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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 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Martin Havlat NJD · 14 P in 40 GP Rene Bourque CBJ · 14 P in 51 GP Jesper Fast NYR · 14 P in 58 GP Torrey Mitchell MTL · 14 P in 65 GP Kyle Chipchura ARI · 14 P in 70 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

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
38 6 8 14 -2 10 79 49 0.37 7.6 11:10

Contract

$2.35MCap hit2014-15
$168KCap dollars per point14 points in 38 games
$3.112MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.8 goals above replacement
$1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.3MValueworth 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 649 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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.8Goals above replacement453rd of 665 skaters, 306th of 432 forwards
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 432 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+0.3 54th percentileEven-strength defence-0.4 36th percentilePower play-0.1 47th percentilePenalty kill0.0 39th percentilePenalties-0.3 26th 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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

54.2Corsi for %456 attempts for, 386 against
+1.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.9Expected goals for %16.4 expected for, 17.1 against
-4.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
48.6Goals for %17 for, 18 against
98.5PDO7.4% shooting + 91.1% saves
139Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 585 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
Tyler Kennedy · James Sheppard · Tomas HertlSJS1044:3660.451.63-1
Frans Nielsen · Tyler Kennedy · Nikolay KuleminNYI441:0451.959.92-0
Tyler Kennedy · James Sheppard · Matt NietoSJS529:1048.252.51-1
Tyler Kennedy · Tye McGinn · Tomas HertlSJS328:1866.263.21-0

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.5Expected goalsfrom 102 unblocked attempts
+1.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.64 expected goals per 60 minutes40th
Shot quality 4.4% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +1.5 goals above expected70thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Goals 6Expected 4.5

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 11, 2015 vs CBJ L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 08:45
Apr 10, 2015 @ PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 06:15
Apr 7, 2015 @ PHI L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 10:37
Mar 29, 2015 vs DET W 5-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 06:46
Mar 28, 2015 vs ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 14:01
Mar 26, 2015 vs LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 12:22
Mar 24, 2015 vs MIN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:36
Mar 21, 2015 @ NJD W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:35
Mar 17, 2015 @ CHI L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 12:32
Mar 14, 2015 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 11:58
Mar 13, 2015 vs OTT L 1-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 10:42
Mar 10, 2015 vs NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:30
Mar 9, 2015 @ TOR W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 4 1 14:22
Feb 26, 2015 vs DET L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 06:56
Feb 21, 2015 vs LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 08:17
Feb 19, 2015 @ DAL W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:10
Feb 17, 2015 @ NSH L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 12:45
Feb 9, 2015 vs CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:48
Feb 4, 2015 @ CGY L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 07:11
Feb 2, 2015 vs EDM L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 12:48
Jan 21, 2015 vs LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 13:33
Jan 19, 2015 vs NJD L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 11:33
Jan 17, 2015 vs CGY L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 15:31
Jan 15, 2015 vs TOR W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 11:32
Jan 13, 2015 @ ARI W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 11:15
Dec 6, 2014 @ CGY W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 01:38
Dec 4, 2014 vs BOS W 7-4 2 0 2 2 0 4 1 14:29
Nov 26, 2014 vs CGY L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:04
Nov 22, 2014 vs ARI L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 5 4 12:32
Nov 20, 2014 vs FLA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:37
Nov 18, 2014 @ BUF L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:21
Nov 16, 2014 @ CAR W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:30
Nov 15, 2014 @ CBJ L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 13:05
Nov 13, 2014 @ TBL W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 09:33
Nov 11, 2014 @ FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 14:58
Nov 9, 2014 @ CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:56
Nov 8, 2014 @ DAL W 5-3 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 09:33
Nov 6, 2014 vs VAN L 2-3 0 1 1 0 2 5 2 12:42