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Tyler Bertuzzi

#59 · Left wing · Chicago Blackhawks

Born Feb 24, 1995 in Sudbury, Ontario, CAN (age 31) · 6'2", 200 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 58th overall in 2013 by DET (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Casey Bailey OTT · 0 P in 7 GP Max McCormick OTT · 0 P in 7 GP Nicklas Jensen NYR · 0 P in 7 GP Phil Varone OTT · 0 P in 7 GP Alex Tuch MIN · 0 P in 6 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.

02040602016-17: 0 points016-172017-18: 24 points2417-182018-19: 47 points4718-192019-20: 48 points4819-202020-21: 7 points720-212021-22: 62 points6221-222022-23: 30 points3022-232023-24: 43 points4323-242024-25: 46 points4624-252025-26: 58 points5825-262026-27: 2 points226-27

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 DET 7 0 0 0 -1 0 3 12 0.00 $662K
2017-18 DET 48 7 17 24 -7 39 83 53 0.50 $662K
2018-19 DET 73 21 26 47 11 36 131 76 0.64 $1.4M
2019-20 DET 71 21 27 48 -23 40 129 71 0.68 $1.4M
2020-21 DET 9 5 2 7 0 4 20 13 0.78 $3.5M
2021-22 DET 68 30 32 62 -11 47 180 65 0.91 $4.75M
2022-23 DET 29 4 10 14 -12 23 62 27 0.48 $4.75M
2022-23 BOS 21 4 12 16 4 6 45 27 0.76
2023-24 TOR 80 21 22 43 2 53 160 98 0.54 $5.5M
2024-25 CHI 82 23 23 46 -39 51 131 60 0.56 $5.5M
2025-26 CHI 79 32 26 58 -16 42 164 55 0.73 $5.5M
2026-27 CHI 5 1 1 2 0 10 4 5 0.40 $5.5M
11 seasons Career 572 169 198 367 -92 351 1112 562 0.64

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2022-23 BOS 7 5 5 10 -4 26 21 18 1.43
2023-24 TOR 7 1 3 4 2 6 21 22 0.57
2 seasons Playoffs 14 6 8 14 -2 32 42 40 1.00

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
7 0 0 0 -1 0 3 12 0.00 0.0 9:06

Contract

$662KCap hitends in 2018, then RFA

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.

The contract

Signed by the Detroit Red Wings on Oct 17, 2014, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.733M, beginning in 2015-16. It runs through 2017-18, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2015-16 $662K $575K $93K $283K $668K
2016-17 $662K $575K $93K $258K $668K
2017-18 $662K $650K $0 $208K $650K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 1, 2024 Chicago Blackhawks New contract 2024-25 to 2027-28 4 $22M $5.5M
Jul 2, 2023 Toronto Maple Leafs New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $5.5M $5.5M
Jul 31, 2021 Detroit Red Wings New contract 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $9.5M $4.75M
Oct 27, 2020 Detroit Red Wings New contract 2020-21 to 2020-21 1 $3.5M $3.5M
Jun 25, 2018 Detroit Red Wings Extension 2018-19 to 2019-20 2 $2.8M $1.4M
Oct 17, 2014 Detroit Red Wings Entry-level 2015-16 to 2017-18 signed for 2014-15, slid 3 $2.733M $662K

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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Rating

-0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.6Even-strength defence+0.0Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.2

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-50510152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

39.3Corsi for %35 attempts for, 54 against
-7.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.0Expected goals for %1.4 expected for, 2.1 against
-6.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
37.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %1 for, 2 against
98.4PDO5.3% shooting + 93.1% saves
8Attempts 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
Steve Ott · Riley Sheahan · Tyler Bertuzzi312:4154.564.80-0
Steve Ott · Drew Miller · Tyler Bertuzzi16:0037.526.20-0
Steve Ott · Luke Glendening · Tyler Bertuzzi25:5312.52.40-0
Drew Miller · Riley Sheahan · Tyler Bertuzzi15:4650.050.70-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.4Expected goalsfrom 7 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.41 expected goals per 60 minutes5th
Shot quality 6.2% chance per attempt10th
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected50thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 421 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
Nov 26, 2016 vs MTL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:55
Nov 25, 2016 @ NJD W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 06:28
Nov 23, 2016 @ BUF W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:31
Nov 18, 2016 @ WSH L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:58
Nov 12, 2016 @ MTL L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:12
Nov 10, 2016 vs VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 07:44
Nov 8, 2016 @ PHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 09:57