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Michael Bunting

Position	Left Wing	Current Team	Dallas Stars
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	3 years ($4.5M CapHit)
Height	6'0"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	186	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	30
Age (DOB)	30 (Sep 17, 1995)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2014, Round 4, Overall 117 (ARI)

News and Opinions

Michael Bunting represents the exact archetype the Rangers historically target at Blue Line Station (Wed May 27, 2026)
A Michael Bunting reunion could be exactly what the Leafs need at Editor in Leaf (Wed May 27, 2026)
Former Maple Leaf Michael Bunting is in ‘wait and see’ mode as free agency looms at The Leafs Nation (Wed May 27, 2026)
Could a Toronto Reunion be in the cards for former Leaf Michael Bunting?: Leafs Morning Take at The Leafs Nation (Tue May 26, 2026)
The Dallas Stars managed to steal a point from the Flyers this evening at Blackout Dallas (Sun Mar 29, 2026)
Red Wings-Stars Tweetcap: Detroit rallies in the 3rd period but falls in OT to the scintillating Stars at The Malik Report (Sat Mar 14, 2026)
Dallas Stars Acquire Michael Bunting at Defending Big D (Fri Mar 6, 2026)
Stars land Preds' Bunting in second deadline deal at ESPN (Thu Mar 5, 2026)
Nashville Predators Trade Michael Bunting To Dallas Stars For 2026 3rd Round Pick at Yahoo Sports NHL (Thu Mar 5, 2026)
Nashville Predators lowball return on Michael Bunting isn't as bad as you think at Pred Lines (Thu Mar 5, 2026)
The Stars trade for Predators Michael Bunting in possibly their final trade this year at Blackout Dallas (Thu Mar 5, 2026)
Michael Bunting est échangé par les Preds at HABSolument Fan (Thu Mar 5, 2026)
2 possible trade outcomes for Haula, Bunting, and the Nashville Predators at Trade Deadline at Pred Lines (Thu Mar 5, 2026)
Michael Bunting and Michael McCarron show up in latest Nashville Predators trade rumors at Pred Lines (Sat Jan 31, 2026)
NHL Rumours: Jarry Deal, Bunting Reunion & Habs/Oilers in on Luukkonen at The Hockey Writers (Sat Dec 6, 2025)
Maple Leafs Linked to Bunting in Rumoured Deal With Predators at The Hockey Writers (Fri Dec 5, 2025)
Red Wings-Predators Tweetcap: pre-Thanksgiving setback to Nashville due to mental mistakes at The Malik Report (Wed Nov 26, 2025)
Three Things: Bunting, O'Reilly Provide Predators Offense, Voronkov Breaks Through, Greaves, Saros Outstanding at 1st Ohio Battery (Fri Oct 10, 2025)
2025-2026 Nashville Predators Player Previews: Michael Bunting trying out for next destination? at Pred Lines (Mon Sep 22, 2025)
A Trade a Day: The Hurricanes reel in a big fish to form one of the best 1st lines in team history at Cardiac Cane (Thu Aug 28, 2025)
24 Nashville Predators in 24 days: Michael Bunting at Yahoo Sports NHL (Tue Aug 19, 2025)
Mapping out Michael Bunting's Uncertain Future with Nashville Predators at Pred Lines (Mon Jul 28, 2025)
Projecting Sabres Trade Cost - Michael Bunting at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sat Jul 19, 2025)

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2012-13	GTHL	Don Mills	28	27	12	39		44
2013-14	OHL	Sault Ste. Marie	48	15	27	42	+10	34				9	5	1	6	+1	4
2014-15	OHL	Sault Ste. Marie	57	37	37	74	+44	39				14	9	5	14	+4	10
2015-16	AHL	Springfield	63	11	14	25	-7	41	94	1,170.0
2015-16	ECHL	Rapid City	7	2	0	2	-5	4
2016-17	AHL	Tucson Roadrunners	67	13	15	28	-1	52
2017-18	AHL	Tucson Roadrunners	67	23	20	43	+21	45				9	3	1	4	+1	27
2018-19	AHL	Tucson Roadrunners	52	19	22	41	+15	84
2018-19	NHL	Arizona Coyotes	5	1	0	1		2	5	20.0	9:33
2019-20	AHL	Tucson Roadrunners	58	12	37	49	-12	49
2020-21	NHL	Arizona Coyotes	21	10	3	13	-1	12	38	26.3	16:42
2020-21	AHL	Tucson Roadrunners	16	7	12	19	-2	14
2020-21	WC	Canada	10	0	0	0	-6	6
2021-22	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	79	23	40	63	+27	80	175	13.1	15:33	6	1	2	3	-1	4	6	16.7	15:07
2022-23	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	23	26	49	+21	103	174	13.2	15:48	7	1	1	2	-1	15	9	11.1	14:33
2023-24	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	60	13	23	36	-15	55	113	11.5	15:07
2023-24	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	21	6	13	19	-4	2	55	10.9	17:19
2024-25	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	58	14	15	29	-18	48	110	12.7	15:15
2024-25	NHL	Nashville Predators	18	5	4	9	-1	20	45	11.1	16:27
2025-26	NHL	Nashville Predators	61	13	18	31	-17	16	108	12.0	14:48
2025-26	NHL	Dallas Stars	13	1	1	2	-7	4	18	5.6	12:48	1		1	1	+1		1	0.0	9:11
NHL Career			418	109	143	252	-15	342	841	13.0	15:25	14	2	4	6	-1	19	16	12.5	14:25

Core Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	Producer	Playmaker	Shooter	Sniper	Rebound	Rush	Skating	Defend
2018-19	ARI	5	47:41	0.32	-1.62	6.11	2.20	-2.24	-2.02	-	3.23
2020-21	ARI	21	294:40	0.55	-1.01	2.60	1.77	2.38	3.05	-	0.45
2021-22	TOR	79	1079:01	1.76	2.26	0.22	0.07	0.66	0.09	-0.11	-1.48
2022-23	TOR	82	1106:52	-0.17	-0.16	-0.29	-1.06	1.12	-0.42	0.04	1.18
2023-24	CAR, PIT	81	992:55	0.56	1.04	-0.32	-0.19	0.66	1.15	-0.93	-1.03
2024-25	NSH, PIT	76	984:06	-1.04	-0.81	-0.75	-1.17	0.55	-0.03	-0.50	0.86
2025-26	DAL, NSH	74	898:03	-0.44	-0.00	-0.67	-0.58	0.17	-1.35	-0.42	-1.13

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs
2018-19	ARI	5	47:41	-1.54	-2.02	-1.98	0.78	0.40	-0.60	-
2020-21	ARI	21	294:40	0.89	0.28	-2.12	1.21	0.82	-1.14	-
2021-22	TOR	79	1079:01	0.82	-0.46	-2.01	1.28	1.37	-0.46	-
2022-23	TOR	82	1106:52	0.83	-0.15	-1.94	0.35	1.47	1.46	-
2023-24	CAR, PIT	81	992:55	0.11	0.89	-2.01	-0.44	0.34	1.30	-
2024-25	NSH, PIT	76	984:06	0.35	0.03	-2.14	1.04	0.59	-0.89	-
2025-26	DAL, NSH	74	898:03	0.05	-0.22	-1.98	-0.07	0.79	1.22	-

See About Skater Archetypes for more information about skater archetypes.

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2018-19	ARI	5	47:41	1.26	0.00	1.26	0.80	0.46	20.00	12.70	7.30	0.00	0.00
2020-21	ARI	21	294:40	1.22	0.61	1.83	0.77	0.45	20.69	13.12	7.57	10.26	12.82
2021-22	TOR	79	1079:01	1.11	2.00	3.11	1.09	0.02	12.82	12.62	0.20	4.21	7.94
2022-23	TOR	82	1106:52	0.70	1.19	1.90	1.03	-0.33	9.49	13.90	-4.41	2.94	10.78
2023-24	CAR	60	706:53	0.59	0.93	1.53	0.65	-0.06	8.97	9.84	-0.87	7.27	7.27
2023-24	PIT	21	286:02	0.84	1.89	2.73	0.86	-0.02	10.81	11.04	-0.23	4.08	16.33
2023-24	CAR, PIT	81	992:55	0.66	1.21	1.87	0.71	-0.05	9.57	10.23	-0.66	6.29	10.06
2024-25	NSH	18	260:35	0.46	0.92	1.38	0.72	-0.26	6.06	9.43	-3.37	2.17	6.52
2024-25	PIT	58	723:31	0.41	0.66	1.08	0.73	-0.32	6.49	11.47	-4.98	2.46	9.84
2024-25	NSH, PIT	76	984:06	0.43	0.73	1.16	0.73	-0.30	6.36	10.86	-4.49	2.38	8.93
2025-26	DAL	13	142:22	0.00	0.42	0.42	0.61	-0.61	0.00	10.30	-10.30	0.00	3.85
2025-26	NSH	61	755:41	0.64	1.03	1.67	0.78	-0.14	8.79	10.75	-1.96	0.63	9.43
2025-26	DAL, NSH	74	898:03	0.53	0.94	1.47	0.75	-0.22	7.62	10.69	-3.07	0.54	8.65

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2018-19	ARI	5	47:41	39.01	1.26	2.33	40.27	1.26	2.41	50.00	49.21	0.58	0.19	5.08
2020-21	ARI	21	294:40	44.19	2.44	2.42	36.24	2.44	2.34	50.00	50.83	0.20	0.01	2.15
2021-22	TOR	79	1079:01	51.10	4.73	3.62	39.48	3.23	2.42	59.44	59.90	0.92	-0.04	7.57
2022-23	TOR	82	1106:52	48.35	3.42	3.42	43.37	1.90	2.69	64.29	56.02	0.63	0.34	1.67
2023-24	CAR	60	706:53	48.47	2.12	2.62	40.40	2.89	2.62	42.37	50.03	-0.31	0.54	-8.49
2023-24	PIT	21	286:02	50.76	3.78	2.99	44.05	3.99	2.71	48.65	52.49	0.62	0.11	4.80
2023-24	CAR, PIT	81	992:55	49.13	2.60	2.73	41.45	3.20	2.64	44.79	50.78	-0.06	0.43	-4.95
2024-25	NSH	18	260:35	45.59	2.53	2.48	36.61	2.53	2.28	50.00	52.15	0.63	-0.43	11.47
2024-25	PIT	58	723:31	41.80	2.16	2.51	40.05	2.74	2.53	44.07	49.83	0.02	0.04	-0.19
2024-25	NSH, PIT	76	984:06	42.80	2.26	2.50	39.14	2.68	2.46	45.68	50.42	0.16	-0.08	2.41
2025-26	DAL	13	142:22	35.82	1.26	1.94	39.19	3.79	2.77	25.00	41.21	-0.65	0.26	-9.59
2025-26	NSH	61	755:41	44.62	2.70	2.73	44.22	3.41	2.74	44.16	49.93	0.19	0.18	0.06
2025-26	DAL, NSH	74	898:03	43.23	2.47	2.61	43.43	3.47	2.74	41.57	48.71	0.05	0.20	-1.33

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating			Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

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Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in pink. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.

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