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Brandon Prust

#9 · Left wing · Vancouver Canucks

Born Mar 16, 1984 in London, Ontario, CAN · 6'0", 195 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 70th overall in 2004 by CGY (round 3)

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.

Jay McClement COL · 17 P in 80 GP Samuel Pahlsson VAN · 17 P in 80 GP Andrew Desjardins SJS · 17 P in 76 GP Dustin Penner LAK · 17 P in 65 GP Simon Gagne LAK · 17 P in 34 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.

010202006-07: 0 points006-072008-09: 3 points308-092009-10: 14 points1409-102010-11: 29 points2910-112011-12: 17 points1711-122012-13: 14 points1412-132013-14: 13 points1313-142014-15: 18 points1814-152015-16: 7 points715-16

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 CGY 10 0 0 0 1 25 1 12 0.00
2008-09 CGY 25 1 1 2 -4 79 15 11 0.08 $500K
2008-09 PHX 11 0 1 1 -4 29 8 13 0.09
2009-10 CGY 43 1 4 5 6 98 23 29 0.12 $500K
2009-10 NYR 26 4 5 9 3 65 21 42 0.35
2010-11 NYR 82 13 16 29 2 160 87 161 0.35 $800K
2011-12 NYR 82 5 12 17 -1 156 68 144 0.21 $800K
2012-13 MTL 38 5 9 14 11 110 39 87 0.37 $2.5M
2013-14 MTL 52 6 7 13 -1 121 49 92 0.25 $2.5M
2014-15 MTL 82 4 14 18 6 134 78 122 0.22 $2.5M
2015-16 VAN 35 1 6 7 -3 59 19 40 0.20 $2.5M
9 seasons Career 486 40 75 115 16 1036 408 753 0.24

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2010-11 NYR 5 0 1 1 0 4 8 24 0.20
2011-12 NYR 19 1 1 2 -1 31 21 54 0.11
2012-13 MTL 4 0 1 1 -3 14 7 19 0.25
2013-14 MTL 13 0 2 2 1 32 11 35 0.15
2014-15 MTL 12 1 3 4 1 35 20 26 0.33
5 seasons Playoffs 53 2 8 10 -2 116 67 158 0.19

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 5 12 17 -1 156 68 144 0.21 7.4 11:57

Contract

$800KCap hitends in 2012, then UFA
$47KCap dollars per point17 points in 82 games
$8.408MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.1 goals above replacement
$543KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$257KValueworth 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 2011-12, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2011-12 $800K

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
2012-13 to 2015-16 $2.5M
2010-11 to 2011-12 $800K
2008-09 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 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

-2.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.3Even-strength defence-0.5Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties-1.4

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.

-2-101232010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16Goals 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

43.7Corsi for %156 attempts for, 201 against
-6.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.8Expected goals for %6.4 expected for, 8.2 against
-8.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
45.5Goals for %5 for, 6 against
99.2PDO5.7% shooting + 93.5% saves
28Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 136 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ruslan Fedotenko · Brian Boyle · Brandon Prust1558:5935.741.11-1
Mike Rupp · John Mitchell · Brandon Prust829:3347.143.00-0
Ruslan Fedotenko · Brandon Prust · Derek Stepan820:1176.786.42-0
Mike Rupp · Brian Boyle · Brandon Prust516:1159.138.40-1

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
1.7Expected goalsfrom 27 unblocked attempts
-0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.43 expected goals per 60 minutes16th
Shot quality 6.4% chance per attempt22nd
Finishing -0.7 goals above expected31stOne 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 1.7Goals 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 vs WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:50
Apr 5, 2012 @ PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:09
Apr 3, 2012 @ PHI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 07:50
Apr 1, 2012 vs BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:29
Mar 30, 2012 vs MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:44
Mar 28, 2012 @ WPG W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 09:07
Mar 27, 2012 @ MIN W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 09:12
Mar 24, 2012 @ TOR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:37
Mar 23, 2012 vs BUF L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:23
Mar 21, 2012 vs DET W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:54
Mar 19, 2012 vs NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 10:32
Mar 17, 2012 vs COL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:23
Mar 15, 2012 vs PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 2 1 3 14:05
Mar 13, 2012 vs CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:58
Mar 11, 2012 vs NYI W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 4 1 15:05
Mar 9, 2012 @ CHI L 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 13:37
Mar 8, 2012 @ OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 5 2 5 14:53
Mar 6, 2012 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:29
Mar 4, 2012 vs BOS W 4-3 0 0 0 1 5 1 5 13:44
Mar 2, 2012 @ TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 18:24
Mar 1, 2012 @ CAR W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 15:07
Feb 27, 2012 vs NJD W 2-0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 15:36
Feb 25, 2012 vs BUF W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 12:20
Feb 24, 2012 @ NYI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 17:38
Feb 21, 2012 @ PIT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:22
Feb 19, 2012 vs CBJ W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:44
Feb 16, 2012 vs CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 13:32
Feb 14, 2012 @ BOS W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 16:15
Feb 12, 2012 vs WSH W 3-2 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 16:45
Feb 11, 2012 @ PHI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 10 0 3 15:01
Feb 9, 2012 vs TBL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 17:00
Feb 7, 2012 vs NJD L 0-1 0 0 0 0 5 2 6 11:49
Feb 5, 2012 vs PHI W 5-2 0 1 1 1 5 1 3 12:15
Feb 1, 2012 @ BUF W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 15:54
Jan 31, 2012 @ NJD L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15:16
Jan 24, 2012 vs WPG W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:55
Jan 21, 2012 @ BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 4 1 6 17:35
Jan 19, 2012 vs PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 12 0 4 12:39
Jan 17, 2012 vs NSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:09
Jan 15, 2012 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:10
Jan 14, 2012 @ TOR W 3-0 0 1 1 2 0 3 6 15:38
Jan 12, 2012 vs OTT L 0-3 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 09:44
Jan 10, 2012 vs PHX W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 07:16
Jan 6, 2012 @ PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 09:29
Jan 5, 2012 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 07:29
Jan 2, 2012 @ PHI W 3-2 0 2 2 2 0 0 4 08:31
Dec 30, 2011 @ FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:11
Dec 28, 2011 @ WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:32
Dec 26, 2011 vs NYI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:58
Dec 23, 2011 vs PHI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 07:57
Dec 22, 2011 vs NYI W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 05:27
Dec 20, 2011 @ NJD W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:52
Dec 17, 2011 @ PHX W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 08:06
Dec 15, 2011 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:13
Dec 13, 2011 vs DAL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 10:31
Dec 11, 2011 vs FLA W 6-1 0 0 0 0 7 0 3 11:13
Dec 10, 2011 @ BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:21
Dec 8, 2011 vs TBL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:44
Dec 5, 2011 vs TOR L 2-4 0 1 1 1 5 1 2 09:18
Dec 3, 2011 @ TBL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:04
Dec 1, 2011 @ CAR W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 10:37
Nov 29, 2011 vs PIT W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 09:13
Nov 26, 2011 vs PHI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 08:33
Nov 25, 2011 @ WSH W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:38
Nov 23, 2011 @ FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:50
Nov 19, 2011 @ MTL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 13:05
Nov 15, 2011 @ NYI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 05:59
Nov 11, 2011 vs CAR W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:36
Nov 9, 2011 @ OTT W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:19
Nov 6, 2011 vs WPG W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:11
Nov 5, 2011 vs MTL W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 12:29
Nov 3, 2011 vs ANA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:31
Oct 31, 2011 vs SJS W 5-2 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 14:56
Oct 29, 2011 vs OTT L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:03
Oct 27, 2011 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 10:10
Oct 24, 2011 @ WPG W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 5 0 1 16:28
Oct 22, 2011 @ EDM L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 5 3 3 14:06
Oct 20, 2011 @ CGY W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 14:23
Oct 18, 2011 @ VAN W 4-0 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 07:12
Oct 15, 2011 @ NYI L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 10:33
Oct 8, 2011 @ ANA L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:03
Oct 7, 2011 @ LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 12:30