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Kevin Labanc

#62 · Right wing · Free agent, last with the Columbus Blue Jackets

Born Dec 12, 1995 in Brooklyn, New York, USA · 5'11", 185 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 171st overall in 2014 by SJS (round 6)

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.

Anton Lundell FLA · 33 P in 73 GP Evgenii Dadonov DAL · 33 P in 73 GP Sonny Milano WSH · 33 P in 64 GP Kyle Palmieri NYI · 33 P in 55 GP Josh Anderson MTL · 32 P in 69 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.

020402016-17: 20 points2016-172017-18: 40 points4017-182018-19: 56 points5618-192019-20: 33 points3319-202020-21: 28 points2820-212021-22: 6 points621-222022-23: 33 points3322-232023-24: 9 points923-242024-25: 12 points1224-25

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 SJS 55 8 12 20 9 22 70 19 0.36 $718K
2017-18 SJS 77 11 29 40 -6 32 156 31 0.52 $718K
2018-19 SJS 82 17 39 56 -1 36 130 66 0.68 $718K
2019-20 SJS 70 14 19 33 -33 38 176 46 0.47 $1M
2020-21 SJS 55 12 16 28 -9 31 128 61 0.51 $4.725M
2021-22 SJS 21 3 3 6 -4 6 36 28 0.29 $4.725M
2022-23 SJS 72 15 18 33 -17 36 129 70 0.46 $4.725M
2023-24 SJS 46 2 7 9 -27 16 60 61 0.20 $4.725M
2024-25 CBJ 34 2 10 12 1 12 35 29 0.35 $775K
9 seasons Career 512 84 153 237 -87 229 920 411 0.46

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2017-18 SJS 10 1 4 5 -1 2 15 9 0.50
2018-19 SJS 20 4 5 9 -7 14 34 13 0.45
2 seasons Playoffs 30 5 9 14 -8 16 49 22 0.47

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
72 15 18 33 -17 36 129 70 0.46 11.6 14:20

Contract

$4.725MCap hitends in 2024, then UFA
$143KCap dollars per point33 points in 72 games
$1.363MCap dollars per goal above replacement3.5 goals above replacement
$3.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.5MValueworth 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 695 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the San Jose Sharks on Oct 10, 2020, as a new contract: 4 years and $18.9M, beginning in 2020-21. It runs through 2023-24, 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
2020-21 $4.725M $1.7M $1.5M $3.2M
2021-22 $4.725M $2.95M $1M $3.95M
2022-23 $4.725M $5.875M $0 $5.875M
2023-24 $4.725M $5.875M $0 $5.875M

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
2025-26 to 2025-26 $775K
Oct 5, 2024 Columbus Blue Jackets New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Oct 10, 2020 San Jose Sharks New contract 2020-21 to 2023-24 4 $18.9M $4.725M
Jul 8, 2019 San Jose Sharks New contract 2019-20 to 2019-20 1 $1M $1M
Mar 9, 2016 San Jose Sharks Entry-level 2016-17 to 2018-19 3 $2.775M $718K

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

+3.5Goals above replacement277th of 696 skaters, 198th of 461 forwards
+0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.6Goals 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+2.1 74th percentileEven-strength defence+1.7 80th percentilePower play-1.2 5th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 41st percentilePenalties-2.1 1st 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.

-4-202462016-172018-192020-212022-232024-25Goals 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

54.4Corsi for %966 attempts for, 810 against
+7.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.4Expected goals for %41.7 expected for, 37.8 against
+5.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
48.5Goals for %47 for, 50 against
98.4PDO9.6% shooting + 88.8% saves
204Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 613 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
Tomas Hertl · Kevin Labanc · Timo Meier42352:0958.157.525-18
Oskar Lindblom · Kevin Labanc · Steven Lorentz1970:2251.152.11-6
Kevin Labanc · Evgeny Svechnikov · Nico Sturm1043:2052.645.81-1
Matt Nieto · Tomas Hertl · Kevin Labanc1337:0745.945.32-2

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.

14Goalsnot counting empty-netters
11.4Expected goalsfrom 172 unblocked attempts
+2.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.66 expected goals per 60 minutes32nd
Shot quality 6.6% chance per attempt10th
Finishing +2.6 goals above expected77thOne 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.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 14Expected 11.4

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 13, 2023 @ EDM L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 12:28
Apr 12, 2023 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:49
Apr 10, 2023 @ WPG L 2-6 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 16:53
Apr 8, 2023 vs EDM L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:19
Apr 6, 2023 vs COL L 2-6 0 1 1 -3 0 3 2 18:48
Apr 4, 2023 vs COL L 3-4 (OT) 2 0 2 1 0 4 1 13:58
Apr 1, 2023 @ ARI W 7-2 0 1 1 3 2 0 3 13:13
Mar 30, 2023 vs VGK W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:37
Mar 28, 2023 vs WPG W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 11:37
Mar 25, 2023 @ CGY L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 17:26
Mar 23, 2023 @ VAN L 2-7 0 0 0 -3 2 1 1 11:31
Mar 20, 2023 @ EDM L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 18:45
Mar 18, 2023 vs NYI L 1-4 1 0 1 0 2 1 4 12:16
Mar 16, 2023 vs SEA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:22
Mar 14, 2023 vs CBJ L 5-6 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 14:02
Mar 11, 2023 vs MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 09:15
Mar 9, 2023 @ STL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:59
Mar 7, 2023 @ COL L 0-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:21
Mar 6, 2023 @ WPG W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 05:31
Mar 4, 2023 vs WSH L 3-8 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 09:09
Mar 2, 2023 vs STL L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 10:33
Feb 25, 2023 vs CHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 10:15
Feb 23, 2023 vs NSH L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:42
Feb 20, 2023 vs SEA W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:32
Feb 18, 2023 vs BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 14:17
Feb 16, 2023 @ VGK L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 12:00
Feb 14, 2023 vs PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 05:51
Jan 27, 2023 @ CAR L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:01
Jan 24, 2023 @ DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 14:30
Jan 13, 2023 vs EDM L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 14:03
Jan 11, 2023 @ LAK L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 15:07
Jan 10, 2023 @ ARI W 4-2 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 11:18
Jan 7, 2023 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 16:52
Jan 6, 2023 @ ANA L 4-5 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 16:14
Jan 1, 2023 @ CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 13:57
Dec 31, 2022 @ DAL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 15:26
Dec 29, 2022 vs PHI L 3-4 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 12:43
Dec 27, 2022 @ VAN L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 15:40
Dec 22, 2022 vs MIN W 5-2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 17:46
Dec 20, 2022 vs CGY L 3-7 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 15:40
Dec 18, 2022 vs CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 15:05
Dec 17, 2022 @ LAK L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 15:30
Dec 13, 2022 vs ARI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17:25
Dec 9, 2022 @ ANA W 6-1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 14:10
Dec 7, 2022 vs VAN L 5-6 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 12:14
Dec 4, 2022 @ BUF L 3-6 1 0 1 -1 2 1 0 15:49
Dec 3, 2022 @ OTT L 2-5 0 1 1 0 4 1 2 15:25
Nov 30, 2022 @ TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 19:26
Nov 29, 2022 @ MTL W 4-0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 13:13
Nov 27, 2022 vs VAN L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 15:57
Nov 25, 2022 vs LAK L 2-5 1 0 1 -2 0 5 1 16:38
Nov 23, 2022 @ SEA L 5-8 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 17:37
Nov 21, 2022 vs OTT W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15:34
Nov 19, 2022 vs NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:35
Nov 17, 2022 vs DET L 4-7 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 16:04
Nov 15, 2022 @ VGK W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:02
Nov 13, 2022 @ MIN W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 19:15
Nov 11, 2022 @ DAL W 5-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 15:08
Nov 10, 2022 @ STL L 3-5 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 17:47
Nov 5, 2022 vs ANA L 4-5 (SO) 1 1 2 2 0 6 1 19:56
Nov 3, 2022 vs FLA L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:07
Nov 1, 2022 vs ANA L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 11:26
Oct 29, 2022 vs TBL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:50
Oct 27, 2022 vs TOR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:00
Oct 25, 2022 vs VGK L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15:24
Oct 23, 2022 @ PHI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:31
Oct 22, 2022 @ NJD L 1-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 15:12
Oct 18, 2022 @ NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:09
Oct 15, 2022 vs CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:45
Oct 14, 2022 vs CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:18
Oct 8, 2022 vs NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 20:49
Oct 7, 2022 @ NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 4 0 16:22