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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 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Juraj Slafkovský MTL · 10 P in 39 GP Jake Neighbours STL · 10 P in 43 GP Brandon Duhaime MIN · 10 P in 51 GP Colin Blackwell CHI · 10 P in 53 GP Nathan Walker STL · 10 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

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
36 3 7 10 -8 6 19 15 0.28 15.8 10:52

Contract

$750KCap hit2022-23
$75KCap dollars per point10 points in 36 games
-$671KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.4MValueworth 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 695 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 2022-23 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.

2022-23 analytics

Rating

-2.0Goals above replacement610th of 696 skaters, 417th of 461 forwards
-0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 461 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 17th percentileEven-strength defence+0.2 47th percentilePower play-0.1 52nd percentilePenalty kill-0.3 13th percentilePenalties-0.3 27th 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.

-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

41.6Corsi for %253 attempts for, 355 against
-7.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
36.0Expected goals for %9.4 expected for, 16.8 against
-11.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
39.0Goals for %16 for, 25 against
97.9PDO11.0% shooting + 86.8% saves
36Attempts 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 lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Belzile · Chris Tierney · Michael PezzettaMTL1178:4836.539.75-4
Chris Tierney · Denis Gurianov · Rem PitlickMTL520:2951.250.52-1
Zac Dalpe · Chris Tierney · Ryan LombergFLA520:0051.629.81-1
Chris Tierney · Anthony Richard · Michael PezzettaMTL318:1844.837.53-2

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.3Expected goalsfrom 28 unblocked attempts
+1.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.19 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 4.5% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +1.7 goals above expected72ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 446 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Goals 3Expected 1.3

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 13, 2023 vs BOS L 4-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:46
Apr 12, 2023 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 11:23
Apr 8, 2023 @ TOR L 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:59
Apr 6, 2023 vs WSH W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:56
Apr 4, 2023 vs DET L 0-5 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 13:00
Mar 30, 2023 vs FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:52
Mar 28, 2023 @ PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:15
Mar 27, 2023 @ BUF W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:49
Mar 25, 2023 vs CBJ W 8-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:28
Mar 23, 2023 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 10:20
Mar 21, 2023 vs TBL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:48
Mar 18, 2023 @ TBL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:14
Mar 16, 2023 @ FLA L 5-9 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 13:55
Mar 14, 2023 @ PIT W 6-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 08:52
Mar 13, 2023 vs COL L 4-8 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 13:28
Mar 11, 2023 vs NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:53
Mar 9, 2023 vs NYR L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 13:18
Mar 7, 2023 vs CAR L 3-4 (SO) 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 09:38
Mar 5, 2023 @ VGK L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 09:44
Mar 3, 2023 @ ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10:32
Feb 28, 2023 @ SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:04
Feb 25, 2023 vs OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:36
Feb 24, 2023 @ PHI W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 13:12
Feb 18, 2023 @ NSH L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 07:53
Feb 11, 2023 vs COL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:04
Feb 9, 2023 vs SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:05
Feb 6, 2023 vs TBL W 7-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 08:36
Jan 28, 2023 vs BOS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:03
Jan 24, 2023 @ PIT L 6-7 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 10:01
Jan 23, 2023 @ NYR L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 13:25
Jan 21, 2023 vs MIN W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 12:34
Dec 13, 2022 vs CBJ W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:02
Dec 11, 2022 vs SEA L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 07:31
Dec 10, 2022 @ TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 08:00
Dec 8, 2022 vs DET W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 11:52
Dec 6, 2022 @ WPG L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 06:56