Phil Kessel

Position: RW ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-0 ▪ Weight: 202 lbs.
Born: October 2, 1987 in Madison, Wisconsin
Draft: Boston, 1st round (5th overall), 2006 NHL Entry
Contract: 5 years/$27,000,000
2012-13 Cap Hit: $5,400,000.00 (full contract info at capgeek.com)

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					Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
2006-07	19	BOS	NHL	70	11	18	29	11	-12	12	10	1	0	0	14	0	4	170	6.5	984	14:04
2007-08	20	BOS	NHL	82	19	18	37	15	-6	28	14	5	0	3	16	0	2	213	8.9	1249	15:14
2008-09	21	BOS	NHL	70	36	24	60	26	23	16	28	8	0	6	17	0	7	232	15.5	1159	16:34
2009-10	22	TOR	NHL	70	30	25	55	23	-8	21	22	8	0	5	17	0	8	297	10.1	1368	19:33
2010-11	23	TOR	NHL	82	32	32	64	26	-20	24	19	12	1	6	21	0	11	325	9.8	1611	19:39
2011-12	24	TOR	NHL	82	37	45	82	32	-10	20	27	10	0	6	32	0	13	295	12.5	1645	20:03
2012-13	25	TOR	NHL	48	20	32	52	19	-3	18	14	6	0	4	17	0	15	161	12.4	951	19:49
Career			NHL	504	185	194	379	152	-36	139	134	50	1	30	134	0	60	1693	10.9	8967	17:47

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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	82	0.45	0.55	1.00	0.39	0.24	3.60	42	49	91	36	107	33	84	0	-10	8.7	1.2	9.9
2012-13	25	TOR	NHL	48	0.42	0.67	1.08	0.40	0.38	3.35									-3	5.4	0.8	6.2
Career			NHL	504	0.37	0.38	0.75	0.30	0.28	3.36	180	170	350	145	444	133	345	1	-36	36.0	7.7	43.7

NHL Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
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	2	1	2	2	1	0	0	13	23.1	58	14:31
2008-09	21	BOS	NHL	11	6	5	11	5	7	4	6	0	0	0	38	15.8	175	15:55
2012-13	25	TOR	NHL	7	4	2	6	3	3	2	3	1	0	2	29	13.8	129	18:29
Career			NHL	22	13	8	21	9	11	8	11	2	0	2	80	16.3	363	16:29

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
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

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 7 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Phil Kessel		9.9	8.8	6.9	6.3	6.2	3.6	2.0
Jimmy Carson	95.2	9.4	8.6	6.3	6.2	3.6	2.9
Jimmy Ward	92.3	7.3	5.8	4.8	3.9	2.9	1.8
Martin Havlat	92.1	9.6	7.8	7.1	5.8	4.7	2.1
Derek Roy	91.9	9.5	7.9	7.1	6.8	4.3	1.6
Mike Richards	90.9	9.4	9.2	7.3	7.2	2.3	2.0
Miroslav Satan	89.9	9.1	8.3	7.1	5.0	3.9	3.1
Mike Rogers	89.8	10.0	7.7	7.3	5.2	3.7	3.1
Danny Gare	89.4	10.4	8.7	8.4	6.0	5.9	2.3
Bobby Hull	89.2	10.0	9.2	6.5	6.0	4.3	3.6
Robert Reichel	89.2	9.5	8.1	6.2	3.6	3.4	3.3

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Phil Kessel		9.9	8.8	6.9	6.3	6.2	3.6	2.0
Mike Rogers	89.7	10.0	7.7	7.3	5.2	3.7	3.1	0.0
Mickey Redmond	89.7	10.2	8.5	7.5	6.3	4.2	2.3	1.6	1.3	0.3
Alexandre Burrows	89.3	9.5	7.2	6.9	6.6	3.4	3.1	1.3	-0.5
Blaine Stoughton	88.5	9.9	7.3	6.3	6.0	2.7	2.3	0.3	0.1
Loui Eriksson	88.5	8.8	8.6	7.9	7.7	3.5	2.4	1.3
Ryan Kesler	86.6	10.4	7.7	6.2	5.5	3.9	1.2	1.2	1.1	0.2
Mike Richards	86.4	9.4	9.2	7.3	7.2	5.2	3.3	2.3	2.0
Hakan Loob	85.4	10.1	6.8	5.5	5.3	4.2	2.4
Brad Boyes	85.3	9.3	7.9	7.6	6.0	3.9	3.6	3.2	2.0	-0.1
Billy Boucher	85.3	5.9	5.7	5.0	2.6	1.8	1.1	-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) 2011-12 NHL 82 (3) 2012-13 NHL 48 (1)	Goals 2011-12 NHL 37 (6)
Points 2011-12 NHL 82 (6) 2012-13 NHL 52 (7)	Goals Created 2011-12 NHL 31.9 (6) 2012-13 NHL 19.4 (8)	Even Strength Goals 2008-09 NHL 28 (7) 2011-12 NHL 27 (6)	Power Play Goals 2010-11 NHL 12 (7)
Shots 2009-10 NHL 297 (6) 2010-11 NHL 325 (4) 2011-12 NHL 295 (7) 2012-13 NHL 161 (9)	Goals Per Game 2008-09 NHL 0.51 (8)	Points Per Game 2011-12 NHL 1.00 (8) 2012-13 NHL 1.08 (10)	Goals Created Per Game 2011-12 NHL 0.39 (8) 2012-13 NHL 0.40 (10)
Adjusted Goals 2011-12 NHL 42 (6)	Adjusted Points 2011-12 NHL 91 (6)	Adjusted Goals Created 2011-12 NHL 36.3 (6)	Offensive Point Shares 2011-12 NHL 8.7 (6) 2012-13 NHL 5.4 (9)

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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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