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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 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Linden Vey LAK · 5 P in 18 GP Tye McGinn PHI · 5 P in 18 GP Jason Zucker MIN · 5 P in 21 GP Bracken Kearns SJS · 5 P in 25 GP Filip Forsberg NSH · 5 P in 13 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

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
19 4 1 5 -3 2 17 21 0.26 23.5 11:46

Contract

$550KCap hitends in 2014, then UFA
$110KCap dollars per point5 points in 19 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 $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 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

-0.8Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.3Even-strength defence-0.3Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.2

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.

-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

36.3Corsi for %135 attempts for, 237 against
-13.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
36.0Expected goals for %4.6 expected for, 8.2 against
-15.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
37.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
41.2Goals for %7 for, 10 against
100.6PDO9.9% shooting + 90.7% saves
29Attempts 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
Joe Vitale · Chris Conner · Brandon Sutter1257:0138.650.23-0
Chris Conner · Andrew Ebbett · Brandon Sutter536:4035.131.51-1
Jussi Jokinen · James Neal · Chris Conner522:3830.625.11-4
Tanner Glass · Chris Conner · Brandon Sutter210:4338.523.60-0

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.1Expected goalsfrom 24 unblocked attempts
+1.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.56 expected goals per 60 minutes27th
Shot quality 8.7% chance per attempt87th
Finishing +1.9 goals above expected72ndOne 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.

01234Goals 4Expected 2.1

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
Dec 31, 2013 @ NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:14
Dec 29, 2013 @ CBJ W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:22
Dec 27, 2013 @ CAR W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 16:10
Dec 23, 2013 @ OTT L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:05
Dec 21, 2013 vs CGY W 4-3 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 08:43
Dec 19, 2013 vs MIN W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:25
Dec 18, 2013 @ NYR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:27
Dec 16, 2013 vs TOR W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 11:37
Dec 14, 2013 @ DET W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11:10
Dec 13, 2013 vs NJD W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 13:18
Dec 9, 2013 vs CBJ W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:07
Dec 7, 2013 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 10:05
Dec 5, 2013 vs SJS W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:48
Dec 3, 2013 @ NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:05
Nov 30, 2013 @ FLA W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:44
Nov 29, 2013 @ TBL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:55
Nov 27, 2013 vs TOR W 6-5 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 12:12
Oct 21, 2013 vs COL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:54
Oct 19, 2013 vs VAN W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:14