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Brandon Dubinsky

#17 · Centre · Columbus Blue Jackets

Born Apr 29, 1986 in Anchorage, Alaska, USA · 6'2", 208 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 60th overall in 2004 by NYR (round 2)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Frans Nielsen DET · 41 P in 79 GP Matt Duchene COL · 41 P in 77 GP James Neal NSH · 41 P in 70 GP Patrick Maroon EDM · 42 P in 81 GP Teuvo Teravainen CAR · 42 P in 81 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.

020402006-07: 0 points006-072007-08: 40 points4007-082008-09: 41 points4108-092009-10: 44 points4409-102010-11: 54 points5410-112011-12: 34 points3411-122012-13: 20 points2012-132013-14: 50 points5013-142014-15: 36 points3614-152015-16: 48 points4815-162016-17: 41 points4116-172017-18: 16 points1617-182018-19: 14 points1418-19

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 NYR 6 0 0 0 0 2 9 9 0.00
2007-08 NYR 82 14 26 40 8 79 157 196 0.49
2008-09 NYR 82 13 28 41 -6 112 188 251 0.50
2009-10 NYR 69 20 24 44 9 54 165 129 0.64 $1.85M
2010-11 NYR 77 24 30 54 -3 100 202 141 0.70 $1.85M
2011-12 NYR 77 10 24 34 16 110 140 207 0.44 $4.2M
2012-13 CBJ 29 2 18 20 2 76 50 64 0.69 $4.2M
2013-14 CBJ 76 16 34 50 5 98 189 234 0.66 $4.2M
2014-15 CBJ 47 13 23 36 11 43 100 152 0.77 $4.2M
2015-16 CBJ 75 17 31 48 -16 71 158 235 0.64 $5.85M
2016-17 CBJ 80 12 29 41 16 91 115 248 0.51 $5.85M
2017-18 CBJ 62 6 10 16 -2 33 89 145 0.26 $5.85M
2018-19 CBJ 61 6 8 14 -16 36 63 147 0.23 $5.85M
13 seasons Career 823 153 285 438 24 905 1625 2158 0.53

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 NYR 10 4 4 8 2 12 26 26 0.80
2008-09 NYR 7 1 3 4 1 18 9 23 0.57
2010-11 NYR 5 2 1 3 -3 2 7 20 0.60
2011-12 NYR 9 0 2 2 2 14 14 15 0.22
2013-14 CBJ 6 1 5 6 -1 6 23 40 1.00
2016-17 CBJ 5 1 1 2 -2 6 8 29 0.40
2017-18 CBJ 6 0 0 0 1 6 4 10 0.00
2018-19 CBJ 10 1 0 1 0 6 11 33 0.10
8 seasons Playoffs 58 10 16 26 0 70 102 196 0.45

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 12 29 41 16 91 115 248 0.51 10.4 17:54

Contract

$5.85MCap hit2016-17
$143KCap dollars per point41 points in 80 games
$427KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$5.4MValueworth 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 664 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2018-19 to 2020-21 $5.85M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $5.85M
2015-16 to 2020-21 $5.85M
2012-13 to 2014-15 $4.2M
2011-12 to 2014-15 $4.2M
2009-10 to 2010-11 $1.85M

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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 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
-0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.4Even-strength defence-0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill-0.3Penalties-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.

-505102010-112012-132014-152016-172018-19Goals 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

58.1Corsi for %90 attempts for, 65 against
+6.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.6Expected goals for %4.1 expected for, 3.5 against
+6.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
59.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
37.5Goals for %3 for, 5 against
92.0PDO6.3% shooting + 85.7% saves
16Attempts 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
Brandon Dubinsky · Cam Atkinson · Boone Jenner434:4060.748.00-1
Brandon Dubinsky · Nick Foligno · Cam Atkinson230:3651.449.32-3
Scott Hartnell · Brandon Dubinsky · Cam Atkinson21:0150.053.00-0
Brandon Dubinsky · Boone Jenner · Oliver Bjorkstrand20:48100.0100.00-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.0Expected goalsfrom 10 unblocked attempts
+0.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.64 expected goals per 60 minutes46th
Shot quality 9.6% chance per attempt94th
Finishing +0.0 goals above expected52ndOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 1.0

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, 2017 @ TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:39
Apr 8, 2017 @ PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 17:32
Apr 6, 2017 vs WPG L 4-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 15:30
Apr 4, 2017 @ PIT L 1-4 1 0 1 -3 0 1 2 15:44
Apr 2, 2017 vs WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 20:57
Mar 31, 2017 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 2 0 7 19:31
Mar 30, 2017 @ CAR L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 18:59
Mar 28, 2017 vs BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 19:01
Mar 25, 2017 vs PHI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 19:45
Mar 23, 2017 @ WSH L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 2 2 6 21:11
Mar 22, 2017 vs TOR L 2-5 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 19:04
Mar 19, 2017 @ NJD W 4-1 1 0 1 2 0 2 3 17:13
Mar 18, 2017 @ NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 7 1 4 14:19
Mar 16, 2017 vs FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 19:10
Mar 13, 2017 @ PHI W 5-3 1 0 1 0 2 4 2 18:49
Mar 11, 2017 @ BUF L 3-5 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 19:01
Mar 10, 2017 vs BUF W 4-3 0 1 1 2 0 3 2 19:25
Mar 7, 2017 vs NJD W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 19:48
Mar 5, 2017 @ NJD W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 18:11
Mar 4, 2017 @ OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 9 3 2 13:42
Mar 2, 2017 vs MIN W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20:00
Feb 28, 2017 @ MTL L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 23:59
Feb 26, 2017 @ NYR W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 17:55
Feb 25, 2017 vs NYI W 7-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 17:47
Feb 19, 2017 vs NSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 17:58
Feb 17, 2017 vs PIT W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 6 20:13
Feb 15, 2017 vs TOR W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 7 18:26
Feb 13, 2017 vs NYR L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 18:31
Feb 11, 2017 vs DET W 2-1 0 2 2 2 0 3 5 16:37
Feb 9, 2017 vs VAN L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 18:14
Feb 7, 2017 @ DET W 3-2 (OT) 1 2 3 2 0 1 5 19:53
Feb 4, 2017 vs NJD L 1-5 0 0 0 0 10 2 3 16:06
Feb 3, 2017 @ PIT L 3-4 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 1 6 18:36
Jan 31, 2017 @ NYR W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 18:15
Jan 26, 2017 @ NSH L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 17:40
Jan 24, 2017 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 6 17:47
Jan 22, 2017 @ OTT W 7-6 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 5 16:35
Jan 21, 2017 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 16:10
Jan 19, 2017 vs OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 12 2 3 17:08
Jan 17, 2017 vs CAR W 4-1 2 0 2 3 0 3 2 16:37
Jan 14, 2017 @ FLA L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 15:47
Jan 13, 2017 @ TBL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 17:09
Jan 10, 2017 @ CAR L 3-5 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 18:43
Jan 8, 2017 vs PHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 18:45
Jan 7, 2017 vs NYR L 4-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 17:15
Jan 5, 2017 @ WSH L 0-5 0 0 0 -4 0 2 7 13:01
Jan 3, 2017 vs EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 15:42
Dec 31, 2016 @ MIN W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 20:01
Dec 29, 2016 @ WPG W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:40
Dec 27, 2016 vs BOS W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:08
Dec 23, 2016 vs MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:48
Dec 22, 2016 vs PIT W 7-1 0 2 2 2 0 0 3 16:40
Dec 20, 2016 vs LAK W 3-2 (SO) 0 2 2 2 0 3 3 19:00
Dec 18, 2016 @ VAN W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 18:19
Dec 16, 2016 @ CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 15:40
Dec 13, 2016 @ EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:16
Dec 10, 2016 vs NYI W 6-2 0 1 1 1 5 2 1 17:15
Dec 9, 2016 @ DET W 4-1 1 0 1 2 0 1 4 17:30
Dec 5, 2016 vs ARI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 15:23
Dec 3, 2016 @ ARI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 19:43
Dec 1, 2016 @ COL W 3-2 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 17:27
Nov 29, 2016 vs TBL W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:03
Nov 26, 2016 @ FLA L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 21:44
Nov 25, 2016 @ TBL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 22:16
Nov 23, 2016 vs CGY L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:38
Nov 21, 2016 vs COL L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 20:46
Nov 20, 2016 @ WSH W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 18:07
Nov 18, 2016 vs NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 18:38
Nov 15, 2016 vs WSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 16:20
Nov 12, 2016 vs STL W 8-4 1 0 1 2 0 4 3 17:40
Nov 5, 2016 @ STL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 19:09
Nov 4, 2016 vs MTL W 10-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 19:30
Nov 1, 2016 vs DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 14:59
Oct 28, 2016 @ ANA W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 16:36
Oct 27, 2016 @ SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 18:42
Oct 25, 2016 @ LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 6 15:18
Oct 22, 2016 @ DAL W 3-0 0 1 1 1 7 1 2 14:37
Oct 21, 2016 vs CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 19:23
Oct 15, 2016 vs SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 16:27
Oct 13, 2016 vs BOS L 3-6 0 0 0 -5 2 2 5 17:35