
David
Krejci
C · Offensive · Very poor
- PAL
- 18
- WAR
- 0.1
- PTS
- 56
2022-23№ 305 / 617
David Krejci stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
David Krejci
Retired 2023#46C
HEIGHT : 183 cm · WEIGHT : 87 kg · SHOOTS : R
Born : April 27, 1986 · Sternberk, Czechia
Drafted : 2004 · BOS · round 2, pick #63
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 16 | 40 | 56 | 20 |
| 2020-21 | Boston Bruins | 51 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 16 |
| 2019-20 | Boston Bruins | 61 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 23 |
| 2018-19 | Boston Bruins | 81 | 20 | 53 | 73 | 16 |
| 2017-18 | Boston Bruins | 64 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 18 |
| 2016-17 | Boston Bruins | 82 | 23 | 31 | 54 | 26 |
| 2015-16 | Boston Bruins | 72 | 17 | 46 | 63 | 32 |
| 2014-15 | Boston Bruins | 47 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 22 |
| 2013-14 | Boston Bruins | 80 | 19 | 50 | 69 | 28 |
| 2012-13 | Boston Bruins | 47 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 20 |
| 2011-12 | Boston Bruins | 79 | 23 | 39 | 62 | 36 |
| 2010-11 | Boston Bruins | 75 | 13 | 49 | 62 | 28 |
| 2009-10 | Boston Bruins | 79 | 17 | 35 | 52 | 26 |
| 2008-09 | Boston Bruins | 82 | 22 | 51 | 73 | 26 |
| 2007-08 | Boston Bruins | 56 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 20 |
| 2006-07 | Boston Bruins | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| NHL totals | 1032 | 231 | 555 | 786 | 359 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | Boston Bruins | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | Boston Bruins | 11 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| 2019-20 | Boston Bruins | 13 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 |
| 2018-19 | Boston Bruins | 24 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 8 |
| 2017-18 | Boston Bruins | 12 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
| 2016-17 | Boston Bruins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013-14 | Boston Bruins | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 2012-13 | Boston Bruins | 22 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 14 |
| 2011-12 | Boston Bruins | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010-11 | Boston Bruins | 25 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 10 |
| 2009-10 | Boston Bruins | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2008-09 | Boston Bruins | 11 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
| 2007-08 | Boston Bruins | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Playoff totals | 160 | 43 | 85 | 128 | 60 | |
Honours
- 🏆 Stanley Cuponce · 2010-11
David Krejci: our analysis
2022-23 season: 70 GP, 16 G, 40 A, 56 PTS, +23 +/-, 17:12 TOI. WAR 0.1 (305th of 617) · PAL 18, very poor.
In 2022-23, David Krejci, 40, posts a PAL Rating of 18 out of 100 (very poor), and his WAR of 0.1 ranks 305th among 617 regulars, in the top half.
His strengths: offense (84, well above average), power play (79, well above average) and penalty kill (66, above average). On the other hand, defense (5, among the weakest in the league) and possession (6, among the weakest in the league) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: finishing (+3.0); his biggest cost: EV offense (-3.8).
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 17:12
- PP TOI/GP
- 2:40
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:08
- Pts/GP
- 0.80
- EV points
- 44
- Hits
- 41
- Blocks
- 38
- Takeaways
- 17
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 47.6 %
- Off. zone starts
- 43.7 %
- Faceoffs
- 47.4 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
Player ratings, 2022-23
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 54 %
67
Depth
- SK
- Skating
- 54
- Confidence 40 %
- ST
- Strength
- 65
- Confidence 59 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 79
- Confidence 50 %
- DU
- Durability
- 75
- Confidence 40 %
- CK
- Checking
- 66
- Confidence 59 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 70
- Confidence 30 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 76
- Confidence 59 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- 66
- Confidence 65 %
- PA
- Passing
- 84
- Confidence 54 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 76
- Confidence 54 %
- DF
- Defense
- 56
- Confidence 49 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 63
- Confidence 8 %
- EX
- Experience
- 97
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating54
- Top speed (35 %)34.7 · 51
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)2.647 · 47
- Distance /60 (20 %)15.9 · 74
- Speed consistency (15 %)34.5 · 60
ST — Strength65
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)3.949 · 69
- Body mass (50 %)-0.679 · 69
EN — Endurance79
- Ice time per game (45 %)16 · 79
- Total ice time (20 %)1,159 · 76
- Shift length (15 %)46.6 · 79
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)15.7 · 79
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)2.71 · 77
DU — Durability75
- Share of games played (100 %)0.813 · 75
CK — Checking66
- Hits /60 (70 %)2.878 · 66
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)3.442 · 66
- Season volume (10 %)3.738 · 67
FG — Fighting70
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.981 · 70
DI — Discipline76
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.018 · 76
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.565 · 78
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.673 · 71
FO — Faceoffs66
- Faceoff % (85 %)48.7 · 68
- Faceoffs /60 (15 %)41.3 · 66
PA — Passing84
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)1.111 · 90
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.694 · 86
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)-0.145 · 49
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.24 · 71
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.996 · 90
SC — Scoring76
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.85 · 77
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.731 · 68
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.375 · 83
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.098 · 68
- xG per shot (10 %)0.083 · 77
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)11.3 · 68
DF — Defense56
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)-0.122 · 58
- Relative xG against (20 %)0.422 · 45
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.912 · 66
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.02 · 79
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-0.581 · 56
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)57.8 · 71
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)2.019 · 73
PS — Penalty shot63
- Shootouts (60 %)33.4 · 62
- Penalty shots (40 %)25.9 · 75
EX — Experience97
- Career regular-season games (65 %)98
- Career playoff games (25 %)96
- NHL seasons (10 %)98
OV — Overall67
- SC · Scoring (20 %)76
- PA · Passing (20 %)84
- DF · Defense (20 %)56
- SK · Skating (12 %)54
- FO · Faceoffs (10 %)66
- EN · Endurance (8 %)79
- DI · Discipline (5 %)76
- ST · Strength (3 %)65
- CK · Checking (2 %)66
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2022-23
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
WAR
0.1
wins above replacement
305 of 617
PAL Rating
18/ 100
Performance · Very poor
376 of 461 at the position
Value Rating
—/ 100
Season cap hit unknown
ProfileOffensiveValue comes mostly from offense
- Offense
- 60
- Defense
- 4
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- Offense
- 84
- Creation
- 20
- Shooting
- 57
- Possession
- 6
- Defense
- 5
- Discipline
- 52
- Power play
- 79
- Penalty kill
- 66
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
Hockey IQ, 2022-23
Rankings and method →The quality of the player's decisions with and against the puck at 5-on-5, against regulars at the same position (50 = average). PAL measures output; IQ measures how the player plays.
Overall IQ
47/ 100
Average
better than 47% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
64/ 100
Average
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
36/ 100
Below average
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Overall IQ isn't an average of the two scores: it's the player's rank with offense and defense combined, 223 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 98
- Shot selection
- 62
- Penalties drawn
- 29
- Puck management
- 13
Defense
- Takeaways
- 2
- Discipline
- 72
- Safe zone exits
- 49
Percentiles: 80 means better than 80% of regulars at the same position. Play without the puck (positioning, coverage) isn't measured: the NHL doesn't publish that data.
WAR, 2022-23
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
0.1
wins above replacement
-1.5 to 1.3 — 90% interval
305 of 617 forwards
+0.6 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- -3.8
- EV defense
- -3.0
- Power play
- +0.8
- Penalty kill
- +0.0
- Shooting
- +3.0
- Penalties
- +0.5
- Average → replacement
- +3.0
In goals.
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →Speed, shot power, distance covered, time by zone: measured by chips in the puck and shoulder pads. 90th percentile = better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 150.4 km/h85th percentileleague avg. 136.6 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 33.5 km/h8th percentileleague avg. 35.5 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 1019th percentileleague avg. 70
- Offensive zone time
- 43.5 %67th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
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- Total distance, season
- 306.0 km72nd percentileleague avg. 196.0 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 5.72 km82nd percentileleague avg. 4.71 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 40.8 %43rd percentileleague avg. 41.3 %
- Neutral zone time
- 18.2 %75th percentileleague avg. 17.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 38.4 %72nd percentileleague avg. 39.8 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 11261st percentile | 1671st percentile | 14.3 %76th percentile |
| High danger | 4566th percentile | 1072nd percentile | 22.2 %75th percentile |
| Mid range | 3968th percentile | 465th percentile | 10.3 %47th percentile |
| Long range | 1581st percentile | 178th percentile | 6.7 %74th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2022-2023 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Last 5 games
| Date | Opponent | G | A | PTS | +/- | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 30, 2023 | vs | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 19:32 |
| April 28, 2023 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:44 |
| April 19, 2023 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 19:26 |
| April 17, 2023 | vs | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20:59 |
| April 1, 2023 | @ | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 18:08 |
David Krejci: frequently asked questions
How many goals does David Krejci have in 2022-23?
David Krejci has 16 goals and 56 points (40 assists) in 70 games in 2022-23.
How old is David Krejci?
David Krejci is 40 years old: he was born on April 28, 1986.
How tall is David Krejci, and how much does he weigh?
David Krejci is 6'0" (183 cm) and weighs 192 lb (87 kg).
Where is David Krejci from?
Czechia: David Krejci was born in Sternberk, Czechia.
How good is David Krejci?
David Krejci produced 0.1 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2022-23, 305th of 617 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 18 out of 100: very poor for his position.
Is David Krejci a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 305th of 617 players at his position in the NHL in 2022-23. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
What are David Krejci's career stats?
Over his NHL career, David Krejci has 1,032 games, 231 goals, 555 assists and 786 points. His best season: 2018-19, with 73 points in 81 games.
Where was David Krejci drafted?
David Krejci was drafted 63rd overall (round 2) by Boston Bruins in 2004.
How does David Krejci perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, David Krejci has 160 games and 128 points in his career. His pace (0.80 points per game) is similar to his regular-season pace (0.76).
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