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Sheldon Brookbank

#17 · Defence · Chicago Blackhawks

Born Oct 3, 1980 in Lanigan, Saskatchewan, CAN · 6'1", 202 lb · Shoots right

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2012-13

Compare with a similar player

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

Matt Smaby TBL · 0 P in 32 GP Brett Carson CGY · 0 P in 19 GP Olivier Magnan NJD · 0 P in 18 GP Oskars Bartulis PHI · 0 P in 13 GP Shawn Belle COL · 0 P in 9 GP

Career

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

05102006-07: 1 points106-072007-08: 8 points807-082008-09: 4 points408-092009-10: 9 points909-102010-11: 0 points010-112011-12: 14 points1411-122012-13: 1 points112-132013-14: 7 points713-14

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2006-07 NSH 3 0 1 1 0 12 3 2 0.33
2007-08 NJD 44 0 8 8 0 63 43 28 0.18
2008-09 NJD 15 0 0 0 1 25 6 11 0.00
2008-09 ANA 29 1 3 4 3 51 24 26 0.14
2009-10 ANA 66 0 9 9 10 114 60 89 0.14
2010-11 ANA 40 0 0 0 -8 63 29 54 0.00
2011-12 ANA 80 3 11 14 11 72 49 120 0.18
2012-13 CHI 26 1 0 1 -2 21 25 28 0.04
2013-14 CHI 48 2 5 7 2 52 43 64 0.15
8 seasons Career 351 7 37 44 17 473 282 422 0.13

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2008-09 ANA 13 0 0 0 -1 18 3 22 0.00
2010-11 ANA 4 0 0 0 -2 14 2 8 0.00
2012-13 CHI 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 0.00
2013-14 CHI 7 0 2 2 3 0 2 10 0.29
4 seasons Playoffs 25 0 2 2 -2 32 7 41 0.08

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
40 0 0 0 -8 63 29 54 0.00 0.0 13:20

2010-11 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.1Even-strength defence+0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties-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.

-3-2-1012010-112011-122012-132013-14Goals 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

44.2Corsi for %38 attempts for, 48 against
+2.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.0Expected goals for %1.4 expected for, 1.6 against
+8.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 2 against
90.5PDO0.0% shooting + 90.5% saves
3Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sheldon Brookbank · Luca Sbisa418:3345.240.80-2
Sheldon Brookbank · Cam Fowler417:1651.453.20-0
Toni Lydman · Sheldon Brookbank23:4216.70.00-0
Francois Beauchemin · Sheldon Brookbank21:2833.3100.00-0

The pairs 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 pairs 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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.2Expected goalsfrom 3 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.21 expected goals per 60 minutes44th
Shot quality 6.7% chance per attempt99th
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected50thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 50 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.2Goals 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 9, 2011 @ LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 1 7 2 1 17:32
Apr 8, 2011 vs LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:58
Apr 6, 2011 vs SJS W 6-2 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 19:21
Apr 3, 2011 vs DAL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:20
Apr 2, 2011 @ SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:01
Mar 30, 2011 @ CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:20
Mar 28, 2011 vs COL W 5-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15:57
Mar 26, 2011 @ CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:23
Mar 24, 2011 @ NSH L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:05
Mar 23, 2011 @ DAL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 09:23
Mar 20, 2011 vs CGY W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:48
Mar 9, 2011 vs NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:34
Mar 6, 2011 vs VAN L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 10:06
Mar 4, 2011 vs DAL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:11
Mar 2, 2011 vs DET W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 04:36
Feb 27, 2011 vs COL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 04:42
Feb 23, 2011 vs LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 06:28
Jan 20, 2011 @ TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:12
Dec 18, 2010 @ CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:43
Dec 16, 2010 @ NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 5 3 1 12:27
Dec 15, 2010 @ WSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:25
Dec 12, 2010 vs MIN W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:38
Nov 19, 2010 vs CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 7 0 0 10:08
Nov 17, 2010 @ MIN L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 17:00
Nov 9, 2010 @ SJS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:11
Nov 7, 2010 vs NSH W 5-4 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 14:03
Nov 5, 2010 vs PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13:29
Nov 3, 2010 vs TBL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:19
Oct 30, 2010 @ SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 16:32
Oct 29, 2010 vs NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:59
Oct 26, 2010 @ DAL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:07
Oct 23, 2010 @ DET L 4-5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 16:44
Oct 21, 2010 @ PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:59
Oct 20, 2010 @ CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:10
Oct 17, 2010 vs PHX W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 19:07
Oct 15, 2010 vs ATL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16:37
Oct 13, 2010 vs VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 5 0 0 13:05
Oct 11, 2010 @ STL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 17:10
Oct 9, 2010 @ NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 2 1 2 18:15
Oct 8, 2010 @ DET L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 5 2 3 15:58