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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 2008-09. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

David Booth FLA · 60 P in 72 GP Brian Gionta NJD · 60 P in 81 GP Scott Hartnell PHI · 60 P in 82 GP Johan Franzen DET · 59 P in 71 GP Alex Frolov LAK · 59 P in 77 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

2008-09 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
70 36 24 60 23 16 232 6 0.86 15.5 16:34

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 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 12, 2009 @ NYI W 6-2 3 1 4 2 0 5 0 15:32
Apr 9, 2009 vs MTL W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 15:08
Apr 7, 2009 @ OTT L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 14:36
Mar 22, 2009 vs NJD W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 15:28
Mar 19, 2009 vs LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:55
Mar 15, 2009 @ PIT L 4-6 1 0 1 1 0 7 0 14:33
Mar 14, 2009 vs NYI W 2-1 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 15:22
Mar 12, 2009 vs OTT W 5-3 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 15:10
Mar 10, 2009 @ CBJ L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:34
Mar 8, 2009 @ NYR L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:45
Mar 7, 2009 vs CHI W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 8 0 16:58
Mar 5, 2009 vs PHX L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:24
Mar 3, 2009 vs PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 15:48
Feb 28, 2009 vs WSH L 3-4 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 15:46
Feb 26, 2009 vs ANA W 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:45
Feb 24, 2009 vs FLA W 6-1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 17:38
Feb 22, 2009 @ TBL L 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 17:31
Feb 21, 2009 @ FLA L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:20
Feb 17, 2009 @ CAR W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 13:44
Feb 14, 2009 @ NSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 16:47
Feb 13, 2009 @ NJD L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:36
Feb 10, 2009 vs SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:43
Feb 7, 2009 vs PHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 16:38
Feb 5, 2009 @ OTT W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 2 3 0 16:44
Feb 4, 2009 @ PHI W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:39
Feb 1, 2009 @ MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 14:22
Jan 31, 2009 vs NYR W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:06
Jan 29, 2009 vs NJD L 3-4 (OT) 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 19:16
Jan 10, 2009 vs CAR W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:27
Jan 8, 2009 vs OTT W 6-4 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 16:47
Jan 6, 2009 vs MIN L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:52
Jan 3, 2009 vs BUF L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 16:31
Jan 1, 2009 vs PIT W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 15:22
Dec 30, 2008 @ PIT W 5-2 1 0 1 0 2 8 0 19:48
Dec 28, 2008 @ ATL W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 16:03
Dec 27, 2008 @ CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:19
Dec 23, 2008 @ NJD W 2-0 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 19:11
Dec 21, 2008 @ STL W 6-3 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 17:26
Dec 20, 2008 vs CAR W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 17:15
Dec 18, 2008 vs TOR W 8-5 2 1 3 1 0 3 0 14:04
Dec 13, 2008 vs ATL W 4-2 1 1 2 -1 0 4 0 16:39
Dec 12, 2008 @ ATL W 7-3 1 2 3 1 0 2 0 15:13
Dec 10, 2008 @ WSH L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 18:45
Dec 8, 2008 vs TBL W 5-3 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 17:21
Dec 6, 2008 @ FLA W 4-0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 15:08
Dec 4, 2008 @ TBL W 3-1 2 0 2 2 0 4 0 16:56
Nov 29, 2008 vs DET W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 17:35
Nov 28, 2008 vs NYI W 7-2 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 14:39
Nov 26, 2008 @ BUF L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 17:49
Nov 22, 2008 @ MTL W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 20:17
Nov 21, 2008 vs FLA W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 13:39
Nov 19, 2008 vs BUF W 7-4 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 17:56
Nov 17, 2008 @ TOR W 3-2 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 15:09
Nov 15, 2008 @ NYR L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 15:12
Nov 13, 2008 vs MTL W 6-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 15:28
Nov 12, 2008 @ CHI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 18:44
Nov 8, 2008 vs BUF W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 12:15
Nov 6, 2008 vs TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:06
Nov 1, 2008 vs DAL W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 17:02
Oct 30, 2008 @ CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:25
Oct 28, 2008 @ VAN W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 15:45
Oct 27, 2008 @ EDM W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 19:23
Oct 25, 2008 vs ATL W 5-4 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 19:38
Oct 23, 2008 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 16:04
Oct 21, 2008 @ BUF L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 20:23
Oct 20, 2008 vs PIT L 1-2 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 20:08
Oct 18, 2008 @ OTT W 4-2 2 1 3 1 2 6 0 16:14
Oct 15, 2008 @ MTL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 19:10
Oct 11, 2008 @ MIN L 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 18:20
Oct 9, 2008 @ COL W 5-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 14:56