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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 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Kevin Fiala NSH · 16 P in 54 GP Alexander Burmistrov ARI · 16 P in 49 GP Brock McGinn CAR · 16 P in 57 GP Tom Kuhnhackl PIT · 16 P in 57 GP Tanner Kero CHI · 16 P in 47 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

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
53 6 10 16 5 72 66 103 0.30 9.1 10:51

Contract

$675KCap hit2016-17
$42KCap dollars per point16 points in 53 games
$191KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.5 goals above replacement
$2.8MWorth 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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 664 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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Rating

+3.5Goals above replacement265th of 664 skaters, 186th of 435 forwards
+0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 435 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+1.6 71st percentileEven-strength defence-0.2 44th percentilePower play-0.1 54th percentilePenalty kill-0.2 20th percentilePenalties+0.7 67th 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.

-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

49.5Corsi for %513 attempts for, 524 against
-0.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.0Expected goals for %22.2 expected for, 22.2 against
+1.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
52.5Goals for %21 for, 19 against
101.0PDO8.4% shooting + 92.6% saves
111Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 565 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
Adam Cracknell · Curtis McKenzie · Brett Ritchie16109:2554.551.54-5
Adam Cracknell · Curtis McKenzie · Devin Shore859:1354.566.93-0
Curtis McKenzie · Brett Ritchie · Radek Faksa1553:1152.362.01-1
Curtis McKenzie · Brett Ritchie · Devin Shore944:3435.439.11-2

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
7.5Expected goalsfrom 94 unblocked attempts
-1.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.78 expected goals per 60 minutes65th
Shot quality 7.9% chance per attempt63rd
Finishing -1.5 goals above expected38thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 421 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Expected 7.5Goals 6

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, 2017 @ BOS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:29
Mar 28, 2017 @ MTL L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 6 12:15
Mar 26, 2017 @ NJD W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 5 1 1 11:09
Mar 24, 2017 vs SJS W 6-1 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 12:47
Mar 23, 2017 @ CHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:57
Mar 20, 2017 vs SJS W 1-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 08:52
Mar 17, 2017 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:44
Mar 16, 2017 @ VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 08:37
Mar 14, 2017 @ EDM L 1-7 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 13:08
Mar 12, 2017 @ SJS L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:24
Mar 8, 2017 vs OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 10:58
Mar 6, 2017 @ WSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:28
Mar 4, 2017 @ FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:41
Mar 2, 2017 vs NYI L 4-5 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 17:00
Feb 28, 2017 vs PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 09:13
Feb 26, 2017 vs BOS L 3-6 0 0 0 0 7 2 3 07:53
Feb 24, 2017 vs ARI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:34
Feb 16, 2017 @ MIN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 08:58
Feb 14, 2017 @ WPG L 2-5 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 09:48
Feb 12, 2017 @ NSH L 3-5 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 08:30
Feb 11, 2017 vs CAR W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 10:43
Feb 4, 2017 vs CHI L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 09:07
Jan 26, 2017 vs BUF W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 09:49
Jan 24, 2017 vs MIN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:52
Jan 21, 2017 vs WSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 4 0 3 11:55
Jan 4, 2017 vs MTL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 4 10:39
Dec 31, 2016 vs FLA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:50
Dec 29, 2016 vs COL W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:58
Dec 27, 2016 @ ARI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 5 2 5 17:19
Dec 23, 2016 vs LAK W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 13:59
Dec 20, 2016 vs STL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 5 3 3 12:22
Dec 17, 2016 vs PHI W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 12:49
Dec 11, 2016 @ CHI L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 09:43
Dec 10, 2016 @ PHI L 2-4 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 12:03
Dec 8, 2016 vs NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 14:32
Dec 6, 2016 vs CGY L 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 11:36
Dec 3, 2016 @ COL W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 11:44
Nov 29, 2016 @ DET L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 08:39
Nov 17, 2016 vs COL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 04:13
Nov 15, 2016 vs NJD L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:13
Nov 13, 2016 @ VAN L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 13:01
Nov 11, 2016 @ EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 5 3 3 08:05
Nov 10, 2016 @ CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:40
Nov 8, 2016 @ WPG L 2-8 0 0 0 0 12 2 1 12:08
Nov 6, 2016 @ CHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 12:16
Nov 5, 2016 vs CHI L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 4 10:30
Nov 3, 2016 vs STL W 6-2 0 0 0 0 5 1 6 07:28
Oct 29, 2016 @ MIN L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 08:41
Oct 27, 2016 @ WPG L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:26
Oct 25, 2016 vs WPG W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 11:36
Oct 22, 2016 vs CBJ L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:06
Oct 20, 2016 vs LAK L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:50
Oct 18, 2016 @ NSH W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 07:52