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Centre · #20

Karson Kuhlman

Age
31
Shoots
Right
Height
180 cm
Weight
83 kg
Born
Esko, USA
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2018–19 to 2022–23

Games
147
Goals
12
Points
30
TOI per game
11:50
xGF% (5v5)
52.5%
Goals above expected
−9.2

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2018–19BOS11325+512:091520.0%01.353.8%
2019–20BOS25156+312:32452.2%14.458.6%
2020–21BOS20202−610:39316.5%02.156.0%
2021–22BOS19112010:14224.5%02.446.7%
2021–22SEA25268−213:10464.3%04.652.8%
2021–22All teams443710−211:54684.4%07.050.8%
2022–23SEA14123+39:42137.7%01.444.3%
2022–23WPG33224−712:45355.7%04.951.3%
2022–23All teams47347−411:51486.3%06.349.8%
Total3 teams147121830−411:502075.8%121.252.5%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.10.20.30.40.50.620406080100120140
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Player card

How 2018–19 to 2022–23 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd line

38th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

Extra / AHL
  • Goals /600.4116th pct
  • Assists /600.6222nd pct
  • ixG /600.7349th pct
  • Goals above expected−9.211th pct

Play-driving

2nd line
  • xGF% (5v5)52.5%80th pct
  • CF% (5v5)51.5%76th pct
  • Relative xGF%−0.255th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.2166th pct

Usage

4th line
  • TOI per game11:5030th pct
  • PP time share1.1%7th pct
  • Offensive zone starts53.7%46th pct
  • Quality of competition23.5%31st pct

Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Finishing

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

−9.2 goals above expected

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Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−60−40−200+20+40+60+80

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed35.8 km/h54th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph7863rd pct
  • Hardest shot141.9 km/h56th pct
  • Distance skated141 km37th pct
  • Offensive-zone time41.1%39th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other forwards that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian forwardMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

35.8 km/h42nd pct

▼ −0.7 km/h since 2021–22

3535.53636.53721–2222–232021–22: 36.5 km/h, 70th percentile (44 games)2022–23: 35.8 km/h, 42nd percentile (47 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

8.480th pct

▼ −2.7 since 2021–22

246810121421–2222–232021–22: 11.1, 91st percentile (44 games)2022–23: 8.4, 80th percentile (47 games)

Distance skated per 60

15.2 km38th pct

▼ −0.5 km since 2021–22

14.51515.51616.521–2222–232021–22: 15.7 km, 57th percentile (44 games)2022–23: 15.2 km, 38th percentile (47 games)

Hardest shot

141.9 km/h46th pct

▲ +4.5 km/h since 2021–22

13514014515015521–2222–232021–22: 137.4 km/h, 25th percentile (44 games)2022–23: 141.9 km/h, 46th percentile (47 games)

Offensive-zone time

41.1%41st pct

▲ +0.3 points since 2021–22

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–232021–22: 40.7%, 36th percentile (44 games)2022–23: 41.1%, 41st percentile (47 games)