Career profile Last roster: 2023-24 CGY
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Phil Kessel

RW · USA
+ 11 other teams
Status
Retired 2 yrs ago
Career
2006–2024 (18 yrs)
Age
38 (36 in 2024)
Vitals
6'0" · 202 lb
Drafted
2006 Rd 1 (#2) STL

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2006-07 STL 80 16 25 41 0.51 -5 38 0 3 0 171 9.4% 44
2007-08 STL 78 5 8 13 0.17 -12 16 0 1 0 59 8.5% 25
2008-09 STL / MIN 73 10 7 17 0.23 -17 6 1 1 0 120 8.3% 4
2009-10 ANH 82 31 41 72 0.88 +10 4 5 11 0 250 12.4% 8
2010-11 ANH / DET 79 25 42 67 0.85 +9 16 0 9 0 225 11.1% 26
2011-12 DET 82 36 35 71 0.87 -8 55 7 14 0 304 11.8% 112
2012-13 DET 82 34 37 71 0.87 -16 14 8 10 0 349 9.7% 33
2013-14 NJD 82 34 40 74 0.90 +12 8 5 8 0 321 10.6% 16
2014-15 NJD 82 41 41 82 1.00 +13 10 8 11 0 366 11.2% 32
2015-16 NJD 77 14 40 54 0.70 +5 12 4 4 0 217 6.5% 57
2016-17 NJD 82 21 31 52 0.63 +20 4 4 6 1 274 7.7% 15
2017-18 NJD / NYR / SJS 80 17 15 32 0.40 -8 2 2 3 0 183 9.3% 15
2018-19 SJS 82 17 32 49 0.60 -6 10 5 2 0 275 6.2% 51
2019-20 SJS 82 15 28 43 0.52 +13 10 5 5 0 210 7.1% 42
2020-21 VGK 82 21 18 39 0.48 -5 12 2 4 0 185 11.4% 36
2021-22 VGK / BOS / LAK 70 17 14 31 0.44 -12 0 3 2 0 151 11.3% 9
2022-23 SEA 61 9 12 21 0.34 +4 0 1 0 0 92 9.8% 10
2023-24 SEA / CGY 82 6 3 9 0.11 0 4 0 0 0 52 11.5% 34
CAREER 18 yrs 1418 369 469 838 0.59 -3 221 60 94 1 -- 9.7% 569
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2007-08 STL 19 3 4 7 0.37 +3 2 1 1 0 17 17.6% 16
2009-10 ANH 7 3 4 7 1.00 -1 0 1 2 0 17 17.6% 0
2010-11 DET 21 5 9 14 0.67 +1 6 0 1 0 48 10.4% 4
2011-12 DET 5 0 0 0 0.00 -6 4 0 0 0 16 0.0% 2
2012-13 DET 19 12 14 26 1.37 +6 0 2 3 0 78 15.4% 11
2015-16 NJD 7 2 1 3 0.43 -4 2 0 0 0 24 8.3% 8
2016-17 NJD 5 1 1 2 0.40 -1 0 0 0 0 21 4.8% 1
2019-20 SJS 6 0 1 1 0.17 -4 2 0 0 0 17 0.0% 4
2021-22 LAK 5 0 2 2 0.40 +1 0 0 0 0 7 0.0% 0
2023-24 CGY 1 1 0 1 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 3 33.3% 0
CAREER 10 app. 95 27 36 63 0.66 -5 16 4 7 0 -- 10.9% 46
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2006-07 BOS 70 11 18 29 0.41 -12 12 0 1 5 6.5% 14:04
2007-08 BOS 82 19 18 37 0.45 -6 28 3 5 7 8.9% 15:14
2008-09 BOS 70 36 24 60 0.86 23 16 6 8 15 15.5% 16:34
2009-10 TOR 70 30 25 55 0.79 -8 21 5 8 16 10.1% 19:33
2010-11 TOR 82 32 32 64 0.78 -20 24 6 12 23 9.8% 19:39
2011-12 TOR 82 37 45 82 1.00 -10 20 6 10 23 12.5% 20:03
2012-13 TOR 48 20 32 52 1.08 -3 18 4 6 21 12.4% 19:49
2013-14 TOR 82 37 43 80 0.98 -5 27 6 8 20 12.1% 20:40
2014-15 TOR 82 25 36 61 0.74 -34 30 4 8 25 8.9% 18:48
2015-16 PIT 82 26 33 59 0.72 9 18 5 4 17 9.5% 18:23
2016-17 PIT 82 23 47 70 0.85 3 20 4 8 30 10.0% 17:56
2017-18 PIT 82 34 58 92 1.12 -4 36 6 12 42 13.0% 18:41
2018-19 PIT 82 27 55 82 1.00 -19 28 10 12 36 12.6% 17:59
2019-20 ARI 70 14 24 38 0.54 -21 22 2 9 17 9.2% 17:09
2020-21 ARI 56 20 23 43 0.77 -17 12 3 4 13 17.4% 17:05
2021-22 ARI 82 8 44 52 0.63 -24 40 0 2 14 4.6% 16:41
2022-23 VGK 82 14 22 36 0.44 -7 30 0 2 9 9.4% 12:49
Career NHL 1286 413 579 992 0.77 -155 402 70 119 333 10.7% -

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
2006-07 19 LW STL - - 81 79 59 68 69 - - 66 67 56 - 41 42 70
2007-08 20 RW STL - - 81 79 59 75 73 - - 70 67 56 - 41 42 70
2008-09 21 RW MIN 51 50 82 92 60 - 78 69 69 68 74 58 - 61 63 -
2009-10 22 RW ANH 50 40 85 94 60 - 79 85 63 79 87 66 - 63 65 72
2010-11 23 RW DET 50 40 84 94 60 - 79 79 67 75 81 64 - 65 67 71
2011-12 24 RW DET 42 40 86 85 69 90 95 81 67 75 85 56 85 64 64 73
2012-13 25 RW DET 46 35 84 84 70 92 97 87 40 79 89 60 82 62 71 75
2013-14 26 RW NJD 47 35 81 85 70 90 96 90 34 86 86 58 77 64 71 75
2014-15 27 RW NJD 48 36 83 86 70 93 97 88 33 84 91 58 74 66 71 76
2015-16 28 RW NJD 48 35 80 82 70 86 95 79 32 79 82 56 69 68 71 72
2016-17 29 RW NJD 57 41 92 89 73 71 99 88 35 80 83 57 56 79 81 74
2017-18 30 RW SJS 57 41 91 88 73 77 99 86 34 88 79 52 90 81 84 74
2018-19 31 LW SJS 57 41 86 86 73 80 99 91 34 95 88 54 59 83 86 77
2019-20 32 LW SJS 57 41 89 83 73 77 99 82 38 93 84 51 60 83 86 74
2020-21 33 LW VGK 59 41 90 83 73 75 93 86 31 77 72 55 59 85 89 71
2021-22 34 LW LAK 57 41 92 79 73 75 93 79 31 80 86 54 60 87 91 72
2022-23 35 LW SEA 57 41 85 83 73 74 95 81 34 84 59 67 59 89 89 71
2023-24 36 LW CGY 57 41 88 83 73 63 99 67 36 72 70 64 58 92 92 69
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2006-07 19 LW STL - - 81 79 59 68 69 - - 66 67 56 - 41 42 70
2007-08 20 RW STL - - · · · +7 +4 - - +4 · · - · · ·
2008-09 21 RW MIN 51 50 +1 +13 +1 - +5 69 69 −2 +7 +2 - +20 +21 -
2009-10 22 RW ANH −1 −10 +3 +2 · - +1 +16 −6 +11 +13 +8 - +2 +2 72
2010-11 23 RW DET · · −1 · · - · −6 +4 −4 −6 −2 - +2 +2 −1
2011-12 24 RW DET −8 · +2 −9 +9 90 +16 +2 · · +4 −8 85 −1 −3 +2
2012-13 25 RW DET +4 −5 −2 −1 +1 +2 +2 +6 −27 +4 +4 +4 −3 −2 +7 +2
2013-14 26 RW NJD +1 · −3 +1 · −2 −1 +3 −6 +7 −3 −2 −5 +2 · ·
2014-15 27 RW NJD +1 +1 +2 +1 · +3 +1 −2 −1 −2 +5 · −3 +2 · +1
2015-16 28 RW NJD · −1 −3 −4 · −7 −2 −9 −1 −5 −9 −2 −5 +2 · −4
2016-17 29 RW NJD +9 +6 +12 +7 +3 −15 +4 +9 +3 +1 +1 +1 −13 +11 +10 +2
2017-18 30 RW SJS · · −1 −1 · +6 · −2 −1 +8 −4 −5 +34 +2 +3 ·
2018-19 31 LW SJS · · −5 −2 · +3 · +5 · +7 +9 +2 −31 +2 +2 +3
2019-20 32 LW SJS · · +3 −3 · −3 · −9 +4 −2 −4 −3 +1 · · −3
2020-21 33 LW VGK +2 · +1 · · −2 −6 +4 −7 −16 −12 +4 −1 +2 +3 −3
2021-22 34 LW LAK −2 · +2 −4 · · · −7 · +3 +14 −1 +1 +2 +2 +1
2022-23 35 LW SEA · · −7 +4 · −1 +2 +2 +3 +4 −27 +13 −1 +2 −2 −1
2023-24 36 LW CGY · · +3 · · −11 +4 −14 +2 −12 +11 −3 −1 +3 +3 −2
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2006-07 STL $825,000 3 yr 2.1% 19 ELC Rookie
2008-09 STL $3,500,000 3 yr 6.2% 21 RFA
2011-12 DET $5,500,000 4 yr 8.6% 24 RFA
2015-16 NJD $7,950,000 5 yr 11.1% 28 RFA
2020-21 VGK $6,000,000 2 yr 7.4% 33 UFA
2022-23 SEA $4,000,000 2 yr 4.8% 35 UFA
2008-09
Jan 18 2009
2008-09
to WILD
2009-10
Jul 9 2009
2009-10
to DUCKS
2010-11
Dec 3 2010
2010-11
to RED WINGS
  • Phil Kessel 71
2013-14
Jul 29 2013
2013-14
to DEVILS
2017-18
Nov 20 2017
2017-18
to RANGERS
  • Phil Kessel 74
Mar 11 2018
2017-18
to SHARKS
  • Phil Kessel 74
2020-21
Jul 14 2020
2020-21
to HURRICANES
  • Phil Kessel 71
to SHARKS
2021-22
Apr 1 2022
2021-22
to BRUINS
  • Phil Kessel 72
to GOLDEN KNIGHTS
Apr 17 2022
2021-22
to KINGS
2023-24
Mar 7 2024
2023-24
to FLAMES
to KRAKEN

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