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Andrew Poturalski

#22 · Centre · Free agent, last with the San Jose Sharks

Born Jan 14, 1994 in Williamsville, New York, USA · 5'10", 187 lb · Shoots right

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.

Bracken Kearns NYI · 0 P in 2 GP Colin White OTT · 0 P in 2 GP Evgeny Svechnikov DET · 0 P in 2 GP Kevin Porter PIT · 0 P in 2 GP Martin Frk CAR · 0 P in 2 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.

00.511.522016-17: 0 points016-172021-22: 2 points221-222023-24: 0 points023-242024-25: 1 points124-25

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 CAR 2 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 0.00 $859K
2021-22 CAR 2 0 2 2 -1 0 4 0 1.00 $750K
2023-24 SEA 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0.00 $763K
2024-25 SJS 3 0 1 1 -1 2 5 0 0.33 $800K
4 seasons Career 9 0 3 3 -6 2 10 1 0.33

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
2 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 0.00 0.0 12:16

Contract

$859KCap hitends in 2018

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 Carolina Hurricanes on Mar 8, 2016, as an entry-level contract: 2 years and $1.85M, beginning in 2016-17. It runs through 2017-18, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2016-17 $859K $700K $93K $133K $793K
2017-18 $859K $833K $93K $925K

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 3, 2024 San Jose Sharks New contract 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $1.6M $800K
Jul 13, 2022 Seattle Kraken New contract 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $1.525M $763K
Aug 11, 2021 Carolina Hurricanes New contract 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $750K $750K
Oct 9, 2020 Anaheim Ducks New contract 2020-21 to 2020-21 1 $700K $700K
Jul 2, 2019 Anaheim Ducks New contract 2019-20 to 2019-20 1 $700K $700K
Jun 8, 2018 Carolina Hurricanes Extension 2018-19 to 2018-19 1 $700K $700K
Mar 8, 2016 Carolina Hurricanes Entry-level 2016-17 to 2017-18 2 $1.85M $859K

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

-0.8Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.3Even-strength defence-0.6Power 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.

-1-0.500.512016-172021-222023-242024-25Goals 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

34.7Corsi for %17 attempts for, 32 against
-16.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
16.1Expected goals for %0.4 expected for, 2.1 against
-28.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
33.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 3 against
83.3PDO0.0% shooting + 83.3% saves
1Attempts 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
Bryan Bickell · Brock McGinn · Andrew Poturalski214:4428.210.70-3
Lee Stempniak · Jeff Skinner · Andrew Poturalski17:2462.588.30-0
Jeff Skinner · Brock McGinn · Andrew Poturalski10:230.00.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.1Expected goalsfrom 1 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.13 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 5.5% chance per attempt3rd
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected54thOne 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 0.1Goals 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
Apr 6, 2017 vs NYI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:22
Apr 4, 2017 @ MIN L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 12:10