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Phil Kessel

Position: C
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-0    Weight: 202 lbs.
Born: October 2, 1987 in Madison, Wisconsin

Drafted by the Boston Bruins in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2006-07 19 BOS NHL 70 11 18 29 11 -12 12 10 1 0 0 170 6.5 984 14:04
2007-08 20 BOS NHL 82 19 18 37 15 -6 28 14 5 0 3 213 8.9 1249 15:14
2008-09 21 BOS NHL 70 36 24 60 26 23 16 28 8 0 6 232 15.5 1159 16:34
2009-10 22 TOR NHL 70 30 25 55 23 -8 21 22 8 0 5 297 10.1 1368 19:33
2010-11 23 TOR NHL 82 32 32 64 26 -20 24 19 12 1 6 325 9.8 1611 19:39
2011-12 24 TOR NHL 54 30 28 58 24 7 14 24 6 0 5 192 15.6 1064 19:42
Career NHL 428 158 145 303 124 -16 115 117 40 1 25 1429 11.1 7435 17:22

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
2006-07 19 BOS NHL 70 0.16 0.26 0.41 0.15 0.17 2.43 11 18 29 11 38 7 43 0 -12 1.3 0.7 2.0
2007-08 20 BOS NHL 82 0.23 0.22 0.45 0.18 0.34 2.60 21 19 40 17 62 15 53 0 -6 2.5 1.1 3.6
2008-09 21 BOS NHL 70 0.51 0.34 0.86 0.37 0.23 3.31 38 24 62 27 80 24 34 1 23 6.8 2.0 8.8
2009-10 22 TOR NHL 70 0.43 0.36 0.79 0.32 0.30 4.24 33 26 59 25 75 23 60 0 -8 5.2 1.0 6.3
2010-11 23 TOR NHL 82 0.39 0.39 0.78 0.32 0.29 3.96 35 34 69 28 82 31 71 0 -20 6.0 0.9 6.9
2011-12 24 TOR NHL 54 0.56 0.52 1.07 0.44 0.26 3.56 52 46 98 41 7 6.9 1.1 8.0
Career NHL 428 0.37 0.34 0.71 0.29 0.27 3.34 190 167 357 149 337 100 261 1 -16 28.7 6.9 35.6

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2007-08 20 BOS NHL 4 3 1 4 1 2 2 1 0 0 13 23.1 58 14:31
2008-09 21 BOS NHL 11 6 5 11 7 4 6 0 0 0 38 15.8 175 15:55
Career NHL 15 9 6 15 8 6 8 1 0 0 51 17.6 233 15:33

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2003-04 16 U.S. National Team Development Program U-17 32 31 18 49 8
2003-04 16 U.S. National Team Development Program NAHL 30 21 12 33 18
2003-04 16 United States WJ18-A 6 7 3 10 3 6 1 6 0 2
2004-05 17 U.S. National Team Development Program U-18 31 41 32 73 16
2004-05 17 United States WJC-A 7 4 2 6 -1 2 4 0 0 1
2004-05 17 U.S. National Team Development Program NAHL 14 11 14 25 0 21 6 5 0 2
2004-05 17 United States WJ18-A 6 9 7 16 10 2
2005-06 18 University of Minnesota WCHA 39 18 33 51 28 7 10 1 3
2005-06 18 United States WC-A 7 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0
2005-06 18 United States WJC-A 7 1 10 11 0 2 0 1 0 0
2006-07 19 Providence Bruins AHL 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0
2006-07 19 United States WC-A 7 2 5 7 1 6 2 0 0 0
2007-08 20 United States WC-A 7 6 4 10 4 6 3 3 0 0
2009-10 22 United States Olympics 6 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
Career 1 Season AHL 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0
Career 2 Seasons NAHL 44 32 26 58 0 39 6 5 0 2
Career 1 Season Olympics 6 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
Career 1 Season U-17 32 31 18 49 8
Career 1 Season U-18 31 41 32 73 16
Career 3 Seasons WC-A 21 9 10 19 7 14 6 3 0 0
Career 1 Season WCHA 39 18 33 51 28 7 10 1 3
Career 2 Seasons WJ18-A 12 16 10 26 13 8 1 6 0 2
Career 2 Seasons WJC-A 14 5 12 17 -1 4 4 1 0 1

Similarity Scores

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Thru 5 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5
Phil Kessel 8.8 6.9 6.3 3.6 2.0
Jeff Friesen 93.0 8.2 6.4 6.1 2.6 2.1
Dutch Reibel 93.0 8.5 6.4 5.7 3.2 1.0
Frank Nighbor 92.6 4.7 3.7 3.7 1.9 1.5
Derek Roy 91.6 9.5 7.1 6.8 4.3 1.6
Joe Juneau 91.3 8.5 7.3 4.6 3.3 1.7
Jimmy Ward 91.2 7.3 5.8 3.9 2.9 1.8
Dino Ciccarelli 91.2 9.2 6.4 5.4 2.7 1.8
Bernie Nicholls 91.1 8.0 7.1 6.7 3.0 2.5
Hib Milks 90.4 6.8 5.8 4.6 3.1 2.3
Max Bentley 90.1 6.9 6.7 5.6 2.4 1.2
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Phil Kessel 8.8 6.9 6.3 3.6 2.0
Alex Motter 89.8 6.9 5.7 4.3 1.8 1.6 0.7 0.3 -0.1
Dutch Reibel 89.7 8.5 6.4 5.7 3.2 1.0 -0.2
Alexandre Burrows 89.1 9.5 6.9 6.6 3.1 1.3 -0.5
Loui Eriksson 88.0 8.8 7.9 7.7 3.5 1.3
Ryan Kesler 87.7 10.4 7.7 6.2 3.9 1.2 1.1 0.2
Johan Franzen 87.2 7.8 6.7 5.3 3.0 2.6 1.0
Odie Cleghorn 86.3 4.3 4.0 3.2 2.7 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.1 -0.1 -0.2
David Backes 84.6 8.8 6.6 4.6 2.6 2.4
Travis Zajac 84.0 8.3 7.0 4.2 4.1 2.7
Milan Michalek 83.7 8.0 7.4 6.4 3.6 3.4 2.9 0.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

2011 NHL
2012 NHL

Awards

2006-07 NHL Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

Games Played

2007-08 NHL 82 (3)
2010-11 NHL 82 (3)

Goals

2011-12 NHL 30 (2)

Points

2011-12 NHL 58 (3)

Goals Created

2011-12 NHL 23.6 (3)

Even Strength Goals

2008-09 NHL 28 (7)
2011-12 NHL 24 (2)

Power Play Goals

2010-11 NHL 12 (7)

Game-Winning Goals

2011-12 NHL 5 (9)

Shots

2009-10 NHL 297 (6)
2010-11 NHL 325 (4)
2011-12 NHL 192 (4)

Goals Per Game

2008-09 NHL 0.51 (8)
2011-12 NHL 0.56 (3)

Points Per Game

2011-12 NHL 1.07 (7)

Goals Created Per Game

2011-12 NHL 0.44 (4)

Adjusted Goals

2011-12 NHL 52 (2)

Adjusted Points

2011-12 NHL 98 (4)

Adjusted Goals Created

2011-12 NHL 40.9 (3)

Offensive Point Shares

2011-12 NHL 6.9 (3)
      

Transactions

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September 18, 2009: Traded to Toronto by Boston for Toronto's 1st (Tyler Seguin) and 2nd (Jared Knight) round choices in 2010 Entry Draft and Toronto's 1st round choice (Dougie Hamilton) in 2011 Entry Draft, September 18, 2009.

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