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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 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson BOS · 9 P in 28 GP Jesse Puljujarvi EDM · 9 P in 46 GP Victor Rask MIN · 9 P in 49 GP Drake Batherson OTT · 9 P in 20 GP Mario Kempe ARI · 9 P in 52 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

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
36 4 5 9 1 10 30 48 0.25 13.3 12:41

Contract

$700KCap hit2018-19
$78KCap dollars per point9 points in 36 games
-$282KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$982KValueworth 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 696 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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-1.3Goals above replacement611th of 699 skaters, 406th of 455 forwards
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 455 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-2.5 14th percentileEven-strength defence+0.9 62nd percentilePower play+0.0 71st percentilePenalty kill-0.7 4th percentilePenalties-0.3 25th 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. 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

44.6Corsi for %349 attempts for, 433 against
-4.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.3Expected goals for %13.2 expected for, 17.2 against
-8.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
48.3Goals for %14 for, 15 against
101.0PDO8.1% shooting + 92.9% 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
Valtteri Filppula · Leo Komarov · Tom Kuhnhackl18109:5242.647.95-4
Josh Bailey · Tom Kuhnhackl · Mathew Barzal1149:4840.938.22-3
Jordan Eberle · Brock Nelson · Tom Kuhnhackl1244:5152.943.63-3
Matt Martin · Casey Cizikas · Tom Kuhnhackl637:3044.336.61-0

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.6Expected goalsfrom 43 unblocked attempts
+0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.47 expected goals per 60 minutes4th
Shot quality 8.4% chance per attempt67th
Finishing +0.4 goals above expected61stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 426 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Goals 4Expected 3.6

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, 2019 @ WSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:20
Apr 4, 2019 @ FLA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:20
Apr 1, 2019 vs TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 08:35
Mar 30, 2019 vs BUF W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 11:00
Mar 28, 2019 @ WPG W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:27
Mar 17, 2019 @ MIN W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:04
Mar 16, 2019 @ DET L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:38
Mar 9, 2019 vs PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 12:34
Mar 7, 2019 @ OTT W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 16:07
Mar 1, 2019 vs WSH L 1-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12:20
Feb 23, 2019 @ VAN W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:08
Feb 21, 2019 @ EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 15:20
Feb 20, 2019 @ CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:35
Feb 16, 2019 vs EDM W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:57
Feb 14, 2019 @ CBJ W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 13:26
Feb 10, 2019 vs MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:27
Feb 9, 2019 vs COL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 13:11
Jan 3, 2019 vs CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:16
Dec 28, 2018 vs OTT W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 11:56
Dec 6, 2018 @ PIT L 2-6 0 1 1 -2 2 0 0 10:47
Dec 4, 2018 vs WPG L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:10
Dec 1, 2018 vs CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 14:04
Nov 29, 2018 @ BOS L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:10
Nov 26, 2018 vs WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:02
Nov 24, 2018 vs CAR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 13:23
Nov 23, 2018 @ NJD W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:57
Nov 21, 2018 @ NYR L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:49
Nov 18, 2018 vs DAL L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 12:57
Nov 15, 2018 vs NYR W 7-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:45
Nov 13, 2018 vs VAN W 5-2 2 0 2 2 0 4 0 13:59
Nov 10, 2018 @ FLA L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 12:11
Nov 8, 2018 @ TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:52
Oct 30, 2018 @ PIT W 6-3 1 0 1 2 0 1 6 12:11
Oct 28, 2018 @ CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:30
Oct 20, 2018 @ SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:23
Oct 8, 2018 vs SJS W 4-0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 11:42