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Tyler Kennedy

#48 · Centre · New Jersey Devils

Born Jul 15, 1986 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, CAN · 5'11", 185 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 99th overall in 2004 by PIT (round 4)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2008-09

Compare with a similar player

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

Sam Gagner PHI · 16 P in 53 GP Milan Michalek TOR · 16 P in 45 GP Viktor Arvidsson NSH · 16 P in 56 GP Justin Fontaine MIN · 16 P in 60 GP Derek Dorsett VAN · 16 P in 71 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.

0102030402007-08: 19 points1907-082008-09: 35 points3508-092009-10: 25 points2509-102010-11: 45 points4510-112011-12: 33 points3311-122012-13: 11 points1112-132013-14: 17 points1713-142014-15: 14 points1414-152015-16: 16 points1615-16

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2007-08 PIT 55 10 9 19 2 35 104 48 0.35
2008-09 PIT 67 15 20 35 15 30 171 47 0.52
2009-10 PIT 64 13 12 25 10 31 175 67 0.39 $725K
2010-11 PIT 80 21 24 45 1 37 234 95 0.56 $725K
2011-12 PIT 60 11 22 33 10 29 195 70 0.55 $2M
2012-13 PIT 46 6 5 11 -6 19 100 41 0.24 $2M
2013-14 SJS 67 4 13 17 -10 34 143 54 0.25 $2.35M
2014-15 SJS 25 4 5 9 1 8 48 37 0.36 $2.35M
2014-15 NYI 13 2 3 5 -3 2 31 12 0.38
2015-16 NJD 50 3 13 16 -14 14 72 35 0.32 $600K
9 seasons Career 527 89 126 215 6 239 1273 506 0.41

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 PIT 20 0 4 4 0 13 34 27 0.20
2008-09 PIT 24 5 4 9 -1 4 68 31 0.38
2009-10 PIT 10 0 0 0 -6 2 22 17 0.00
2010-11 PIT 7 2 1 3 0 2 33 16 0.43
2011-12 PIT 6 3 3 6 1 2 15 13 1.00
2012-13 PIT 9 2 3 5 6 2 12 14 0.56
2014-15 NYI 3 0 0 0 -3 2 7 5 0.00
7 seasons Playoffs 79 12 15 27 -3 27 191 123 0.34

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
50 3 13 16 -14 14 72 35 0.32 4.2 13:26

Contract

$600KCap hit2015-16
$38KCap dollars per point16 points in 50 games
$564KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.1 goals above replacement
$1.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$636KValueworth less cap hit

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
2015-16 to 2015-16 $600K
2013-14 to 2014-15 $2.35M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $2M
2011-12 to 2012-13 $2M
2009-10 to 2010-11 $725K

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

Rating

+1.1Goals above replacement434th of 675 skaters, 298th of 445 forwards
+0.2Wins 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-0.5 44th percentileEven-strength defence-0.2 42nd percentilePower play-0.1 49th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 68th percentilePenalties-0.1 35th 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.

-2024682010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16Goals 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

50.3Corsi for %447 attempts for, 441 against
+5.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.1Expected goals for %20.5 expected for, 20.4 against
+3.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
35.9Goals for %14 for, 25 against
95.9PDO5.7% shooting + 90.3% saves
109Attempts 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
Tyler Kennedy · Adam Henrique · Devante Smith-Pelly1077:1352.054.64-4
Tyler Kennedy · Jacob Josefson · Reid Boucher1265:3850.960.50-2
Tyler Kennedy · Jacob Josefson · Sergey Kalinin1455:1361.662.02-2
Patrik Elias · Tyler Kennedy · Sergey Kalinin636:0249.144.20-0

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
5.0Expected goalsfrom 94 unblocked attempts
-2.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.44 expected goals per 60 minutes9th
Shot quality 5.3% chance per attempt2nd
Finishing -2.0 goals above expected32ndOne 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.

01234Game 20Game 40Expected 5.0Goals 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. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 9, 2016 vs TOR W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:23
Apr 5, 2016 vs BUF L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 14:22
Apr 2, 2016 @ TBL L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 2 2 2 11:33
Mar 31, 2016 @ FLA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:17
Mar 20, 2016 vs CBJ W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 07:50
Mar 19, 2016 @ CBJ L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:02
Mar 17, 2016 vs MIN W 7-4 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 15:48
Mar 14, 2016 @ ANA L 1-7 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 16:46
Mar 12, 2016 @ LAK W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 14:26
Mar 10, 2016 @ SJS W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 17:40
Mar 6, 2016 vs PIT L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 13:07
Mar 4, 2016 @ DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:20
Mar 3, 2016 @ NSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:33
Mar 1, 2016 vs CAR L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 15:49
Feb 26, 2016 vs TBL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 13:39
Feb 25, 2016 @ CBJ L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 17:30
Feb 23, 2016 vs NYR W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 15:17
Feb 20, 2016 @ WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:08
Feb 19, 2016 vs NYI L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 15:59
Feb 16, 2016 vs PHI L 3-6 1 0 1 -1 2 4 1 19:18
Feb 14, 2016 vs LAK W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:51
Feb 13, 2016 @ PHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:40
Feb 9, 2016 vs EDM W 2-1 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 13:30
Feb 8, 2016 @ NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 10:54
Feb 6, 2016 vs WSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 11:36
Feb 4, 2016 @ TOR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:36
Feb 2, 2016 vs NYR W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 14:32
Jan 19, 2016 vs CGY W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 12:32
Jan 16, 2016 @ ARI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:40
Jan 14, 2016 @ COL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 14:04
Jan 12, 2016 @ STL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 11:57
Jan 10, 2016 @ MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:10
Jan 4, 2016 vs DET L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:01
Jan 2, 2016 vs DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 13:18
Dec 29, 2015 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:05
Dec 26, 2015 @ CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 13:35
Dec 22, 2015 @ DET W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 09:09
Dec 20, 2015 @ BOS L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:27
Dec 19, 2015 vs ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:38
Dec 17, 2015 vs FLA L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 13:57
Dec 15, 2015 @ BUF W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:41
Dec 13, 2015 @ NYI L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:06
Dec 11, 2015 vs DET W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:14
Dec 8, 2015 @ TOR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:12
Dec 6, 2015 vs FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:52
Dec 4, 2015 vs PHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 12:53
Dec 3, 2015 @ CAR W 5-1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 15:39
Dec 1, 2015 vs COL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:15
Nov 28, 2015 @ MTL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:33
Nov 27, 2015 vs MTL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 06:51