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Career profile Last roster: 2020-21 WSH
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Ryan Kesler

C · USA
+ 7 other teams
Status
Retired 5 yrs ago
Career
2004–2021 (17 yrs)
Age
42 (36 in 2021)
Vitals
6'2" · 202 lb
Drafted
Undrafted

Career Regular Season

15 seasons (2006–2021)
Games 1062
Goals 353 48th
Assists 454 95th
Points 807 64th
+/- +155 37th
P/GP 0.76
SHT% 11.8
PiM 908

Trophy Case

Stanley Cup Stanley Cup
as League Playoff Champion
2015-16 TBL
Selke Selke
as Top Defensive Forward
2016-17 TBL

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2006-07 ANH 16 2 5 7 0.44 +4 9 0 1 0 21 9.5% 9
2007-08 VAN 28 3 2 5 0.18 0 18 0 1 0 29 10.3% 28
2008-09 VAN / LAK / SJS 83 19 21 40 0.48 +19 53 2 4 1 174 10.9% 78
2009-10 CAR 82 26 38 64 0.78 +9 77 7 7 0 253 10.3% 168
2010-11 ANH / NYI 70 25 33 58 0.83 -3 84 5 12 0 189 13.2% 58
2011-12 NYI 80 32 54 86 1.08 -2 177 5 14 2 316 10.1% 178
2012-13 NYI 82 36 48 84 1.02 +1 49 6 9 0 289 12.5% 151
2013-14 NYI 77 32 33 65 0.84 +20 59 5 4 0 198 16.2% 110
2014-15 CAR 77 36 38 74 0.96 +36 44 7 3 1 256 14.1% 163
2015-16 TBL 71 23 36 59 0.83 +5 38 9 5 2 235 9.8% 127
2016-17 TBL 82 37 58 95 1.16 +36 99 5 13 0 273 13.6% 215
2017-18 TBL 79 38 35 73 0.92 +24 54 7 3 2 324 11.7% 187
2018-19 TBL 82 29 34 63 0.77 +14 86 3 6 0 269 10.8% 188
2019-20 VAN 82 7 12 19 0.23 -4 30 2 0 0 85 8.2% 45
2020-21 WSH 71 8 7 15 0.21 -4 31 0 0 0 77 10.4% 47
CAREER 15 yrs 1062 353 454 807 0.76 +155 908 63 82 8 -- 11.8% 1752
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2008-09 SJS 18 4 3 7 0.39 +3 14 0 0 1 29 13.8% 15
2009-10 CAR 6 1 2 3 0.50 -2 6 0 0 0 16 6.3% 9
2010-11 NYI 6 1 1 2 0.33 +1 6 0 0 0 16 6.3% 8
2013-14 NYI 6 0 2 2 0.33 -5 5 0 0 0 7 0.0% 11
2014-15 CAR 5 2 1 3 0.60 +1 0 0 0 0 16 12.5% 8
2015-16 TBL 24 8 14 22 0.92 +8 8 1 2 0 72 11.1% 40
2016-17 TBL 7 2 4 6 0.86 -3 14 0 0 0 13 15.4% 30
2019-20 VAN 7 0 1 1 0.14 +2 2 0 0 0 11 0.0% 3
CAREER 8 app. 79 18 28 46 0.58 +5 55 1 2 1 -- 10.0% 124
NHL Career Stats
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2003-04 VAN 28 2 3 5 0.18 -2 16 0 0 0 8.7% 10:42
2005-06 VAN 82 10 13 23 0.28 +1 79 2 1 2 8.4% 14:03
2006-07 VAN 48 6 10 16 0.33 +1 40 0 0 0 6.8% 16:26
2007-08 VAN 80 21 16 37 0.46 +1 79 2 4 8 11.9% 19:03
2008-09 VAN 82 26 33 59 0.72 +8 61 2 10 18 14.5% 19:28
2009-10 VAN 82 25 50 75 0.91 +1 104 5 12 26 11.7% 19:38
2010-11 VAN 82 41 32 73 0.89 +24 66 7 15 30 15.8% 20:30
2011-12 VAN 77 22 27 49 0.64 +11 56 1 8 19 9.9% 20:06
2012-13 VAN 17 4 9 13 0.76 -5 12 1 2 5 11.1% 18:57
2013-14 VAN 77 25 18 43 0.56 -15 81 5 9 16 10.5% 21:49
2014-15 ANH 81 20 27 47 0.58 -5 75 4 5 11 9.8% 19:31
2015-16 ANH 79 21 32 53 0.67 +5 78 4 5 15 12.8% 19:32
2016-17 ANH 82 22 36 58 0.71 +8 83 2 8 20 11.8% 21:18
2017-18 ANH 44 8 6 14 0.32 -4 46 2 2 2 10.3% 18:02
2018-19 ANH 60 5 3 8 0.13 -19 44 1 1 3 5.8% 16:30
Career NHL 1001 258 315 573 0.57 +10 920 38 82 175 11.3% -

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 20 C VAN - - 67 65 62 75 78 - - 47 50 58 - 40 44 61
2005-06 21 C LAK - - 64 65 62 75 78 - - 57 59 64 - 40 44 65
2006-07 22 C ANH - - 66 65 63 77 80 - - 60 60 66 - 42 46 67
2007-08 23 C VAN - - 68 68 65 70 67 - - 60 62 74 - 46 46 69
2008-09 24 C SJS 70 56 69 74 77 - 86 71 88 66 77 89 - 61 60 -
2009-10 25 RW CAR 69 53 72 84 77 - 91 80 84 83 75 81 - 63 62 73
2010-11 26 C NYI 72 58 68 84 77 - 91 82 93 87 76 83 - 65 64 76
2011-12 27 C NYI 79 48 71 79 73 90 95 84 93 76 90 90 84 66 73 79
2012-13 28 C NYI 63 40 71 76 75 92 92 79 84 72 76 80 76 68 72 73
2013-14 29 C NYI 65 40 73 76 75 86 62 76 88 72 69 74 72 70 76 70
2014-15 30 C CAR 67 47 76 77 75 95 82 75 83 64 75 73 72 72 78 71
2015-16 31 C TBL 68 49 74 77 77 89 90 75 87 68 73 72 80 74 80 72
2016-17 32 C TBL 86 59 73 84 77 74 97 79 99 80 78 95 55 80 84 78
2017-18 33 C TBL 83 45 72 86 76 87 98 86 98 82 78 92 25 83 87 79
2018-19 34 C TBL 81 96 71 84 79 78 80 69 94 62 71 87 53 84 88 72
2019-20 35 C VAN 81 66 79 78 76 73 69 71 97 55 58 86 53 84 89 68
2020-21 36 C WSH 81 66 79 78 76 73 69 71 97 55 58 86 53 84 89 68
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2004-05 20 C VAN - - 67 65 62 75 78 - - 47 50 58 - 40 44 61
2005-06 21 C LAK - - −3 · · · · - - +10 +9 +6 - · · +4
2006-07 22 C ANH - - +2 · +1 +2 +2 - - +3 +1 +2 - +2 +2 +2
2007-08 23 C VAN - - +2 +3 +2 −7 −13 - - · +2 +8 - +4 · +2
2008-09 24 C SJS 70 56 +1 +6 +12 - +19 71 88 +6 +15 +15 - +15 +14 -
2009-10 25 RW CAR −1 −3 +3 +10 · - +5 +9 −4 +17 −2 −8 - +2 +2 73
2010-11 26 C NYI +3 +5 −4 · · - · +2 +9 +4 +1 +2 - +2 +2 +3
2011-12 27 C NYI +7 −10 +3 −5 −4 90 +4 +2 · −11 +14 +7 84 +1 +9 +3
2012-13 28 C NYI −16 −8 · −3 +2 +2 −3 −5 −9 −4 −14 −10 −8 +2 −1 −6
2013-14 29 C NYI +2 · +2 · · −6 −30 −3 +4 · −7 −6 −4 +2 +4 −3
2014-15 30 C CAR +2 +7 +3 +1 · +9 +20 −1 −5 −8 +6 −1 · +2 +2 +1
2015-16 31 C TBL +1 +2 −2 · +2 −6 +8 · +4 +4 −2 −1 +8 +2 +2 +1
2016-17 32 C TBL +18 +10 −1 +7 · −15 +7 +4 +12 +12 +5 +23 −25 +6 +4 +6
2017-18 33 C TBL −3 −14 −1 +2 −1 +13 +1 +7 −1 +2 · −3 −30 +3 +3 +1
2018-19 34 C TBL −2 +51 −1 −2 +3 −9 −18 −17 −4 −20 −7 −5 +28 +1 +1 −7
2019-20 35 C VAN · −30 +8 −6 −3 −5 −11 +2 +3 −7 −13 −1 · · +1 −4
2020-21 36 C WSH · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Signed as
2004-05 VAN $1,100,000 3 yr 2.2% 20 ELC
2005-06 LAK $913,000 2 yr 1.8% 21 ELC
2006-07 ANH $839,960 1 yr 2.2% 22 ELC
2007-08 VAN $1,000,000 1 yr 2.0% 23 RFA
2008-09 VAN $2,000,000 2 yr 3.5% 24 RFA
2010-11 ANH $4,750,000 5 yr 8.0% 26 RFA
2015-16 TBL $7,200,000 5 yr 10.1% 31 UFA
2020-21 WSH $2,000,000 3 yr 2.5% 36 UFA
2005-06
Feb 22 2006
2005-06
to KINGS
  • Ryan Kesler 65
to CANUCKS
2006-07
Nov 27 2006
2006-07
to DUCKS
  • Ryan Kesler 67
to KINGS
2007-08
Mar 16 2008
2007-08
to CANUCKS
  • Ryan Kesler 69
2008-09
Dec 27 2008
2008-09
Jan 8 2009
2008-09
to SHARKS
to KINGS
2009-10
Sep 10 2009
2009-10
to HURRICANES
2010-11
Sep 18 2010
2010-11
to CAPITALS
Sep 21 2010
2010-11
to DUCKS
Jan 3 2011
2010-11
to ISLANDERS
2014-15
Oct 9 2014
2014-15
to HURRICANES
to ISLANDERS
2015-16
Jul 10 2015
2015-16
to BLUE JACKETS
  • Ryan Kesler 72
to HURRICANES
2019-20
Jun 19 2019
2019-20
to CANUCKS
  • Ryan Kesler 68
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