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Chris Butler

#25 · Defence · St. Louis Blues

Born Oct 27, 1986 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA · 6'1", 196 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 96th overall in 2005 by BUF (round 4)

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The defencemen closest to him in points in 2008-09. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Christoph Schubert OTT · 6 P in 50 GP Bret Hedican ANA · 6 P in 51 GP Jack Hillen NYI · 6 P in 40 GP Kent Huskins ANA · 6 P in 33 GP Eric Brewer STL · 6 P in 28 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.

051015202008-09: 6 points608-092009-10: 21 points2109-102010-11: 9 points910-112011-12: 15 points1511-122012-13: 8 points812-132013-14: 16 points1613-142014-15: 9 points914-152015-16: 0 points015-162016-17: 0 points016-172017-18: 0 points017-182018-19: 2 points218-19

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 BUF 47 2 4 6 11 18 36 37 0.13
2009-10 BUF 59 1 20 21 -15 22 61 50 0.36
2010-11 BUF 49 2 7 9 8 26 52 38 0.18
2011-12 CGY 68 2 13 15 -9 34 62 70 0.22 $1.25M
2012-13 CGY 44 1 7 8 -10 19 40 53 0.18 $1.25M
2013-14 CGY 82 2 14 16 -23 39 83 68 0.20 $1.7M
2014-15 STL 33 3 6 9 8 23 54 31 0.27 $650K
2015-16 STL 5 0 0 0 -1 4 4 3 0.00 $675K
2016-17 STL 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 $600K
2017-18 STL 6 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 0.00 $650K
2018-19 STL 13 1 1 2 3 0 10 17 0.15 $650K
11 seasons Career 407 14 72 86 -27 187 405 370 0.21

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2010-11 BUF 7 0 1 1 -3 10 6 11 0.14
1 season Playoffs 7 0 1 1 -3 10 6 11 0.14

2008-09 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
47 2 4 6 11 18 36 37 0.13 5.6 16:43

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2018-19 to 2018-19 $650K
2016-17 to 2017-18 $600K
2015-16 to 2015-16 $675K
2014-15 to 2014-15 $650K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $1.7M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $1.25M
2011-12 to 2012-13 $1.25M

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 2008-09 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.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 11, 2009 vs BOS W 6-1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 17:49
Apr 9, 2009 @ CAR W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:29
Apr 8, 2009 @ TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:34
Apr 6, 2009 vs DET L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:57
Apr 4, 2009 vs NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:33
Apr 3, 2009 @ WSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 13:17
Apr 1, 2009 @ ATL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:20
Mar 28, 2009 @ MTL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:04
Mar 27, 2009 vs TOR W 5-3 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 13:59
Mar 25, 2009 vs FLA W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:39
Mar 21, 2009 @ NYR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:09
Mar 20, 2009 vs PHI L 4-6 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 16:19
Mar 17, 2009 @ OTT L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:52
Mar 14, 2009 vs ATL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:05
Mar 12, 2009 vs FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:12
Mar 7, 2009 @ OTT L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 14:29
Mar 6, 2009 vs PHX W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18:53
Feb 28, 2009 @ NYI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:28
Feb 26, 2009 @ CAR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:50
Feb 24, 2009 vs ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 12:20
Feb 21, 2009 vs NYR W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16:20
Feb 19, 2009 @ PHI L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 16:35
Feb 17, 2009 @ TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:29
Feb 15, 2009 vs CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23:27
Feb 13, 2009 vs SJS W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:39
Feb 11, 2009 vs OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17:01
Feb 7, 2009 @ OTT L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 22:33
Feb 6, 2009 vs MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17:25
Feb 4, 2009 vs TOR W 5-0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 18:41
Feb 2, 2009 @ ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 22:55
Jan 31, 2009 @ PHX W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 29:55
Jan 28, 2009 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:20
Jan 27, 2009 @ EDM W 10-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21:06
Jan 21, 2009 @ TBL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 20:29
Jan 19, 2009 @ FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 23:34
Jan 17, 2009 vs CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17:39
Jan 15, 2009 @ DAL W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 15:53
Jan 10, 2009 @ DET L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:46
Jan 6, 2009 vs OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 13:00
Jan 3, 2009 @ BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:09
Jan 1, 2009 @ TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 16:25
Dec 30, 2008 vs WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:08
Dec 27, 2008 vs NYI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 13:45
Dec 26, 2008 @ WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:09
Dec 22, 2008 vs PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 11:08
Dec 20, 2008 @ MTL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10:38
Dec 19, 2008 vs LAK W 5-0 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 12:16