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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 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brad Richardson VAN · 21 P in 45 GP Marko Dano CBJ · 21 P in 35 GP Joffrey Lupul TOR · 21 P in 55 GP Lauri Korpikoski ARI · 21 P in 69 GP Tobias Rieder ARI · 21 P in 72 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

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
43 6 15 21 3 6 48 11 0.49 12.5 12:15

Contract

$712KCap hit2014-15
$34KCap dollars per point21 points in 43 games
$346KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.1 goals above replacement
$1.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.1MValueworth 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 649 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
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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Rating

+2.1Goals above replacement371st of 665 skaters, 255th of 432 forwards
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 432 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+0.3 53rd percentileEven-strength defence-1.2 22nd percentilePower play+0.1 71st percentilePenalty kill+0.0 66th percentilePenalties+1.4 83rd 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.

-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

47.1Corsi for %442 attempts for, 496 against
-4.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.8Expected goals for %18.6 expected for, 21.1 against
-6.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
52.5Goals for %21 for, 19 against
101.7PDO9.0% shooting + 92.7% saves
81Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 585 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
Tommy Wingels · Matt Nieto · Chris Tierney13107:2650.250.24-6
Tommy Wingels · Tomas Hertl · Chris Tierney1470:2444.840.20-3
Tommy Wingels · Tye McGinn · Chris Tierney743:1243.046.03-4
Patrick Marleau · Tomas Hertl · Chris Tierney631:5349.136.80-0

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 66 unblocked attempts
+1.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.54 expected goals per 60 minutes24th
Shot quality 7.2% chance per attempt46th
Finishing +1.3 goals above expected68thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 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 11, 2015 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 13:09
Apr 9, 2015 @ EDM W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 14:17
Apr 6, 2015 vs DAL L 1-5 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 15:15
Apr 4, 2015 @ ARI L 3-5 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 15:15
Apr 3, 2015 vs ARI W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 16:26
Apr 1, 2015 vs COL W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 15:20
Mar 29, 2015 @ PIT L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:58
Mar 28, 2015 @ PHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 16:30
Mar 26, 2015 @ DET W 6-4 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 11:48
Mar 23, 2015 @ OTT L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 15:11
Mar 21, 2015 @ MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:54
Mar 19, 2015 @ TOR W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 19:06
Mar 17, 2015 @ WPG L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:33
Mar 14, 2015 vs CHI L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 15:16
Mar 12, 2015 vs NSH W 2-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16:04
Mar 9, 2015 vs PIT W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12:09
Mar 7, 2015 vs VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:38
Mar 3, 2015 @ VAN W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 08:53
Mar 2, 2015 vs MTL W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:06
Feb 26, 2015 vs DET L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:39
Feb 19, 2015 @ DAL W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 09:26
Feb 17, 2015 @ NSH L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:30
Feb 15, 2015 vs TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 13:20
Feb 13, 2015 @ ARI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:15
Feb 11, 2015 vs WSH L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:31
Feb 9, 2015 vs CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:28
Feb 7, 2015 vs CAR L 4-5 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 13:48
Feb 5, 2015 @ VAN W 5-1 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 10:43
Feb 4, 2015 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 06:27
Dec 18, 2014 vs EDM W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 07:53
Dec 13, 2014 vs NSH W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 07:34
Dec 11, 2014 vs MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 09:22
Nov 1, 2014 vs NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:26
Oct 30, 2014 @ MIN L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:16
Oct 28, 2014 @ COL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:59
Oct 26, 2014 @ ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:16
Oct 25, 2014 vs BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:44
Oct 19, 2014 @ NYR L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 13:30
Oct 18, 2014 @ NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 10:04
Oct 16, 2014 @ NYI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:45
Oct 14, 2014 @ WSH W 6-5 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12:17
Oct 11, 2014 vs WPG W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:34
Oct 8, 2014 @ LAK W 4-0 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 12:04