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Dustin Byfuglien

#33 · Defence · Winnipeg Jets

Born Mar 27, 1985 in Roseau, Minnesota, USA · 6'5", 260 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 245th overall in 2003 by CHI (round 8)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2009-10

Compare with a similar player

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

James Wisniewski MTL · 51 P in 75 GP Toby Enstrom ATL · 51 P in 72 GP Kris Letang PIT · 50 P in 82 GP Christian Ehrhoff VAN · 50 P in 79 GP Dan Boyle SJS · 50 P in 76 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.

020402005-06: 5 points505-062006-07: 3 points306-072007-08: 36 points3607-082008-09: 31 points3108-092009-10: 34 points3409-102010-11: 53 points5310-112011-12: 53 points5311-122012-13: 28 points2812-132013-14: 56 points5613-142014-15: 45 points4514-152015-16: 53 points5315-162016-17: 52 points5216-172017-18: 45 points4517-182018-19: 31 points3118-19

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2005-06 CHI 25 3 2 5 -6 24 45 40 0.20
2006-07 CHI 9 1 2 3 -2 10 18 13 0.33
2007-08 CHI 67 19 17 36 -7 59 163 137 0.54
2008-09 CHI 77 15 16 31 7 81 202 169 0.40 $3M
2009-10 CHI 82 17 17 34 -7 94 211 215 0.41 $3M
2010-11 ATL 81 20 33 53 -2 93 347 140 0.65 $3M
2011-12 WPG 66 12 41 53 -8 72 223 112 0.80 $5.2M
2012-13 WPG 43 8 20 28 -1 34 142 80 0.65 $5.2M
2013-14 WPG 78 20 36 56 -20 86 256 213 0.72 $5.2M
2014-15 WPG 69 18 27 45 5 124 209 203 0.65 $5.2M
2015-16 WPG 81 19 34 53 4 119 247 222 0.65 $5.2M
2016-17 WPG 80 13 39 52 10 117 241 183 0.65 $7.6M
2017-18 WPG 69 8 37 45 15 112 193 147 0.65 $7.6M
2018-19 WPG 42 4 27 31 4 69 115 77 0.74 $7.6M
14 seasons Career 869 177 348 525 -8 1094 2612 1951 0.60

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2008-09 CHI 17 3 6 9 -2 26 40 78 0.53
2009-10 CHI 22 11 5 16 -4 20 45 99 0.73
2014-15 WPG 4 0 1 1 -4 4 12 17 0.25
2017-18 WPG 17 5 11 16 2 20 55 60 0.94
2018-19 WPG 6 2 6 8 4 4 12 16 1.33
5 seasons Playoffs 66 21 29 50 -4 74 164 270 0.76

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
81 20 33 53 -2 93 347 140 0.65 5.8 23:18

Contract

$3MCap hitends in 2011, then RFA
$57KCap dollars per point53 points in 81 games
$141KCap dollars per goal above replacement21.3 goals above replacement
$9.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$6.5MValueworth 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 315 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 2010-11, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2010-11 $3M

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
2018-19 to 2020-21 $7.6M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $7.6M
2012-13 to 2015-16 $5.2M
2011-12 to 2015-16 $5.2M
2008-09 to 2010-11 $3M

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

Rating

+21.3Goals above replacement1st of 672 skaters, 1st of 233 defencemen
+3.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+15.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 233 ranked defencemen: 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+9.3 99th percentileEven-strength defence+6.2 99th percentilePower play+1.1 97th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 64th percentilePenalties-1.7 21st 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 defencemen. 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.

05101520252010-112012-132014-152016-172018-19Goals 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

54.4Corsi for %1544 attempts for, 1295 against
+9.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.7Expected goals for %65.8 expected for, 54.6 against
+11.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
55.1Goals for %70 for, 57 against
100.0PDO8.0% shooting + 92.0% saves
409Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Toby Enstrom · Dustin Byfuglien45600:2354.152.029-29
Ron Hainsey · Dustin Byfuglien51250:0555.855.911-10
Johnny Oduya · Dustin Byfuglien52154:5456.553.92-5
Dustin Byfuglien · Zach Bogosian79:2473.383.81-0

The pairs 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 pairs 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.

20Goalsnot counting empty-netters
19.4Expected goalsfrom 491 unblocked attempts
+0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.62 expected goals per 60 minutes99th
Shot quality 3.9% chance per attempt85th
Finishing +0.6 goals above expected69thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 232 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

05101520Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Goals 20Expected 19.4

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 vs PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 24:13
Apr 8, 2011 vs CAR L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 14 0 0 17:48
Apr 7, 2011 @ NYR W 3-0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 18:13
Apr 5, 2011 @ NSH L 3-6 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 20:38
Apr 2, 2011 @ BOS L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 28:09
Mar 31, 2011 @ PHI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 22:15
Mar 29, 2011 @ MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 23:27
Mar 27, 2011 vs OTT W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 27:08
Mar 25, 2011 vs VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 7 6 26:41
Mar 24, 2011 @ NYI W 2-1 0 1 1 1 2 4 2 24:38
Mar 19, 2011 @ BUF L 2-8 0 0 0 0 10 2 3 23:15
Mar 17, 2011 vs PHI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 27:00
Mar 15, 2011 @ NJD L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:34
Mar 12, 2011 @ PHI W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 6 1 16:40
Mar 11, 2011 vs NJD L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 6 1 24:14
Mar 5, 2011 vs FLA W 4-3 (OT) 0 3 3 2 0 9 3 23:05
Mar 3, 2011 vs OTT L 1-3 1 0 1 -1 0 6 1 23:18
Mar 1, 2011 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 26:43
Feb 27, 2011 vs TOR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 7 2 24:25
Feb 25, 2011 vs FLA L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 5 3 25:38
Feb 23, 2011 @ BUF L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 2 5 0 22:08
Feb 19, 2011 @ EDM L 3-5 1 0 1 0 2 6 0 21:48
Feb 17, 2011 @ PHX L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 2 6 1 24:21
Feb 13, 2011 vs CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 22:49
Feb 11, 2011 vs NYR W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 23:55
Feb 7, 2011 @ TOR L 4-5 1 0 1 -1 2 4 2 29:07
Feb 5, 2011 @ CAR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 23:48
Feb 3, 2011 vs CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 26:57
Feb 1, 2011 vs NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 25:09
Jan 26, 2011 vs WSH W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 25:57
Jan 23, 2011 @ TBL L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 0 3 5 24:54
Jan 22, 2011 vs NYR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 25:38
Jan 20, 2011 vs TBL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 2 5 3 24:15
Jan 17, 2011 @ FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 2 8 28:20
Jan 15, 2011 @ DAL L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 22:40
Jan 14, 2011 vs PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 7 2 24:18
Jan 9, 2011 @ CAR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 6 1 27:18
Jan 7, 2011 vs TOR L 3-9 0 0 0 1 2 6 1 19:22
Jan 5, 2011 @ FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 2 23:17
Jan 2, 2011 @ MTL W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 25:57
Dec 31, 2010 @ NJD L 1-3 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 24:35
Dec 30, 2010 vs BOS W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 -2 2 7 0 24:28
Dec 28, 2010 @ PIT L 3-6 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 28:06
Dec 26, 2010 vs TBL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 21:23
Dec 23, 2010 @ BOS L 1-4 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 23:33
Dec 21, 2010 vs STL L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 2 7 4 24:58
Dec 20, 2010 @ TOR W 6-3 0 2 2 3 2 1 2 21:50
Dec 18, 2010 vs NJD W 7-1 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 22:51
Dec 16, 2010 vs CAR L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 6 2 25:39
Dec 15, 2010 @ TBL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 26:38
Dec 13, 2010 @ OTT W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 3 2 22:30
Dec 11, 2010 @ NYI W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 22:35
Dec 10, 2010 vs COL L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 24:35
Dec 6, 2010 vs NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 25:34
Dec 4, 2010 @ WSH W 3-1 0 1 1 0 4 4 1 21:34
Dec 2, 2010 @ PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 26:49
Nov 30, 2010 @ COL W 3-2 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 9 1 23:05
Nov 28, 2010 vs BOS W 4-1 1 3 4 2 0 3 0 20:49
Nov 26, 2010 vs MTL W 3-0 0 1 1 2 0 10 0 23:17
Nov 24, 2010 vs DET W 5-1 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 20:58
Nov 21, 2010 vs NYI W 2-1 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 22:25
Nov 19, 2010 vs WSH W 5-0 1 0 1 2 0 5 1 22:10
Nov 17, 2010 vs FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 04:26
Nov 14, 2010 @ WSH L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 19:43
Nov 13, 2010 vs PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 25:16
Nov 11, 2010 vs MIN W 5-1 0 2 2 3 2 5 1 20:21
Nov 9, 2010 @ OTT L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 22:08
Nov 6, 2010 vs CHI L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 -2 0 6 2 25:13
Nov 4, 2010 vs CBJ L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 23:16
Nov 3, 2010 @ FLA W 4-3 1 1 2 2 0 2 7 22:27
Oct 30, 2010 @ STL L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 28:49
Oct 29, 2010 vs BUF W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 25:03
Oct 27, 2010 @ NYR W 6-4 1 0 1 1 2 6 1 23:24
Oct 23, 2010 @ WSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 17 4 0 14:31
Oct 22, 2010 vs TBL L 2-5 1 1 2 0 0 7 3 24:29
Oct 20, 2010 vs BUF L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 2 1 3 23:03
Oct 16, 2010 @ SJS W 4-2 1 0 1 -1 0 3 4 21:59
Oct 15, 2010 @ ANA W 5-4 (SO) 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 22:51
Oct 12, 2010 @ LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 18:40
Oct 9, 2010 @ TBL L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 2 3 3 22:34
Oct 8, 2010 vs WSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 19:05