LW · CHI · NHL id 8470543
Chris Kunitz has played 56 games for the Chicago Blackhawks in 2018-19, scoring 5 goals and 5 assists (10 points) on 44 shots while averaging 9:04 a night (8:43 at even strength, 0:12 on the power play and 0:03 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Blackhawks have controlled 51% of shot attempts with Kunitz on the ice (15-21 in goals, 45% offensive-zone starts). In the Blackhawks' most recent game against NSH he was on L4 with Marcus Kruger and John Hayden and off the power play. He is shooting 11.4% this season against 12.8% across the 155 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 6 game vs NSH, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2018-19 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 19 games, 8:36 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 6 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
Puck and player tracking
No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.
Shot map
2018-19 · 87 attempts, 44 on goal, 5 goals
Shot map, OPP at CHI: 87 attempts, 44 on goal, 5 goals, 6.27 expected goals; best chance Chris Kunitz at 0.57 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2018-19 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2018-19 regular season · 53 of 56 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.011
- Season net
- −0.09xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.49
- Attempts
- 4
- 0.003
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Linemates
2018-19 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Kunitz
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
56 games in 2018-19, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6 | @ NSH | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7:46 | 7:39 | — | — |
| Apr 5 | vs DAL | W 6-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 13:37 | 13:18 | — | — |
| Apr 3 | vs STL | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8:21 | 8:21 | — | — |
| Mar 30 | @ LAK | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5:54 | 5:54 | — | — |
| Mar 28 | @ SJS | W 5-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 8:14 | 8:14 | — | — |
| Mar 26 | @ ARI | L 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 5:22 | 5:22 | — | — |
| Mar 24 | vs COL | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 5:04 | 5:04 | — | — |
| Mar 23 | @ COL | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 5:32 | 5:32 | — | — |
| Mar 21 | vs PHI | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 8:39 | 8:39 | — | — |
| Mar 18 | vs VAN | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 7:57 | 7:57 | — | — |
| Mar 16 | @ MTL | W 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 10:06 | 9:43 | — | — |
| Mar 13 | @ TOR | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | 12:33 | 11:49 | — | — |
| Mar 11 | vs ARI | W 7-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 12:03 | 12:03 | — | — |
| Mar 9 | @ DAL | W 2-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 11:52 | 11:35 | 0:08 | — |
| Mar 7 | vs BUF | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 10:32 | 10:25 | — | — |
| Mar 3 | @ SJS | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | 12:04 | 12:03 | — | — |
| Mar 2 | @ LAK | L 3-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6:45 | 6:45 | — | — |
| Feb 27 | @ ANA | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7:45 | 7:45 | — | — |
| Feb 24 | vs DAL | L 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5:09 | 5:09 | — | — |
| Feb 22 | vs COL | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 6:43 | 6:43 | — | — |
Season splits by strength
2018-19 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 56 | 507:18 | 9:04 | 449 | 425 | 51.4% | 50.1% | 242 | 241 | 15 | 23 | 39% | 22.5 | 23.3 | 47% |
| Even strength | 56 | 487:57 | 8:43 | 429 | 412 | 51.0% | 49.9% | 230 | 232 | 15 | 21 | 42% | 20.8 | 22.4 | 45% |
| 5v5 | 56 | 487:57 | 8:43 | 429 | 412 | 51.0% | 49.9% | 230 | 232 | 15 | 21 | 42% | 20.8 | 22.4 | 45% |
| Power play | 9 | 11:13 | 1:15 | 17 | 4 | 81.0% | 75.0% | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.5 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 5 | 3:09 | 0:38 | 0 | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.3 | — |
| 5v4 | 9 | 11:13 | 1:15 | 17 | 4 | 81.0% | 75.0% | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.5 | 0.3 | 100% |
| 4v5 | 5 | 3:09 | 0:38 | 0 | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.3 | — |
| 6v5, own net empty | 7 | 3:22 | 0:29 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.2 | 0.0 | — |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | CHI | 56 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 23 | 44 | 11.4% | 85 | 15 | 9:04 |
| 2017-18Playoffs | TBL | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 16 | 16 | 0.0% | 32 | 6 | 10:28 |
| 2017-18 | TBL | 82 | 13 | 16 | 29 | +8 | 35 | 81 | 16.0% | 131 | 30 | 11:57 |
On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.