Phil Kessel

Team not recorded#8Right wing Shoots right

Age 39 · 5′11″ · 208 lb · Madison, Wisconsin, USA

No checked season results are available for this selection.

Games82T-1st in NHL

Goals340.41/GP▲0.13T-17th in NHL

Assists580.71/GP▲0.13T-11th in NHL

Points921.12/GP▲0.27T-7th in NHL…

P / GP1.12▲0.27T-12th in NHL…

Avg TOI18:41T-188th in NHL…

Career awards

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Season metrics

2017–18 · five-on-five · against qualified peers

Player	Percentile	Rank
2.15		12 / 105
0.95		19 / 105
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Shooting & finishing	Player	Percentile	Rank
	0.81		30 / 105
	8.77		16 / 105
	15.12		21 / 105
	0.073		42 / 86
	0.13		16 / 86

Above averageNear averageBelow averageBars and shaded cells show peer percentile, so more is always better · tick at the 50th

How to read these comparisons

Player values are recorded season results. Peer averages are arithmetic means of qualified players in the selected group; each row uses the same peers for its average and rank. Ranks use unrounded values, with tied players sharing a rank and the next rank skipped. Lower xG against ranks better. Green/red differences show favorable/unfavorable values versus average, not isolated player impact. Brass marks top-ten ranks.

Goals above expected is the raw goals-minus-xG rate, without the shrinkage used in the older finishing comparison. On-ice measures include teammates, opponents and deployment. These recorded metrics describe different quantities from the adjusted Season score components beside them.

Skaters need 20 appearances and 300 five-on-five minutes; quality and finishing also need 75 unblocked attempts. Early in a season these minimums scale down with games played so far. At least 30 peers must qualify. Playoff ranks are withheld. A reviewed axis whose own evidence fails is withheld and shown with its reason rather than ranked. These workload rules do not express statistical confidence.

Position uses the NHL listed primary position available now; it does not establish historical position or actual deployment. Broad groups are forwards, defence and goalies. This version uses the current model’s covered games only.

Season comparisons

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Rolling Radar

Recent NHL history, carried across seasons. The radar compares this broader profile with a fixed position-group reference.

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Results vs expected

Five-on-five · what happened beside the chances created and allowed

Player	Percentile	Rank
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3.13		5 / 105
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3.02		101 / 105
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50.9		43 / 105
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5v5 goals: —
5v5 expected: 59.6–57.4
EPV added: +8.43

On ice vs off ice

Pittsburgh's share with Phil Kessel on the ice against the same team without him.

Share	On ice and off ice	On-minus-off gap in percentage points
xGF%	On ice 50.9% · Off ice unavailable	—
CF%	On ice 50.4% · Off ice unavailable	—
GF%	On ice unavailable · Off ice unavailable	—

On iceOff ice

Scale 40–65% · marker at 50% · right column is the on-minus-off gap in points

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Defensive metrics

Five-on-five on-ice suppression; individual events in all situations.

Player	Percentile	Rank
58.34		69 / 105
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0.068		101 / 105
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Discipline & puck management

Recorded season event counts · all situations

Penaltiesnet —

Taken —Drawn —

Puck eventsnet —

Giveaways —Takeaways —

Blocks: —
Hits: —

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SituationChancesViewShot type

Goal34Shot on goal229Missed shot66Blocked shot0Larger dot = higher xG

Shooting by zone

Zone	Shots	xG	Goals	S%
High slot	148	13.8	14	9.5%
Inner slot	54	7.3	10	18.5%
Point	42	1.0	2	4.8%
Outer slot	38	3.1	7	18.4%
Right circle	24	0.5	0	0.0%
Left circle	22	0.8	1	4.5%
Below goal line	1	0.0	0	0.0%

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Finishing evidence. Scoring 10.3% on chances vs 8.1% expected (+2.3 points), led by outer slot volume and snap finishing.

Shot types329 attempts

Wrist63%
Snap23%
Backhand6%
Slap4%
Tip-in4%
Deflected1%

High-danger chances

Expected: 10.4
Goals: 17
Conversion: 18.3%

93 high-danger attempts · Model is the expected conversion on those attempts.

Shot locations

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Ice time, share of team ice time, scoring and scoring rate, with where shifts start.

Scope	TOI/GP	Team share	G	A	P	P/60
Five-on-five	13:56	—	18	23	41	2.15
Power play	3:47	—	12	30	42	8.12
Penalty kill	0:00	—	0	0	0	0.00
Other	0:58	—	4	5	9	6.87
All situations	18:41	—	34	58	92	3.60

Where the 92 points come from · All situations

Goals34 · 1.33/60
Primary assists— · —/60
Secondary assists— · —/60

Zone starts — offensive of OZ + DZ

Offensive —Neutral —Defensive —

Shifts

— a game · — average

Zone starts: five-on-five · Shifts: all situations

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Power play

310:26 recorded ice time · peers need 100 minutes

Share of team PP: —
PP points: 42
Unit xGF / 60: 8.79

Player	Percentile	Rank
8.12		3 / 53
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13.34		19 / 53
1.46		29 / 53
8.79		4 / 53
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Penalty kill

0:39 recorded ice time · peers need 100 minutes

Share of team PK: —
SH points: 0
Unit xGA / 60: 45.36

Player	Percentile	Rank
45.36	—	—
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276.92	—	—
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0.00	—	—

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	Opponent	Result		G	A		PPP	+/−	SOG		5v5 on-ice xG share	Game
May 7	vs WSH	L 1–2 OT	16:24	0	0	0	—	0	2	0.01	46.3%	View →
May 5	@ WSH	L 3–6	16:51	0	2	2	—	-4	2	0.07	34.5%	View →
May 3	vs WSH	W 3–1	13:46	0	1	1	—	0	1	0.01	35.8%	View →
May 1	vs WSH	L 3–4	19:21	0	1	1	—	0	1	0.01	20.7%	View →
Apr 29	@ WSH	L 1–4	18:31	0	0	0	—	-1	2	0.00	35.8%	View →
Apr 26	@ WSH	W 3–2	18:42	0	0	0	—	0	1	0.01	33.7%	View →
Apr 22	@ PHI	W 8–5	17:41	0	2	2	—	1	1	0.09	40.2%	View →
Apr 20	vs PHI	L 2–4	20:43	0	0	0	—	-2	0	0.00	47.4%	View →
Apr 18	@ PHI	W 5–0	14:03	1	1	2	—	1	4	0.38	60.1%	View →
Apr 15	@ PHI	W 5–1	18:14	0	1	1	—	0	1	0.00	43.9%	View →
Filtered 10	—	5 W · 5 L	17:26 avg	1	8	9	—	-5	15	0.58	40.1%	—

Season	GP	G	A	P	SOG	P/GP	5v5 ixG/60	5v5 GP
2022–23	4	0	2	2	5	0.50	0.89	4
2019–20	9	1	3	4	22	0.44	0.72	9
2018–19	4	1	1	2	14	0.50	1.44	4
2017–18	12	1	8	9	18	0.75	0.30	12
2016–17	25	8	15	23	68	0.92	0.63	25
2015–16	24	10	12	22	98	0.92	1.02	24

	Opponent	Result		G	A		PPP	+/−	SOG		5v5 on-ice xG share	Game
Apr 6	vs OTT	W 4–0	18:12	1	1	2	—	1	2	0.47	67.2%	View →
Apr 5	@ CBJ	W 5–4 OT	17:27	2	1	3	—	1	4	0.03	61.7%	View →
Apr 1	vs WSH	L 1–3	18:28	0	0	0	—	-2	3	0.03	16.8%	View →
Mar 31	vs MTL	W 5–2	16:48	1	1	2	—	0	1	0.00	60.2%	View →
Mar 29	@ NJD	W 4–3 OT	18:53	0	0	0	—	-1	4	0.36	39.0%	View →
Mar 27	@ DET	L 2–5	21:27	0	0	0	—	-2	1	0.13	44.2%	View →
Mar 25	vs PHI	W 5–4 OT	15:35	0	2	2	—	0	2	0.17	68.2%	View →
Mar 23	vs NJD	L 3–4 OT	18:21	1	0	1	—	-1	3	0.27	54.7%	View →
Mar 21	vs MTL	W 5–3	18:06	0	2	2	—	-1	4	0.40	47.5%	View →
Mar 20	@ NYI	L 1–4	16:59	0	1	1	—	-1	3	0.10	50.8%	View →
Filtered 10	—	6 W · 4 L	18:02 avg	5	8	13	—	-6	27	1.95	50.4%	—

Season	Box score · all situations	5v5 individual	5v5 on ice	Season performance
2022–23	35	VGK	82	14	22	36	-7	30	149	9.4	2	12:49	10	—	1.64	0.77	7.65	0.073	2.80	3.03	48.0	45.9	—	—	—	—
2021–22	34	ARI	82	8	44	52	-24	40	175	4.6	2	16:41	6	—	1.84	0.68	7.19	0.072	2.37	3.21	42.4	44.4	—	—	—	—
2020–21	33	ARI	56	20	23	43	-17	12	115	17.4	4	17:05	8	—	1.79	0.61	6.51	0.075	1.99	2.73	42.2	46.5	—	—	—	—
2019–20	32	ARI	70	14	24	38	-21	22	153	9.2	9	17:09	11	—	1.12	0.60	7.24	0.061	2.21	2.42	47.7	50.0	—	—	—	—
2018–19	31	PIT	82	27	55	82	-19	28	215	12.6	12	17:59	12	—	2.28	0.76	7.62	0.076	2.71	2.81	49.1	46.7	—	—	—	—
2017–18	30	PIT	82	34	58	92	-4	36	261	13.0	12	18:41	—	—	2.15	0.81	8.77	0.073	3.13	3.02	50.9	50.4	—	—	—	—
2016–17	29	PIT	82	23	47	70	3	20	229	10.0	8	17:56	12	—	2.01	0.79	8.58	0.074	2.74	2.97	48.1	47.2	—	—	—	—
2015–16	28	PIT	82	26	33	59	9	18	274	9.5	4	18:23	9	—	1.96	0.94	9.70	0.075	2.91	2.50	53.8	53.7	—	—	—	—
Career	—	8 seasons	618	166	306	472	-80	206	1571	10.6	53	17:05	—	—	1.88	0.76	8.00	0.073	2.64	2.84	48.2	48.2	—	—	—	—

4 award records

Stanley Cup · 2022–23
Stanley Cup · 2016–17
Stanley Cup · 2015–16
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy · 2006–07

Every metric name opens its definition; the full list lives in Metrics.

Traditional statistics cover all situations. Supporting five-on-five analyses use completed games, raw adjustment and exposure from xG model v4. The two samples can differ.

An em dash means unavailable, not zero. A partial season remains partial. Where a panel reports evidence coverage, its rates use only the covered games. History never substitutes a different model, and a missing appearance interrupts a rolling model window.

Shot maps use the same shot model as Game Center and show which model version scored recent shots beside the rink. Older seasons can use earlier model versions. High danger means a model scoring probability of at least 0.20 on an unblocked attempt; for goalies, medium danger is 0.08 to 0.20 and low is below 0.08.

Special-team buckets include the wider recorded man-advantage and man-down states, read from the player’s own team; for a goalie, penalty kill means facing a power play. Their ranks need 100 recorded minutes and at least 30 qualified peers; below 100 minutes, penalty-kill percentiles are provisional. Playoff values have no ranks or percentiles. Team share is player ice time divided by team ice time in that situation, over the games the player dressed. Zone starts describe faceoff-started five-on-five shifts and exclude on-the-fly starts.

Penalties count events, including one for a double minor; bench and served-by roles are excluded, and victimless infractions have no drawn role. EPV added sums changes in the probability that the possessing team scores next; it is not standings points or an isolated player grade. Rolling windows never cross seasons or season types, and a missed game is not a zero-performance appearance. Career rates use summed counts and exposure, never an average of season rates; a missing contributing season withholds its career metric, and Performance begins in 2023–24.

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Season			Box score · all situations												5v5 individual				5v5 on ice					Season performance
Season	Age	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−	PIM	SOG	Sh%	PPG	TOI/GP	Hits	Blk	P/60	ixG/60	SOG/60	xG/UA	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	CF%	GF%	Perf/60	Grade	Rank
2022–23	35	VGK	82	14	22	36	-7	30	149	9.4	2	12:49	10	—	1.64	0.77	7.65	0.073	2.80	3.03	48.0	45.9	—	—	—	—
2021–22	34	ARI	82	8	44	52	-24	40	175	4.6	2	16:41	6	—	1.84	0.68	7.19	0.072	2.37	3.21	42.4	44.4	—	—	—	—
2020–21	33	ARI	56	20	23	43	-17	12	115	17.4	4	17:05	8	—	1.79	0.61	6.51	0.075	1.99	2.73	42.2	46.5	—	—	—	—
2019–20	32	ARI	70	14	24	38	-21	22	153	9.2	9	17:09	11	—	1.12	0.60	7.24	0.061	2.21	2.42	47.7	50.0	—	—	—	—
2018–19	31	PIT	82	27	55	82	-19	28	215	12.6	12	17:59	12	—	2.28	0.76	7.62	0.076	2.71	2.81	49.1	46.7	—	—	—	—
2017–18	30	PIT	82	34	58	92	-4	36	261	13.0	12	18:41	—	—	2.15	0.81	8.77	0.073	3.13	3.02	50.9	50.4	—	—	—	—
2016–17	29	PIT	82	23	47	70	3	20	229	10.0	8	17:56	12	—	2.01	0.79	8.58	0.074	2.74	2.97	48.1	47.2	—	—	—	—
2015–16	28	PIT	82	26	33	59	9	18	274	9.5	4	18:23	9	—	1.96	0.94	9.70	0.075	2.91	2.50	53.8	53.7	—	—	—	—
Career	—	8 seasons	618	166	306	472	-80	206	1571	10.6	53	17:05	—	—	1.88	0.76	8.00	0.073	2.64	2.84	48.2	48.2	—	—	—	—

Phil Kessel

Season performanceSelected-season standing and the components behind the scoreCollapse

Season metrics

Season comparisons

Rolling Radar

Rolling Radar

On-ice impactAbove average: 50.9% on-ice expected goal share at five-on-five (43rd of 105)What the team creates and allows during the player’s five-on-five minutesExplore

Results vs expected

On ice vs off ice

DefensePoor: 3.02 on-ice expected goals against per 60 (101st of 105)On-ice suppression and individual disciplineExplore

Defensive metrics

Discipline & puck management

Penaltiesnet —

Puck eventsnet —

Shooting & finishingVery good: 0.81 individual expected goals per 60 (30th of 105)Where the player shoots, the quality of those chances, and actual versus expected goalsExplore

Shooting by zone

Shot types329 attempts

High-danger chances

Shot locations

Usage & deployment18:41 TOI per game (13:56 at five-on-five · 3:47 PP)Scoring by situation, zone starts and workloadExplore

Where the 92 points come from · All situations

Zone starts — offensive of OZ + DZ

Shifts

Special teamsElite: 8.12 power-play points per 60 (3rd of 53)Power play and penalty killExplore

Power play

Penalty kill

Form13 points over the last 10 gamesRecent scoring and chance generationExplore

Rolling Radar

Shooting by zone

Shot types329 attempts

High-danger chances

Recent form

Recent form

Season vs reference

Season vs reference

Playoffs12 playoff games: 1 goal, 9 points · 78 career playoff gamesExplore

2017–18 playoffs

Playoff games

Every playoff run

Game log82 games · most recent vs OTT, W 4–0: 1 G, 1 AOfficial totals and five-on-five evidenceExplore

Career8 NHL seasons: 618 games, 472 pointsEvery season and a recomputed career lineExplore

Data notesScopes, missing values and model evidenceExplore

2017–18 playoffs

Playoff games

Every playoff run

Defensive metrics

Discipline & puck management

Penaltiesnet —

Puck eventsnet —

Power play

Penalty kill

Results vs expected

On ice vs off ice

Where the 92 points come from · All situations

Zone starts — offensive of OZ + DZ

Shifts

Season metrics

Recent form

Season vs reference