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Chris Kreider

#22 · Left wing · Montréal Canadiens

Born Apr 30, 1991 in Boxford, Massachusetts, USA (age 35) · 6'3", 232 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 19th overall in 2009 by NYR (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Daniel Carcillo CHI · 3 P in 23 GP Teemu Hartikainen EDM · 3 P in 23 GP Jacob Josefson NJD · 3 P in 22 GP Brian McGrattan CGY · 3 P in 21 GP Eric Belanger EDM · 3 P in 26 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.

02040602012-13: 3 points312-132013-14: 37 points372014-15: 46 points4614-152015-16: 43 points432016-17: 53 points5316-172017-18: 37 points372018-19: 52 points5218-192019-20: 45 points452020-21: 30 points3020-212021-22: 77 points772022-23: 54 points5422-232023-24: 75 points752024-25: 30 points3024-252025-26: 50 points502026-27: 4 points426-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2012-13 NYR 23 2 1 3 -1 6 19 36 0.13 $800K
2013-14 NYR 66 17 20 37 14 72 136 146 0.56 $800K
2014-15 NYR 80 21 25 46 24 88 180 162 0.58 $2.475M
2015-16 NYR 79 21 22 43 10 58 158 177 0.54 $2.475M
2016-17 NYR 75 28 25 53 6 58 186 132 0.71 $4.625M
2017-18 NYR 58 16 21 37 -2 44 137 103 0.64 $4.625M
2018-19 NYR 79 28 24 52 4 57 201 159 0.66 $4.625M
2019-20 NYR 63 24 21 45 13 58 156 116 0.71 $4.625M
2020-21 NYR 50 20 10 30 -1 34 102 115 0.60 $6.5M
2021-22 NYR 81 52 25 77 19 24 258 141 0.95 $6.5M
2022-23 NYR 79 36 18 54 21 26 229 128 0.68 $6.5M
2023-24 NYR 82 39 36 75 19 26 246 99 0.91 $6.5M
2024-25 NYR 68 22 8 30 -5 24 152 79 0.44 $6.5M
2025-26 ANA 75 22 28 50 -4 34 139 69 0.67 $6.5M
2026-27 MTL 5 1 3 4 0 0 5 10 0.80 $2.15M
15 seasons Career 963 349 287 636 117 609 2304 1672 0.66

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2011-12 NYR 18 5 2 7 -4 6 29 29 0.39
2012-13 NYR 8 1 1 2 0 0 8 22 0.25
2013-14 NYR 15 5 8 13 -2 14 29 50 0.87
2014-15 NYR 19 7 2 9 -1 14 38 78 0.47
2015-16 NYR 5 2 0 2 1 6 10 23 0.40
2016-17 NYR 12 3 1 4 1 18 30 34 0.33
2019-20 NYR 3 1 1 2 0 6 9 9 0.67
2021-22 NYR 20 10 6 16 -1 14 49 52 0.80
2022-23 NYR 7 6 3 9 -2 0 14 13 1.29
2023-24 NYR 16 8 4 12 -3 6 39 41 0.75
2025-26 ANA 12 2 5 7 0 0 13 30 0.58
11 seasons Playoffs 135 50 33 83 -11 84 268 381 0.61

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
23 2 1 3 -1 6 19 36 0.13 10.5 10:07

Contract

$800KCap hitends in 2014
$267KCap dollars per point3 points in 23 games
-$1.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.2MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 558 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the New York Rangers on Apr 10, 2012, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $3.975M, beginning in 2011-12. It runs through 2013-14, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2011-12 $800K $600K $0 $300K $600K
2012-13 $800K $810K $90K $638K $900K
2013-14 $800K $810K $90K $638K $900K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Sep 12, 2026 Montréal Canadiens New contract (35+) 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $2.15M $2.15M
Feb 24, 2020 New York Rangers Extension 2020-21 to 2026-27 7 $45.5M $6.5M
Jul 22, 2016 New York Rangers New contract 2016-17 to 2019-20 4 $18.5M $4.625M
Jul 23, 2014 New York Rangers New contract 2014-15 to 2015-16 2 $4.95M $2.475M
Apr 10, 2012 New York Rangers Entry-level 2011-12 to 2013-14 3 $3.975M $800K

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 2012-13 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.

2012-13 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-2.2Goals above replacement582nd of 605 skaters, 385th of 397 forwards
-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 397 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-2.0 11th percentileEven-strength defence-1.0 20th percentilePower play-0.2 25th percentilePenalty kill0.0 37th percentilePenalties+0.4 57th 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-50510152012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

40.9Corsi for %140 attempts for, 202 against
-12.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
32.9Expected goals for %4.3 expected for, 8.8 against
-24.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
41.7Goals for %5 for, 7 against
99.7PDO6.6% shooting + 93.1% saves
30Attempts 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
Ryan Callahan · Chris Kreider · J.T. Miller423:0041.747.51-0
Arron Asham · Darroll Powe · Chris Kreider422:3233.328.50-1
Brad Richards · Ryan Callahan · Chris Kreider320:5829.727.90-1
Taylor Pyatt · Brian Boyle · Chris Kreider317:4238.747.70-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.7Expected goalsfrom 28 unblocked attempts
+0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.45 expected goals per 60 minutes9th
Shot quality 6.2% chance per attempt15th
Finishing +0.3 goals above expected57thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 355 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Game 20Goals 2Expected 1.7

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
Apr 27, 2013 vs NJD W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 15:05
Apr 25, 2013 @ CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:05
Apr 23, 2013 @ FLA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:43
Apr 21, 2013 vs NJD W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 09:05
Apr 19, 2013 @ BUF W 8-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:48
Apr 18, 2013 vs FLA W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:02
Apr 1, 2013 vs WPG W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 03:23
Mar 30, 2013 @ MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11:23
Mar 28, 2013 @ OTT L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 12:58
Mar 26, 2013 @ PHI W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 3 13:00
Mar 24, 2013 vs WSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:52
Mar 21, 2013 vs FLA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:03
Feb 26, 2013 vs WPG L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 04:33
Feb 23, 2013 @ MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:09
Feb 21, 2013 @ OTT L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12:43
Feb 19, 2013 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 14:37
Feb 12, 2013 @ BOS W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 09:40
Feb 10, 2013 vs TBL W 5-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 12:21
Feb 7, 2013 vs NYI W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11:23
Feb 5, 2013 @ NJD L 1-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 10:35
Jan 23, 2013 vs BOS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 07:21
Jan 20, 2013 vs PIT L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 10:32
Jan 19, 2013 @ BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:13