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Kevin Hayes

#13 · Right wing · Free agent, last with the Pittsburgh Penguins

Born May 8, 1992 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA · 6'3", 217 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 24th overall in 2010 by CHI (round 1)

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.

Jakob Silfverberg ANA · 49 P in 79 GP Sebastian Aho CAR · 49 P in 82 GP Gustav Nyquist DET · 48 P in 76 GP Matthew Tkachuk CGY · 48 P in 76 GP Joe Thornton SJS · 50 P in 79 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.

020402014-15: 45 points4514-152015-16: 36 points3615-162016-17: 49 points4916-172017-18: 44 points4417-182018-19: 55 points5518-192019-20: 41 points4119-202020-21: 31 points3120-212021-22: 31 points3121-222022-23: 54 points5422-232023-24: 29 points2923-242024-25: 23 points2324-252025-26: 8 points825-26

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 NYR 79 17 28 45 15 22 111 57 0.57 $900K
2015-16 NYR 79 14 22 36 4 30 133 59 0.46 $900K
2016-17 NYR 76 17 32 49 10 18 143 40 0.64 $2.6M
2017-18 NYR 76 25 19 44 1 18 172 40 0.58 $2.6M
2018-19 NYR 51 14 28 42 1 10 119 51 0.82 $5.175M
2018-19 WPG 20 5 8 13 -3 2 37 7 0.65
2019-20 PHI 69 23 18 41 -6 34 175 88 0.59 $7.143M
2020-21 PHI 55 12 19 31 -2 22 127 60 0.56 $7.143M
2021-22 PHI 48 10 21 31 -20 26 126 36 0.65 $7.143M
2022-23 PHI 81 18 36 54 -22 23 209 52 0.67 $7.143M
2023-24 STL 79 13 16 29 0 12 153 42 0.37 $7.143M
2024-25 PIT 64 13 10 23 -15 8 98 52 0.36 $7.143M
2025-26 PIT 28 4 4 8 -1 8 45 32 0.29 $7.143M
12 seasons Career 805 185 261 446 -38 233 1648 616 0.55

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2014-15 NYR 19 2 5 7 -3 2 25 19 0.37
2015-16 NYR 3 0 0 0 -1 4 3 6 0.00
2016-17 NYR 12 0 3 3 0 4 21 17 0.25
2018-19 WPG 6 2 1 3 2 2 10 5 0.50
2019-20 PHI 13 4 5 9 3 2 37 21 0.69
5 seasons Playoffs 53 8 14 22 1 14 96 68 0.42

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
76 17 32 49 10 18 143 40 0.64 11.9 16:34

Contract

$2.6MCap hitends in 2018
$53KCap dollars per point49 points in 76 games
$244KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.4MValueworth 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 664 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the New York Rangers on Jul 22, 2016, as a new contract: 2 years and $5.2M, beginning in 2016-17. It runs through 2017-18, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2016-17 $2.6M $2.1M $500K $2.6M
2017-18 $2.6M $2.6M $0 $2.6M

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
Jun 18, 2019 Philadelphia Flyers Extension 2019-20 to 2025-26 7 $50M $7.143M
Jul 30, 2018 New York Rangers New contract 2018-19 to 2018-19 1 $5.175M $5.175M
Jul 22, 2016 New York Rangers New contract 2016-17 to 2017-18 2 $5.2M $2.6M
Aug 20, 2014 New York Rangers Entry-level 2014-15 to 2015-16 2 $7.5M $900K

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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.5Goals above replacement529th of 664 skaters, 359th of 435 forwards
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.0Goals 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-0.7 43rd percentileEven-strength defence-2.5 9th percentilePower play-1.0 5th percentilePenalty kill-0.2 20th percentilePenalties+0.3 52nd 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.

-50510152014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-25Goals 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

43.3Corsi for %758 attempts for, 992 against
-6.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.5Expected goals for %35.4 expected for, 44.2 against
-6.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
48.8Goals for %41 for, 43 against
102.1PDO10.1% shooting + 91.9% saves
189Attempts 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
Michael Grabner · Kevin Hayes · J.T. Miller42366:0343.143.319-11
Michael Grabner · Kevin Hayes · Jesper Fast2696:2148.453.15-2
Kevin Hayes · J.T. Miller · Jimmy Vesey2774:5337.837.53-2
Rick Nash · Kevin Hayes · Jimmy Vesey1353:5742.339.44-3

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.

16Goalsnot counting empty-netters
12.9Expected goalsfrom 183 unblocked attempts
+3.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.61 expected goals per 60 minutes31st
Shot quality 7.0% chance per attempt34th
Finishing +3.1 goals above expected82ndOne 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.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 16Expected 12.9

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 8, 2017 @ OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 15:17
Apr 5, 2017 @ WSH L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:44
Apr 2, 2017 vs PHI W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 16:07
Mar 31, 2017 vs PIT L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:21
Mar 28, 2017 @ SJS L 4-5 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 16:08
Mar 26, 2017 @ ANA L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 13:24
Mar 25, 2017 @ LAK W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:00
Mar 22, 2017 vs NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 12:07
Mar 21, 2017 @ NJD L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 5 0 15:21
Mar 18, 2017 @ MIN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 14:32
Mar 17, 2017 vs FLA L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 14:06
Mar 13, 2017 vs TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:33
Mar 12, 2017 @ DET W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 14:48
Mar 9, 2017 @ CAR L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:35
Mar 7, 2017 @ FLA W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 14:03
Mar 6, 2017 @ TBL W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:58
Mar 4, 2017 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:06
Mar 2, 2017 @ BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:58
Feb 28, 2017 vs WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 17:42
Feb 26, 2017 vs CBJ L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:50
Feb 25, 2017 @ NJD W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:33
Feb 23, 2017 @ TOR W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16:04
Feb 21, 2017 vs MTL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:52
Feb 19, 2017 vs WSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 15:55
Feb 16, 2017 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:42
Feb 13, 2017 @ CBJ W 3-2 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 18:41
Feb 11, 2017 vs COL W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 19:01
Feb 9, 2017 vs NSH W 4-3 0 3 3 3 0 1 1 16:04
Feb 7, 2017 vs ANA W 4-1 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 16:35
Jan 22, 2017 @ DET W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:41
Jan 19, 2017 @ TOR W 5-2 0 2 2 2 0 6 1 14:13
Jan 17, 2017 vs DAL L 6-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:50
Jan 14, 2017 @ MTL L 4-5 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 19:31
Jan 13, 2017 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 20:37
Jan 7, 2017 @ CBJ W 5-4 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 16:25
Jan 4, 2017 @ PHI W 5-2 2 0 2 3 0 3 0 15:56
Jan 3, 2017 vs BUF L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:30
Dec 31, 2016 @ COL W 6-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 14:57
Dec 29, 2016 @ ARI W 6-3 0 3 3 1 0 3 0 19:37
Dec 27, 2016 vs OTT W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 18:45
Dec 23, 2016 vs MIN L 4-7 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 15:09
Dec 20, 2016 @ PIT L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 2 0 4 17:39
Dec 18, 2016 vs NJD W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 23:18
Dec 17, 2016 @ NSH W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:25
Dec 15, 2016 @ DAL W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 18:44
Dec 13, 2016 vs CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:56
Dec 11, 2016 vs NJD W 5-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 16:02
Dec 9, 2016 @ CHI W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:54
Dec 8, 2016 @ WPG W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 16:38
Dec 6, 2016 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:30
Dec 3, 2016 vs CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 18:14
Dec 1, 2016 @ BUF L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 18:55
Nov 29, 2016 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 18:46
Nov 27, 2016 vs OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:35
Nov 25, 2016 @ PHI W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 15:40
Nov 23, 2016 vs PIT L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 16:04
Nov 21, 2016 @ PIT W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 6 2 17:28
Nov 20, 2016 vs FLA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 15:26
Nov 18, 2016 @ CBJ L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:33
Nov 15, 2016 @ VAN W 7-2 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 16:47
Nov 13, 2016 @ EDM W 3-1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 16:33
Nov 12, 2016 @ CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:50
Nov 8, 2016 vs VAN L 3-5 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 14:26
Nov 6, 2016 vs WPG W 5-2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 17:18
Nov 5, 2016 @ BOS W 5-2 1 0 1 2 0 2 3 14:36
Nov 3, 2016 vs EDM W 5-3 1 2 3 2 2 2 0 15:38
Nov 1, 2016 vs STL W 5-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18:10
Oct 30, 2016 vs TBL W 6-1 0 3 3 4 0 2 2 16:38
Oct 28, 2016 @ CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:59
Oct 26, 2016 vs BOS W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 17:54
Oct 23, 2016 vs ARI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:08
Oct 22, 2016 @ WSH W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 16:59
Oct 19, 2016 vs DET L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:21
Oct 17, 2016 vs SJS W 7-4 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 16:22
Oct 15, 2016 @ STL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:40
Oct 13, 2016 vs NYI W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 17:04