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

Nick Lappin NJD · 7 P in 43 GP Matt Hendricks EDM · 7 P in 42 GP Greg McKegg TBL · 7 P in 46 GP Phillip Di Giuseppe CAR · 7 P in 36 GP Steve Ott MTL · 7 P in 53 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

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
43 6 1 7 2 6 40 112 0.16 15.0 9:21

Contract

$638KCap hitends in 2018, then UFA
$91KCap dollars per point7 points in 43 games
$989KCap dollars per goal above replacement0.6 goals above replacement
$986KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$348KValueworth 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

Signed by the Anaheim Ducks on Apr 1, 2016, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $1.275M, beginning in 2016-17. It runs through 2017-18, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2016-17 $638K $625K $0 $625K
2017-18 $638K $650K $0 $650K

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 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

+0.6Goals above replacement448th of 664 skaters, 312th of 435 forwards
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.5Goals 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-1.8 24th percentileEven-strength defence+0.5 58th percentilePower play-0.1 51st percentilePenalty kill+0.5 92nd percentilePenalties+0.4 55th 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.

-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

42.9Corsi for %234 attempts for, 311 against
-8.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.9Expected goals for %9.4 expected for, 12.0 against
-11.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
56.3Goals for %9 for, 7 against
102.7PDO7.1% shooting + 95.6% saves
62Attempts 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
Jared Boll · Chris Wagner · Ryan Garbutt1247:2741.742.10-2
Nate Thompson · Chris Wagner · Logan Shaw639:2839.145.82-0
Jared Boll · Chris Wagner · Logan Shaw837:0136.033.72-0
Nate Thompson · Jared Boll · Chris Wagner631:2052.448.50-0

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.7Expected goalsfrom 59 unblocked attempts
+1.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.70 expected goals per 60 minutes48th
Shot quality 7.9% chance per attempt62nd
Finishing +1.3 goals above expected69thOne 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 40Goals 6Expected 4.7

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 9, 2017 vs LAK W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 15:31
Apr 6, 2017 vs CHI W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 11:32
Apr 4, 2017 vs CGY W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 09:07
Apr 2, 2017 @ CGY W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 08:53
Apr 1, 2017 @ EDM L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05:53
Mar 30, 2017 @ WPG L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:03
Mar 28, 2017 @ VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:31
Mar 26, 2017 vs NYR W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 09:45
Mar 24, 2017 vs WPG W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 09:37
Mar 22, 2017 vs EDM W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 07:51
Mar 18, 2017 @ SJS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:19
Mar 17, 2017 vs BUF L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 09:19
Mar 15, 2017 vs STL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:06
Mar 10, 2017 @ STL L 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 06:56
Mar 9, 2017 @ CHI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05:00
Mar 7, 2017 vs NSH W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 08:51
Mar 5, 2017 vs VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:03
Mar 3, 2017 vs TOR W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 09:51
Jan 10, 2017 vs DAL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 08:58
Jan 8, 2017 vs MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11:43
Jan 6, 2017 vs ARI W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 6 4 07:54
Jan 4, 2017 vs DET W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 07:15
Dec 1, 2016 @ VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 05:30
Nov 29, 2016 vs MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:04
Nov 25, 2016 vs CHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 05:04
Nov 22, 2016 vs NYI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:09
Nov 20, 2016 vs LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 07:43
Nov 17, 2016 vs NJD W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 12:05
Nov 10, 2016 @ CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:45
Nov 9, 2016 @ CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 05:23
Nov 6, 2016 vs CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:03
Nov 4, 2016 vs ARI W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:39
Nov 2, 2016 vs PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:35
Nov 1, 2016 @ LAK W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12:12
Oct 28, 2016 vs CBJ L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:55
Oct 26, 2016 vs NSH W 6-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 16:14
Oct 25, 2016 @ SJS L 1-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 11:59
Oct 23, 2016 vs VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 8 15:22
Oct 20, 2016 @ PHI W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 11:31
Oct 18, 2016 @ NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 09:14
Oct 16, 2016 @ NYI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 06:54
Oct 15, 2016 @ PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 06:53
Oct 13, 2016 @ DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:10