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Phil Kessel

#8 · Right wing · Vegas Golden Knights

Born Oct 2, 1987 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA · 5'11", 208 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 5th overall in 2006 by BOS (round 1)

Trophy case

×3 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2022-23, 2016-17, 2015-16
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy Perseverance, Sportsmanship and Dedication 2006-07

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2006-07. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Boyd Gordon WSH · 29 P in 71 GP John Pohl TOR · 29 P in 74 GP Jon Sim ATL · 29 P in 77 GP Guillaume Latendresse MTL · 29 P in 80 GP Ian Laperriere COL · 29 P in 81 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.

0204060802006-07: 29 points2906-072007-08: 37 points372008-09: 60 points6008-092009-10: 55 points552010-11: 64 points6410-112011-12: 82 points822012-13: 52 points5212-132013-14: 80 points802014-15: 61 points6114-152015-16: 59 points592016-17: 70 points7016-172017-18: 92 points922018-19: 82 points8218-192019-20: 38 points382020-21: 43 points4320-212021-22: 52 points522022-23: 36 points3622-23

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 BOS 70 11 18 29 -12 12 170 12 0.41
2007-08 BOS 82 19 18 37 -6 28 213 11 0.45
2008-09 BOS 70 36 24 60 23 16 232 6 0.86
2009-10 TOR 70 30 25 55 -8 21 297 13 0.79 $5.4M
2010-11 TOR 82 32 32 64 -20 24 325 11 0.78 $5.4M
2011-12 TOR 82 37 45 82 -10 20 295 12 1.00 $5.4M
2012-13 TOR 48 20 32 52 -3 18 161 16 1.08 $5.4M
2013-14 TOR 82 37 43 80 -5 27 305 25 0.98 $5.4M
2014-15 TOR 82 25 36 61 -34 30 280 18 0.74 $8M
2015-16 PIT 82 26 33 59 9 18 274 9 0.72 $8M
2016-17 PIT 82 23 47 70 3 20 229 12 0.85 $8M
2017-18 PIT 82 34 58 92 -4 36 261 10 1.12 $8M
2018-19 PIT 82 27 55 82 -19 28 215 12 1.00 $8M
2019-20 ARI 70 14 24 38 -21 22 153 11 0.54 $8M
2020-21 ARI 56 20 23 43 -17 12 115 8 0.77 $8M
2021-22 ARI 82 8 44 52 -24 40 175 6 0.63 $8M
2022-23 VGK 82 14 22 36 -7 30 149 10 0.44 $1.5M
17 seasons Career 1286 413 579 992 -155 402 3849 202 0.77

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 BOS 4 3 1 4 1 2 13 4 1.00
2008-09 BOS 11 6 5 11 7 4 38 1 1.00
2012-13 TOR 7 4 2 6 3 2 29 1 0.86
2015-16 PIT 24 10 12 22 5 4 98 9 0.92
2016-17 PIT 25 8 15 23 12 2 68 8 0.92
2017-18 PIT 12 1 8 9 -5 2 18 1 0.75
2018-19 PIT 4 1 1 2 -1 2 14 3 0.50
2019-20 ARI 9 1 3 4 -1 4 22 6 0.44
2022-23 VGK 4 0 2 2 2 2 5 3 0.50
9 seasons Playoffs 100 34 49 83 23 24 305 36 0.83

2006-07 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
70 11 18 29 -12 12 170 12 0.41 6.5 14:04

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2022-23 to 2022-23 $1.5M
2020-21 to 2021-22 $8M
2018-19 to 2021-22 $8M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $8M
2014-15 to 2021-22 $8M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $5.4M
2009-10 to 2013-14 $5.4M

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 2006-07 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 7, 2007 vs OTT L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 15:16
Apr 5, 2007 @ BUF L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 17:20
Apr 3, 2007 @ MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 16:03
Apr 1, 2007 @ NJD L 1-3 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 16:51
Mar 31, 2007 vs ATL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:56
Mar 29, 2007 vs PIT L 2-4 1 1 2 2 0 8 0 14:27
Mar 27, 2007 @ OTT W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:20
Mar 25, 2007 @ PIT L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:08
Mar 24, 2007 vs NYR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:08
Mar 22, 2007 vs MTL L 3-6 1 1 2 1 2 4 0 16:29
Mar 20, 2007 @ MTL L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:52
Mar 17, 2007 @ NYR L 0-7 0 0 0 -1 0 7 0 15:54
Mar 15, 2007 vs WSH W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:05
Mar 11, 2007 @ DET W 6-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 18:04
Mar 10, 2007 @ PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 18:00
Mar 8, 2007 vs MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 20:06
Mar 6, 2007 vs COL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:35
Mar 4, 2007 @ NJD W 4-1 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 14:26
Mar 3, 2007 vs MTL W 3-1 0 2 2 3 0 5 0 13:47
Mar 1, 2007 vs PHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:57
Feb 26, 2007 vs ATL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:09
Feb 24, 2007 @ FLA L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 11:43
Feb 23, 2007 @ TBL W 6-2 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 15:59
Feb 20, 2007 @ TOR W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 14:22
Feb 19, 2007 @ PHI W 6-3 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 16:24
Feb 17, 2007 @ BUF W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 16:06
Feb 15, 2007 @ NYI L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 14:22
Feb 13, 2007 vs EDM W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:53
Feb 10, 2007 vs NYI W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 15:56
Feb 8, 2007 vs CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 7 1 18:04
Feb 6, 2007 @ WSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:35
Feb 3, 2007 @ CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 11:35
Feb 1, 2007 vs BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:46
Jan 30, 2007 @ BUF L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 13:01
Jan 29, 2007 vs NYR L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 11:08
Jan 27, 2007 @ OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 10:47
Jan 20, 2007 vs OTT L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:08
Jan 18, 2007 vs PIT W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 14:30
Jan 17, 2007 @ BUF L 3-6 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 13:33
Jan 15, 2007 vs BUF W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 08:15
Jan 13, 2007 @ NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 07:21
Jan 11, 2007 vs NYI L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:34
Jan 9, 2007 @ OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:04
Dec 9, 2006 vs NJD L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:21
Dec 7, 2006 vs TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:53
Dec 4, 2006 @ MTL W 6-5 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 12:51
Dec 2, 2006 @ CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 12:04
Nov 30, 2006 vs TBL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 07:20
Nov 28, 2006 @ TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:17
Nov 25, 2006 @ TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 09:21
Nov 24, 2006 vs CAR L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:55
Nov 22, 2006 @ PIT W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:33
Nov 20, 2006 vs FLA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:48
Nov 18, 2006 vs WSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:22
Nov 16, 2006 vs TOR W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 13:31
Nov 15, 2006 @ WSH W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 09:28
Nov 11, 2006 vs OTT W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 13:40
Nov 9, 2006 vs TOR L 4-6 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 13:50
Nov 6, 2006 @ ATL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 12:40
Nov 4, 2006 vs TBL W 6-5 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 14:26
Nov 2, 2006 vs BUF L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 17:11
Oct 28, 2006 vs OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 16:15
Oct 26, 2006 vs MTL L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 17:16
Oct 21, 2006 vs BUF L 2-6 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 17:27
Oct 19, 2006 vs CGY W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:57
Oct 14, 2006 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 15:04
Oct 12, 2006 @ STL L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 16:51
Oct 11, 2006 @ ATL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:52
Oct 7, 2006 @ TBL W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 13:02
Oct 6, 2006 @ FLA L 3-8 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 14:05