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Mario Kempe

#29 · Right wing · Arizona Coyotes

Born Sep 19, 1988 in Kramfors, SWE · 6'0", 185 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 122nd overall in 2007 by PHI (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ryan Spooner VAN · 9 P in 52 GP William Carrier VGK · 9 P in 54 GP Victor Rask MIN · 9 P in 49 GP Jesse Puljujarvi EDM · 9 P in 46 GP Christoffer Ehn DET · 9 P in 60 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.

024682017-18: 4 points417-182018-19: 9 points918-19

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2017-18 ARI 18 2 2 4 -1 4 20 20 0.22 $650K
2018-19 ARI 52 4 5 9 5 18 57 105 0.17 $700K
2 seasons Career 70 6 7 13 4 22 77 125 0.19

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
52 4 5 9 5 18 57 105 0.17 7.0 11:11

Contract

$700KCap hitends in 2019, then UFA
$78KCap dollars per point9 points in 52 games
$321KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.2 goals above replacement
$2.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.4MValueworth 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 696 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 2018-19, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2018-19 $700K

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
2018-19 to 2018-19 $700K
2017-18 to 2017-18 $650K

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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Rating

+2.2Goals above replacement365th of 699 skaters, 258th of 455 forwards
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 455 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-2.2 16th percentileEven-strength defence+2.0 81st percentilePower play0.0 60th percentilePenalty kill+0.3 85th percentilePenalties+0.5 58th 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.

-0.500.511.522.52017-182018-19Goals 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

47.7Corsi for %470 attempts for, 515 against
-1.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.5Expected goals for %19.8 expected for, 18.6 against
+1.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
57.1Goals for %16 for, 12 against
101.2PDO6.3% shooting + 94.9% saves
96Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 591 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
Mario Kempe · Josh Archibald · Lawson Crouse25176:1841.142.16-8
Brad Richardson · Mario Kempe · Vinnie Hinostroza868:4253.165.52-0
Mario Kempe · Christian Fischer · Conor Garland741:1965.465.43-1
Mario Kempe · Lawson Crouse · Conor Garland829:5056.061.61-0

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
5.3Expected goalsfrom 82 unblocked attempts
-1.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.55 expected goals per 60 minutes16th
Shot quality 6.5% chance per attempt9th
Finishing -1.3 goals above expected43rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 426 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

024Game 20Game 40Expected 5.3Goals 4

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
Mar 24, 2019 @ NYI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:33
Mar 21, 2019 @ FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 09:21
Mar 18, 2019 @ TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 09:59
Mar 16, 2019 vs EDM L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:41
Mar 14, 2019 vs ANA W 6-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 10:55
Mar 12, 2019 @ STL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:36
Mar 11, 2019 @ CHI L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 11:44
Mar 9, 2019 vs LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:32
Mar 7, 2019 vs CGY W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:13
Mar 5, 2019 vs ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 11:09
Mar 2, 2019 vs DET W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 12:04
Feb 28, 2019 vs VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:27
Feb 26, 2019 vs FLA W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 09:45
Feb 24, 2019 vs WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 12:01
Feb 21, 2019 @ VAN W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:13
Feb 19, 2019 @ EDM W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 2 6 2 13:17
Feb 18, 2019 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:46
Feb 16, 2019 vs TOR W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:26
Feb 9, 2019 vs DAL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 08:10
Feb 7, 2019 vs CBJ L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 12:13
Feb 5, 2019 @ NSH L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:14
Feb 4, 2019 @ DAL L 4-5 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 11:18
Feb 2, 2019 @ SJS L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 10:45
Jan 23, 2019 @ MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 10:08
Jan 22, 2019 @ OTT W 3-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 12:38
Jan 20, 2019 @ TOR W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 13:10
Jan 18, 2019 vs PIT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 15:02
Jan 16, 2019 vs SJS W 6-3 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 15:40
Jan 13, 2019 @ CGY L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:27
Jan 12, 2019 @ EDM W 3-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 6 14:27
Jan 10, 2019 @ VAN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 14:25
Jan 6, 2019 vs NYR W 5-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 11:58
Jan 4, 2019 vs NJD L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 08:10
Jan 2, 2019 vs EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:55
Dec 30, 2018 vs VGK L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 14:12
Dec 29, 2018 @ ANA W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 13:46
Dec 27, 2018 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10:10
Dec 23, 2018 @ SJS W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:47
Dec 22, 2018 vs COL W 6-4 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 11:03
Dec 20, 2018 vs MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 09:02
Dec 18, 2018 vs NYI L 1-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 09:15
Dec 16, 2018 @ CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11:21
Dec 14, 2018 @ NYR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:38
Dec 13, 2018 @ BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:10
Dec 11, 2018 @ BOS L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 10:44
Dec 8, 2018 vs SJS L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:24
Dec 6, 2018 vs WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:23
Dec 4, 2018 @ LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:49
Oct 13, 2018 vs BUF L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:36
Oct 10, 2018 @ ANA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:17
Oct 6, 2018 vs ANA L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 08:41
Oct 4, 2018 @ DAL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:53