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Brendan Morrison

#17 · Centre · Chicago Blackhawks

Born Aug 15, 1975 in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, CAN · 5'11", 176 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 39th overall in 1993 by NJD (round 2)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

JT Wyman TBL · 11 P in 40 GP Scott Gomez MTL · 11 P in 38 GP Mikael Backlund CGY · 11 P in 41 GP Daniel Carcillo CHI · 11 P in 28 GP Keith Aucoin WSH · 11 P in 27 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02040601997-98: 9 points997-981998-99: 46 points4698-991999-00: 35 points3599-002000-01: 54 points5400-012001-02: 67 points6701-022002-03: 71 points7102-032003-04: 60 points6003-042005-06: 56 points5605-062006-07: 51 points5106-072007-08: 25 points2507-082008-09: 31 points3108-092009-10: 42 points4209-102010-11: 43 points4310-112011-12: 11 points1111-12

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1997-98 NJD 11 5 4 9 3 0 19 17 0.82
1998-99 NJD 76 13 33 46 -4 18 111 63 0.61
1999-00 NJD 44 5 21 26 8 8 79 53 0.59
1999-00 VAN 12 2 7 9 4 10 17 11 0.75
2000-01 VAN 82 16 38 54 2 42 179 40 0.66
2001-02 VAN 82 23 44 67 18 26 183 54 0.82
2002-03 VAN 82 25 46 71 18 36 167 17 0.87
2003-04 VAN 82 22 38 60 16 50 161 56 0.73
2005-06 VAN 82 19 37 56 -1 84 156 38 0.68
2006-07 VAN 82 20 31 51 -9 60 139 20 0.62
2007-08 VAN 39 9 16 25 -3 18 54 17 0.64
2008-09 ANA 62 10 12 22 0 16 82 27 0.35
2008-09 DAL 19 6 3 9 3 16 29 6 0.47
2009-10 WSH 74 12 30 42 23 40 105 33 0.57
2010-11 CGY 66 9 34 43 13 16 89 22 0.65
2011-12 CGY 28 4 7 11 -1 6 33 5 0.39
2011-12 CHI 11 0 0 0 -4 6 10 3 0.00
14 seasons Career 934 200 401 601 86 452 1613 482 0.64

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1997-98 NJD 3 0 1 1 -1 0 4 3 0.33
1998-99 NJD 7 0 2 2 -1 0 10 7 0.29
2000-01 VAN 4 1 2 3 -2 0 11 6 0.75
2001-02 VAN 6 0 2 2 -2 6 4 7 0.33
2002-03 VAN 14 4 7 11 -4 18 27 18 0.79
2006-07 VAN 12 1 3 4 4 6 21 10 0.33
2009-10 WSH 5 0 1 1 -1 2 6 5 0.20
2011-12 CHI 3 1 0 1 1 0 6 3 0.33
8 seasons Playoffs 54 7 18 25 -6 32 89 59 0.46

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
39 4 7 11 -5 12 43 8 0.28 9.3 13:21

2011-12 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.1Even-strength defence+0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties+0.2

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

024682010-112011-12Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

71.1Corsi for %32 attempts for, 13 against
+0.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
82.2Expected goals for %1.1 expected for, 0.2 against
+13.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
75.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
100.0Goals for %1 for, 0 against
105.3PDO5.3% shooting + 100.0% saves
8Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brendan Morrison · Dave Bolland · Michael Frolik210:4057.169.10-0
Brendan Morrison · Viktor Stalberg · Jonathan Toews28:0170.686.70-0
Brendan Morrison · Viktor Stalberg · Brandon Bollig12:520.00.00-0
Brendan Morrison · Jonathan Toews · Brandon Saad11:58100.0100.01-0

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.5Expected goalsfrom 7 unblocked attempts
+0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.85 expected goals per 60 minutes82nd
Shot quality 7.3% chance per attempt53rd
Finishing +0.5 goals above expected72ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 83 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.5

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 7, 2012 @ DET W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:02
Apr 5, 2012 @ MIN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:30
Mar 25, 2012 vs NSH L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 13:00
Mar 21, 2012 vs VAN W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:36
Feb 26, 2012 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 12:20
Feb 21, 2012 vs DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 07:51
Feb 11, 2012 @ PHX L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 08:44
Feb 7, 2012 @ COL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:54
Feb 3, 2012 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:09
Feb 2, 2012 @ EDM L 4-8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:55
Jan 31, 2012 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:56
Jan 24, 2012 vs SJS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:39
Jan 21, 2012 @ EDM W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:19
Jan 5, 2012 @ BOS L 0-9 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:11
Jan 3, 2012 @ WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:28
Jan 1, 2012 @ NSH L 3-5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 11:33
Dec 30, 2011 @ OTT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 14:11
Dec 29, 2011 @ NYI L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 14:14
Dec 27, 2011 @ CBJ W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:44
Dec 23, 2011 @ VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:57
Dec 22, 2011 vs DET W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 14:44
Dec 20, 2011 vs MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:52
Dec 18, 2011 @ CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:47
Dec 16, 2011 @ FLA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 15:47
Dec 15, 2011 @ TBL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 15:01
Dec 13, 2011 @ NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 14:08
Dec 10, 2011 vs EDM W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 13:46
Dec 8, 2011 vs COL W 3-2 0 2 2 -2 0 3 0 14:10
Dec 6, 2011 vs CAR W 7-6 2 2 4 3 0 3 0 14:50
Nov 25, 2011 @ STL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:10
Nov 23, 2011 @ DET L 3-5 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 09:12
Nov 4, 2011 @ BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:50
Nov 3, 2011 @ DET W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:47
Nov 1, 2011 vs VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 15:30
Oct 28, 2011 vs STL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:44
Oct 26, 2011 vs COL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:40
Oct 22, 2011 vs NSH L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:05
Oct 20, 2011 vs NYR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 19:30
Oct 18, 2011 vs EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:00