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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 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Luke Glendening DET · 18 P in 82 GP Max Talbot BOS · 18 P in 81 GP Nate Thompson ANA · 18 P in 80 GP Calle Jarnkrok NSH · 18 P in 74 GP James Sheppard NYR · 18 P in 71 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

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 4 14 18 6 134 78 122 0.22 5.1 12:58

Contract

$2.5MCap hit2014-15
$139KCap dollars per point18 points in 82 games
$1.146MCap dollars per goal above replacement2.2 goals above replacement
$1.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$636KValueworth 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 649 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
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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.3Even-strength defence+0.5Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties-0.6

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

56.3Corsi for %147 attempts for, 114 against
+4.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
59.8Expected goals for %4.6 expected for, 3.1 against
+8.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
53.8Goals for %7 for, 6 against
97.2PDO9.5% shooting + 87.8% saves
28Attempts 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
PA Parenteau · Brandon Prust · Lars Eller647:0057.356.92-2
Brandon Prust · Torrey Mitchell · Brian Flynn636:3063.070.22-3
Brandon Prust · Lars Eller · Dale Weise414:4050.089.80-0
Brandon Prust · Torrey Mitchell · Dale Weise57:3752.972.02-0

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 23 unblocked attempts
-0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.58 expected goals per 60 minutes35th
Shot quality 7.0% chance per attempt51st
Finishing -0.6 goals above expected43rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 63 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 11, 2015 @ TOR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:06
Apr 9, 2015 vs DET W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 10:05
Apr 5, 2015 @ FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:00
Apr 3, 2015 @ NJD L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:40
Apr 2, 2015 vs WSH L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 12:06
Mar 30, 2015 vs TBL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:59
Mar 28, 2015 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 09:39
Mar 26, 2015 @ WPG L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 13:23
Mar 24, 2015 @ NSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:41
Mar 21, 2015 vs SJS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12:27
Mar 19, 2015 vs CAR W 4-0 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 14:19
Mar 17, 2015 @ FLA W 3-2 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 08:45
Mar 16, 2015 @ TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 07:50
Mar 14, 2015 @ NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 11:07
Mar 12, 2015 vs OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14:03
Mar 10, 2015 vs TBL L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:48
Mar 7, 2015 @ ARI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:35
Mar 5, 2015 @ LAK L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 07:06
Mar 4, 2015 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 5 1 4 09:33
Mar 2, 2015 @ SJS L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:13
Feb 28, 2015 vs TOR W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 15:24
Feb 26, 2015 @ CBJ W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 13:32
Feb 24, 2015 @ STL W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:12
Feb 21, 2015 vs CBJ W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:38
Feb 19, 2015 vs FLA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:26
Feb 18, 2015 @ OTT L 2-4 0 0 0 1 5 4 1 14:24
Feb 16, 2015 @ DET W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14:45
Feb 14, 2015 vs TOR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 12:53
Feb 12, 2015 vs EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 10:03
Feb 10, 2015 vs PHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:51
Feb 8, 2015 @ BOS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:47
Feb 7, 2015 vs NJD W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:17
Feb 3, 2015 vs BUF L 2-3 1 0 1 1 2 2 4 09:22
Feb 1, 2015 vs ARI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:05
Jan 31, 2015 vs WSH W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:21
Jan 29, 2015 @ NYR W 1-0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 14:11
Jan 27, 2015 vs DAL W 3-2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 14:57
Jan 20, 2015 vs NSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 12:54
Jan 17, 2015 vs NYI W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 5 2 1 12:19
Jan 15, 2015 @ OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12:42
Jan 14, 2015 @ CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:26
Jan 10, 2015 vs PIT L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:43
Jan 6, 2015 vs TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:52
Jan 3, 2015 @ PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 15:01
Jan 2, 2015 @ NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:06
Dec 30, 2014 @ FLA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:10
Dec 29, 2014 @ CAR W 3-1 0 1 1 1 5 0 0 14:29
Dec 23, 2014 @ NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 15:42
Dec 20, 2014 vs OTT W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 5 17:36
Dec 18, 2014 vs ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 7 2 3 13:56
Dec 16, 2014 vs CAR W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 14:41
Dec 12, 2014 vs LAK W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14:58
Dec 9, 2014 vs VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:14
Dec 6, 2014 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 13:52
Dec 5, 2014 @ CHI L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:33
Dec 3, 2014 @ MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:33
Dec 1, 2014 @ COL W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 12:50
Nov 29, 2014 vs BUF L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 15:13
Nov 28, 2014 @ BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 0 27 0 2 07:10
Nov 23, 2014 @ NYR L 0-5 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 14:34
Nov 22, 2014 @ BOS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:01
Nov 20, 2014 vs STL W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 14:20
Nov 18, 2014 vs PIT L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:45
Nov 16, 2014 @ DET W 4-1 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 16:10
Nov 15, 2014 vs PHI W 6-3 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 13:22
Nov 13, 2014 vs BOS W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:55
Nov 11, 2014 vs WPG W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 19:02
Nov 8, 2014 vs MIN W 4-1 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 15:20
Nov 5, 2014 @ BUF W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 13:39
Nov 4, 2014 vs CHI L 0-5 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 11:38
Nov 2, 2014 vs CGY L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:11
Oct 30, 2014 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 13:53
Oct 28, 2014 @ CGY W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:24
Oct 27, 2014 @ EDM L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 13:09
Oct 25, 2014 vs NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 12:08
Oct 21, 2014 vs DET W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:33
Oct 18, 2014 vs COL W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 12:15
Oct 16, 2014 vs BOS W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:08
Oct 13, 2014 @ TBL L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 11:42
Oct 11, 2014 @ PHI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 07:48
Oct 9, 2014 @ WSH W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 7 1 5 10:40
Oct 8, 2014 @ TOR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:04