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Brad Richardson

#13 · Right wing · Vancouver Canucks

Born Feb 4, 1985 in Belleville, Ontario, CAN · 6'0", 190 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 163rd overall in 2003 by COL (round 5)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2011-12

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.

Andreas Nodl CAR · 8 P in 60 GP Matt Ellis BUF · 8 P in 60 GP Colin Fraser LAK · 8 P in 67 GP Dale Weise VAN · 8 P in 68 GP Ryan Carter NJD · 8 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.

01020302005-06: 13 points1305-062006-07: 22 points222007-08: 5 points507-082008-09: 5 points52009-10: 27 points2709-102010-11: 19 points192011-12: 8 points811-122012-13: 6 points62013-14: 23 points2313-142014-15: 21 points212015-16: 31 points3115-162016-17: 9 points92017-18: 15 points1517-182018-19: 27 points272019-20: 11 points1119-202020-21: 4 points42021-22: 8 points821-22

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2005-06 COL 41 3 10 13 0 12 51 12 0.32
2006-07 COL 73 14 8 22 4 28 129 45 0.30
2007-08 COL 22 2 3 5 -3 8 32 13 0.23
2008-09 LAK 31 0 5 5 -6 11 37 26 0.16 $588K
2009-10 LAK 81 11 16 27 1 37 148 125 0.33 $588K
2010-11 LAK 68 7 12 19 -13 47 103 84 0.28 $900K
2011-12 LAK 59 5 3 8 -6 30 98 65 0.14 $1.175M
2012-13 LAK 16 1 5 6 2 10 27 22 0.38 $1.175M
2013-14 VAN 73 11 12 23 1 39 85 63 0.32 $1.15M
2014-15 VAN 45 8 13 21 0 34 66 58 0.47 $1.15M
2015-16 ARI 82 11 20 31 8 46 117 57 0.38 $2.083M
2016-17 ARI 16 5 4 9 -1 15 25 19 0.56 $2.083M
2017-18 ARI 76 3 12 15 -24 45 105 72 0.20 $2.083M
2018-19 ARI 66 19 8 27 6 22 128 63 0.41 $1.25M
2019-20 ARI 59 6 5 11 1 20 76 77 0.19 $1.25M
2020-21 NSH 17 1 3 4 0 4 18 14 0.24 $1M
2021-22 CGY 27 2 2 4 -2 27 19 40 0.15 $800K
2021-22 VAN 17 2 2 4 1 8 12 19 0.24
17 seasons Career 869 111 143 254 -31 443 1276 874 0.29

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2005-06 COL 9 1 0 1 -3 6 7 5 0.11
2009-10 LAK 6 1 1 2 -7 2 12 17 0.33
2010-11 LAK 6 2 3 5 -4 2 17 11 0.83
2011-12 LAK 13 1 0 1 0 4 13 14 0.08
2012-13 LAK 11 0 1 1 -3 0 10 17 0.09
2014-15 VAN 5 0 0 0 -3 15 8 3 0.00
2019-20 ARI 9 2 1 3 -1 4 16 19 0.33
2020-21 NSH 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.00
8 seasons Playoffs 61 7 6 13 -21 33 85 88 0.21

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
59 5 3 8 -6 30 98 65 0.14 5.1 12:52

Contract

$1.175MCap hitends in 2013, then UFA
$147KCap dollars per point8 points in 59 games
$394KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.0 goals above replacement
$1.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$676KValueworth 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 367 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 2012-13, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2011-12 $1.175M
2012-13 $1.175M

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
2021-22 to 2021-22 $800K
2020-21 to 2020-21 $1M
2018-19 to 2019-20 $1.25M
2015-16 to 2017-18 $2.083M
2013-14 to 2014-15 $1.15M
2011-12 to 2012-13 $1.175M
2010-11 to 2010-11 $900K
2008-09 to 2009-10 $588K

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

+0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
0.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.2Even-strength defence0.0Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.3

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.

-202462010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-21Goals 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

57.5Corsi for %111 attempts for, 82 against
+3.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.2Expected goals for %4.3 expected for, 3.4 against
-2.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %3 for, 3 against
99.4PDO6.4% shooting + 93.0% saves
24Attempts 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
Colin Fraser · Brad Richardson · Jordan Nolan1171:2758.354.52-2
Brad Richardson · Kyle Clifford · Jordan Nolan210:3961.156.50-0
Justin Williams · Brad Richardson · Anze Kopitar53:0050.038.80-0
Colin Fraser · Brad Richardson · Trevor Lewis32:0933.377.90-0

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
1.6Expected goalsfrom 19 unblocked attempts
-0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.85 expected goals per 60 minutes82nd
Shot quality 8.4% chance per attempt77th
Finishing -0.6 goals above expected35thOne 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.

00.511.5Expected 1.6Goals 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 7, 2012 @ SJS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 16:05
Apr 5, 2012 vs SJS L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:15
Apr 2, 2012 vs EDM W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 17:06
Mar 31, 2012 @ MIN L 3-4 (SO) 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 13:33
Mar 30, 2012 @ EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 09:45
Mar 9, 2012 @ DET L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:49
Feb 28, 2012 @ MIN W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 09:15
Feb 22, 2012 @ COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 12:03
Feb 21, 2012 @ PHX L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:58
Feb 18, 2012 vs CGY L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:36
Feb 16, 2012 vs PHX L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 13:22
Feb 12, 2012 @ DAL W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 10:22
Feb 11, 2012 @ NYI L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:40
Feb 9, 2012 @ FLA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:18
Feb 7, 2012 @ TBL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 06:30
Feb 4, 2012 @ CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 11:14
Feb 3, 2012 @ STL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:11
Feb 1, 2012 vs CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 11:58
Jan 23, 2012 vs OTT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 14:17
Jan 21, 2012 vs COL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:26
Jan 19, 2012 vs CGY L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:39
Jan 17, 2012 @ VAN W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 15:09
Jan 15, 2012 @ EDM L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:56
Jan 14, 2012 @ CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:16
Jan 12, 2012 vs DAL L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 14:08
Jan 9, 2012 vs WSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:33
Jan 7, 2012 vs CBJ L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:32
Jan 5, 2012 vs PHX W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:06
Jan 2, 2012 vs COL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:21
Dec 31, 2011 vs VAN W 4-1 1 0 1 2 2 3 2 12:54
Dec 29, 2011 @ WPG L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:12
Dec 28, 2011 @ CHI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 4 5 1 15:17
Dec 26, 2011 vs PHX W 4-3 1 0 1 2 0 4 4 17:53
Dec 23, 2011 @ SJS L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 12:48
Dec 22, 2011 vs ANA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 13:53
Dec 19, 2011 @ TOR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14:13
Dec 17, 2011 @ DET L 2-8 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 16:43
Dec 15, 2011 @ CBJ W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:34
Dec 13, 2011 @ BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 14:34
Dec 10, 2011 vs DAL L 1-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 14:07
Dec 3, 2011 vs MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:58
Nov 19, 2011 vs DET L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 12:09
Nov 17, 2011 @ ANA W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 14:04
Nov 12, 2011 vs MIN W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 11:17
Nov 8, 2011 vs NSH W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 10:39
Nov 7, 2011 @ SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:11
Nov 5, 2011 vs PIT L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:38
Nov 3, 2011 vs EDM L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 15:13
Oct 30, 2011 @ COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:09
Oct 29, 2011 @ PHX L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 4 2 16:06
Oct 27, 2011 @ DAL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 10:35
Oct 25, 2011 vs NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:52
Oct 22, 2011 vs DAL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 12:08
Oct 20, 2011 @ PHX W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 14:03
Oct 18, 2011 vs STL W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 14:26
Oct 15, 2011 @ PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:36
Oct 13, 2011 @ NJD L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:26
Oct 8, 2011 vs BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 11:03
Oct 7, 2011 vs NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 14:43