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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 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

William Karlsson CBJ · 20 P in 81 GP Brian Boyle TBL · 20 P in 76 GP Curtis Lazar OTT · 20 P in 76 GP Viktor Stalberg NYR · 20 P in 75 GP Chris Stewart ANA · 20 P in 56 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

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
79 7 13 20 -16 20 96 24 0.25 7.3 13:12

Contract

$712KCap hit2015-16
$36KCap dollars per point20 points in 79 games
$512KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.4 goals above replacement
$1.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$729KValueworth 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 668 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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.4Goals above replacement409th of 675 skaters, 281st of 445 forwards
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 445 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-1.9 22nd percentileEven-strength defence-0.5 35th percentilePower play+0.0 69th percentilePenalty kill-0.8 3rd percentilePenalties+1.6 87th 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

47.8Corsi for %743 attempts for, 812 against
-5.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.0Expected goals for %33.3 expected for, 32.0 against
-6.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
34.4Goals for %22 for, 42 against
95.6PDO5.4% shooting + 90.2% saves
128Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 561 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
Dainius Zubrus · Chris Tierney · Melker Karlsson23126:2345.548.84-6
Tommy Wingels · Matt Nieto · Chris Tierney2872:2240.038.40-4
Patrick Marleau · Joel Ward · Chris Tierney1857:5957.566.51-4
Dainius Zubrus · Mike Brown · Chris Tierney848:2042.555.80-1

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. 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
10.2Expected goalsfrom 124 unblocked attempts
-4.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.59 expected goals per 60 minutes32nd
Shot quality 8.2% chance per attempt75th
Finishing -4.2 goals above expected13thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 412 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 10.2Goals 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 9, 2016 vs ARI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:25
Apr 7, 2016 vs WPG L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:27
Apr 2, 2016 @ NSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:25
Mar 31, 2016 vs VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:08
Mar 29, 2016 @ VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:17
Mar 28, 2016 vs LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:46
Mar 26, 2016 vs DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 12:59
Mar 24, 2016 vs EDM L 3-6 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 12:33
Mar 22, 2016 vs STL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:37
Mar 20, 2016 vs ARI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:04
Mar 19, 2016 vs NYR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:58
Mar 17, 2016 @ ARI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:44
Mar 15, 2016 vs BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:55
Mar 12, 2016 vs WSH W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12:32
Mar 10, 2016 vs NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:43
Mar 8, 2016 @ EDM W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:24
Mar 7, 2016 @ CGY W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:05
Mar 5, 2016 vs VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10:59
Mar 3, 2016 @ VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:25
Feb 29, 2016 vs MTL W 6-2 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 14:21
Feb 28, 2016 @ VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:26
Feb 26, 2016 vs BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:39
Feb 24, 2016 @ COL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:12
Feb 22, 2016 @ STL W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:00
Feb 19, 2016 @ CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 16:39
Feb 18, 2016 @ FLA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:29
Feb 16, 2016 @ TBL W 4-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 14:28
Feb 13, 2016 vs ARI W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 11:59
Feb 11, 2016 vs CGY L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:26
Feb 9, 2016 @ CHI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 12:06
Feb 6, 2016 @ NSH L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:18
Feb 4, 2016 @ STL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:45
Feb 2, 2016 @ ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:21
Jan 26, 2016 vs COL W 6-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:41
Jan 24, 2016 vs LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:18
Jan 23, 2016 vs MIN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:53
Jan 21, 2016 @ ARI W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 12:11
Jan 18, 2016 vs OTT L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 13:00
Jan 16, 2016 vs DAL W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 10:53
Jan 14, 2016 vs EDM W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:30
Jan 12, 2016 @ WPG W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 14:46
Jan 11, 2016 @ CGY W 5-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 17:37
Jan 9, 2016 vs TOR W 7-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 15:43
Jan 2, 2016 vs WPG L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:28
Dec 30, 2015 vs PHI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 10:44
Dec 28, 2015 vs COL L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 12:17
Dec 22, 2015 @ LAK W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 19:00
Dec 20, 2015 @ CHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:20
Dec 18, 2015 @ OTT L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 13:14
Dec 17, 2015 @ TOR W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 16:30
Dec 15, 2015 @ MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 14:17
Dec 12, 2015 vs MIN L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:39
Dec 9, 2015 @ EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:23
Dec 8, 2015 @ CGY L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 12:00
Dec 5, 2015 vs TBL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 10:52
Dec 1, 2015 vs PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:23
Nov 28, 2015 vs CGY W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:00
Nov 25, 2015 vs CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 13:37
Nov 22, 2015 @ CBJ W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13:54
Nov 21, 2015 @ PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:44
Nov 19, 2015 @ PHI W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:15
Nov 17, 2015 @ BOS W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 11:00
Nov 14, 2015 @ BUF W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:40
Nov 13, 2015 @ DET W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 08:20
Nov 10, 2015 vs NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 14:16
Nov 7, 2015 vs ANA L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:54
Nov 5, 2015 vs FLA W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 14:22
Nov 3, 2015 vs CBJ L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 09:57
Nov 1, 2015 @ COL W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 14:53
Oct 31, 2015 @ DAL L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 15:19
Oct 28, 2015 vs NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:28
Oct 24, 2015 vs CAR W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 17:05
Oct 22, 2015 vs LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:58
Oct 19, 2015 @ NYR L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:36
Oct 17, 2015 @ NYI L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:57
Oct 16, 2015 @ NJD W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:18
Oct 13, 2015 @ WSH W 5-0 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 13:44
Oct 10, 2015 vs ANA W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 10:22
Oct 7, 2015 @ LAK W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:18