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Sean Kuraly

#52 · Centre · Boston Bruins

Born Jan 20, 1993 in Niagara Falls, New York, USA (age 33) · 6'2", 214 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 133rd overall in 2011 by SJS (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Adam Edstrom NSH · 0 P in 3 GP Adam Klapka CGY · 0 P in 3 GP Alex Bump PHI · 0 P in 3 GP Alexander Wennberg SJS · 0 P in 3 GP Amadeus Lombardi NJD · 0 P in 3 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.

01020302016-17: 1 points116-172017-18: 14 points1417-182018-19: 21 points2118-192019-20: 23 points2319-202020-21: 9 points920-212021-22: 30 points3021-222022-23: 20 points2022-232023-24: 18 points1823-242024-25: 17 points1724-252025-26: 22 points2225-262026-27: 0 points026-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2016-17 BOS 8 0 1 1 -1 2 11 9 0.13 $809K
2017-18 BOS 75 6 8 14 -5 40 134 143 0.19 $809K
2018-19 BOS 71 8 13 21 6 38 134 129 0.30 $1.275M
2019-20 BOS 69 6 17 23 -2 34 95 145 0.33 $1.275M
2020-21 BOS 47 4 5 9 -10 20 88 99 0.19 $1.275M
2021-22 CBJ 77 14 16 30 2 61 121 240 0.39 $2.5M
2022-23 CBJ 71 11 9 20 -28 68 100 187 0.28 $2.5M
2023-24 CBJ 62 9 9 18 -5 40 92 156 0.29 $2.5M
2024-25 CBJ 82 6 11 17 -4 40 88 163 0.21 $2.5M
2025-26 BOS 82 6 16 22 0 41 110 87 0.27 $1.85M
2026-27 BOS 3 0 0 0 0 2 6 7 0.00 $1.85M
11 seasons Career 647 70 105 175 -47 386 979 1365 0.27

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2016-17 BOS 4 2 0 2 0 4 10 9 0.50
2017-18 BOS 12 2 2 4 5 2 20 12 0.33
2018-19 BOS 20 4 6 10 4 8 52 46 0.50
2019-20 BOS 7 1 1 2 -3 2 7 25 0.29
2020-21 BOS 11 0 0 0 -3 6 12 32 0.00
2025-26 BOS 6 1 1 2 1 2 3 7 0.33
6 seasons Playoffs 60 10 10 20 4 24 104 131 0.33

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
3 0 0 0 0 2 6 7 0.00 0.0 12:13

Contract

$1.85MCap hitends in 2027, then UFA
$891KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.1 goals above replacement, projected
$2.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$945KValueworth 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. The season is still being played, so each rating is projected over all of it: what the player has done so far, plus the games left at a rate taken from his last three seasons and this one. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 647 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Boston Bruins on Jul 1, 2025, as a new contract: 2 years and $3.7M, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2026-27, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $1.85M
2026-27 $1.85M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 1, 2025 Boston Bruins New contract 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $3.7M $1.85M
Jul 28, 2021 Columbus Blue Jackets New contract 2021-22 to 2024-25 4 $10M $2.5M
Jul 3, 2018 Boston Bruins New contract 2018-19 to 2020-21 3 $3.825M $1.275M
Mar 29, 2016 Boston Bruins Entry-level 2016-17 to 2017-18 2 $1.85M $809K

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 2026-27 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.

2026-27 analytics

Rating, projected over the full season

2026-27 is still being played, so these are a projection of his whole season, not a count so far: what he has done in 3 games (+0.2 goals above replacement), plus the 75 more he is taken to play, going by how much of his team's games he has played before, at a rate set by his last three seasons and this one. The more he plays, the more this season counts, and by the last game it is simply his season.

+2.1Goals above replacement348th of 647 skaters, 251st of 422 forwards
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 422 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-2.6 10th percentileEven-strength defence+2.4 90th percentilePower play-0.1 48th percentilePenalty kill-0.6 4th percentilePenalties+0.2 40th 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.

-6-4-20242016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

51.6Corsi for %32 attempts for, 30 against
-1.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
64.9Expected goals for %1.1 expected for, 0.6 against
+8.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %1 for, 1 against
101.8PDO7.7% shooting + 94.1% saves
9Attempts 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
Sean Kuraly · Tanner Jeannot · Mark Kastelic323:2341.950.81-1
Sean Kuraly · David Pastrnak · Tanner Jeannot21:41100.0100.00-0
Sean Kuraly · Tanner Jeannot · Marat Khusnutdinov21:22100.0100.00-0
Sean Kuraly · Marat Khusnutdinov · James Hagens21:2050.00.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.4Expected goalsfrom 8 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.60 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 4.6% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 0 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.4Goals 0

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
Oct 3, 2026 @ MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10:36
Oct 2, 2026 @ WPG W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 11:02
Sep 29, 2026 vs NYR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:01