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Jeff Carter

#77 · Centre · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Jan 1, 1985 in London, Ontario, CAN · 6'3", 219 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 11th overall in 2003 by PHI (round 1)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jason Spezza DAL · 62 P in 82 GP Mike Ribeiro NSH · 62 P in 82 GP Andrew Ladd WPG · 62 P in 81 GP Sean Monahan CGY · 62 P in 81 GP Zach Parise MIN · 62 P in 74 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.

0204060802005-06: 42 points4205-062006-07: 37 points372007-08: 53 points5307-082008-09: 84 points842009-10: 61 points6109-102010-11: 66 points662011-12: 34 points3411-122012-13: 33 points332013-14: 50 points5013-142014-15: 62 points622015-16: 62 points6215-162016-17: 66 points662017-18: 22 points2217-182018-19: 33 points332019-20: 27 points2719-202020-21: 30 points302021-22: 45 points4521-222022-23: 29 points292023-24: 15 points1523-24

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 PHI 81 23 19 42 10 40 189 55 0.52
2006-07 PHI 62 14 23 37 -17 48 215 44 0.60
2007-08 PHI 82 29 24 53 6 55 260 52 0.65
2008-09 PHI 82 46 38 84 23 68 342 54 1.02 $5M
2009-10 PHI 74 33 28 61 2 38 319 60 0.82 $5M
2010-11 PHI 80 36 30 66 27 39 335 65 0.83 $5M
2011-12 CBJ 39 15 10 25 -11 14 130 8 0.64 $5.273M
2011-12 LAK 16 6 3 9 -1 2 54 8 0.56
2012-13 LAK 48 26 7 33 0 16 133 25 0.69 $5.273M
2013-14 LAK 72 27 23 50 8 44 256 68 0.69 $5.273M
2014-15 LAK 82 28 34 62 7 28 218 76 0.76 $5.273M
2015-16 LAK 77 24 38 62 18 20 242 89 0.81 $5.273M
2016-17 LAK 82 32 34 66 2 41 250 86 0.80 $5.273M
2017-18 LAK 27 13 9 22 4 2 85 27 0.81 $5.273M
2018-19 LAK 76 13 20 33 -20 42 174 80 0.43 $5.273M
2019-20 LAK 60 17 10 27 -21 36 182 66 0.45 $5.273M
2020-21 LAK 40 8 11 19 -6 22 117 36 0.48 $5.273M
2020-21 PIT 14 9 2 11 9 0 37 5 0.79
2021-22 PIT 76 19 26 45 -8 38 200 99 0.59 $5.273M
2022-23 PIT 79 13 16 29 -16 30 139 80 0.37 $3.125M
2023-24 PIT 72 11 4 15 -7 12 90 83 0.21 $3.125M
19 seasons Career 1321 442 409 851 9 635 3967 1166 0.64

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 PHI 6 0 0 0 -4 10 10 7 0.00
2007-08 PHI 17 6 5 11 0 12 72 20 0.65
2008-09 PHI 6 1 0 1 -2 8 30 3 0.17
2009-10 PHI 12 5 2 7 -5 2 51 26 0.58
2010-11 PHI 6 1 1 2 -3 2 18 6 0.33
2011-12 LAK 20 8 5 13 0 4 54 22 0.65
2012-13 LAK 18 6 7 13 6 14 56 18 0.72
2013-14 LAK 26 10 15 25 5 4 73 41 0.96
2015-16 LAK 5 2 0 2 -5 4 13 20 0.40
2017-18 LAK 4 0 0 0 0 2 11 10 0.00
2020-21 PIT 6 4 1 5 0 4 17 14 0.83
2021-22 PIT 7 4 1 5 -6 6 23 14 0.71
12 seasons Playoffs 133 47 37 84 -14 72 428 201 0.63

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 28 34 62 7 28 218 76 0.76 12.8 17:58

Contract

$5.273MCap hitends in 2022, then UFA
$85KCap dollars per point62 points in 82 games
$472KCap dollars per goal above replacement11.2 goals above replacement
$7.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2MValueworth 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. It runs through 2021-22, with 7 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2014-15 $5.273M
2015-16 $5.273M
2016-17 $5.273M
2017-18 $5.273M
2018-19 $5.273M
2019-20 $5.273M
2020-21 $5.273M
2021-22 $5.273M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2022-23 to 2023-24 $3.125M
2020-21 to 2021-22 $5.273M
2018-19 to 2021-22 $5.273M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $5.273M
2011-12 to 2021-22 $5.273M
2008-09 to 2010-11 $5M

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

+11.2Goals above replacement36th of 665 skaters, 30th of 432 forwards
+1.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+7.1Goals 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+7.0 97th percentileEven-strength defence-1.0 26th percentilePower play+0.6 82nd percentilePenalty kill+0.3 87th percentilePenalties+0.2 42nd 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.

-50510152010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-23Goals 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

56.8Corsi for %1130 attempts for, 860 against
+2.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.4Expected goals for %47.5 expected for, 35.2 against
+3.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
59.3Goals for %51 for, 35 against
101.0PDO8.6% shooting + 92.4% saves
301Attempts 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 lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jeff Carter · Dwight King · Tyler Toffoli42397:4758.160.622-10
Jeff Carter · Tyler Toffoli · Tanner Pearson27179:2858.559.216-4
Marian Gaborik · Jeff Carter · Anze Kopitar2096:1759.660.24-3
Jeff Carter · Anze Kopitar · Tanner Pearson640:1058.058.41-0

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.

27Goalsnot counting empty-netters
24.8Expected goalsfrom 330 unblocked attempts
+2.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.01 expected goals per 60 minutes92nd
Shot quality 7.5% chance per attempt56th
Finishing +2.2 goals above expected76thOne 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.

01020Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Goals 27Expected 24.8

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 11, 2015 vs SJS W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 16:42
Apr 9, 2015 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:38
Apr 7, 2015 @ EDM L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:35
Apr 6, 2015 @ VAN L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 17:23
Apr 4, 2015 vs COL W 3-1 0 2 2 1 0 5 1 16:10
Apr 2, 2015 vs EDM W 8-2 2 0 2 1 0 6 0 15:59
Mar 30, 2015 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 18:30
Mar 28, 2015 @ MIN L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 20:40
Mar 26, 2015 @ NYI W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 18:51
Mar 24, 2015 @ NYR W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 16:59
Mar 23, 2015 @ NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:14
Mar 21, 2015 vs VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 20:00
Mar 18, 2015 @ ANA L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 16:03
Mar 16, 2015 vs ARI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:11
Mar 14, 2015 vs NSH L 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 17:56
Mar 12, 2015 @ VAN W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:47
Mar 10, 2015 @ COL W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 15:57
Mar 7, 2015 vs PIT L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:33
Mar 5, 2015 vs MTL W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 20:14
Mar 3, 2015 @ EDM W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 14:35
Mar 1, 2015 @ WPG L 2-5 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 15:58
Feb 27, 2015 @ ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 17:31
Feb 26, 2015 vs OTT L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 17:55
Feb 24, 2015 vs DET W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18:20
Feb 21, 2015 @ SJS W 2-1 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 16:13
Feb 18, 2015 @ COL W 4-1 2 0 2 1 0 6 1 19:27
Feb 16, 2015 vs TBL W 3-2 1 0 1 -1 0 5 1 17:39
Feb 14, 2015 vs WSH W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 17:22
Feb 12, 2015 vs CGY W 5-3 0 3 3 3 0 8 1 18:06
Feb 9, 2015 @ CBJ W 4-3 1 1 2 1 0 5 1 18:22
Feb 7, 2015 @ TBL W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 18:19
Feb 5, 2015 @ FLA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:08
Feb 3, 2015 @ WSH L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 17:50
Jan 31, 2015 @ BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 17:34
Jan 28, 2015 vs CHI W 4-3 2 1 3 2 0 5 0 17:41
Jan 21, 2015 @ SJS L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 2 2 3 18:45
Jan 19, 2015 vs CGY L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 18:54
Jan 17, 2015 vs ANA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:40
Jan 14, 2015 vs NJD L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 18:32
Jan 12, 2015 vs TOR W 2-0 0 2 2 2 0 3 1 17:55
Jan 10, 2015 vs WPG L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:42
Jan 8, 2015 vs NYR L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 18:55
Jan 3, 2015 vs NSH L 6-7 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 14:53
Jan 1, 2015 @ VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 19:49
Dec 30, 2014 @ EDM L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 20:21
Dec 29, 2014 @ CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 17:23
Dec 27, 2014 vs SJS W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 18:31
Dec 22, 2014 vs CGY L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 19:34
Dec 20, 2014 vs ARI W 4-2 2 0 2 0 0 6 1 17:34
Dec 18, 2014 vs STL W 6-4 1 3 4 2 0 6 0 19:16
Dec 16, 2014 @ STL L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 4 2 18:45
Dec 14, 2014 @ TOR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 19:38
Dec 12, 2014 @ MTL L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 19:06
Dec 11, 2014 @ OTT W 5-3 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 16:11
Dec 9, 2014 @ BUF L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:44
Dec 6, 2014 vs PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 21:19
Dec 4, 2014 @ ARI W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 17:23
Dec 2, 2014 vs BOS W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17:03
Nov 29, 2014 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 18:44
Nov 26, 2014 @ MIN W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:54
Nov 25, 2014 @ NSH L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 19:11
Nov 22, 2014 @ DAL L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 18:14
Nov 20, 2014 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 16:46
Nov 18, 2014 vs FLA W 5-2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 16:21
Nov 15, 2014 vs ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:10
Nov 13, 2014 vs DAL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 14:50
Nov 12, 2014 @ ANA L 5-6 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 21:33
Nov 8, 2014 vs VAN W 5-1 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 14:17
Nov 6, 2014 vs NYI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18:07
Nov 4, 2014 @ DAL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:51
Nov 2, 2014 @ CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:36
Oct 31, 2014 @ DET L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 16:43
Oct 30, 2014 @ PIT L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21:45
Oct 28, 2014 @ PHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 21:25
Oct 26, 2014 vs CBJ W 5-2 1 3 4 3 0 1 1 18:06
Oct 23, 2014 vs BUF W 2-0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 15:15
Oct 19, 2014 vs MIN W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18:46
Oct 16, 2014 vs STL W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 21:16
Oct 14, 2014 vs EDM W 6-1 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 14:54
Oct 12, 2014 vs WPG W 4-1 1 1 2 3 2 3 2 14:40
Oct 11, 2014 @ ARI L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 2 2 4 0 18:11
Oct 8, 2014 vs SJS L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 19:46