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David Krejci

#46 · Centre · Boston Bruins

Born Apr 28, 1986 in Sternberk, CZE · 6'0", 192 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 63rd overall in 2004 by BOS (round 2)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2010-11

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Matt Duchene NSH · 56 P in 71 GP Reilly Smith VGK · 56 P in 78 GP Max Domi DAL · 56 P in 80 GP David Perron DET · 56 P in 82 GP Dawson Mercer NJD · 56 P in 82 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.

02040602006-07: 0 points006-072007-08: 27 points272008-09: 73 points7308-092009-10: 52 points522010-11: 62 points6210-112011-12: 62 points622012-13: 33 points3312-132013-14: 69 points692014-15: 31 points3114-152015-16: 63 points632016-17: 54 points5416-172017-18: 44 points442018-19: 73 points7318-192019-20: 43 points432020-21: 44 points4420-212022-23: 56 points56

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2006-07 BOS 6 0 0 0 -3 2 2 2 0.00
2007-08 BOS 56 6 21 27 -3 20 73 47 0.48
2008-09 BOS 82 22 51 73 37 26 146 77 0.89
2009-10 BOS 79 17 35 52 8 26 156 82 0.66 $3.75M
2010-11 BOS 75 13 49 62 23 28 157 56 0.83 $3.75M
2011-12 BOS 79 23 39 62 -5 36 145 69 0.78 $3.75M
2012-13 BOS 47 10 23 33 1 20 93 41 0.70 $5.25M
2013-14 BOS 80 19 50 69 39 28 169 75 0.86 $5.25M
2014-15 BOS 47 7 24 31 7 22 70 35 0.66 $5.25M
2015-16 BOS 72 17 46 63 4 32 143 43 0.88 $7.25M
2016-17 BOS 82 23 31 54 -12 26 158 40 0.66 $7.25M
2017-18 BOS 64 17 27 44 10 18 119 31 0.69 $7.25M
2018-19 BOS 81 20 53 73 7 16 139 28 0.90 $7.25M
2019-20 BOS 61 13 30 43 14 23 83 37 0.70 $7.25M
2020-21 BOS 51 8 36 44 16 16 83 25 0.86 $7.25M
2022-23 BOS 70 16 40 56 23 20 112 41 0.80 $1M
16 seasons Career 1032 231 555 786 166 359 1848 729 0.76

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2007-08 BOS 7 1 4 5 1 2 15 6 0.71
2008-09 BOS 11 2 6 8 6 2 26 8 0.73
2009-10 BOS 9 4 4 8 3 2 17 20 0.89
2010-11 BOS 25 12 11 23 8 10 57 19 0.92
2011-12 BOS 7 1 2 3 0 4 11 9 0.43
2012-13 BOS 22 9 17 26 13 14 56 39 1.18
2013-14 BOS 12 0 4 4 -3 4 25 13 0.33
2016-17 BOS 3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 0.00
2017-18 BOS 12 3 7 10 -4 6 17 4 0.83
2018-19 BOS 24 4 12 16 5 8 32 25 0.67
2019-20 BOS 10 4 7 11 -5 4 17 17 1.10
2020-21 BOS 11 2 7 9 0 2 32 9 0.82
2022-23 BOS 4 1 3 4 -3 0 6 3 1.00
13 seasons Playoffs 157 43 84 127 20 58 314 174 0.81

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
70 16 40 56 23 20 112 41 0.80 14.3 17:12

Contract

$1MCap hitends in 2023
$18KCap dollars per point56 points in 70 games
$728KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.4 goals above replacement
$1.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$720KValueworth 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 695 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 2022-23, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit
2022-23 $1M

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 2022-23 $1M
2020-21 to 2020-21 $7.25M
2018-19 to 2020-21 $7.25M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $7.25M
2015-16 to 2020-21 $7.25M
2012-13 to 2014-15 $5.25M
2009-10 to 2011-12 $3.75M

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 2022-23 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.

2022-23 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.4Goals above replacement410th of 696 skaters, 288th of 461 forwards
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 461 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 74th percentileEven-strength defence-4.5 2nd percentilePower play-0.4 30th percentilePenalty kill+0.2 78th percentilePenalties+0.6 64th 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.

-50510152010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-21Goals 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

47.6Corsi for %840 attempts for, 926 against
-5.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.0Expected goals for %39.3 expected for, 42.5 against
-9.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
63.0Goals for %58 for, 34 against
105.5PDO12.1% shooting + 93.4% saves
135Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 613 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
David Krejci · David Pastrnak · Pavel Zacha61442:5648.550.034-14
David Krejci · Taylor Hall · David Pastrnak50155:5647.847.95-4
David Krejci · Taylor Hall · Pavel Zacha2254:5746.441.33-4
David Krejci · Tyler Bertuzzi · David Pastrnak1050:1047.447.73-3

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.

16Goalsnot counting empty-netters
13.0Expected goalsfrom 154 unblocked attempts
+3.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.65 expected goals per 60 minutes28th
Shot quality 8.5% chance per attempt61st
Finishing +3.0 goals above expected80thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 446 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 16Expected 13.0

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 1, 2023 @ PIT W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 4 1 0 18:08
Mar 30, 2023 vs CBJ W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:14
Mar 28, 2023 vs NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:26
Mar 26, 2023 @ CAR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 21:11
Mar 25, 2023 vs TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:02
Mar 23, 2023 vs MTL W 4-2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 16:12
Mar 21, 2023 vs OTT W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 14:37
Mar 18, 2023 @ MIN W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 14:41
Mar 16, 2023 @ WPG W 3-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 15:41
Mar 14, 2023 @ CHI L 3-6 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 16:56
Mar 12, 2023 @ DET L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 17:10
Mar 11, 2023 vs DET W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 5 1 17:46
Mar 9, 2023 vs EDM L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 20:38
Mar 4, 2023 vs NYR W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 16:46
Mar 2, 2023 vs BUF W 7-1 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 15:18
Feb 28, 2023 @ CGY W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:17
Feb 27, 2023 @ EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17:37
Feb 25, 2023 @ VAN W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 18:06
Feb 23, 2023 @ SEA W 6-5 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 18:13
Feb 20, 2023 vs OTT W 3-1 0 1 1 1 2 5 0 17:49
Feb 18, 2023 vs NYI W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:32
Feb 16, 2023 @ NSH W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:26
Feb 14, 2023 @ DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:19
Feb 11, 2023 vs WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 21:52
Feb 1, 2023 @ TOR W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 17:45
Jan 29, 2023 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:33
Jan 28, 2023 @ FLA L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 16:22
Jan 26, 2023 @ TBL L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 18:09
Jan 24, 2023 @ MTL W 4-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 16:38
Jan 22, 2023 vs SJS W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:22
Jan 19, 2023 @ NYR W 3-1 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 14:35
Jan 18, 2023 @ NYI W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 16:58
Jan 16, 2023 vs PHI W 6-0 0 3 3 4 0 4 1 14:48
Jan 14, 2023 vs TOR W 4-3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 19:03
Jan 12, 2023 vs SEA L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 16:45
Jan 8, 2023 @ ANA W 7-1 1 2 3 4 0 2 0 13:19
Jan 7, 2023 @ SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 16:47
Jan 5, 2023 @ LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:40
Jan 2, 2023 vs PIT W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 16:33
Dec 31, 2022 vs BUF L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 2 3 20:25
Dec 28, 2022 @ NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:28
Dec 27, 2022 @ OTT L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20:08
Dec 23, 2022 @ NJD W 4-3 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 20:23
Dec 22, 2022 vs WPG W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 17:21
Dec 19, 2022 vs FLA W 7-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 15:12
Dec 17, 2022 vs CBJ W 4-2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 15:43
Dec 15, 2022 vs LAK L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:26
Dec 9, 2022 @ ARI L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 15:12
Dec 7, 2022 @ COL W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 16:42
Dec 5, 2022 vs VGK L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 6 1 20:32
Dec 3, 2022 vs COL W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 16:37
Nov 29, 2022 vs TBL W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 16:32
Nov 25, 2022 vs CAR W 3-2 (OT) 2 0 2 2 0 5 2 18:56
Nov 23, 2022 @ FLA L 2-5 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 19:05
Nov 21, 2022 @ TBL W 5-3 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 17:57
Nov 19, 2022 vs CHI W 6-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 16:45
Nov 17, 2022 vs PHI W 4-1 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 17:16
Nov 13, 2022 vs VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 15:03
Nov 12, 2022 @ BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:30
Nov 10, 2022 vs CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:20
Nov 7, 2022 vs STL W 3-1 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 16:02
Nov 5, 2022 @ TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:03
Oct 27, 2022 vs DET W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:53
Oct 25, 2022 vs DAL W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 17:45
Oct 22, 2022 vs MIN W 4-3 (OT) 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 19:32
Oct 20, 2022 vs ANA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 20:41
Oct 18, 2022 @ OTT L 5-7 1 0 1 -3 2 2 1 18:25
Oct 17, 2022 vs FLA W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:56
Oct 15, 2022 vs ARI W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 14:40
Oct 12, 2022 @ WSH W 5-2 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 17:53