Hockey Terminal
Be a GM

← All players

Photo of Brooks Laich

Brooks Laich

#25 · Centre · Los Angeles Kings

Born Jun 23, 1983 in Wawota, Saskatchewan, CAN · 6'2", 200 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 193rd overall in 2001 by OTT (round 6)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mark Recchi BOS · 48 P in 81 GP Patric Hornqvist NSH · 48 P in 79 GP Radim Vrbata PHX · 48 P in 79 GP Bryan Little ATL · 48 P in 76 GP Alexandre Burrows VAN · 48 P in 72 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.

020402003-04: 1 points103-042005-06: 21 points2105-062006-07: 18 points1806-072007-08: 37 points3707-082008-09: 53 points5308-092009-10: 59 points5909-102010-11: 48 points4810-112011-12: 41 points4111-122012-13: 4 points412-132013-14: 15 points1513-142014-15: 20 points2014-152015-16: 14 points1415-162017-18: 1 points117-18

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2003-04 OTT 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.00
2003-04 WSH 4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 0.25
2005-06 WSH 73 7 14 21 -9 26 118 50 0.29
2006-07 WSH 73 8 10 18 -2 29 119 49 0.25 $606K
2007-08 WSH 82 21 16 37 -3 35 122 83 0.45 $725K
2008-09 WSH 82 23 30 53 -1 31 185 99 0.65 $2.067M
2009-10 WSH 78 25 34 59 16 34 222 93 0.76 $2.067M
2010-11 WSH 82 16 32 48 14 46 207 113 0.59 $2.067M
2011-12 WSH 82 16 25 41 -8 34 191 120 0.50 $4.5M
2012-13 WSH 9 1 3 4 2 6 10 14 0.44 $4.5M
2013-14 WSH 51 8 7 15 -7 16 75 62 0.29 $4.5M
2014-15 WSH 66 7 13 20 -2 24 106 107 0.30 $4.5M
2015-16 WSH 60 1 6 7 -7 16 66 83 0.12 $4.5M
2015-16 TOR 21 1 6 7 -6 2 35 43 0.33
2017-18 LAK 12 0 1 1 -5 6 10 22 0.08 $650K
13 seasons Career 776 134 198 332 -19 307 1469 940 0.43

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2007-08 WSH 7 1 5 6 2 4 20 10 0.86
2008-09 WSH 14 3 4 7 0 10 24 11 0.50
2009-10 WSH 7 2 1 3 -2 4 21 9 0.43
2010-11 WSH 9 1 6 7 0 2 21 9 0.78
2011-12 WSH 14 2 5 7 1 6 26 16 0.50
2014-15 WSH 14 1 1 2 1 0 15 19 0.14
6 seasons Playoffs 65 10 22 32 2 26 127 74 0.49

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 16 32 48 14 46 207 113 0.59 7.7 18:25

Contract

$2.067MCap hitends in 2011, then UFA
$43KCap dollars per point48 points in 82 games
$319KCap dollars per goal above replacement6.5 goals above replacement
$3.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.2MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 315 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2010-11, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2010-11 $2.067M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2017-18 to 2017-18 $650K
2013-14 to 2015-16 $4.5M
2011-12 to 2016-17 $4.5M
2008-09 to 2010-11 $2.067M
2007-08 to 2007-08 $725K
2006-07 to 2006-07 $606K

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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.4Even-strength defence0.0Power play-0.3Penalty kill+0.3Penalties+0.4

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.

-505102010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162017-18Goals 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

54.2Corsi for %135 attempts for, 114 against
-1.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.8Expected goals for %6.0 expected for, 4.4 against
+1.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
45.5Goals for %5 for, 6 against
97.7PDO7.4% shooting + 90.3% saves
27Attempts 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
Brooks Laich · Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom333:0668.378.91-0
Jason Chimera · Brooks Laich · Marcus Johansson425:2649.141.71-3
Jason Arnott · Brooks Laich · Alexander Semin717:3648.322.51-0
Brooks Laich · Alexander Semin · Nicklas Backstrom316:3362.562.41-0

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
2.5Expected goalsfrom 28 unblocked attempts
-1.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.75 expected goals per 60 minutes50th
Shot quality 8.8% chance per attempt83rd
Finishing -1.5 goals above expected13thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 60 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.511.52Expected 2.5Goals 1

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 9, 2011 @ FLA L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 16:06
Apr 6, 2011 vs FLA W 5-2 0 2 2 0 2 3 3 17:09
Apr 5, 2011 @ TOR W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 19:54
Apr 2, 2011 vs BUF W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 20:04
Mar 31, 2011 vs CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 2 2 13:41
Mar 29, 2011 vs CAR L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 2 5 2 18:57
Mar 26, 2011 @ MTL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:36
Mar 25, 2011 @ OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 23:30
Mar 22, 2011 @ PHI W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 21:57
Mar 18, 2011 @ NJD W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:55
Mar 16, 2011 @ DET L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 19:41
Mar 15, 2011 @ MTL W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 21:32
Mar 13, 2011 vs CHI W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 18:08
Mar 11, 2011 vs CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:47
Mar 9, 2011 vs EDM W 5-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 5 16:44
Mar 7, 2011 @ TBL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20:15
Mar 6, 2011 @ FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18:29
Mar 3, 2011 vs STL W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 19:26
Mar 1, 2011 vs NYI W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 21:01
Feb 26, 2011 @ NYI W 3-2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 17:45
Feb 25, 2011 vs NYR L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 4 2 0 18:00
Feb 21, 2011 @ PIT W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 20:25
Feb 20, 2011 @ BUF W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 19:12
Feb 17, 2011 @ SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:11
Feb 16, 2011 @ ANA W 7-6 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 17:52
Feb 14, 2011 @ PHX L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 21:30
Feb 12, 2011 vs LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 15:35
Feb 8, 2011 vs SJS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:03
Feb 6, 2011 vs PIT W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 17:51
Feb 4, 2011 @ TBL W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 16:35
Feb 1, 2011 vs MTL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 19:37
Jan 26, 2011 @ ATL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 7 3 17:14
Jan 24, 2011 vs NYR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 19:13
Jan 22, 2011 @ TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 19:48
Jan 20, 2011 @ NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 20:36
Jan 18, 2011 @ PHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 19:02
Jan 16, 2011 vs OTT W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 18:34
Jan 14, 2011 vs VAN L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 16:52
Jan 12, 2011 @ TBL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 16:26
Jan 11, 2011 @ FLA L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 20:12
Jan 8, 2011 vs FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 15:59
Jan 4, 2011 vs TBL L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 17:50
Jan 1, 2011 @ PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 13:50
Dec 28, 2010 vs MTL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:06
Dec 26, 2010 @ CAR W 3-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 16:23
Dec 23, 2010 vs PIT L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 23:42
Dec 21, 2010 vs NJD W 5-1 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 17:02
Dec 19, 2010 @ OTT W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 19:33
Dec 18, 2010 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:27
Dec 15, 2010 vs ANA L 1-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 7 1 22:20
Dec 12, 2010 @ NYR L 0-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:51
Dec 11, 2010 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20:06
Dec 9, 2010 vs FLA L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:38
Dec 6, 2010 vs TOR L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 17:34
Dec 4, 2010 vs ATL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 20:40
Dec 2, 2010 @ DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:37
Dec 1, 2010 @ STL W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 16:25
Nov 28, 2010 vs CAR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 20:47
Nov 26, 2010 vs TBL W 6-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 17:45
Nov 24, 2010 @ CAR W 3-2 1 0 1 0 2 5 0 21:50
Nov 22, 2010 @ NJD L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 2 2 3 15:03
Nov 20, 2010 vs PHI L 4-5 (SO) 0 2 2 -2 2 4 1 23:18
Nov 19, 2010 @ ATL L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 17:43
Nov 17, 2010 vs BUF W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 17:12
Nov 14, 2010 vs ATL W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:12
Nov 13, 2010 @ BUF L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:57
Nov 11, 2010 vs TBL W 6-3 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 16:03
Nov 9, 2010 @ NYR W 5-3 2 1 3 3 0 3 1 17:12
Nov 7, 2010 vs PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 11:24
Nov 5, 2010 vs BOS W 5-3 0 0 0 2 0 5 1 15:51
Nov 3, 2010 vs TOR W 5-4 (SO) 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 19:48
Oct 30, 2010 @ CGY W 7-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 20:19
Oct 28, 2010 @ MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 20:21
Oct 27, 2010 @ CAR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 16:22
Oct 23, 2010 vs ATL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 17:12
Oct 21, 2010 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 20:03
Oct 19, 2010 vs BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 21:14
Oct 16, 2010 @ NSH W 3-2 (OT) 1 1 2 1 2 4 3 19:21
Oct 13, 2010 vs NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:37
Oct 11, 2010 vs OTT W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18:47
Oct 9, 2010 vs NJD W 7-2 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 15:17
Oct 8, 2010 @ ATL L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 14:27