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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)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Logan Stankoven CAR · 38 P in 78 GP Vladislav Namestnikov WPG · 38 P in 78 GP Brendan Gallagher MTL · 38 P in 82 GP Marco Kasper DET · 37 P in 77 GP Jack Quinn BUF · 39 P in 74 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 3 0 0 0 -4 2 3 1 0.00 $1.2M
8 seasons Career 421 109 143 252 -19 344 844 369 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

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
76 19 19 38 -19 68 155 70 0.50 12.3 15:32

Contract

$4.5MCap hitends in 2026, then UFA
$118KCap dollars per point38 points in 76 games
$1.397MCap dollars per goal above replacement3.2 goals above replacement
$3.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.2MValueworth 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 698 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Carolina Hurricanes on Jul 1, 2023, as a new contract: 3 years and $13.5M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2025-26, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $4.5M $1.5M $3M $4.5M M-NTC
2024-25 $4.5M $4.5M $0 $4.5M M-NTC
2025-26 $4.5M $4.5M $0 $4.5M

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 2024-25 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.

2024-25 analytics

Rating

+3.2Goals above replacement299th of 698 skaters, 201st of 456 forwards
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
0.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 456 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+0.5 60th percentileEven-strength defence-1.1 29th percentilePower play+1.4 89th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 47th percentilePenalties-0.9 11th 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.

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

52.8Corsi for %1040 attempts for, 929 against
+3.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.7Expected goals for %42.0 expected for, 40.9 against
+3.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
45.1Goals for %37 for, 45 against
98.2PDO8.1% shooting + 90.2% saves
226Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 598 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 lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Evgeni Malkin · Michael Bunting · Cody GlassPIT1482:5252.851.11-5
Ryan O'Reilly · Michael Bunting · Luke EvangelistaNSH1278:0356.860.66-2
Evgeni Malkin · Michael Bunting · Anthony BeauvillierPIT1268:3552.149.61-1
Evgeni Malkin · Rickard Rakell · Michael BuntingPIT1066:5354.852.53-2

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.

19Goalsnot counting empty-netters
19.7Expected goalsfrom 236 unblocked attempts
-0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.00 expected goals per 60 minutes83rd
Shot quality 8.3% chance per attempt67th
Finishing -0.7 goals above expected46thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 428 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 19.7Goals 19

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 16, 2025 vs DAL W 5-1 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 14:45
Apr 14, 2025 vs UTA L 3-7 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 15:20
Apr 12, 2025 @ VGK L 3-5 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 15:44
Apr 10, 2025 @ UTA W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 17:51
Apr 8, 2025 vs NYI W 7-6 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 17:04
Apr 6, 2025 vs MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 20:28
Apr 3, 2025 @ DAL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 8 1 0 15:37
Apr 1, 2025 @ CBJ L 4-8 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 16:59
Mar 31, 2025 @ PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 17:36
Mar 29, 2025 vs VGK L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 18:51
Mar 27, 2025 vs STL L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 16:03
Mar 25, 2025 @ CAR W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 16:41
Mar 23, 2025 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 17:07
Mar 22, 2025 vs TOR W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 13:10
Mar 20, 2025 vs ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 15:26
Mar 18, 2025 vs STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 4 3 3 16:08
Mar 15, 2025 @ LAK L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 16:05
Mar 14, 2025 @ ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 15:04
Feb 25, 2025 @ PHI L 1-6 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 13:17
Feb 23, 2025 vs NYR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 15:18
Feb 22, 2025 vs WSH L 3-8 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 13:50
Feb 8, 2025 @ PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:41
Feb 7, 2025 @ NYR W 3-2 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 17:28
Feb 4, 2025 vs NJD L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:14
Feb 1, 2025 vs NSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:20
Jan 29, 2025 @ UTA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:37
Jan 27, 2025 @ SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 18:33
Jan 25, 2025 @ SEA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 14:33
Jan 23, 2025 @ ANA L 1-5 1 0 1 -2 0 3 0 16:45
Jan 20, 2025 @ LAK W 5-1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 14:51
Jan 18, 2025 @ WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 16:24
Jan 17, 2025 @ BUF W 5-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 17:17
Jan 14, 2025 vs SEA L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:05
Jan 11, 2025 vs OTT L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 6 2 0 15:35
Jan 9, 2025 vs EDM W 5-3 0 1 1 0 4 1 2 12:02
Jan 7, 2025 vs CBJ L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 14:53
Jan 5, 2025 @ CAR L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 15:51
Jan 3, 2025 @ FLA L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 20:55
Dec 31, 2024 @ DET L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:55
Dec 29, 2024 vs NYI W 3-2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 13:32
Dec 28, 2024 @ NYI L 3-6 1 0 1 -2 0 2 2 18:02
Dec 23, 2024 vs PHI W 7-3 2 0 2 1 0 5 1 17:52
Dec 21, 2024 @ NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 10 0 0 15:38
Dec 19, 2024 @ NSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 16:08
Dec 17, 2024 vs LAK W 3-2 (OT) 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 14:56
Dec 14, 2024 @ OTT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 15:30
Dec 12, 2024 @ MTL W 9-2 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 15:04
Dec 10, 2024 vs COL L 2-6 1 0 1 -1 2 3 1 13:41
Dec 7, 2024 vs TOR W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 15:16
Dec 6, 2024 @ NYR L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 14:46
Dec 3, 2024 vs FLA W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 13:25
Nov 30, 2024 vs CGY W 6-2 1 2 3 1 0 6 1 13:33
Nov 29, 2024 @ BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 15:59
Nov 27, 2024 vs VAN W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:49
Nov 23, 2024 vs UTA L 1-6 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 16:10
Nov 22, 2024 vs WPG L 1-4 1 0 1 -1 0 2 5 15:02
Nov 19, 2024 vs TBL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:10
Nov 16, 2024 vs SJS W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12:39
Nov 15, 2024 @ CBJ L 2-6 1 0 1 -3 0 3 1 13:00
Nov 13, 2024 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 15:53
Nov 11, 2024 vs DAL L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:47
Nov 8, 2024 @ WSH W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 12:17
Nov 7, 2024 @ CAR L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 17:39
Nov 5, 2024 @ NYI L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 11:29
Nov 2, 2024 vs MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:21
Oct 31, 2024 vs ANA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 14:37
Oct 29, 2024 vs MIN L 3-5 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 12:48
Oct 26, 2024 @ VAN L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 6 3 1 15:20
Oct 25, 2024 @ EDM L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:51
Oct 22, 2024 @ CGY L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 12:56
Oct 18, 2024 vs CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 12:47
Oct 16, 2024 vs BUF W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:17
Oct 14, 2024 @ MTL W 6-3 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 15:46
Oct 12, 2024 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:06
Oct 10, 2024 @ DET W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:48
Oct 9, 2024 vs NYR L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 0 5 1 16:02