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Bryan Bickell

#29 · Left wing · Carolina Hurricanes

Born Mar 9, 1986 in Bowmanville, Ontario, CAN · 6'4", 223 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 41st overall in 2004 by CHI (round 2)

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

Kyle Brodziak MIN · 37 P in 80 GP Pascal Dupuis PIT · 37 P in 81 GP Jiri Hudler DET · 37 P in 73 GP Tomas Holmstrom DET · 37 P in 73 GP Dave Bolland CHI · 37 P in 61 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.

01020302006-07: 2 points206-072007-08: 0 points007-082009-10: 4 points409-102010-11: 37 points3710-112011-12: 24 points2411-122012-13: 23 points2312-132013-14: 15 points1513-142014-15: 28 points2814-152015-16: 2 points215-162016-17: 1 points116-17

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2006-07 CHI 3 2 0 2 1 0 10 3 0.67
2007-08 CHI 4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 7 0.00
2009-10 CHI 16 3 1 4 4 5 20 22 0.25 $500K
2010-11 CHI 78 17 20 37 6 40 130 178 0.47 $542K
2011-12 CHI 71 9 15 24 -3 48 84 128 0.34 $542K
2012-13 CHI 48 9 14 23 12 25 82 108 0.48 $542K
2013-14 CHI 59 11 4 15 -6 28 93 105 0.25 $4M
2014-15 CHI 80 14 14 28 5 38 113 205 0.35 $4M
2015-16 CHI 25 0 2 2 -5 2 21 58 0.08 $4M
2016-17 CAR 11 1 0 1 -4 4 8 16 0.09 $4M
10 seasons Career 395 66 70 136 9 192 564 830 0.34

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2009-10 CHI 4 0 1 1 3 2 3 10 0.25
2010-11 CHI 5 2 2 4 4 0 6 22 0.80
2011-12 CHI 6 2 0 2 -1 4 14 32 0.33
2012-13 CHI 23 9 8 17 11 14 49 85 0.74
2013-14 CHI 19 7 3 10 1 8 44 80 0.53
2014-15 CHI 18 0 5 5 3 14 18 103 0.28
6 seasons Playoffs 75 20 19 39 21 42 134 332 0.52

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
78 17 20 37 6 40 130 178 0.47 13.1 13:50

Contract

$542KCap hitends in 2013, then UFA
$15KCap dollars per point37 points in 78 games
$493KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$49KValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. 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 2012-13, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2010-11 $542K
2011-12 $542K
2012-13 $542K

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
2016-17 to 2016-17 $4M
2013-14 to 2015-16 $4M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $542K
2010-11 to 2012-13 $542K
2009-10 to 2009-10 $500K

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

+0.9Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.6Even-strength defence+0.2Power play-0.1Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.0

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.

-20242010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-17Goals 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

45.3Corsi for %53 attempts for, 64 against
+1.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
61.4Expected goals for %2.6 expected for, 1.7 against
+10.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
70.0Goals for %7 for, 3 against
111.2PDO21.2% shooting + 90.0% saves
9Attempts 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
Dave Bolland · Bryan Bickell · Michael Frolik333:2635.751.74-1
Bryan Bickell · Ben Smith · Marcus Kruger15:4157.186.41-1
Bryan Bickell · Jake Dowell · Troy Brouwer13:4455.674.90-0
Bryan Bickell · Jake Dowell · Ben Smith11:4850.023.90-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.5Expected goalsfrom 7 unblocked attempts
+1.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.45 expected goals per 60 minutes12th
Shot quality 7.0% chance per attempt42nd
Finishing +1.5 goals above expected82ndOne 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.

00.511.52Goals 2Expected 0.5

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 10, 2011 vs DET L 3-4 0 0 0 -3 0 2 4 11:28
Apr 8, 2011 @ DET W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:10
Apr 6, 2011 vs STL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:48
Apr 5, 2011 @ MTL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 16:25
Apr 3, 2011 vs TBL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:50
Apr 1, 2011 @ CBJ W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 2 0 4 1 15:16
Mar 29, 2011 @ BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16:00
Mar 28, 2011 @ DET W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 09:26
Mar 26, 2011 vs ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:54
Mar 23, 2011 vs FLA W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:53
Mar 20, 2011 @ PHX W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:52
Mar 14, 2011 vs SJS W 6-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 15:05
Mar 13, 2011 @ WSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 14:00
Mar 9, 2011 @ TBL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -3 0 3 6 12:59
Mar 8, 2011 @ FLA L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 13:21
Mar 5, 2011 @ TOR W 5-3 1 0 1 2 0 2 4 12:04
Mar 4, 2011 vs CAR W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 13:34
Mar 2, 2011 vs CGY W 6-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 5 14:22
Feb 28, 2011 @ MIN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:14
Feb 27, 2011 vs PHX W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12:07
Feb 24, 2011 @ NSH W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:22
Feb 21, 2011 @ STL W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 14:52
Feb 20, 2011 vs PIT W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 5 14:08
Feb 18, 2011 vs CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:24
Feb 16, 2011 vs MIN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 14:29
Feb 12, 2011 @ PHX L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:37
Feb 11, 2011 @ DAL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 4 3 2 15:44
Feb 9, 2011 @ EDM W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 14:09
Feb 7, 2011 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:23
Feb 4, 2011 @ VAN L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 14:11
Feb 1, 2011 @ CBJ W 7-4 0 1 1 1 0 4 3 15:14
Jan 25, 2011 vs MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 15:09
Jan 23, 2011 vs PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 11:46
Jan 22, 2011 @ DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 14:06
Jan 16, 2011 vs NSH W 6-3 1 1 2 2 2 4 1 11:41
Jan 15, 2011 @ NSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:21
Jan 12, 2011 vs COL W 4-0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 12:23
Jan 9, 2011 vs NYI W 5-0 0 1 1 1 4 0 1 11:16
Jan 7, 2011 vs OTT W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 6 15:50
Jan 5, 2011 vs DAL L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 13:32
Jan 3, 2011 @ LAK W 4-3 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 14:07
Jan 2, 2011 @ ANA L 1-2 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 13:19
Dec 30, 2010 vs SJS L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 14:50
Dec 28, 2010 @ STL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:35
Dec 26, 2010 vs CBJ W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 16:02
Dec 22, 2010 vs NSH W 4-1 1 0 1 3 0 2 5 18:48
Dec 19, 2010 vs LAK W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 17:23
Dec 17, 2010 vs DET W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 18:36
Dec 15, 2010 vs COL L 3-4 1 1 2 1 2 1 4 17:56
Dec 13, 2010 @ COL L 5-7 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 19:29
Dec 11, 2010 @ SJS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 16:38
Dec 8, 2010 vs DAL W 5-3 1 1 2 2 0 1 5 17:26
Dec 5, 2010 vs CGY W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 15:57
Dec 3, 2010 vs VAN L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:21
Nov 30, 2010 vs STL W 7-5 0 0 0 -3 0 2 5 16:33
Nov 27, 2010 @ LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 12:10
Nov 26, 2010 @ ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:32
Nov 24, 2010 @ SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 4 1 3 10:35
Nov 20, 2010 @ VAN W 7-1 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 14:28
Nov 19, 2010 @ CGY L 2-7 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 10:57
Nov 17, 2010 @ EDM W 5-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 12:42
Nov 14, 2010 vs ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 11:30
Nov 13, 2010 @ NSH L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 2 2 0 3 11:12
Nov 10, 2010 vs PHX L 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 12:22
Nov 6, 2010 @ ATL W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:23
Nov 3, 2010 vs NJD L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 10:08
Oct 29, 2010 vs EDM L 4-7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:02
Oct 27, 2010 vs LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 10:05
Oct 23, 2010 vs CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:19
Oct 22, 2010 @ STL L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 13:14
Oct 20, 2010 vs VAN W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:23
Oct 18, 2010 vs STL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 15:26
Oct 16, 2010 vs BUF W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:03
Oct 15, 2010 @ CBJ W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 13:21
Oct 13, 2010 vs NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:15
Oct 11, 2010 @ BUF W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 10:27
Oct 9, 2010 vs DET L 2-3 1 0 1 -1 0 2 8 14:14
Oct 7, 2010 @ COL L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 19:09