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Kyle Cumiskey

#26 · Defence · Chicago Blackhawks

Born Dec 2, 1986 in Abbotsford, British Columbia, CAN · 5'11", 180 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 222nd overall in 2005 by COL (round 7)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2014-15

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jonathon Blum NSH · 8 P in 23 GP Marc-Andre Bergeron TBL · 8 P in 23 GP Jassen Cullimore CHI · 8 P in 36 GP Alexandre Picard MTL · 8 P in 43 GP Adam Foote COL · 8 P in 47 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.

051015202006-07: 2 points206-072007-08: 5 points507-082008-09: 0 points008-092009-10: 20 points2009-102010-11: 8 points810-112014-15: 0 points014-15

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2006-07 COL 9 1 1 2 0 2 8 4 0.22
2007-08 COL 38 0 5 5 -3 16 19 7 0.13
2008-09 COL 6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 0.00
2009-10 COL 61 7 13 20 0 20 74 47 0.33 $600K
2010-11 COL 18 1 7 8 -3 10 21 9 0.44 $600K
2014-15 CHI 7 0 0 0 -1 0 5 3 0.00 $600K
6 seasons Career 139 9 26 35 -9 48 129 72 0.25

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 6 1 1 2 -7 2 3 4 0.33
2014-15 CHI 9 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 15 1 1 2 -10 2 4 6 0.13

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
18 1 7 8 -3 10 21 9 0.44 4.8 19:40

Contract

$600KCap hitends in 2011, then RFA
$75KCap dollars per point8 points in 18 games
$873KCap dollars per goal above replacement0.7 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2010-11, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2010-11 $600K

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
2014-15 to 2014-15 $600K
2009-10 to 2010-11 $600K

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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 analytics

Rating

+0.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.5Even-strength defence+0.2Power play-0.4Penalty kill-0.4Penalties-0.4

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.

00.20.40.60.812010-112014-15Goals 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

49.8Corsi for %229 attempts for, 231 against
+0.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.3Expected goals for %11.2 expected for, 9.8 against
+2.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
51.7Goals for %15 for, 14 against
99.7PDO10.4% shooting + 89.3% saves
30Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Adam Foote · Kyle Cumiskey12111:2444.052.14-6
Kyle Cumiskey · Jonas Holos748:1857.152.15-2
Scott Hannan · Kyle Cumiskey723:3060.879.61-3
Kyle Quincey · Kyle Cumiskey1013:2044.835.20-1

The pairs 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 pairs 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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.5Expected goalsfrom 31 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.25 expected goals per 60 minutes77th
Shot quality 4.7% chance per attempt96th
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected47thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 232 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Expected 1.5Goals 1

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
Feb 9, 2011 @ MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:21
Feb 5, 2011 vs ANA L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 19:41
Feb 3, 2011 vs MIN L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19:49
Jan 26, 2011 vs PHX L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 21:50
Jan 24, 2011 vs STL W 4-3 0 2 2 -1 0 0 0 21:11
Jan 22, 2011 vs BOS L 2-6 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 24:05
Jan 20, 2011 vs NSH L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 19:00
Oct 30, 2010 vs CBJ W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 14:11
Oct 28, 2010 @ CGY W 6-5 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 20:10
Oct 26, 2010 @ VAN L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:27
Oct 23, 2010 vs LAK L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 20:31
Oct 21, 2010 vs SJS L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 20:44
Oct 18, 2010 @ NYR W 3-1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 20:20
Oct 16, 2010 @ NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 20:13
Oct 15, 2010 @ NJD W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:42
Oct 12, 2010 @ DET W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 23:11
Oct 11, 2010 @ PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 22:22
Oct 7, 2010 vs CHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 21:10