Career profile Last roster: 2018-19 LAK
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Matt Cullen

C · USA
+ 10 other teams
Status
Retired 7 yrs ago
Career
2004–2019 (15 yrs)
Age
49 (42 in 2019)
Vitals
6'1" · 200 lb
Drafted
Undrafted

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2004-05 OTT 82 9 11 20 0.24 -10 43 1 1 0 86 10.5% 21
2005-06 PIT 83 17 20 37 0.45 -2 44 3 4 1 124 13.7% 46
2006-07 WSH 79 25 29 54 0.68 +10 66 6 4 1 156 16.0% 67
2007-08 MTL 73 22 33 55 0.75 -15 52 2 5 0 156 14.1% 99
2008-09 MTL 80 29 36 65 0.81 +11 43 6 10 1 233 12.4% 68
2009-10 DAL 82 24 35 59 0.72 -12 54 7 6 0 160 15.0% 75
2010-11 DAL / VAN 80 19 29 48 0.60 +2 18 7 6 0 160 11.9% 47
2011-12 VAN 77 12 37 49 0.64 +15 32 1 2 1 158 7.6% 60
2012-13 VAN 82 17 26 43 0.52 +6 19 1 3 0 157 10.8% 55
2013-14 BUF 69 10 33 43 0.62 +10 7 1 1 0 155 6.5% 3
2014-15 PIT 82 16 21 37 0.45 -14 12 1 1 0 187 8.6% 53
2015-16 PIT 82 8 26 34 0.41 +2 15 1 0 0 120 6.7% 26
2016-17 PIT / CAR / FLA 82 15 23 38 0.46 -7 4 1 4 0 194 7.7% 16
2017-18 WSH 82 6 19 25 0.30 +4 8 1 0 0 134 4.5% 36
2018-19 CHI / LAK 83 11 10 21 0.25 +11 4 1 1 1 88 12.5% 19
CAREER 15 yrs 1198 240 388 628 0.52 +11 421 40 48 5 -- 10.6% 691
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2006-07 WSH 9 0 4 4 0.44 -2 4 0 0 0 15 0.0% 8
2008-09 MTL 5 2 2 4 0.80 +2 2 0 0 0 11 18.2% 1
2009-10 DAL 5 0 2 2 0.40 -1 0 0 0 0 13 0.0% 5
2010-11 VAN 4 0 3 3 0.75 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.0% 7
2015-16 PIT 18 5 3 8 0.44 -1 4 1 1 0 17 29.4% 7
2017-18 WSH 6 1 1 2 0.33 +1 2 0 0 0 10 10.0% 3
2018-19 LAK 12 0 0 0 0.00 -3 0 0 0 0 9 0.0% 0
CAREER 7 app. 59 8 15 23 0.39 -4 12 1 1 0 -- 9.8% 31
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
1997-98 ANH 61 6 21 27 0.44 -4 23 0 2 6 8.0% 14:15
1998-99 ANH 75 11 14 25 0.33 -12 47 1 5 7 9.8% 15:31
1999-00 ANH 80 13 26 39 0.49 5 24 1 1 8 9.5% 16:54
2000-01 ANH 82 10 30 40 0.49 -23 38 1 4 15 6.3% 18:15
2001-02 ANH 79 18 30 48 0.61 -1 24 4 3 11 11.0% 17:01
2002-03 ANH 50 7 14 21 0.42 -4 12 1 1 7 9.1% 14:18
2002-03 FLA 30 6 6 12 0.40 -4 22 1 2 3 11.1% 14:43
2003-04 FLA 56 6 13 19 0.34 -2 24 2 1 2 8.0% 14:12
2005-06 CAR 78 25 24 49 0.63 4 40 5 8 18 11.7% 16:26
2006-07 NYR 80 16 25 41 0.51 0 52 2 2 7 7.4% 17:10
2007-08 CAR 59 13 36 49 0.83 2 32 1 8 23 9.5% 16:52
2008-09 CAR 69 22 21 43 0.62 11 20 2 4 7 15.8% 16:48
2009-10 CAR 60 12 28 40 0.67 0 26 1 1 9 8.8% 19:02
2009-10 OTT 21 4 4 8 0.38 -7 8 1 1 3 6.9% 17:59
2010-11 MIN 78 12 27 39 0.50 -14 34 2 5 21 8.0% 18:02
2011-12 MIN 73 14 21 35 0.48 -10 24 0 4 9 8.5% 18:56
2012-13 MIN 42 7 20 27 0.64 9 10 0 0 4 8.9% 15:53
2013-14 NSH 77 10 29 39 0.51 4 32 2 1 9 7.5% 15:30
2014-15 NSH 62 7 18 25 0.40 8 16 1 0 4 7.8% 13:01
2015-16 PIT 82 16 16 32 0.39 5 20 4 0 0 13.6% 13:53
2016-17 PIT 72 13 18 31 0.43 4 30 2 2 4 14.0% 13:55
2017-18 MIN 79 11 11 22 0.28 -1 20 1 0 1 10.6% 11:54
2018-19 PIT 71 7 13 20 0.28 6 14 2 0 0 8.0% 11:31
Career NHL 1516 266 465 731 0.48 -24 592 37 55 178 9.6% -

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Forwards, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2004-05 28 C OTT - - 81 70 71 79 83 - - 61 61 70 - 57 59 71
2005-06 29 C PIT - - 81 72 71 79 83 - - 63 69 70 - 60 63 73
2006-07 30 LW WSH - - 81 72 70 82 76 - - 72 73 71 - 64 65 76
2007-08 31 LW MTL - - 81 79 68 79 81 - - 74 69 69 - 71 65 76
2008-09 32 LW MTL 57 50 78 82 75 - 73 85 94 85 73 66 - 75 69 -
2009-10 33 C DAL 57 40 83 81 75 - 82 75 85 75 73 72 - 77 71 70
2010-11 34 C VAN 68 40 83 81 75 - 82 74 88 77 71 74 - 79 73 72
2011-12 35 C VAN 58 40 82 77 72 89 95 72 91 74 68 74 76 81 81 72
2012-13 36 C VAN 54 36 80 74 72 86 88 69 83 69 64 70 82 84 79 69
2013-14 37 C BUF 53 35 81 77 72 70 81 72 84 79 65 70 91 86 80 70
2014-15 38 C PIT 51 35 76 76 72 64 83 70 88 78 64 64 75 88 80 68
2015-16 39 C PIT 49 35 77 73 72 51 70 69 82 71 61 65 71 90 80 65
2016-17 40 C FLA 65 42 91 76 74 60 89 60 94 65 72 93 73 94 98 72
2017-18 41 C WSH 65 42 87 77 74 66 94 62 88 70 71 88 25 96 99 71
2018-19 42 C LAK 59 41 91 74 74 62 93 56 82 62 66 71 72 98 99 67
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2004-05 28 C OTT - - 81 70 71 79 83 - - 61 61 70 - 57 59 71
2005-06 29 C PIT - - · +2 · · · - - +2 +8 · - +3 +4 +2
2006-07 30 LW WSH - - · · −1 +3 −7 - - +9 +4 +1 - +4 +2 +3
2007-08 31 LW MTL - - · +7 −2 −3 +5 - - +2 −4 −2 - +7 · ·
2008-09 32 LW MTL 57 50 −3 +3 +7 - −8 85 94 +11 +4 −3 - +4 +4 -
2009-10 33 C DAL · −10 +5 −1 · - +9 −10 −9 −10 · +6 - +2 +2 70
2010-11 34 C VAN +11 · · · · - · −1 +3 +2 −2 +2 - +2 +2 +2
2011-12 35 C VAN −10 · −1 −4 −3 89 +13 −2 +3 −3 −3 · 76 +2 +8 ·
2012-13 36 C VAN −4 −4 −2 −3 · −3 −7 −3 −8 −5 −4 −4 +6 +3 −2 −3
2013-14 37 C BUF −1 −1 +1 +3 · −16 −7 +3 +1 +10 +1 · +9 +2 +1 +1
2014-15 38 C PIT −2 · −5 −1 · −6 +2 −2 +4 −1 −1 −6 −16 +2 · −2
2015-16 39 C PIT −2 · +1 −3 · −13 −13 −1 −6 −7 −3 +1 −4 +2 · −3
2016-17 40 C FLA +16 +7 +14 +3 +2 +9 +19 −9 +12 −6 +11 +28 +2 +4 +18 +7
2017-18 41 C WSH · · −4 +1 · +6 +5 +2 −6 +5 −1 −5 −48 +2 +1 −1
2018-19 42 C LAK −6 −1 +4 −3 · −4 −1 −6 −6 −8 −5 −17 +47 +2 · −4
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2004-05 OTT $1,750,000 4 yr 3.5% 28 RFA
2005-06 PIT $1,452,500 3 yr 2.9% 29 RFA
2006-07 WSH $1,336,300 2 yr 3.4% 30 RFA
2007-08 MTL $1,850,000 2 yr 3.7% 31 UFA
2009-10 DAL $3,000,000 3 yr 5.3% 33 UFA
2012-13 VAN $3,750,000 1 yr 5.3% 36 UFA
2013-14 BUF $5,745,000 1 yr 8.9% 37 UFA
2014-15 PIT $3,500,000 2 yr 5.1% 38 UFA
2016-17 PIT $5,150,000 1 yr 7.1% 40 UFA
2017-18 WSH $3,000,000 1 yr 4.0% 41 UFA
2018-19 CHI $1,200,000 1 yr 1.5% 42 UFA
2004-05
Jul 9 2004
2004-05
to CANUCKS
to PANTHERS
Jul 18 2004
2004-05
to SENATORS
2005-06
Oct 15 2005
2005-06
to COYOTES
to SENATORS
Feb 15 2006
2005-06
to PENGUINS
  • Matt Cullen 73
to COYOTES
2006-07
Feb 3 2007
2006-07
to CAPITALS
2007-08
May 25 2007
2007-08
to CANADIENS
to CAPITALS
2009-10
Aug 22 2009
2009-10
to STARS
  • Matt Cullen 70
to CANADIENS
2010-11
Feb 27 2011
2010-11
to CANUCKS
2016-17
Feb 3 2017
2016-17
to HURRICANES
  • Matt Cullen 72
Mar 6 2017
2016-17
to PANTHERS
  • Matt Cullen 72
to HURRICANES
2018-19
Oct 8 2018
2018-19
to BLACKHAWKS
  • Matt Cullen 67
to CAPITALS
  • $1,000,000
Feb 18 2019
2018-19
to KINGS
  • Matt Cullen 67
to BLACKHAWKS

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