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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 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Daniel Cleary DET · 33 P in 75 GP Ryan Jones EDM · 33 P in 79 GP Alexei Ponikarovsky NJD · 33 P in 82 GP Troy Brouwer WSH · 33 P in 82 GP Martin Hanzal PHX · 34 P in 64 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

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
60 11 22 33 10 29 195 70 0.55 5.6 14:22

Contract

$2MCap hitends in 2013, then RFA
$61KCap dollars per point33 points in 60 games
$298KCap dollars per goal above replacement6.7 goals above replacement
$3.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.5MValueworth 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 367 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 2012-13, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2011-12 $2M
2012-13 $2M

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
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 2011-12 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.

2011-12 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+6.7Goals above replacement138th of 680 skaters, 105th of 445 forwards
+1.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+4.3Goals 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+4.4 86th percentileEven-strength defence+0.2 50th percentilePower play-0.6 10th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 56th percentilePenalties+0.3 52nd 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

57.7Corsi for %813 attempts for, 596 against
+3.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
58.5Expected goals for %34.6 expected for, 24.5 against
+3.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
58.2Goals for %32 for, 23 against
99.8PDO6.9% shooting + 92.9% saves
277Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 557 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
Matt Cooke · Tyler Kennedy · Jordan Staal36159:5159.458.06-8
Pascal Dupuis · Tyler Kennedy · Dustin Jeffrey1072:3963.656.21-0
Chris Kunitz · Tyler Kennedy · Jordan Staal1969:4061.468.51-1
Matt Cooke · Tyler Kennedy · Joe Vitale2147:0256.951.70-0

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.

11Goalsnot counting empty-netters
14.2Expected goalsfrom 257 unblocked attempts
-3.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.99 expected goals per 60 minutes87th
Shot quality 5.5% chance per attempt7th
Finishing -3.2 goals above expected20thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 14.2Goals 11

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 7, 2012 vs PHI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 17:10
Apr 5, 2012 vs NYR W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 11:42
Apr 3, 2012 @ BOS W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 14:38
Apr 1, 2012 vs PHI L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 12:36
Mar 30, 2012 @ BUF W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:00
Mar 29, 2012 @ NYI L 3-5 0 1 1 2 0 5 1 14:25
Mar 27, 2012 vs NYI L 3-5 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 11:48
Mar 25, 2012 vs NJD W 5-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 09:58
Mar 24, 2012 @ OTT L 4-8 1 0 1 3 0 4 0 13:11
Mar 22, 2012 vs NSH W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:41
Mar 20, 2012 vs WPG W 8-4 2 0 2 2 0 4 0 12:27
Mar 18, 2012 @ PHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 13:19
Mar 17, 2012 @ NJD W 5-2 0 2 2 1 0 5 1 13:40
Mar 15, 2012 @ NYR W 5-2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 14:40
Mar 11, 2012 vs BOS W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 11:15
Mar 9, 2012 vs FLA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 14:15
Mar 7, 2012 vs TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:42
Mar 5, 2012 vs PHX W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:20
Feb 5, 2012 @ NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 15:21
Feb 4, 2012 @ BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 14:05
Feb 1, 2012 @ TOR L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 14:58
Jan 31, 2012 vs TOR W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 2 2 5 2 13:31
Jan 24, 2012 @ STL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:25
Jan 22, 2012 vs WSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 14:27
Jan 20, 2012 vs MTL W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 15:03
Jan 19, 2012 @ NYR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 16:15
Jan 17, 2012 vs CAR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 16:42
Jan 15, 2012 @ TBL W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:22
Jan 13, 2012 @ FLA W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 14:08
Jan 11, 2012 @ WSH L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 15:26
Jan 10, 2012 vs OTT L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:11
Jan 7, 2012 vs NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:14
Jan 6, 2012 vs NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 11:49
Dec 31, 2011 @ NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 20:33
Dec 29, 2011 vs PHI L 2-4 1 1 2 1 0 5 1 14:18
Dec 27, 2011 vs CAR W 4-2 0 2 2 2 0 6 1 16:51
Dec 23, 2011 @ WPG W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 15:57
Dec 20, 2011 vs CHI W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 13:39
Dec 17, 2011 vs BUF W 8-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 15:43
Dec 16, 2011 @ OTT L 4-6 0 0 0 -3 0 8 2 15:37
Dec 13, 2011 vs DET L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 16:16
Dec 10, 2011 @ NYI W 6-3 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 14:31
Dec 8, 2011 @ PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 5 4 2 14:53
Dec 5, 2011 vs BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 14:05
Dec 3, 2011 @ CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 13:48
Dec 1, 2011 @ WSH W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 14:38
Nov 29, 2011 @ NYR L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 7 1 2 09:18
Nov 26, 2011 @ MTL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:50
Nov 25, 2011 vs OTT W 6-3 1 2 3 2 0 5 2 14:22
Nov 23, 2011 vs STL L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 3 3 15:09
Nov 21, 2011 vs NYI W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 12:55
Nov 19, 2011 @ FLA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 12:03
Nov 17, 2011 @ TBL L 1-4 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 12:55
Nov 15, 2011 vs COL W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 15:07
Oct 15, 2011 vs BUF L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 13:52
Oct 13, 2011 vs WSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 16:58
Oct 11, 2011 vs FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:15
Oct 9, 2011 @ EDM L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 19:37
Oct 8, 2011 @ CGY W 5-3 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 16:23
Oct 6, 2011 @ VAN W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:58