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Tom Kuhnhackl

#14 · Right wing · New York Islanders

Born Jan 21, 1992 in Landshut, DEU · 6'2", 190 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 110th overall in 2010 by PIT (round 4)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jordan Nolan BUF · 8 P in 69 GP Jori Lehtera PHI · 8 P in 62 GP Miikka Salomaki NSH · 8 P in 58 GP Lukas Sedlak CBJ · 8 P in 53 GP Dale Weise PHI · 8 P in 46 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.

0510152015-16: 15 points1515-162016-17: 16 points1616-172017-18: 8 points817-182018-19: 9 points918-192019-20: 6 points619-20

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 PIT 42 5 10 15 3 24 52 57 0.36 $575K
2016-17 PIT 57 4 12 16 8 18 49 112 0.28 $625K
2017-18 PIT 69 2 6 8 -6 6 63 139 0.12 $625K
2018-19 NYI 36 4 5 9 1 10 30 48 0.25 $700K
2019-20 NYI 28 3 3 6 -4 2 28 31 0.21 $850K
5 seasons Career 232 18 36 54 2 60 222 387 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 PIT 24 2 3 5 1 0 15 63 0.21
2016-17 PIT 11 1 1 2 2 4 11 38 0.18
2017-18 PIT 12 0 0 0 0 4 9 36 0.00
2018-19 NYI 8 0 3 3 0 2 12 29 0.38
2019-20 NYI 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 0.33
5 seasons Playoffs 58 3 8 11 5 10 48 169 0.19

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
69 2 6 8 -6 6 63 139 0.12 3.2 10:01

Contract

$625KCap hit2017-18
$78KCap dollars per point8 points in 69 games
$3.031MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.2 goals above replacement
$744KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$119KValueworth 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 691 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
2019-20 to 2019-20 $850K
2018-19 to 2018-19 $700K
2015-16 to 2017-18 $575K

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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacement504th of 691 skaters, 341st of 451 forwards
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 451 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-5.2 1st percentileEven-strength defence+2.5 90th percentilePower play+0.2 72nd percentilePenalty kill-0.1 22nd percentilePenalties+0.9 71st 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.

-2-101232015-162016-172017-182018-192019-20Goals 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

43.8Corsi for %398 attempts for, 510 against
-9.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.3Expected goals for %14.7 expected for, 18.5 against
-10.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %11 for, 22 against
96.9PDO5.1% shooting + 91.8% saves
84Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 600 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
Ryan Reaves · Greg McKegg · Tom Kuhnhackl1683:3444.244.40-5
Ryan Reaves · Tom Kuhnhackl · Carter Rowney1773:4443.940.52-4
Ryan Reaves · Riley Sheahan · Tom Kuhnhackl838:2348.453.53-2
Evgeni Malkin · Bryan Rust · Tom Kuhnhackl525:1848.946.40-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
5.3Expected goalsfrom 75 unblocked attempts
-3.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.46 expected goals per 60 minutes7th
Shot quality 7.1% chance per attempt37th
Finishing -3.3 goals above expected19thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 423 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

024Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 5.3Goals 2

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 6, 2018 vs OTT W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:23
Apr 5, 2018 @ CBJ W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:00
Apr 1, 2018 vs WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 09:43
Mar 31, 2018 vs MTL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:44
Mar 29, 2018 @ NJD W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:31
Mar 27, 2018 @ DET L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:59
Mar 25, 2018 vs PHI W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:14
Mar 23, 2018 vs NJD L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:04
Mar 21, 2018 vs MTL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 07:24
Mar 20, 2018 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:18
Mar 15, 2018 @ MTL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 07:32
Mar 14, 2018 @ NYR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:15
Mar 11, 2018 vs DAL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 12:05
Mar 10, 2018 @ TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:40
Mar 7, 2018 @ PHI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:32
Mar 5, 2018 vs CGY W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 09:52
Mar 3, 2018 vs NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 09:11
Mar 1, 2018 @ BOS L 4-8 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 07:30
Feb 27, 2018 vs NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 04:31
Feb 6, 2018 vs VGK W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01:48
Feb 3, 2018 @ NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:04
Feb 2, 2018 vs WSH W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:11
Jan 30, 2018 vs SJS W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 12:46
Jan 25, 2018 vs MIN W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:09
Jan 23, 2018 vs CAR W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 5 14:16
Jan 20, 2018 @ SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:24
Jan 18, 2018 @ LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:59
Jan 17, 2018 @ ANA L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:59
Jan 14, 2018 vs NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 10:38
Jan 13, 2018 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:42
Jan 7, 2018 vs BOS W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 11:42
Jan 5, 2018 @ NYI W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:16
Jan 4, 2018 vs CAR L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 09:12
Jan 2, 2018 @ PHI W 5-1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 13:28
Dec 31, 2017 @ DET L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:32
Dec 29, 2017 @ CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:10
Dec 27, 2017 vs CBJ W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11:25
Dec 23, 2017 vs ANA L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 07:16
Dec 18, 2017 @ COL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:23
Dec 7, 2017 vs NYI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:17
Dec 5, 2017 vs NYR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:38
Dec 2, 2017 vs BUF W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 09:28
Dec 1, 2017 @ BUF W 4-0 1 0 1 2 0 5 0 11:11
Nov 27, 2017 vs PHI W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 07:28
Nov 25, 2017 vs TBL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:58
Nov 24, 2017 @ BOS L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:15
Nov 22, 2017 vs VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 11:35
Nov 18, 2017 vs CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 08:21
Nov 16, 2017 @ OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:00
Nov 14, 2017 vs BUF W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 09:19
Nov 11, 2017 @ NSH L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 07:40
Nov 10, 2017 @ WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 10:33
Nov 7, 2017 vs ARI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:22
Nov 4, 2017 @ VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 11:52
Nov 2, 2017 @ CGY L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 13:03
Nov 1, 2017 @ EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 14:12
Oct 29, 2017 @ WPG L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 12:04
Oct 28, 2017 @ MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:13
Oct 26, 2017 vs WPG W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:06
Oct 24, 2017 vs EDM W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:16
Oct 21, 2017 @ TBL L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 14:35
Oct 20, 2017 @ FLA W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 6 12:47
Oct 17, 2017 @ NYR W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 08:53
Oct 14, 2017 vs FLA W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 09:22
Oct 12, 2017 @ TBL L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:12
Oct 11, 2017 @ WSH W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 07:38
Oct 7, 2017 vs NSH W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 10:33
Oct 5, 2017 @ CHI L 1-10 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 15:45
Oct 4, 2017 vs STL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 13:05