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Chris Conner

#23 · Right wing · Washington Capitals

Born Dec 23, 1983 in Westland, Michigan, USA · 5'7", 181 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

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

Fernando Pisani CHI · 16 P in 60 GP Chuck Kobasew MIN · 16 P in 64 GP Shawn Matthias FLA · 16 P in 52 GP Mike Grier BUF · 16 P in 73 GP Brad Winchester ANA · 16 P in 76 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.

0510152006-07: 3 points306-072007-08: 5 points507-082008-09: 13 points1308-092009-10: 3 points309-102010-11: 16 points1610-112011-12: 3 points311-122012-13: 2 points212-132013-14: 5 points513-142014-15: 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 DAL 11 1 2 3 -3 4 18 10 0.27
2007-08 DAL 22 3 2 5 0 6 27 17 0.23
2008-09 DAL 38 3 10 13 -5 10 34 37 0.34 $500K
2009-10 PIT 8 2 1 3 -1 0 11 6 0.38 $500K
2010-11 PIT 60 7 9 16 5 10 91 50 0.27 $550K
2011-12 DET 8 1 2 3 2 0 10 4 0.38 $550K
2012-13 PHX 12 1 1 2 3 2 15 15 0.17 $650K
2013-14 PIT 19 4 1 5 -3 2 17 21 0.26 $550K
2014-15 WSH 2 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 0.00 $550K
9 seasons Career 180 22 28 50 -1 38 226 160 0.28

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 DAL 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 0.00
2009-10 PIT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00
2010-11 PIT 7 1 0 1 1 0 9 6 0.14
3 seasons Playoffs 9 1 0 1 0 0 9 12 0.11

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
60 7 9 16 5 10 91 50 0.27 7.7 11:49

Contract

$550KCap hitends in 2011, then UFA
$34KCap dollars per point16 points in 60 games
$148KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.7 goals above replacement
$2.1MWorth 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 315 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 2010-11, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2010-11 $550K

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 $550K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $550K
2012-13 to 2012-13 $650K
2011-12 to 2011-12 $550K
2010-11 to 2010-11 $550K
2009-10 to 2009-10 $500K
2008-09 to 2008-09 $500K

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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+3.7Goals above replacement271st of 672 skaters, 202nd of 439 forwards
+0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 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 41st percentileEven-strength defence+2.0 86th percentilePower play-0.6 9th percentilePenalty kill0.0 28th percentilePenalties+0.8 64th 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.

-1012342010-112011-122012-132013-142014-15Goals 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

54.0Corsi for %631 attempts for, 538 against
+2.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.2Expected goals for %23.7 expected for, 19.3 against
+5.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
58.5Goals for %24 for, 17 against
101.1PDO7.0% shooting + 94.1% saves
147Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 569 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
Tyler Kennedy · Chris Conner · Mark Letestu24184:4858.560.210-3
Mike Rupp · Max Talbot · Chris Conner19108:3454.062.52-3
Pascal Dupuis · Max Talbot · Chris Conner1775:3954.852.63-2
Craig Adams · Mike Rupp · Chris Conner1130:1654.549.01-2

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.

7Goalsnot counting empty-netters
8.1Expected goalsfrom 122 unblocked attempts
-1.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.68 expected goals per 60 minutes45th
Shot quality 6.6% chance per attempt30th
Finishing -1.1 goals above expected39thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 406 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 8.1Goals 7

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 10, 2011 @ ATL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 12:12
Apr 5, 2011 vs NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 11:53
Apr 2, 2011 @ FLA W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 11:26
Mar 31, 2011 @ TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:42
Mar 29, 2011 vs PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 10:09
Mar 27, 2011 vs FLA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:02
Mar 25, 2011 vs NJD W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:54
Mar 24, 2011 @ PHI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:32
Mar 21, 2011 @ DET W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 11:42
Mar 20, 2011 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:29
Mar 13, 2011 vs EDM W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:32
Mar 5, 2011 @ BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:39
Mar 4, 2011 @ NJD L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:34
Mar 2, 2011 @ TOR L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 09:42
Feb 26, 2011 @ TOR W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:35
Feb 25, 2011 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:57
Feb 23, 2011 vs SJS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 09:55
Feb 21, 2011 vs WSH L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:46
Feb 20, 2011 @ CHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 13:33
Feb 16, 2011 @ COL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 15:56
Feb 13, 2011 @ NYR L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 13:48
Feb 10, 2011 vs LAK W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:04
Feb 8, 2011 vs CBJ L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 15:20
Feb 6, 2011 @ WSH L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 13:16
Feb 4, 2011 vs BUF W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 13:26
Feb 2, 2011 vs NYI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 08:50
Feb 1, 2011 @ NYR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 12:40
Jan 25, 2011 vs NYI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:58
Jan 22, 2011 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 09:17
Jan 20, 2011 @ NJD L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:30
Jan 18, 2011 vs DET W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 10:46
Jan 15, 2011 @ BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 11:42
Jan 12, 2011 @ MTL W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11:49
Jan 10, 2011 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 11:57
Jan 8, 2011 vs MIN L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:25
Jan 6, 2011 @ MTL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:40
Jan 5, 2011 vs TBL W 8-1 1 1 2 3 0 2 1 12:58
Dec 29, 2010 @ NYI L 1-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 09:40
Dec 28, 2010 vs ATL W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11:49
Dec 26, 2010 @ OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 12:07
Dec 23, 2010 @ WSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13:31
Dec 22, 2010 vs FLA W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15:03
Dec 20, 2010 vs PHX W 6-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 11:19
Dec 15, 2010 vs NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:40
Dec 14, 2010 @ PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 10:29
Dec 11, 2010 @ BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:37
Dec 8, 2010 vs TOR W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 11:05
Dec 6, 2010 vs NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:27
Dec 4, 2010 @ CBJ W 7-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 11:48
Dec 2, 2010 vs ATL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:53
Nov 29, 2010 @ NYR W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 13:27
Nov 27, 2010 vs CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 11:20
Nov 26, 2010 vs OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:28
Nov 24, 2010 @ BUF W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12:54
Nov 22, 2010 @ FLA W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 10:57
Nov 19, 2010 vs CAR W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:17
Nov 17, 2010 vs VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:04
Nov 15, 2010 vs NYR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:51
Nov 13, 2010 @ ATL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:54
Nov 12, 2010 vs TBL W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11:48