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Chris Tierney

#11 · Centre · New Jersey Devils

Born Jul 1, 1994 in Keswick, Ontario, CAN · 6'1", 191 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 55th overall in 2012 by SJS (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Carl Grundstrom LAK · 12 P in 50 GP Mathieu Olivier CBJ · 12 P in 54 GP Nathan Bastian NJD · 12 P in 54 GP A.J. Greer CGY · 12 P in 59 GP Colin Blackwell CHI · 12 P in 44 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.

0102030402014-15: 21 points2114-152015-16: 20 points2015-162016-17: 23 points2316-172017-18: 40 points4017-182018-19: 48 points4818-192019-20: 37 points3719-202020-21: 19 points1920-212021-22: 18 points1821-222022-23: 10 points1022-232023-24: 12 points1223-24

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 SJS 43 6 15 21 3 6 48 11 0.49 $712K
2015-16 SJS 79 7 13 20 -16 20 96 24 0.25 $712K
2016-17 SJS 80 11 12 23 0 6 90 50 0.29 $712K
2017-18 SJS 82 17 23 40 0 8 118 26 0.49 $735K
2018-19 OTT 81 9 39 48 -22 26 116 30 0.59 $2.938M
2019-20 OTT 71 11 26 37 -6 20 102 44 0.52 $2.938M
2020-21 OTT 55 6 13 19 -12 8 53 23 0.35 $3.5M
2021-22 OTT 70 6 12 18 -12 14 72 42 0.26 $3.5M
2022-23 FLA 13 2 1 3 -1 2 6 11 0.23 $750K
2022-23 MTL 23 1 6 7 -7 4 13 4 0.30
2023-24 NJD 52 4 8 12 3 21 26 20 0.23 $775K
10 seasons Career 649 80 168 248 -70 135 740 285 0.38

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 SJS 24 5 4 9 8 6 15 22 0.38
2016-17 SJS 6 0 1 1 0 0 4 8 0.17
2017-18 SJS 10 0 2 2 -2 2 16 14 0.20
3 seasons Playoffs 40 5 7 12 6 8 35 44 0.30

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
52 4 8 12 3 21 26 20 0.23 15.4 9:02

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2024
$65KCap dollars per point12 points in 52 games
$5.51MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.1 goals above replacement
$863KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$88KValueworth 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 718 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2023-24, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit
2023-24 $775K

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
2023-24 to 2023-24 $775K
2022-23 to 2022-23 $750K
2020-21 to 2021-22 $3.5M
2018-19 to 2019-20 $2.938M
2014-15 to 2017-18 $712K

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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Rating

+0.1Goals above replacement512th of 721 skaters, 349th of 469 forwards
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 469 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-3.1 12th percentileEven-strength defence+1.8 80th percentilePower play0.0 55th percentilePenalty kill+0.3 86th percentilePenalties-0.1 33rd 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.

-202462014-152016-172018-192020-212022-23Goals 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

45.5Corsi for %325 attempts for, 390 against
-7.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.3Expected goals for %12.4 expected for, 14.4 against
-4.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %17 for, 17 against
101.7PDO10.8% shooting + 91.0% saves
34Attempts 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 Tierney · Nathan Bastian · Alexander Holtz834:4550.032.41-3
Chris Tierney · Curtis Lazar · Alexander Holtz1333:3345.135.61-1
Chris Tierney · Max Willman · Alexander Holtz533:1045.030.81-1
Chris Tierney · Curtis Lazar · Dawson Mercer627:1440.045.60-1

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.0Expected goalsfrom 32 unblocked attempts
+2.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.26 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 6.3% chance per attempt9th
Finishing +2.0 goals above expected71stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 438 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Game 40Goals 4Expected 2.0

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
Apr 15, 2024 vs NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 07:36
Apr 13, 2024 @ PHI L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:36
Apr 11, 2024 @ TOR W 6-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:49
Apr 9, 2024 vs TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 07:53
Apr 7, 2024 vs NSH L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 08:04
Apr 6, 2024 @ OTT W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:44
Apr 3, 2024 @ NYR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 00:02
Apr 2, 2024 vs PIT L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:43
Mar 29, 2024 @ BUF L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 07:48
Mar 26, 2024 @ TOR W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 05:46
Mar 24, 2024 @ NYI W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 09:13
Mar 23, 2024 vs OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:53
Mar 21, 2024 vs WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:11
Mar 19, 2024 vs PIT W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:04
Mar 17, 2024 @ VGK L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:50
Mar 16, 2024 @ ARI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:16
Mar 14, 2024 @ DAL W 6-2 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 09:05
Mar 11, 2024 @ NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:34
Mar 9, 2024 vs CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:22
Mar 7, 2024 vs STL W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:10
Mar 5, 2024 vs FLA L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:06
Mar 1, 2024 @ ANA L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 07:44
Feb 27, 2024 @ SJS W 7-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 09:28
Feb 24, 2024 vs MTL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:16
Feb 6, 2024 vs COL W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 10:44
Jan 27, 2024 @ TBL L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:21
Jan 25, 2024 @ CAR L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 09:38
Jan 22, 2024 vs VGK W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:43
Jan 20, 2024 vs DAL L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:52
Jan 19, 2024 @ CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 10:40
Jan 17, 2024 vs MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:19
Jan 15, 2024 @ BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:58
Jan 13, 2024 @ FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13:16
Jan 11, 2024 @ TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:26
Jan 6, 2024 vs VAN L 4-6 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 11:00
Jan 5, 2024 vs CHI W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 05:33
Jan 3, 2024 @ WSH W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:52
Dec 30, 2023 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:28
Dec 29, 2023 @ OTT W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 09:13
Dec 10, 2023 @ EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:30
Nov 30, 2023 @ PHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:48
Nov 28, 2023 vs NYI W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:38
Nov 25, 2023 vs BUF W 7-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:47
Nov 24, 2023 vs CBJ L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:33
Nov 14, 2023 @ WPG L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 06:40
Nov 10, 2023 vs WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:33
Nov 7, 2023 @ COL L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 07:55
Nov 5, 2023 @ CHI W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10:50
Nov 3, 2023 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:04
Nov 2, 2023 @ MIN W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:43
Oct 29, 2023 vs MIN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 05:26
Oct 20, 2023 @ NYI W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:35