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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 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Michael Chaput CBJ · 5 P in 33 GP Michael Bournival MTL · 5 P in 29 GP Phil Varone BUF · 5 P in 28 GP Lucas Lessio ARI · 5 P in 26 GP Micheal Ferland CGY · 5 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.

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

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
36 4 1 5 -8 48 41 85 0.14 9.8 11:32

Contract

$645KCap hit2014-15
$129KCap dollars per point5 points in 36 games
-$179KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$824KValueworth 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 649 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Rating

-1.2Goals above replacement575th of 665 skaters, 381st of 432 forwards
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 432 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-2.1 19th percentileEven-strength defence-0.3 38th percentilePower play0.0 58th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 66th percentilePenalties+0.1 39th 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.

-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

50.5Corsi for %393 attempts for, 385 against
-3.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.3Expected goals for %14.2 expected for, 16.5 against
-6.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %8 for, 16 against
96.4PDO4.2% shooting + 92.2% saves
77Attempts 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
Shawn Horcoff · Curtis McKenzie · Brett Ritchie16116:4159.560.32-1
Ales Hemsky · Vernon Fiddler · Curtis McKenzie1164:3349.246.11-4
Erik Cole · Jason Spezza · Curtis McKenzie649:0953.149.01-1
Jason Spezza · Ales Hemsky · Curtis McKenzie719:1852.559.00-2

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
4.2Expected goalsfrom 66 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.61 expected goals per 60 minutes36th
Shot quality 6.4% chance per attempt23rd
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected54thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Expected 4.2Goals 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 30, 2015 vs CGY L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 07:50
Mar 28, 2015 @ VAN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:23
Mar 27, 2015 @ EDM L 0-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 13:24
Mar 25, 2015 @ CGY W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 09:40
Mar 23, 2015 vs BUF W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:20
Mar 21, 2015 vs CHI W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 12:56
Mar 19, 2015 vs PIT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 08:59
Mar 15, 2015 vs STL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 13:18
Mar 13, 2015 @ WSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 11:59
Mar 12, 2015 @ CAR W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 4 7 14:01
Mar 10, 2015 @ PHI W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 12:45
Mar 7, 2015 @ TBL L 4-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 11:34
Mar 5, 2015 @ FLA W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 2 5 2 2 11:06
Mar 3, 2015 vs NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:29
Mar 1, 2015 vs ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 5 3 3 10:32
Feb 27, 2015 vs COL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:24
Feb 24, 2015 @ WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:03
Feb 22, 2015 @ MIN L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 11:45
Feb 21, 2015 vs DET L 6-7 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 10:37
Feb 19, 2015 vs SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 08:33
Feb 17, 2015 @ STL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14:13
Feb 14, 2015 @ COL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 11:27
Dec 19, 2014 @ CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:31
Dec 17, 2014 @ VAN W 2-0 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 10:13
Dec 13, 2014 vs NJD W 4-3 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 11:15
Dec 9, 2014 vs WPG L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 14:45
Dec 6, 2014 vs MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 11:28
Nov 22, 2014 vs LAK W 5-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 10:19
Nov 18, 2014 vs CAR L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 08:34
Nov 16, 2014 @ CHI L 2-6 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 15:02
Nov 15, 2014 vs MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 11:42
Nov 13, 2014 @ LAK W 2-0 0 0 0 1 5 3 0 08:09
Nov 11, 2014 @ ARI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:39
Nov 8, 2014 vs SJS L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 12:46
Oct 21, 2014 vs VAN W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 10:51
Oct 18, 2014 vs PHI L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 11:40