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Chris Kunitz's 2016-2017 season

Points
29
NHL#246
Goals
9
NHL#276
Assists
20
NHL#212
Plus/minus
0
NHL#355
Games
71
86%
86% of 82

Left winger Chris Kunitz was 37 years old when the 2016-2017 season began, his 13th in the NHL, and played it for Pittsburgh Penguins. He played 71 of a possible 82 games and scored 9 goals and 20 assists for 29 points, 0.41 points per game. The season ended with Chris Kunitz winning the Stanley Cup with Pittsburgh Penguins against Nashville Predators, after 20 playoff games and 11 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

2016-2017Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Chris Kunitz plays the 2016-2017 season for Pittsburgh Penguins

    PITPittsburgh Penguins

    Chris was 37 years old when the 2016-2017 season began. It was his 9th season with the team. His 13th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      WSH2–3PIT
      W
      game 1/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG15:42TOI
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    • The game
      ANA2–3PIT
      W
      game 2/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG15:34TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      COL4–3PIT
      L
      game 3/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG15:23TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      PIT0–4MTL
      L
      game 4/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG15:10TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS2–3PIT
      W
      game 5/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG20:39TOI
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    • The game
      PIT1–5NSH
      L
      game 6/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:36TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA2–3PIT
      W
      game 7/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:04TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–4PIT
      W
      game 8/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG14:10TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT5–4PHI
      W
      game 9/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG15:55TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • November 2016
    • The game
      PIT5–1ANA
      W
      game 10/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG17:41TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT2–3LAK
      L
      game 11/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:08TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT5–0SJS
      W
      game 12/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG16:05TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM3–4PIT
      W
      game 13/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG16:23TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MIN4–2PIT
      L
      game 14/825
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG17:50TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR1–4PIT
      W
      game 15/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-7SOG13:31TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–7WSH
      L
      game 16/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG14:07TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT3–2NYI
      W
      game 17/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP15:32TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–2BUF
      L
      game 18/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP17:40TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8218 of 21 played
      11
      points
      NHL#127
      2
      goals
      NHL#255
      9
      assists
      NHL#61
      PIT
      12-6-3W-L-OT27Points
      3rd in the Metropolitan·4th in the Eastern Conference·5th in the whole NHL
    • December 2016
    • The game
      DET3–5PIT
      W
      game 25/826
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG15:57TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT5–8PIT
      W
      game 26/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG11:47TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT5–1FLA
      W
      game 27/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:47TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–3TBL
      W
      game 28/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG12:43TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ARI0–7PIT
      W
      game 29/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG12:33TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS3–4PIT
      W
      game 30/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG11:33TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK1–0PIT
      L
      game 31/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:24TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–2TOR
      L
      game 32/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG13:08TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–7PIT
      W
      game 33/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-5SOG1PPP13:55TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–7CBJ
      L
      game 34/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG16:06TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD1–4PIT
      W
      game 35/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG15:17TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT5–2NJD
      W
      game 36/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG12:49TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR2–3PIT
      W
      game 37/826
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG16:26TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–4PIT
      W
      game 38/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:26TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL2–6PIT
      W
      game 39/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG15:09TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT2–5WSH
      L
      game 40/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:01TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–4OTT
      L
      game 41/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG14:13TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8235 of 41 played
      17
      points
      NHL#214
      4
      goals
      NHL#300
      13
      assists
      NHL#148
      PIT
      26-10-5W-L-OT57Points
      3rd in the Metropolitan·4th in the Eastern Conference·6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT3–6DET
      L
      game 42/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG12:32TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH7–8PIT
      W
      game 43/825
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG10:44TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–1MTL
      W
      game 44/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG11:08TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT7–1CAR
      W
      game 45/826
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG13:19TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–5PIT
      W
      game 46/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:16TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      STL3–0PIT
      L
      game 47/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:04TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT3–4BOS
      L
      game 48/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG18:26TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH2–4PIT
      W
      game 49/826
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG15:04TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • February 2017
    • The game
      CBJ3–4PIT
      W
      game 50/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG13:03TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–1STL
      W
      game 51/825
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-4SOG17:13TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY3–2PIT
      L
      game 52/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG17:31TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–1COL
      W
      game 53/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-4SOG15:17TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT3–4ARI
      L
      game 54/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG18:53TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN0–4PIT
      W
      game 55/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG19:34TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WPG3–4PIT
      W
      game 56/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG17:34TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–2CBJ
      L
      game 57/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG16:44TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      DET5–2PIT
      L
      game 58/824
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-1SOG14:42TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT3–1CAR
      W
      game 59/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:27TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–4PIT
      W
      game 60/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG15:20TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT2–3DAL
      L
      game 61/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG17:13TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • March 2017
    • The game
      PIT1–4CHI
      L
      game 62/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG15:05TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8256 of 62 played
      27
      points
      NHL#200
      9
      goals
      NHL#217
      18
      assists
      NHL#175
      PIT
      38-16-8W-L-OT84Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the Metropolitan·3rd in the Eastern Conference·5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TBL2–5PIT
      W
      game 63/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:13TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–4PIT
      W
      game 64/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG14:54TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT7–4WPG
      W
      game 65/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:29TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT3–2EDM
      W
      game 66/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG13:53TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT3–0VAN
      W
      game 67/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:01TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT3–4CGY
      L
      game 68/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP18:45TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT0–4PHI
      L
      game 69/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG14:06TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD4–6PIT
      W
      game 70/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG15:46TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA0–4PIT
      W
      game 71/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG20:47TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT3–1BUF
      W
      game 72/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:27TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–2OTT
      L
      game 73/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG19:45TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI4–3PIT
      L
      game 74/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG15:36TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI6–2PIT
      L
      game 75/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP17:10TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI5–1PIT
      L
      game 76/826
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG17:20TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–3NYR
      W
      game 77/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG17:43TOI
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Chris Kunitz closes the 2016-2017 season with 29 points

    PITPittsburgh Penguins
    Points
    29
    NHL#246
    Games
    71of 82
    87%
    Goals
    9
    NHL#276
    Assists
    20
    NHL#212
    P/GP
    0.41
    NHL#248
    +/-
    0
    NHL#355
    Events
    1×
    First star
    2×
    Second star
    1×
    Third star
    12 days later
    Playoffs

    Pittsburgh Penguins are in the playoffs

    First round

    Pittsburgh Penguins meet Columbus Blue Jackets

    PITvsCBJ
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    Swedes on Columbus Blue Jackets
    View the whole round
    8 days later
    First round

    Pittsburgh Penguins knock Columbus Blue Jackets out 4–1

    PIT4–1CBJ
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    7 days later
    Second round

    Pittsburgh Penguins meet Washington Capitals

    PITvsWSH
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      PIT3–2WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG12:59TOI
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      PIT6–2WSH
      W
      5
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG13:17TOI
      View the game
    • May 2017
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead2–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 3
      WSH3–2PIT
      L
      5
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG17:15TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead2–1againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 4
      WSH2–3PIT
      W
      5
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:52TOI
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead3–1againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 5
      PIT2–4WSH
      L
      5
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG09:25TOI
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead3–2againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 6
      WSH5–2PIT
      L
      5
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:53TOI
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinsare3–3withWashington Capitals
    • Game 7
      PIT2–0WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:36TOI
      View the game
    Second round

    Pittsburgh Penguins knock Washington Capitals out 4–3

    PIT4–3WSH
    Advance
    7Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    3 days later
    Conference final

    Pittsburgh Penguins meet Ottawa Senators

    PITvsOTT
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    Swedes on Ottawa Senators
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      OTT2–1PIT
      L
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG14:45TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Ottawa Senatorslead1–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 2
      OTT0–1PIT
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG15:21TOI
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinsare1–1withOttawa Senators
    • Game 3
      PIT1–5OTT
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:03TOI
      View the game
    • Ottawa Senatorslead2–1againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 4
      PIT3–2OTT
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG15:04TOI
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinsare2–2withOttawa Senators
    • Game 5
      OTT0–7PIT
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG13:41TOI
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead3–2againstOttawa Senators
    • Game 6
      PIT1–2OTT
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG14:05TOI
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinsare3–3withOttawa Senators
    • Game 7
      OTT2–3PIT
      W
      4
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-6SOG1PPP22:50TOI
      +3 points
      View the game
    Conference final

    Pittsburgh Penguins knock Ottawa Senators out 4–3

    PIT4–3OTT
    Advance
    7Games4Points2Goals2Assists
    4 days later
    Stanley Cup Final

    Pittsburgh Penguins play the Stanley Cup Final against Nashville Predators

    PITvsNSH
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    Swedes on Nashville Predators
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NSH3–5PIT
      W
      6
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG15:47TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead1–0againstNashville Predators
    • Game 2
      NSH1–4PIT
      W
      6
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-0SOG14:30TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • June 2017
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead2–0againstNashville Predators
    • Game 3
      PIT1–5NSH
      L
      7
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG12:51TOI
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead2–1againstNashville Predators
    • Game 4
      PIT1–4NSH
      L
      7
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG12:38TOI
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinsare2–2withNashville Predators
    • Game 5
      NSH0–6PIT
      W
      7
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG15:34TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead3–2againstNashville Predators
    • Game 6
      PIT2–0NSH
      W
      7
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG14:53TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    Stanley Cup Champions

    Pittsburgh Penguins

    beat Nashville Predators 4–2 in the final

    6Games6Points0Goals6Assists
    The run in numbers

    Chris Kunitz ends the 2016-2017 playoffs with 11 points

    PITPittsburgh Penguins
    Points
    11
    NHL#21
    Games
    20
    Goals
    2
    NHL#60
    Assists
    9
    NHL#11
    P/GP
    0.55
    NHL#36
    +/-
    +6
    NHL#17
    Events
    150
    playoff games
    1×
    First star
    3 points
    best game
    CBJ4–1→WSH4–3→OTT4–3→NSH4–2