C · CHI · NHL id 8475323
Marcus Kruger has played 74 games for the Chicago Blackhawks in 2018-19, scoring 4 goals and 8 assists (12 points) on 74 shots while averaging 10:25 a night (8:27 at even strength, 0:01 on the power play and 1:47 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Blackhawks have controlled 48% of shot attempts with Kruger on the ice (21-23 in goals, 27% offensive-zone starts). In the Blackhawks' most recent game against NSH he was on L4 with Chris Kunitz and John Hayden and off the power play. He is shooting 5.4% this season against 4.8% across the 122 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, 9:17 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 4 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 · 98 attempts, 74 on goal, 4 goals
Shot map, OPP at CHI: 98 attempts, 74 on goal, 4 goals, 7.12 expected goals; best chance Marcus Kruger at 0.67 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 · 73 of 74 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- +0.021
- Season net
- +0.22xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 100 draws
- −0.026
- Season
- −0.10G
- 48.1%391 draws
Wins by zone: OZ 31-25 · NZ 64-71 · DZ 93-107
- Per 60
- 0.58
- Attempts
- 6
- 0.020
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 Kruger
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
74 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 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 71% | 8:35 | 6:33 | — | 1:55 |
| Apr 3 | vs STL | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | 12:12 | 8:46 | — | 2:20 |
| Apr 1 | vs WPG | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 60% | 8:29 | 5:46 | — | 2:43 |
| Mar 30 | @ LAK | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40% | 7:06 | 6:17 | — | 0:49 |
| Mar 28 | @ SJS | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 11:46 | 7:19 | — | 3:31 |
| Mar 26 | @ ARI | L 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 6:39 | 5:42 | — | 0:57 |
| Mar 24 | vs COL | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 67% | 5:36 | 5:27 | — | 0:09 |
| Mar 23 | @ COL | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33% | 9:12 | 5:59 | — | 3:13 |
| Mar 21 | vs PHI | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 7:29 | 6:56 | — | 0:33 |
| Mar 18 | vs VAN | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 7:22 | 7:22 | — | — |
| Mar 16 | @ MTL | W 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 14:47 | 9:48 | — | 3:30 |
| Mar 13 | @ TOR | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 11:27 | 10:21 | — | 0:14 |
| Mar 11 | vs ARI | W 7-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25% | 12:42 | 11:42 | — | 1:00 |
| Mar 9 | @ DAL | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10:41 | 10:24 | 0:08 | — |
| Mar 7 | vs BUF | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 12:52 | 11:02 | — | 1:32 |
| Mar 3 | @ SJS | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 10:05 | 7:49 | — | 1:24 |
| Mar 2 | @ LAK | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 50% | 10:17 | 8:52 | — | 1:25 |
| Feb 27 | @ ANA | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | 9:16 | 7:55 | — | 1:07 |
| Feb 24 | vs DAL | L 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57% | 5:47 | 4:55 | — | 0:52 |
| Feb 22 | vs COL | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 4:52 | 2:55 | — | 1:57 |
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 | 74 | 770:43 | 10:25 | 542 | 814 | 40.0% | 40.9% | 324 | 447 | 23 | 45 | 34% | 27.5 | 47.1 | 19% |
| Even strength | 74 | 625:50 | 8:27 | 515 | 555 | 48.1% | 50.1% | 303 | 292 | 21 | 23 | 48% | 24.9 | 27.0 | 27% |
| 5v5 | 74 | 625:10 | 8:27 | 514 | 555 | 48.1% | 50.0% | 302 | 292 | 21 | 23 | 48% | 24.8 | 27.0 | 27% |
| Power play | 9 | 1:38 | 0:11 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 71 | 131:36 | 1:51 | 20 | 235 | 7.8% | 9.0% | 18 | 142 | 1 | 20 | 5% | 1.0 | 18.3 | 3% |
| 4v5 | 71 | 129:31 | 1:49 | 20 | 231 | 8.0% | 9.2% | 18 | 139 | 1 | 19 | 5% | 1.0 | 18.1 | 3% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 8 | 2:10 | 0:16 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.1 | 0.6 | — |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 14 | 7:57 | 0:34 | 3 | 19 | 13.6% | 6.7% | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 0.7 | 1.1 | 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 | 74 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 30 | 74 | 5.4% | 51 | 34 | 10:25 |
| 2017-18 | CAR | 48 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 28 | 30 | 3.3% | 56 | 16 | 10:50 |
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.