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Dustin Penner

#17 · Left wing · Washington Capitals

Born Sep 28, 1982 in Winkler, Manitoba, CAN · 6'4", 247 lb · Shoots left

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

Andrei Kostitsyn MTL · 45 P in 81 GP Todd Bertuzzi DET · 45 P in 81 GP Derek Stepan NYR · 45 P in 82 GP Tyler Kennedy PIT · 45 P in 80 GP James Neal PIT · 45 P in 79 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.

02040602005-06: 7 points705-062006-07: 45 points4506-072007-08: 47 points4707-082008-09: 37 points3708-092009-10: 63 points6309-102010-11: 45 points4510-112011-12: 17 points1711-122012-13: 14 points1412-132013-14: 35 points3513-14

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 ANA 19 4 3 7 3 14 46 14 0.37
2006-07 ANA 82 29 16 45 -2 58 204 97 0.55
2007-08 EDM 82 23 24 47 -12 45 201 99 0.57
2008-09 EDM 78 17 20 37 7 61 137 77 0.47
2009-10 EDM 82 32 31 63 6 38 203 55 0.77
2010-11 EDM 62 21 18 39 -12 45 137 63 0.63
2010-11 LAK 19 2 4 6 0 2 36 27 0.32
2011-12 LAK 65 7 10 17 -7 43 119 90 0.26
2012-13 LAK 33 2 12 14 -2 18 61 59 0.42 $3.25M
2013-14 ANA 49 13 19 32 22 28 100 77 0.65 $2M
2013-14 WSH 18 1 2 3 3 2 19 15 0.17
9 seasons Career 589 151 159 310 6 354 1263 673 0.53

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 13 3 6 9 10 12 41 14 0.69
2006-07 ANA 21 3 5 8 4 2 37 30 0.38
2010-11 LAK 6 1 1 2 -3 4 10 11 0.33
2011-12 LAK 20 3 8 11 4 32 37 35 0.55
2012-13 LAK 18 3 2 5 4 8 35 59 0.28
5 seasons Playoffs 78 13 22 35 19 58 160 149 0.45

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
81 23 22 45 -12 47 173 90 0.56 13.3 18:07

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2013-14 to 2013-14 $2M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $3.25M

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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.3Goals above replacement483rd of 672 skaters, 334th of 439 forwards
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 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+2.5 74th percentileEven-strength defence-4.0 2nd percentilePower play-1.2 2nd percentilePenalty kill-0.9 2nd percentilePenalties-0.1 32nd 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.

024682010-112011-122012-132013-14Goals 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

48.3Corsi for %960 attempts for, 1028 against
+2.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.0Expected goals for %41.5 expected for, 50.7 against
+0.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
45.7Goals for %42 for, 50 against
99.4PDO8.3% shooting + 91.1% saves
232Attempts 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

Forward lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dustin Penner · Gilbert Brule · Andrew CoglianoEDM18144:0343.741.58-7
Ales Hemsky · Dustin Penner · Sam GagnerEDM20135:1150.455.27-6
Shawn Horcoff · Ales Hemsky · Dustin PennerEDM14117:1246.138.95-4
Justin Williams · Dustin Penner · Anze KopitarLAK10103:2755.952.07-3

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.

23Goalsnot counting empty-netters
19.9Expected goalsfrom 253 unblocked attempts
+3.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.81 expected goals per 60 minutes64th
Shot quality 7.8% chance per attempt66th
Finishing +3.1 goals above expected83rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 406 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

05101520Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Goals 23Expected 19.9

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, 2011 vs ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 19:34
Apr 8, 2011 @ ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 2 1 2 19:56
Apr 6, 2011 vs PHX W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 18:14
Apr 4, 2011 @ SJS L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 18:08
Apr 2, 2011 vs DAL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:37
Mar 31, 2011 @ VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:58
Mar 29, 2011 @ EDM W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 16:24
Mar 26, 2011 vs COL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 16:35
Mar 24, 2011 vs SJS W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:08
Mar 21, 2011 vs CGY W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:26
Mar 19, 2011 vs ANA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:40
Mar 17, 2011 vs STL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:05
Mar 15, 2011 @ NSH W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16:38
Mar 13, 2011 @ DAL W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 15:00
Mar 11, 2011 @ CBJ W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 14:30
Mar 9, 2011 @ DET W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 16:22
Mar 7, 2011 vs DAL L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 17:50
Mar 5, 2011 vs VAN L 1-3 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 16:27
Mar 3, 2011 vs PHX W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 16:45
Feb 27, 2011 vs BOS L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 18:54
Feb 25, 2011 vs STL L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 16:55
Feb 23, 2011 @ COL W 5-1 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 17:54
Feb 22, 2011 @ MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:40
Feb 19, 2011 vs ATL W 5-3 0 0 0 -2 4 0 1 15:25
Feb 17, 2011 vs MTL W 4-1 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 18:10
Feb 15, 2011 vs DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:28
Feb 13, 2011 vs ANA L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 14:53
Feb 12, 2011 vs OTT L 3-5 2 0 2 0 2 3 3 19:51
Feb 9, 2011 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 16:13
Feb 7, 2011 @ NSH W 4-0 1 0 1 1 2 6 1 16:10
Feb 5, 2011 @ CBJ L 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 19:31
Feb 2, 2011 vs LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15:21
Jan 26, 2011 @ DAL L 1-3 1 0 1 -1 2 3 2 17:34
Jan 25, 2011 @ PHX W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 20:15
Jan 23, 2011 vs NSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 20:22
Jan 20, 2011 vs DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 16:14
Jan 18, 2011 vs MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 20:43
Jan 16, 2011 @ ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:11
Jan 15, 2011 @ LAK L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 2 2 0 19:10
Jan 13, 2011 @ SJS W 5-2 1 0 1 2 0 5 2 19:12
Jan 11, 2011 @ DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 20:37
Jan 7, 2011 @ VAN L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:45
Jan 6, 2011 vs NYI W 2-1 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 16:11
Jan 4, 2011 vs DET L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 21:52
Jan 1, 2011 vs CGY L 1-2 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 23:42
Dec 30, 2010 vs COL L 3-4 (SO) 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 23:11
Dec 28, 2010 vs BUF L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 20:26
Dec 26, 2010 @ VAN L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 21:08
Dec 23, 2010 @ LAK L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:13
Dec 21, 2010 @ SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 21:18
Dec 16, 2010 vs CBJ W 6-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 20:53
Dec 14, 2010 vs TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:34
Dec 12, 2010 vs VAN L 1-2 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 18:55
Dec 10, 2010 vs TBL W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 5 4 4 19:04
Dec 7, 2010 vs ANA L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 7 1 23:38
Dec 4, 2010 vs STL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 18:02
Dec 2, 2010 @ TOR W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:05
Dec 1, 2010 @ MTL W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 17:50
Nov 29, 2010 @ OTT W 4-1 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 19:09
Nov 27, 2010 vs SJS L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 17:10
Nov 25, 2010 vs COL W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 17:59
Nov 23, 2010 @ PHX L 0-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 19:56
Nov 21, 2010 @ ANA W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 3 2 18:34
Nov 19, 2010 vs PHX L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 2 0 4 1 19:53
Nov 17, 2010 vs CHI L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:41
Nov 14, 2010 @ NYR L 2-8 0 0 0 -4 0 1 1 19:11
Nov 12, 2010 @ NJD L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 16:25
Nov 11, 2010 @ DET L 2-6 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 20:24
Nov 9, 2010 @ CAR L 1-7 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 17:41
Nov 7, 2010 @ CHI W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 17:16
Nov 5, 2010 vs DET L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 15:51
Nov 2, 2010 vs VAN L 3-4 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 14:51
Oct 29, 2010 @ CHI W 7-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 13:36
Oct 28, 2010 @ CBJ L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 19:32
Oct 26, 2010 @ CGY L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 19:29
Oct 23, 2010 vs SJS L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:03
Oct 21, 2010 vs MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 14 0 1 13:57
Oct 16, 2010 @ CGY L 3-5 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 18:33
Oct 14, 2010 @ MIN L 2-4 1 0 1 0 2 4 1 18:59
Oct 10, 2010 vs FLA W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 15:14
Oct 7, 2010 vs CGY W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 13:48