109 G · 143 A · 418 GP
0.603 P/GP · 66 PPP · 15:25 ATOI
Nashville Predators#58Retired
Michael Bunting
L · 6′0″ / 186 lb · Shoots L · Scarborough, CAN · Age 31 · 2014 #117 by ARI
252Career points
0.603Career P/GP
418Games played
109Goals
7 seasonsNHL service
Overview
2025-2631points
The latest read.
31 points in 61 games in 2025-26. Career: 252 points across 418 games.
61GP
13goals
18assists
31points
108shots
9PP points
The career ledger.
Regular season and playoffsofficial NHL landing
2 G · 4 A · 14 GP
0.429 P/GP · 2 PPP · 14:25 ATOI
0.619 → 0.446P/GP by season · 6 seasons of 10+ GP · peak 2021-22
The arc.
Points and points per game by seasonNHL season log · 7 seasons
When it mattered.
Postseason against the field. A smaller, self-selected population, so it is marked on the scale rather than filled1,215 all-time peers
Playoff career · 14 GP · 2 G · 4 A · 6 pts (0.429 P/GP)
44.7
46.8
46.5
Last five games.
Most recent official appearancesofficial game log
2026-04-30@ MINPlayoff9:11 TOI0G 1A1 P · 1 S
2026-04-15@ BUF12:36 TOI0G 0A0 P · 5 S
2026-04-13@ TOR14:20 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S
2026-03-29@ PHI3:46 TOI0G 0A0 P · 1 S
2026-03-28@ PIT12:23 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S
What this draft slot returns.
Base rate for the exact pick, a history, never a forecastdraft-position study · 2026-07-14-prospect-translation-v2.32
2014 draft#117round 4 · ARI
Rates: insufficient sample (n=6 of 32): no NHLer/impact/star/stayer rate shown for this cohort.
Sample: 6 forwards taken #117, drawn only from classes old enough to judge, on the Schuckers-style pick curve published on Draft Value. A base rate describes a slot, not a person: it cannot predict this career and is not used to grade it.
Floor rule: rates below a minimum sample are suppressed, not shown thin. Exact slot needs 12+ players, the pooled pick-curve band needs 32+, matching this site's builders to the nhl-draft-intel engine's own bucket-calibration floors (12 / 18 / 32).
Against history.
Percentile against every NHL peercareer totals · position-aware
The height of the career.
Peak season and the best five41+ GP qualified seasons
2021-22 peak: 79 GP / 23 G / 40 A / 63 Pts / 0.797 P/GP · 15:33 TOI
| Best five | GP | G | A | PTS | P/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | 79 | 23 | 40 | 63 | 0.797 |
| 2023-24 | 81 | 19 | 36 | 55 | 0.679 |
| 2022-23 | 82 | 23 | 26 | 49 | 0.598 |
| 2024-25 | 76 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 0.500 |
| 2025-26 | 74 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 0.446 |
| Prime-five | 392 | 98 | 140 | 238 | 0.607 |
Honours.
Trophies won and near missesofficial NHL landing
Calder Memorial Trophy3rd · 2022
Career
Where he stands right now.
2025-26 league position and career shapeNHL league browser 2025-26
Season by season.
Every NHL season · peak highlighted, split seasons kept apart10 regular-season rows
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Nashville Predators | 61 | 13 | 18 | 31 | -17 | 9 | 108 |
| 2025-26 | Dallas Stars | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -7 | 1 | 18 |
| 2024-25 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 58 | 14 | 15 | 29 | -18 | 15 | 110 |
| 2024-25 | Nashville Predators | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 2 | 45 |
| 2023-24 | Carolina Hurricanes | 60 | 13 | 23 | 36 | -15 | 16 | 113 |
| 2023-24 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 21 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -4 | 5 | 55 |
| 2022-23 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 23 | 26 | 49 | +21 | 10 | 174 |
| 2021-22Peak | Toronto Maple Leafs | 79 | 23 | 40 | 63 | +27 | 5 | 175 |
| 2020-21 | Arizona Coyotes | 21 | 10 | 3 | 13 | -1 | 3 | 38 |
| 2018-19 | Arizona Coyotes | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Dallas Stars | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022-23 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 9 |
| 2021-22 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 | 6 |
The same numbers, in the league that produced them.
Every qualified season levelled to a 3.00-goal NHLofficial final standings · 1990-91 onward
2021-22 is the best season either way: 0.797 raw, 0.761 once the league it happened in is levelled out.
| Season | GP | Raw P/GP | League GF/gm | Adj. P/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 74 | 0.446 | 3.13 | 0.428 |
| 2024-25 | 76 | 0.500 | 3.04 | 0.493 |
| 2023-24 | 81 | 0.679 | 3.11 | 0.654 |
| 2022-23 | 82 | 0.598 | 3.18 | 0.564 |
| 2021-22Best adjusted | 79 | 0.797 | 3.14 | 0.761 |
| 2020-21 | 21 | 0.619 | 2.94 | 0.633 |
Method: each season's raw points per game is multiplied by 3.00 ÷ that season's league goals per team-game, taken from the official final standings. Seasons under 20 games are excluded. It levels scoring climate and nothing else (not role, ice time, teammates, schedule or injury), so treat it as one comparison, not a verdict.
Before the NHL.
Junior, college, European and international rowsofficial NHL landing · season totals
| Season | League | Team | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | International | Team Canada | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023-24 | WC | Canada | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2020-21 | AHL | Tucson Roadrunners | 16 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| 2020-21 | WC | Canada | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-20 | AHL | Tucson Roadrunners | 58 | 12 | 37 | 49 |
| 2018-19 | AHL | Tucson Roadrunners | 52 | 19 | 22 | 41 |
| 2017-18 | AHL | Tucson Roadrunners | 67 | 23 | 20 | 43 |
| 2017-18 | AHL | Tucson Roadrunners | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016-17 | AHL | Tucson Roadrunners | 67 | 13 | 15 | 28 |
| 2015-16 | AHL | Springfield | 63 | 11 | 14 | 25 |
| 2015-16 | ECHL | Rapid City | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014-15 | OHL | Sault Ste. Marie | 57 | 37 | 37 | 74 |
| 2014-15 | OHL | Sault Ste. Marie | 14 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2013-14 | OHL | Sault Ste. Marie | 48 | 15 | 27 | 42 |
| 2013-14 | OHL | Sault Ste. Marie | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2012-13 | GTHL | Don Mills | 28 | 27 | 12 | 39 |
The comparable set.
Chosen by a printed rule, not by feelNHL dossier pool · 1,162 careers
Selection rule. Forwards only; career games played within ±20% of 418 (or ±10 games, whichever band is wider: 334 to 502); then the five nearest by career P/GP, ties broken by the closest games played. The pool is the 1,162 players in this site's NHL dossier set who own at least one official regular-season game: 87 of them cleared the band.
Dylan CozensC · 2019 #7 · active444 GP · 110 G · 162 A · 272 P0.613 P/GP · +0.010Mason MarchmentL · Undrafted · active370 GP · 95 G · 139 A · 234 P0.632 P/GP · +0.030Quinton ByfieldR · 2020 #2 · active339 GP · 75 G · 116 A · 191 P0.563 P/GP · −0.039Anton LundellC · 2020 #12 · active359 GP · 78 G · 123 A · 201 P0.560 P/GP · −0.043Owen TippettR · 2017 #10 · active428 GP · 121 G · 115 A · 236 P0.551 P/GP · −0.051
Similar career shape is not similar player. The rule matches volume and rate only; it knows nothing about era, position within the group, usage or role, and two careers can land on the same line for opposite reasons.
Game log
Compare observed minutes, shots and finishing across game windows →
The complete game ledger.
Per-game official box scoresofficial NHL game log
There is no 2025-26 game-log receipt on file for Michael Bunting. The complete ledger is only collected for players who dressed for an NHL club in that season, so nothing here is reported as a run of zeroes. The most recent official appearances on the player landing are below.
Recent form.
Last five official NHL gamesofficial game log
| Date | Opponent | TOI | G | A | PTS | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | at MIN | 9:11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-04-15 | at BUF | 12:36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-04-13 | at TOR | 14:20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-03-29 | at PHI | 3:46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-03-28 | at PIT | 12:23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Insights
NHL Edge tracking.
Measured puck and player tracking · 2025-26 regular seasonNHL Edge tracking · api-web.nhle.com · coverage from 2021-22 · fetched 2026-08-17
Tracked axisMeasuredPercentile, 0 to 100Pct
Top shot speed86.4mph59.3
139.0 km/h equivalent · league average 83.6 mph
Max skating speed22.5mph65.1
36.2 km/h equivalent · league average 22.2 mph
Distance skated265.4km62.1
164.9 mi equivalent · league average 198.8 km
Most distance in one game4.6km48.9
2.9 mi equivalent · league average 4.7 km
Bursts over 20 mph76bursts60.4
league average 75.2
Where the shift was spent
Offensive zone time45.7%91.5
league average 43.1
Neutral zone time17.6%34.6
league average 16.8
Defensive zone time36.7%89.4
league average 40.1
Shots on goal, by location
All shots on goal126shots70.5
league average 85.9 shots
High-danger shots on goal48shots73.5
league average 31.6 shots
Method: every figure and every percentile on this panel is published by the NHL Edge endpoint. This site converts nothing and ranks nothing. The percentile column is the league's own, against the tracked population for 2025-26. Speeds arrive in mph and km/h; distance is read in kilometres with the mile conversion stated beside it. Tracked seasons on file for this player: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26.
The shot map.
Where his shots came from · 2025-26 regular season · NHL Edge areasNHL Edge shot-location detail · api-web.nhle.com · fetched 2026-08-18
Hover, tap or focus an area for its exact figures. Net at the top; left and right as the shooter sees them.
AreaShotsShare of hisPct
Low Slot417 G71th
L Circle142 G76th
R Circle131 G74th
Outside L120 G90th
Crease72 G78th
Outside R72 G75th
Center Point60 G81th
Offensive Neutral Zone60 G91th
R Point60 G87th
High Slot50 G41th
Beyond Red Line30 G74th
L Net Side20 G49th
R Net Side20 G50th
L Point10 G30th
R Corner10 G89th
Behind the Net00 G0th
L Corner00 G0th
48high danger9 G · 18.8%
32mid danger3 G · 9.4%
13long range0 G · 0.0%
Method: 126 shots on goal in 2025-26, placed by the NHL into the areas it names; each area is shaded by its share of his total, so this map is his distribution and not a comparison to any other player. The percentile column is the league's own for shots from that area, where it publishes one; nothing is converted, ranked or combined. Areas as the NHL names them; the drawing is to rink proportion with the net at the top.
Awards voting.
0 trophy wins · 1 top-three finish · 1 ballot appearances · 7 first-place votesNHL award ballot history
Development trails.
How the scoring rate movedNHL AI Development contract
Strict monotonic scoring-rate chains ending in 2025-26. Only 25-plus-game seasons count, and a trail needs at least three consecutive qualified seasons.
Points / game
3 consecutive qualified seasons · 77.0 average GP
Descriptive, not evaluative: raw P/GP, G/GP or A/GP movement. It does not control for age, role, ice time, teammates, injury, schedule or uncertainty, and it is not a forecast or player-quality grade.
Against the goaltenders.
Goaltenders faced, from play-by-playNHL play-by-play · 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 4,192 games · fetched 2026-08-18
Michael Bunting has faced 87 goaltenders in this dataset but none of them for the 20 shots on goal a published rate requires here. The counts exist; the rates would be noise, so they are not printed.
The source receipt.
Official basics plus named researchOfficial NHL API Web player landing, with local nhl api draft cache reuse
Career, season, game-log, bio, draft and award rows come from official NHL endpoints. Redraft is a separate hindsight model with its own snapshot clock. Pressure is a descriptive Gamelogs layer. Development Trails uses its own declared clock. Missing evidence stays unavailable rather than being drawn as zero.
Official endpoint: player landing · redraft 2026-07-10-redraft-v5.2 snapshot 2026-07-09.
The room.
Every current Nashville Predators teammate, one click awaycanonical player directory
