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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 2009-10. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

James Neal DAL · 55 P in 78 GP Matt Duchene COL · 55 P in 81 GP R.J. Umberger CBJ · 55 P in 82 GP Rich Peverley ATL · 55 P in 82 GP Shane Doan PHX · 55 P in 82 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

2009-10 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
70 30 25 55 -8 21 297 13 0.79 10.1 19:33

Contract

$5.4MCap hitends in 2014, then UFA
$98KCap dollars per point55 points in 70 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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2013-14, with 4 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2009-10 $5.4M
2010-11 $5.4M
2011-12 $5.4M
2012-13 $5.4M
2013-14 $5.4M

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
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 2009-10 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 10, 2010 @ MTL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:49
Apr 7, 2010 @ NYR L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:04
Apr 6, 2010 vs PHI L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 19:02
Apr 3, 2010 vs BOS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 16:52
Apr 1, 2010 vs BUF W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 21:40
Mar 30, 2010 vs ATL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 18:30
Mar 28, 2010 @ PIT L 4-5 (SO) 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 19:14
Mar 27, 2010 vs NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 19:08
Mar 25, 2010 @ ATL W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 20:46
Mar 23, 2010 vs FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 19:16
Mar 20, 2010 vs MTL W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 19:16
Mar 18, 2010 vs NJD W 2-1 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 21:08
Mar 16, 2010 @ OTT W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 7 0 19:35
Mar 14, 2010 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 5 0 19:16
Mar 13, 2010 vs EDM W 6-4 2 1 3 1 0 5 0 16:05
Mar 11, 2010 vs TBL W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 7 0 22:16
Mar 9, 2010 vs BOS W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 21:45
Mar 7, 2010 @ PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 17:25
Mar 6, 2010 @ OTT W 2-1 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 25:03
Mar 4, 2010 @ BOS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 20:46
Mar 2, 2010 vs CAR L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 17:18
Feb 12, 2010 @ STL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 22:43
Feb 8, 2010 vs SJS L 2-3 1 1 2 -1 0 6 0 19:58
Feb 6, 2010 vs OTT W 5-0 2 1 3 2 0 6 0 17:33
Feb 5, 2010 @ NJD L 3-4 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 19:39
Feb 2, 2010 vs NJD W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 20:10
Jan 30, 2010 vs VAN L 3-5 2 0 2 -1 0 3 0 18:42
Jan 29, 2010 @ NJD L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:59
Jan 26, 2010 vs LAK L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 19:37
Jan 23, 2010 @ FLA L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 16:53
Jan 21, 2010 @ TBL L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 18:28
Jan 19, 2010 @ ATL L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 8 0 16:24
Jan 18, 2010 @ NSH W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 17:05
Jan 15, 2010 @ WSH L 1-6 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 20:51
Jan 14, 2010 vs PHI W 4-0 0 2 2 2 0 3 1 16:35
Jan 12, 2010 vs CAR L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 18:09
Jan 9, 2010 vs PIT L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 18:51
Jan 8, 2010 @ BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 21:49
Jan 6, 2010 @ PHI L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 17:50
Jan 5, 2010 vs FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 18:15
Jan 2, 2010 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 20:33
Dec 30, 2009 @ EDM L 1-3 1 0 1 0 0 7 0 20:37
Dec 27, 2009 @ PIT W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:55
Dec 26, 2009 vs MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 21:05
Dec 23, 2009 @ NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 20:07
Dec 21, 2009 vs BUF L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 19:59
Dec 19, 2009 vs BOS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 21:46
Dec 18, 2009 @ BUF L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 16:13
Dec 16, 2009 vs PHX L 3-6 1 0 1 -1 0 6 0 20:58
Dec 14, 2009 vs OTT W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 20:16
Dec 12, 2009 vs WSH W 6-3 1 2 3 2 0 3 0 20:37
Dec 10, 2009 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:49
Dec 9, 2009 vs NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 19:48
Dec 7, 2009 vs ATL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:55
Dec 5, 2009 @ BOS L 2-7 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 16:28
Dec 3, 2009 @ CBJ W 6-3 2 0 2 2 7 3 0 16:56
Dec 1, 2009 @ MTL W 3-0 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 18:44
Nov 30, 2009 vs BUF L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 2 6 0 21:46
Nov 27, 2009 @ FLA W 6-4 2 0 2 2 0 5 0 20:05
Nov 25, 2009 @ TBL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 20:30
Nov 23, 2009 vs NYI L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 12 0 25:41
Nov 21, 2009 vs WSH W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 20:39
Nov 19, 2009 @ CAR L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:20
Nov 17, 2009 @ OTT L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 7 0 19:38
Nov 14, 2009 vs CGY L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 6 0 21:22
Nov 13, 2009 @ CHI L 2-3 2 0 2 2 0 7 0 21:47
Nov 10, 2009 vs MIN L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 21:04
Nov 7, 2009 vs DET W 5-1 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 18:15
Nov 6, 2009 @ CAR W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 19:42
Nov 3, 2009 vs TBL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 10 0 23:50