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Curtis McKenzie

#11 · Left wing · Dallas Stars

Born Feb 22, 1991 in Golden, British Columbia, CAN · 6'2", 205 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 159th overall in 2009 by DAL (round 6)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Lias Andersson NYR · 2 P in 7 GP Peter Cehlarik BOS · 2 P in 6 GP Kalle Kossila ANA · 2 P in 10 GP Kerby Rychel MTL · 2 P in 4 GP Spencer Foo CGY · 2 P in 4 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.

0510152014-15: 5 points514-152015-16: 0 points015-162016-17: 16 points1616-172017-18: 2 points217-18

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2014-15 DAL 36 4 1 5 -8 48 41 85 0.14 $645K
2015-16 DAL 3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 0.00 $675K
2016-17 DAL 53 6 10 16 5 72 66 103 0.30 $675K
2017-18 DAL 7 0 2 2 3 11 11 8 0.29 $700K
4 seasons Career 99 10 13 23 -1 131 121 200 0.23

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2015-16 DAL 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 4 0.00
1 season Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 4 0.00

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
7 0 2 2 3 11 11 8 0.29 0.0 8:06

Contract

$700KCap hit2017-18
$350KCap dollars per point2 points in 7 games
$1.115MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.6 goals above replacement

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. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2016-17 to 2017-18 $675K
2015-16 to 2016-17 $675K
2014-15 to 2014-15 $645K

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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Rating

+0.6Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.8Even-strength defence+0.0Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.3

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-2-1012342014-152015-162016-172017-18Goals 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

57.0Corsi for %49 attempts for, 37 against
+1.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
63.8Expected goals for %3.1 expected for, 1.8 against
+5.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
100.0Goals for %3 for, 0 against
110.3PDO10.3% shooting + 100.0% saves
21Attempts 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
Curtis McKenzie · Brett Ritchie · Gemel Smith414:2450.058.21-0
Curtis McKenzie · Jason Dickinson · Remi Elie28:3350.021.41-0
Curtis McKenzie · Gemel Smith · Jason Dickinson16:3833.335.90-0
Jason Spezza · Curtis McKenzie · Brett Ritchie25:1277.881.20-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.4Expected goalsfrom 16 unblocked attempts
-1.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.47 expected goals per 60 minutes99th
Shot quality 8.7% chance per attempt81st
Finishing -1.4 goals above expected38thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 423 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Expected 1.4Goals 0

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 25, 2018 vs VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 07:57
Mar 23, 2018 vs BOS L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 09:34
Mar 20, 2018 @ WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 07:47
Dec 7, 2017 @ STL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 07:04
Dec 5, 2017 vs NSH L 2-5 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 10:51
Dec 3, 2017 @ COL W 7-2 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 06:52
Dec 2, 2017 vs CHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 06:38