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Kevin Porter

#11 · Centre · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Mar 12, 1986 in Detroit, Michigan, USA · 6'0", 190 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 119th overall in 2004 by PHX (round 4)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2015-16

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Luke Adam BUF · 1 P in 12 GP Ben Street CGY · 1 P in 13 GP Brett Connolly TBL · 1 P in 11 GP Johan Sundstrom NYI · 1 P in 11 GP Jordin Tootoo DET · 1 P in 11 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.

05101520252008-09: 10 points1008-092009-10: 3 points309-102010-11: 25 points2510-112011-12: 7 points711-122012-13: 9 points912-132013-14: 1 points113-142015-16: 3 points315-162016-17: 0 points016-17

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2008-09 PHX 34 5 5 10 -2 4 39 37 0.29
2009-10 PHX 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 0.00
2009-10 COL 16 2 1 3 -4 0 18 12 0.19
2010-11 COL 74 14 11 25 -11 27 102 126 0.34 $660K
2011-12 COL 35 4 3 7 -2 17 32 36 0.20 $850K
2012-13 BUF 31 4 5 9 -1 10 37 56 0.29 $538K
2013-14 BUF 12 0 1 1 -5 2 3 24 0.08 $538K
2015-16 PIT 41 0 3 3 -2 0 34 96 0.07 $575K
2016-17 PIT 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 0.00 $575K
8 seasons Career 249 29 29 58 -27 60 268 394 0.23

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2009-10 COL 4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 11 0.00
1 season Playoffs 4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 11 0.00

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
12 0 1 1 -5 2 3 24 0.08 0.0 11:38

Contract

$538KCap hitends in 2014, then UFA
$538KCap dollars per point1 points in 12 games

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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2013-14, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2013-14 $538K

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 2016-17 $575K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $538K
2012-13 to 2012-13 $538K
2011-12 to 2011-12 $850K
2010-11 to 2010-11 $660K

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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 analytics

Rating

-0.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.1Even-strength defence0.0Power play0.0Penalty kill-0.2Penalties+0.5

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-0.500.511.52010-112011-122012-132013-142015-162016-17Goals 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

41.5Corsi for %81 attempts for, 114 against
-3.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
30.4Expected goals for %2.3 expected for, 5.2 against
-15.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
14.3Goals for %1 for, 6 against
92.4PDO2.6% shooting + 89.8% saves
11Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kevin Porter · Brian Flynn · Zemgus Girgensons629:5536.526.20-3
Kevin Porter · Johan Larsson · Brian Flynn515:2476.271.20-0
Cody McCormick · Kevin Porter · Patrick Kaleta211:0622.215.00-0
Matt Ellis · Kevin Porter · Brian Flynn29:4242.951.91-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.4Expected goalsfrom 8 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.19 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 5.5% chance per attempt6th
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected49thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 403 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.4Goals 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. 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
Dec 21, 2013 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:05
Dec 19, 2013 vs BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:43
Dec 17, 2013 vs WPG W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 10:18
Oct 23, 2013 vs BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 08:19
Oct 17, 2013 vs VAN L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:42
Oct 15, 2013 @ NYI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 13:25
Oct 14, 2013 vs MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:59
Oct 10, 2013 vs CBJ L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 11:16
Oct 8, 2013 vs TBL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12:59
Oct 5, 2013 @ PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 18:37
Oct 4, 2013 vs OTT L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14:36
Oct 2, 2013 @ DET L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:31