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Michael Bunting

#58 · Left wing · Philadelphia Flyers

Born Sep 17, 1995 in Scarborough, Ontario, CAN (age 31) · 6'0", 186 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 117th overall in 2014 by ARI (round 4)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Filip Chlapik OTT · 1 P in 5 GP Jaret Anderson-Dolan LAK · 1 P in 5 GP Kristian Vesalainen WPG · 1 P in 5 GP Daniel Carr VGK · 1 P in 6 GP Eric Tangradi NJD · 1 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.

02040602018-19: 1 points118-192020-21: 13 points1320-212021-22: 63 points6321-222022-23: 49 points4922-232023-24: 55 points5523-242024-25: 38 points3824-252025-26: 33 points3325-262026-27: 0 points026-27

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2018-19 ARI 5 1 0 1 0 2 5 6 0.20 $715K
2020-21 ARI 21 10 3 13 -1 12 38 28 0.62 $738K
2021-22 TOR 79 23 40 63 27 80 175 85 0.80 $950K
2022-23 TOR 82 23 26 49 21 103 174 85 0.60 $950K
2023-24 CAR 60 13 23 36 -15 55 113 25 0.60 $4.5M
2023-24 PIT 21 6 13 19 -4 2 55 24 0.90
2024-25 PIT 58 14 15 29 -18 48 110 59 0.50 $4.5M
2024-25 NSH 18 5 4 9 -1 20 45 11 0.50
2025-26 NSH 61 13 18 31 -17 16 108 35 0.51 $4.5M
2025-26 DAL 13 1 1 2 -7 4 18 10 0.15
2026-27 PHI 2 0 0 0 -2 2 2 1 0.00 $1.2M
8 seasons Career 420 109 143 252 -17 344 843 369 0.60

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2021-22 TOR 6 1 2 3 -1 4 6 9 0.50
2022-23 TOR 7 1 1 2 -1 15 9 15 0.29
2025-26 DAL 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1.00
3 seasons Playoffs 14 2 4 6 -1 19 16 26 0.43

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
5 1 0 1 0 2 5 6 0.20 20.0 9:33

Contract

$715KCap hitends in 2019
$715KCap dollars per point1 points in 5 games

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 Arizona Coyotes on Jul 14, 2018, as a new contract: 1 year and $715K, beginning in 2018-19. It runs through 2018-19, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2018-19 $715K $715K $0 $715K

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
Oct 6, 2026 Philadelphia Flyers New contract 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $1.2M $1.2M
Jul 1, 2023 Carolina Hurricanes New contract 2023-24 to 2025-26 3 $13.5M $4.5M
Jul 28, 2021 Toronto Maple Leafs New contract 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $1.9M $950K
Jul 5, 2019 Arizona Coyotes New contract 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $1.475M $738K
Jul 14, 2018 Arizona Coyotes New contract 2018-19 to 2018-19 1 $715K $715K
Jul 23, 2015 Arizona Coyotes Entry-level 2015-16 to 2017-18 3 $2.775M $693K

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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Rating

0.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.1Even-strength defence-0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.0

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.

051015202018-192020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

53.7Corsi for %44 attempts for, 38 against
+4.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.5Expected goals for %1.7 expected for, 1.9 against
+3.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %1 for, 1 against
100.2PDO4.8% shooting + 95.5% saves
11Attempts 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
Mario Kempe · Michael Bunting · Conor Garland426:0860.462.81-0
Josh Archibald · Michael Bunting · Lawson Crouse17:5546.216.60-1
Nick Schmaltz · Michael Bunting · Clayton Keller11:3820.047.30-0
Brad Richardson · Josh Archibald · Michael Bunting11:090.00.00-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.7Expected goalsfrom 8 unblocked attempts
+0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.87 expected goals per 60 minutes65th
Shot quality 8.6% chance per attempt73rd
Finishing +0.3 goals above expected60thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 426 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.7

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
Feb 12, 2019 @ VGK W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 10:39
Dec 27, 2018 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:36
Dec 14, 2018 @ NYR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:47
Dec 13, 2018 @ BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:37
Dec 11, 2018 @ BOS L 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 09:08