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Tyler Bertuzzi
Chicago Blackhawks Left Wing
23 goals on a 17.6 per cent rate, 51 per cent of his shots from inside 20 feet, and a minus-39.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | DET | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 9:06 |
| 2017-18 | DET | 48 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -7 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 8.4 | 14:24 |
| 2018-19 | DET | 73 | 21 | 26 | 47 | +11 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 131 | 16.0 | 16:31 |
| 2019-20 | DET | 71 | 21 | 27 | 48 | -23 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 129 | 16.3 | 19:19 |
| 2020-21 | DET | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 25.0 | 19:37 |
| 2021-22 | DET | 68 | 30 | 32 | 62 | -11 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 180 | 16.7 | 19:52 |
| 2022-23 | DET/BOS | 50 | 8 | 22 | 30 | -8 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 7.5 | 16:29 |
| 2023-24 | TOR | 80 | 21 | 22 | 43 | +2 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 160 | 13.1 | 16:03 |
| 2024-25 | CHI | 82 | 23 | 23 | 46 | -39 | 51 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 131 | 17.6 | 16:00 |
| 2025-26 so far | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 488 | 136 | 171 | 307 | -76 | 299 | 35 | 1 | 15 | 944 | 14.4 | 16:58 |
This Season So Far
The 2025-26 season has not started. The empty row above is his, and both it and this paragraph fill in on their own from the morning after he first plays: what he has done, what it is worth against his own last season, and the run he is on when the two disagree.
Last Season
23 goals and 23 assists in 82 games for 46 points, minus-39 — the worst rating on the club — on 16:00 a night with 10 on the power play.
41.8 per cent at five-on-five, the 4th percentile. 51 per cent of his shots came from inside 20 feet at a median of 19, which is the shot chart of a man who only goes to the net, and 17.6 per cent conversion is high even for those locations.
The Finesse Game
Everything happens within 20 feet of the goaltender. He does not carry the puck, does not create off the rush, and does not make a difficult pass; he stands in the blue paint, takes the punishment, and puts in what arrives.
131 shots is a modest volume and 23 goals from it is a very good rate that will fall. 23 assists is a fair reflection of what he does for other people, which is occupy a defenceman.
The Physical Game
6-2 and 200, and among the most irritating forwards in the league. He cross-checks, he talks, he stands where he is not wanted, and he does not leave.
51 penalty minutes over 82 games. The knee and back problems earlier in his career appear to be behind him — three consecutive full seasons.
The Intangibles
Four organisations, a reputation as a genuine playoff performer, and a free-agent contract on a rebuilding club that raised eyebrows.
At 30 the projection is 18 goals from the net front and a great deal of noise. The minus-39 is not a fair verdict on him — nobody on this roster escaped — but a 4th-percentile chance share on a large contract is not a good combination either.
The numbers underneath
On the ice
Five-on-five, 2024-25 · 1,021 minutes
- Expected goals
- 41.8%
- 4th pct
- Shot attempts
- 42.9%
- 5th pct
share of the chances while he was out there
share of the attempts while he was out there
Goals while he was on the ice: 41 for, 50 against. Expected: 34.1 and 47.5.
The eye and the numbers
HindsightThe report ranks him 72 points above where the numbers do. It was written for a back edition, with the seasons that followed already known. Neither the agreement nor the gap says anything about the eye, and this report is excluded from the club-level comparison for the same reason. Why the numbers land there sets out the club he did it on, the minutes he played and the men he played them with.
Both bars are percentiles among the 357 skaters in this edition with a report and enough ice time. The report bar ranks the mean of the grades above — 77 on their own scale — against every other report's mean. The numbers bar ranks his share of expected goals. A gap is a disagreement about where he belongs, not two scales talking past each other.
Usual linemates
2024-25 · 1021 minutes at five-on-five
- Frank Nazar24%
Share of his five-on-five ice time spent alongside each player, measured from shift charts. Special teams are excluded: a power-play unit is not a line.
Why the numbers land there
Five-on-five, 2024-25
- The club
- CHI took 43.2% of the expected goals as a club. His own share is 41.8% — 1.4 below the club he did it on.
- The role
- First line, 1,021 minutes at five-on-five — 64th percentile in ice time.
With and without
| Teammate | Together | Him apart | Mate apart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Bedard | 39.9% | 43.0% | 41.7% |
| Taylor Hall | 47.6% | 39.3% | 50.1% |
| Alex Vlasic | 37.7% | 43.8% | 43.2% |
39.9% together, 43.0% for him apart and 41.7% for Bedard apart. He was better away from Bedard, who was no worse away from him — the pairing cost him more than it cost Bedard.
Expected-goal share while both were on the ice, and for each man in the minutes he played without the other. Apart is the pair subtracted from his own totals. It does not settle who was carrying whom — apart from each other, both were still playing with somebody — but it does say whether the share travelled when the pairing broke up.
Where he shoots from
goal on goal missed
207 unblocked shots in 2024-25, 23 of them goals. His median goal came from 8 feet. 51% of his shots came from inside twenty feet, 16% from beyond forty.