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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

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Givani Smith DET · 4 P in 16 GP Anthony Angello PIT · 4 P in 19 GP David Backes ANA · 4 P in 15 GP Andrew Shaw CHI · 4 P in 14 GP Tyler Graovac VAN · 4 P in 14 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

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
17 1 3 4 0 4 18 14 0.24 5.6 12:16

Contract

$1MCap hitends in 2021, then UFA
$250KCap dollars per point4 points in 17 games
$1.112MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.9 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2020-21, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2020-21 $1M

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 2020-21 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.

2020-21 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 kill+0.0Penalties+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

45.7Corsi for %21 attempts for, 25 against
-1.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
38.9Expected goals for %0.7 expected for, 1.2 against
-12.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %1 for, 1 against
104.0PDO11.1% shooting + 92.9% saves
6Attempts 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
Brad Richardson · Erik Haula · Nick Cousins18:4342.337.21-1
Brad Richardson · Matt Duchene · Erik Haula16:4741.233.30-0
Brad Richardson · Erik Haula · Colton Sissons10:270.00.00-0
Brad Richardson · Yakov Trenin · Tanner Jeannot10:230.00.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.2Expected goalsfrom 3 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.56 expected goals per 60 minutes18th
Shot quality 5.9% chance per attempt5th
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected50thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 78 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
May 10, 2021 vs CAR W 5-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 16:22
May 8, 2021 vs CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:18
May 5, 2021 @ CBJ L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:23
May 3, 2021 @ CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 13:03
May 1, 2021 vs DAL W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:59
Mar 9, 2021 @ CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:40
Mar 7, 2021 @ DAL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:34
Mar 6, 2021 vs FLA L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 13:21
Mar 4, 2021 vs FLA L 4-5 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 13:09
Jan 30, 2021 @ TBL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:13
Jan 27, 2021 vs CHI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:30
Jan 26, 2021 vs CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 11:23
Jan 24, 2021 @ DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:31
Jan 22, 2021 @ DAL L 0-7 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 13:27
Jan 18, 2021 vs CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:36
Jan 16, 2021 vs CBJ W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 11:59
Jan 14, 2021 vs CBJ W 3-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 12:01