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Marcus Kruger

#16 · Centre · Chicago Blackhawks

Born May 27, 1990 in Stockholm, SWE · 6'0", 186 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 149th overall in 2009 by CHI (round 5)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Joel Perrault VAN · 0 P in 7 GP Luca Caputi TOR · 0 P in 7 GP Roman Wick OTT · 0 P in 7 GP Stefan Della Rovere STL · 0 P in 7 GP Tim Wallace PIT · 0 P in 7 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.

010202010-11: 0 points010-112011-12: 26 points2611-122012-13: 13 points1312-132013-14: 28 points2813-142014-15: 17 points1714-152015-16: 4 points415-162016-17: 17 points1716-172017-18: 6 points617-182018-19: 12 points1218-19

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2010-11 CHI 7 0 0 0 -4 4 7 4 0.00
2011-12 CHI 71 9 17 26 11 22 89 26 0.37
2012-13 CHI 47 4 9 13 3 24 50 12 0.28 $735K
2013-14 CHI 81 8 20 28 6 36 96 22 0.35 $1.288M
2014-15 CHI 81 7 10 17 -5 32 126 29 0.21 $1.288M
2015-16 CHI 41 0 4 4 -5 24 50 25 0.10 $1.5M
2016-17 CHI 70 5 12 17 7 34 83 31 0.24 $3.083M
2017-18 CAR 48 1 5 6 -6 28 30 56 0.13 $3.083M
2018-19 CHI 74 4 8 12 -2 30 74 51 0.16 $3.083M
9 seasons Career 520 38 85 123 5 234 605 256 0.24

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2010-11 CHI 5 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 0.20
2011-12 CHI 6 0 0 0 -4 0 13 1 0.00
2012-13 CHI 23 3 2 5 -2 2 27 12 0.22
2013-14 CHI 19 1 3 4 -1 6 23 8 0.21
2014-15 CHI 23 2 2 4 -5 4 27 10 0.17
2015-16 CHI 7 0 1 1 -2 0 8 3 0.14
2016-17 CHI 4 0 1 1 -2 2 7 2 0.25
7 seasons Playoffs 87 6 10 16 -14 14 107 38 0.18

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
7 0 0 0 -4 4 7 4 0.00 0.0 11:58

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2016-17 to 2018-19 $3.083M
2015-16 to 2015-16 $1.5M
2013-14 to 2014-15 $1.288M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $735K

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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
0.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.6Even-strength defence+0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+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.

-4-202462010-112012-132014-152016-172018-19Goals 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

53.5Corsi for %69 attempts for, 60 against
-3.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.6Expected goals for %2.3 expected for, 2.3 against
-1.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 3 against
91.4PDO0.0% shooting + 91.4% saves
13Attempts 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
Bryan Bickell · Troy Brouwer · Marcus Kruger319:5955.057.00-0
Marian Hossa · Bryan Bickell · Marcus Kruger313:1154.260.30-0
Marian Hossa · Tomas Kopecky · Marcus Kruger38:3735.321.60-2
Bryan Bickell · Patrick Kane · Marcus Kruger26:2966.739.80-0

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
0.5Expected goalsfrom 10 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.39 expected goals per 60 minutes4th
Shot quality 5.4% chance per attempt4th
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected45thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 406 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.5Goals 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
Apr 5, 2011 @ MTL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 07:27
Apr 3, 2011 vs TBL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:12
Apr 1, 2011 @ CBJ W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 11:55
Mar 29, 2011 @ BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:22
Mar 28, 2011 @ DET W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 12:26
Mar 26, 2011 vs ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:44
Mar 23, 2011 vs FLA W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 11:37