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Daniel Brière

#48 · Centre · Colorado Avalanche

Born Oct 6, 1977 in Gatineau, Quebec, CAN · 5'9", 174 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 24th overall in 1996 by PHX (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

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

Alex Tanguay CGY · 49 P in 64 GP Vincent Lecavalier TBL · 49 P in 64 GP Ryan Kesler VAN · 49 P in 77 GP Jakub Voracek PHI · 49 P in 78 GP Wayne Simmonds PHI · 49 P in 82 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

0204060801997-98: 1 points197-981998-99: 22 points221999-00: 2 points299-002000-01: 15 points152001-02: 60 points6001-022002-03: 58 points582003-04: 65 points6503-042005-06: 58 points582006-07: 95 points9506-072007-08: 72 points722008-09: 25 points2508-092009-10: 53 points532010-11: 68 points6810-112011-12: 49 points492012-13: 16 points1612-132013-14: 25 points252014-15: 12 points1214-15

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
1997-98 PHX 5 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 0.20
1998-99 PHX 64 8 14 22 -3 30 90 15 0.34
1999-00 PHX 13 1 1 2 0 0 9 4 0.15
2000-01 PHX 30 11 4 15 -2 12 43 7 0.50
2001-02 PHX 78 32 28 60 6 52 149 59 0.77
2002-03 PHX 68 17 29 46 -21 50 142 2 0.68
2002-03 BUF 14 7 5 12 1 12 39 4 0.86
2003-04 BUF 82 28 37 65 -7 70 194 19 0.79
2005-06 BUF 48 25 33 58 3 48 147 10 1.21
2006-07 BUF 82 32 63 95 17 89 234 33 1.16
2007-08 PHI 79 31 41 72 -22 68 182 29 0.91
2008-09 PHI 29 11 14 25 -1 26 54 13 0.86
2009-10 PHI 75 26 27 53 -2 71 193 53 0.71
2010-11 PHI 77 34 34 68 20 87 246 36 0.88
2011-12 PHI 70 16 33 49 5 69 174 48 0.70
2012-13 PHI 34 6 10 16 -13 10 87 15 0.47 $6.5M
2013-14 MTL 69 13 12 25 1 30 118 23 0.36 $4M
2014-15 COL 57 8 4 12 -7 18 69 19 0.21 $4M
17 seasons Career 974 307 389 696 -24 744 2174 389 0.71

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1999-00 PHX 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00
2001-02 PHX 5 2 1 3 -4 2 12 2 0.60
2005-06 BUF 18 8 11 19 0 12 47 12 1.06
2006-07 BUF 16 3 12 15 3 16 49 9 0.94
2007-08 PHI 17 9 7 16 -3 20 45 13 0.94
2008-09 PHI 6 1 3 4 -1 8 10 3 0.67
2009-10 PHI 23 12 18 30 9 18 63 22 1.30
2010-11 PHI 11 7 2 9 -7 14 47 19 0.82
2011-12 PHI 11 8 5 13 -6 4 26 23 1.18
2013-14 MTL 16 3 4 7 -1 4 20 8 0.44
10 seasons Playoffs 124 53 63 116 -10 98 320 112 0.94

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
70 16 33 49 5 69 174 48 0.70 9.2 17:22

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2013-14 to 2014-15 $4M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $6.5M

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2011-12 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2011-12 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.8Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+1.5Even-strength defence-1.5Power play+0.4Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.9

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.

-4-2024682010-112011-122012-132013-142014-15Goals 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

43.9Corsi for %130 attempts for, 166 against
+0.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.1Expected goals for %6.4 expected for, 8.1 against
+3.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
42.9Goals for %9 for, 12 against
98.7PDO12.7% shooting + 86.0% saves
30Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 136 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Daniel Brière · Wayne Simmonds · Brayden Schenn744:0636.126.23-6
Daniel Brière · James van Riemsdyk · Jakub Voracek623:1254.264.33-0
Daniel Brière · Jakub Voracek · Brayden Schenn319:3837.833.81-0
Daniel Brière · James van Riemsdyk · Wayne Simmonds314:4651.640.61-2

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.

8Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.0Expected goalsfrom 34 unblocked attempts
+5.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.93 expected goals per 60 minutes86th
Shot quality 8.9% chance per attempt87th
Finishing +5.0 goals above expected99thOne 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.

02468Goals 8Expected 3.0

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 1, 2012 @ PIT W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 13:37
Mar 31, 2012 vs OTT L 3-4 (SO) 0 2 2 1 2 3 2 14:28
Mar 29, 2012 @ TOR W 7-1 0 4 4 2 0 3 0 14:37
Mar 26, 2012 vs TBL L 3-5 0 1 1 -3 2 1 2 17:41
Mar 24, 2012 vs MTL W 4-1 2 0 2 0 0 4 1 15:31
Mar 22, 2012 vs WSH W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:15
Mar 20, 2012 vs FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:39
Mar 18, 2012 vs PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 15:01
Mar 17, 2012 @ BOS L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 18:06
Mar 15, 2012 @ NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:08
Mar 13, 2012 vs NJD W 3-0 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 16:34
Mar 11, 2012 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:20
Mar 10, 2012 @ TOR W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:46
Mar 8, 2012 vs FLA W 5-0 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 16:19
Mar 6, 2012 vs DET W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:16
Mar 4, 2012 @ WSH W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:51
Mar 1, 2012 vs NYI W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 16:13
Feb 28, 2012 @ SJS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:06
Feb 25, 2012 @ CGY W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 17:39
Feb 23, 2012 @ EDM L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:05
Feb 21, 2012 @ WPG W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 2 2 3 2 18:22
Feb 18, 2012 vs PIT L 4-6 0 1 1 -1 0 3 3 12:48
Feb 16, 2012 vs BUF W 7-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 03:53
Feb 12, 2012 @ DET L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 18:19
Feb 11, 2012 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 12 1 2 14:30
Feb 9, 2012 vs TOR W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 18:22
Feb 7, 2012 vs NYI L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:21
Jan 21, 2012 @ NJD W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 17:00
Jan 19, 2012 vs NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 19:25
Jan 17, 2012 vs MIN W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 15:06
Jan 14, 2012 @ NSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 16:31
Jan 12, 2012 @ NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 16:44
Jan 10, 2012 @ CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:31
Jan 8, 2012 @ OTT L 4-6 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 14:19
Jan 7, 2012 vs OTT W 3-2 (OT) 3 0 3 2 7 7 1 18:37
Jan 5, 2012 vs CHI W 5-4 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 20:29
Jan 2, 2012 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 19:08
Dec 29, 2011 @ PIT W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:33
Dec 27, 2011 @ TBL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 18:22
Dec 21, 2011 @ DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:35
Dec 19, 2011 @ COL L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 22:05
Dec 17, 2011 vs BOS L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 2 5 2 20:16
Dec 15, 2011 @ MTL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:56
Dec 13, 2011 @ WSH W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 16:45
Dec 10, 2011 vs TBL W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 19:05
Dec 8, 2011 vs PIT W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 18:48
Dec 7, 2011 @ BUF W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:22
Dec 3, 2011 @ PHX W 4-2 0 2 2 1 4 2 0 15:30
Dec 2, 2011 @ ANA W 4-3 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 22:07
Nov 26, 2011 @ NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 17:38
Nov 25, 2011 vs MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:08
Nov 23, 2011 @ NYI W 4-3 (OT) 2 0 2 1 0 5 0 19:46
Nov 21, 2011 vs CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 21:00
Nov 19, 2011 @ WPG L 4-6 0 1 1 -2 4 3 1 20:34
Nov 17, 2011 vs PHX W 2-1 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 19:29
Nov 14, 2011 @ CAR W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:50
Nov 13, 2011 @ FLA W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 19:31
Nov 9, 2011 @ TBL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:41
Nov 5, 2011 vs CBJ W 9-2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 15:42
Nov 3, 2011 vs NJD L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -3 0 4 1 25:17
Oct 27, 2011 vs WPG L 8-9 2 2 4 3 0 3 1 21:48
Oct 26, 2011 @ MTL L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 16:27
Oct 24, 2011 vs TOR W 4-2 0 1 1 -1 2 1 1 20:41
Oct 22, 2011 vs STL L 2-4 1 1 2 0 0 4 1 23:51
Oct 20, 2011 vs WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 20:46
Oct 18, 2011 @ OTT W 7-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:31
Oct 15, 2011 vs LAK L 2-3 (OT) 1 1 2 0 4 1 0 16:57
Oct 12, 2011 vs VAN W 5-4 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 17:57
Oct 8, 2011 @ NJD W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17:42
Oct 6, 2011 @ BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 16:54