SCRATCHEDMissed 2 straight team games
Michael Bunting
Philadelphia Flyers · #58 · Left wing · age 31 · 6'0" · 186 lb · shoots LBorn 🇨🇦 Scarborough, Ontario · Drafted 2014 · Rd 4 #27
1 point in 8 games — 358th of 424 forwards. The average forward has 6.7.
15HEAT · FORM, LAST 5 GAMEShotter than 32% of forwards · average forward 27
100ENERGY · FRESHaverage forward 95 · last game 6 days ago
SCOUTING REPORT · AI, FROM THE NUMBERS
The player.
WHO HE IS · LONG TERM
The scouting report isn’t written yet — check back later.
RIGHT NOW · LAST 5 GAMES
FORM OVER TIME · GAME BY GAME
Heat over time.
Steady around 15 lately — hotter than 32% of forwards, against an average forward at 27.
Now 15 · −1 over these 8 games
━● Heat after each game╍ average forward (27)┈ top 5% of forwards (65)
LAST 5 GAMES
The last stretch.
1 point in 5 games — 1.6× his usual pace, and 0.4× what an average forward scores in 5 games.
| LAST 5 GAMES | HIM | HIS USUAL · PER 5 GAMES | AVERAGE FORWARD | VERDICT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | — |
| Assists | 1 | 0.6 | 1.5 | ▲ 1.6× his usual |
| Points | 1 | 0.6 | 2.5 | ▲ 1.6× his usual |
| Shots | 7 | 6 | 8 | ≈ 1.1× his usual |
| Shooting % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 13.6% | — |
| Plus/minus | −1 | −3.1 | −0.2 | +2 vs his usual |
| Ice time a game | 11:17 | 11:25 | 14:51 | ≈ 1.0× his usual |
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | G | A | POINTS | SOG | +/- | TOI | HEAT AFTER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27 | vs CBJ | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:27 | 15 |
| Oct 19 | vs COL | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:16 | 15 |
| Oct 17 | vs OTT | W | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15:29 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | @ DET | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | −1 | 10:03 | 0 |
| Oct 13 | vs SEA | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:10 | 16 |
THIS SEASON · 2026–27 · AMONG 424 FORWARDS
Where he stands.
The bar runs from zero to the league's best forward; the white tick is the average forward.
Points358th of 424 forwards1leader 
McDavid 39
McDavid 39Goals348th of 424 forwards0leader 
Kaprizov 15
Kaprizov 15Assists313th of 424 forwards1leader McDavid 30
McDavid 30Shots333rd of 424 forwards10leader Boldy 68
Boldy 68Power-play points152nd of 424 forwards1leader McDavid 15
McDavid 15Plus/minus365th of 424 forwards−5leader McDavid +20
McDavid +20Ice time a game349th of 424 forwards11:25leader McDavid 23:28
McDavid 23:28PERFORMANCE RADAR · PER GAME, PERCENTILE VS FORWARDS
Shape of his game.
No category in the top quarter yet. Below the middle: goals (0th), plus/minus (4th).
■ Bunting this season╍ the average forward┈ top 5% of forwards
CAREER · NHL REGULAR SEASON · SOURCE: NHL.COM
Season by season.
On pace for 10 points over 82 games, against his best season so far: 63 in 2021–22.
| SEASON | TEAM | GP | G | A | PTS | POINTS PER GAME | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 · now | PHI | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.13 | −5 |
| 2025–26 |  DAL | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.15 | −7 |
| 2025–26 |  NSH | 61 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 0.51 | −17 |
| 2024–25 | NSH | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0.50 | −1 |
| 2024–25 |  PIT | 58 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 0.50 | −18 |
| 2023–24 · best | PIT | 21 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 0.90 | −4 |
| 2023–24 |  CAR | 60 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 0.60 | −15 |
| 2022–23 |  TOR | 82 | 23 | 26 | 49 | 0.60 | +21 |
| 2021–22 | TOR | 79 | 23 | 40 | 63 | 0.80 | +27 |
| 2020–21 |  ARI | 21 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 0.62 | −1 |
| 2018–19 | ARI | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 |