16:49

Contract

$3.85MCap hit2015-16
$96KCap dollars per point40 points in 80 games
$851KCap dollars per goal above replacement4.5 goals above replacement
$3.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$426KValueworth 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 668 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
2018-19 to 2018-19 $1M
2017-18 to 2017-18 $2M
2014-15 to 2016-17 $3.85M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $3.725M
2008-09 to 2011-12 $3.725M
2006-07 to 2007-08 $1.056M

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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+4.5Goals above replacement220th of 675 skaters, 154th of 445 forwards
+0.8Wins 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 445 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+2.6 80th percentileEven-strength defence-1.1 24th percentilePower play-0.8 8th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 71st percentilePenalties0.0 39th 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.

-50510152010-112012-132014-152016-172018-19Goals 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

55.8Corsi for %1184 attempts for, 938 against
+4.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.6Expected goals for %50.8 expected for, 38.9 against
+0.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
67.0Goals for %61 for, 30 against
103.4PDO9.4% shooting + 94.0% saves
233Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 561 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
Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby · Patric Hornqvist48408:0760.963.133-11
Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby · Phil Kessel33124:2448.146.15-5
Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby · David Perron10103:0255.660.74-4
Chris Kunitz · Nick Bonino · Beau Bennett1580:3555.360.73-0

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.

17Goalsnot counting empty-netters
16.3Expected goalsfrom 210 unblocked attempts
+0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.72 expected goals per 60 minutes58th
Shot quality 7.7% chance per attempt61st
Finishing +0.7 goals above expected67thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 412 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Goals 17Expected 16.3

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 9, 2016 @ PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 13:38
Apr 7, 2016 @ WSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:38
Apr 5, 2016 @ OTT W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 17:50
Apr 3, 2016 vs PHI W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 17:41
Apr 2, 2016 @ NYI W 5-0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 16:08
Mar 31, 2016 vs NSH W 5-2 0 1 1 0 4 3 3 16:23
Mar 29, 2016 vs BUF W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 18:23
Mar 27, 2016 @ NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:23
Mar 26, 2016 @ DET W 7-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 10:18
Mar 24, 2016 vs NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 8 17:35
Mar 20, 2016 vs WSH W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 5 17:10
Mar 19, 2016 @ PHI W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 15:43
Mar 17, 2016 vs CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18:00
Mar 15, 2016 vs NYI W 2-1 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 5 19:32
Mar 13, 2016 @ NYR W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 5 2 5 17:24
Mar 11, 2016 @ CBJ W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 16:18
Mar 8, 2016 @ NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 18:20
Mar 6, 2016 @ NJD W 6-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 15:08
Mar 5, 2016 vs CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 22:09
Mar 3, 2016 vs NYR W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 5 16:31
Mar 1, 2016 @ WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 17:19
Feb 29, 2016 vs ARI W 6-0 1 1 2 4 0 3 1 13:48
Feb 27, 2016 vs WPG W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 17:20
Feb 24, 2016 @ BOS L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 15:08
Feb 21, 2016 @ BUF W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 18:35
Feb 20, 2016 vs TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 5 14:27
Feb 18, 2016 vs DET W 6-3 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 16:42
Feb 15, 2016 @ FLA L 1-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 20:39
Feb 12, 2016 @ CAR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 17:37
Feb 10, 2016 vs NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 19:09
Feb 8, 2016 vs ANA W 6-2 1 1 2 4 2 6 3 17:00
Feb 6, 2016 @ FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 21:16
Feb 5, 2016 @ TBL L 3-6 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 19:34
Feb 2, 2016 vs OTT W 6-5 1 2 3 3 2 4 3 16:42
Jan 21, 2016 vs PHI W 4-3 0 2 2 1 0 0 3 16:36
Jan 18, 2016 @ STL L 2-5 1 0 1 -2 4 3 2 20:20
Jan 17, 2016 vs CAR W 5-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 15:03
Jan 15, 2016 @ TBL L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 2 3 19:06
Jan 12, 2016 @ CAR L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 18:35
Jan 9, 2016 @ MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 4 5 16:41
Jan 6, 2016 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 16:43
Jan 5, 2016 vs CHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 18:48
Jan 2, 2016 vs NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 17:28
Dec 31, 2015 @ DET W 5-2 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 15:52
Dec 30, 2015 vs TOR L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 5 17:30
Dec 27, 2015 @ WPG L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 17:04
Dec 26, 2015 @ MIN W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16:36
Dec 21, 2015 vs CBJ W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 13:53
Dec 19, 2015 vs CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:28
Dec 18, 2015 vs BOS L 2-6 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 15:18
Dec 16, 2015 @ BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 16:33
Dec 14, 2015 vs WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 8 19:03
Dec 11, 2015 vs LAK L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 3 10 20:19
Dec 9, 2015 @ COL W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 3 2 17:12
Dec 6, 2015 @ ANA L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 19:11
Dec 5, 2015 @ LAK L 3-5 1 2 3 3 0 1 1 16:19
Dec 1, 2015 @ SJS W 5-1 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 16:32
Nov 28, 2015 vs EDM L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 17:44
Nov 27, 2015 @ CBJ L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 13:37
Nov 25, 2015 vs STL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 14:13
Nov 21, 2015 vs SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 4 3 14:42
Nov 19, 2015 vs COL W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 14:36
Nov 17, 2015 vs MIN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 13:59
Nov 14, 2015 @ NJD L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 14:47
Nov 13, 2015 vs CBJ L 1-2 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 13:50
Nov 11, 2015 vs MTL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 16:05
Nov 7, 2015 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 15:59
Nov 6, 2015 @ EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:25
Nov 4, 2015 @ VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:13
Oct 31, 2015 @ TOR W 4-0 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 12:55
Oct 29, 2015 vs BUF W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13:45
Oct 28, 2015 @ WSH W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 13:19
Oct 24, 2015 @ NSH W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 17:24
Oct 22, 2015 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 6 19:37
Oct 20, 2015 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 19:02
Oct 17, 2015 vs TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:38
Oct 15, 2015 vs OTT W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 16:05
Oct 13, 2015 vs MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 17:10
Oct 10, 2015 @ ARI L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 16:06
Oct 8, 2015 @ DAL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 19:09