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Chris Wagner

#14 · Right wing · Free agent, last with the Colorado Avalanche

Born May 27, 1991 in Walpole, Massachusetts, USA · 6'0", 192 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 122nd overall in 2010 by ANA (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Joey Anderson CHI · 1 P in 18 GP Patrick Giles SJS · 1 P in 17 GP Bokondji Imama PIT · 1 P in 16 GP Patrick Brown BOS · 1 P in 15 GP Emil Bemstrom PIT · 1 P in 14 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: 0 points014-152015-16: 6 points615-162016-17: 7 points716-172017-18: 16 points1617-182018-19: 19 points1918-192019-20: 10 points1019-202020-21: 5 points520-212021-22: 0 points021-222022-23: 0 points022-232023-24: 2 points223-242024-25: 1 points124-25

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 ANA 9 0 0 0 -2 2 7 22 0.00 $900K
2015-16 ANA 17 0 2 2 0 19 28 52 0.12 $600K
2015-16 COL 26 4 0 4 -2 9 27 43 0.15
2016-17 ANA 43 6 1 7 2 6 40 112 0.16 $638K
2017-18 ANA 64 6 9 15 -7 35 78 212 0.23 $638K
2017-18 NYI 15 1 0 1 -3 2 15 41 0.07
2018-19 BOS 76 12 7 19 3 51 135 247 0.25 $1.25M
2019-20 BOS 67 6 4 10 -8 47 78 192 0.15 $1.25M
2020-21 BOS 41 2 3 5 -9 24 57 75 0.12 $1.35M
2021-22 BOS 1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 11 0.00 $1.35M
2022-23 BOS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00 $1.35M
2023-24 COL 13 1 1 2 3 9 16 30 0.15 $775K
2024-25 COL 28 1 0 1 -8 14 29 57 0.04 $775K
11 seasons Career 401 39 27 66 -32 218 512 1100 0.16

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 ANA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00
2015-16 ANA 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.00
2016-17 ANA 17 3 0 3 1 6 18 43 0.18
2018-19 BOS 12 2 0 2 -3 2 19 44 0.17
2019-20 BOS 9 0 1 1 -5 4 14 22 0.11
2020-21 BOS 11 0 0 0 -1 2 15 38 0.00
2021-22 BOS 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0.00
2023-24 COL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.00
8 seasons Playoffs 58 5 1 6 -8 14 70 172 0.10

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
28 1 0 1 -8 14 29 57 0.04 3.4 7:06

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2025, then UFA
$775KCap dollars per point1 points in 28 games
$411KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$364KValueworth less cap hit

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 698 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Colorado Avalanche on Apr 3, 2024, as an extension of the contract he was on: 1 year and $775K, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2024-25, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2024-25 $775K $775K $0 $775K

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
2025-26 to 2025-26 $775K
Apr 3, 2024 Colorado Avalanche Extension 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Jul 1, 2023 Colorado Avalanche New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Nov 27, 2019 Boston Bruins Extension 2020-21 to 2022-23 3 $4.05M $1.35M
Jul 1, 2018 Boston Bruins New contract 2018-19 to 2019-20 2 $2.5M $1.25M
Apr 1, 2016 Anaheim Ducks Extension 2016-17 to 2017-18 2 $1.275M $638K
Jul 16, 2015 Anaheim Ducks New contract 2015-16 to 2015-16 1 $600K $600K
Apr 3, 2012 Anaheim Ducks Entry-level 2012-13 to 2014-15 3 $2.7M $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 2024-25 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.

2024-25 analytics

Rating

-0.5Goals above replacement560th of 698 skaters, 375th of 456 forwards
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 456 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-1.5 30th percentileEven-strength defence+0.0 48th percentilePower play0.0 64th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 76th 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player.

-3-2-101232014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-25Goals 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

48.6Corsi for %170 attempts for, 180 against
-5.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.6Expected goals for %5.7 expected for, 7.6 against
-10.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
10.0Goals for %1 for, 9 against
90.1PDO1.2% shooting + 88.9% saves
48Attempts 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
Chris Wagner · Givani Smith · Ivan Ivan421:2636.438.90-0
Chris Wagner · T.J. Tynan · Nikita Prishchepov516:1763.058.80-1
Chris Wagner · Joel Kiviranta · Ivan Ivan313:1160.940.70-1
Chris Wagner · Matthew Stienburg · Ivan Ivan312:1756.358.10-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.2Expected goalsfrom 41 unblocked attempts
-1.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.66 expected goals per 60 minutes34th
Shot quality 5.3% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -1.2 goals above expected41stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 428 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Game 20Expected 2.2Goals 1

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 13, 2025 @ ANA W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:30
Apr 12, 2025 @ LAK L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 09:01
Apr 10, 2025 vs VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:55
Apr 8, 2025 vs VGK W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 07:25
Jan 25, 2025 @ BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 06:51
Dec 19, 2024 @ SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 05:06
Dec 16, 2024 @ VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 05:29
Dec 14, 2024 vs NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:06
Dec 12, 2024 vs UTA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 05:55
Dec 10, 2024 @ PIT W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 08:05
Dec 8, 2024 @ NJD W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:11
Dec 7, 2024 @ DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 07:51
Dec 5, 2024 @ CAR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:39
Dec 3, 2024 @ BUF W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 06:16
Nov 30, 2024 vs EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 05:36
Nov 29, 2024 @ DAL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05:31
Nov 13, 2024 vs LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:24
Nov 11, 2024 vs NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 07:14
Nov 9, 2024 vs CAR W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 05:31
Nov 7, 2024 @ WPG L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 06:30
Nov 5, 2024 vs SEA W 6-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 09:04
Nov 2, 2024 @ NSH L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 08:36
Oct 30, 2024 vs TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 5 2 5 11:39
Oct 28, 2024 vs CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 05:11
Oct 27, 2024 vs OTT W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 08:06
Oct 24, 2024 @ UTA W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 07:46
Oct 14, 2024 vs NYI L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 06:46
Oct 12, 2024 vs CBJ L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 06:26