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Brian Strait

#47 · Defence · Winnipeg Jets

Born Jan 4, 1988 in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA · 6'1", 206 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 65th overall in 2006 by PIT (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mark Barberio TBL · 7 P in 52 GP Stephane Robidas TOR · 7 P in 52 GP Anton Volchenkov NSH · 7 P in 46 GP Scott Hannan SJS · 7 P in 58 GP Tim Erixon TOR · 7 P in 42 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.

024682010-11: 0 points010-112011-12: 1 points111-122012-13: 4 points412-132013-14: 9 points913-142014-15: 7 points714-152015-16: 6 points615-162016-17: 2 points216-17

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2010-11 PIT 3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0.00
2011-12 PIT 9 0 1 1 -2 4 4 12 0.11
2012-13 NYI 19 0 4 4 4 10 13 33 0.21 $605K
2013-14 NYI 47 3 6 9 -14 14 40 65 0.19 $775K
2014-15 NYI 52 2 5 7 -1 32 59 124 0.13 $775K
2015-16 NYI 52 1 5 6 1 31 43 106 0.12 $775K
2016-17 WPG 5 0 2 2 -1 0 3 5 0.40 $600K
7 seasons Career 187 6 23 29 -14 91 162 347 0.16

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2011-12 PIT 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0.00
2012-13 NYI 6 1 0 1 1 12 5 13 0.17
2014-15 NYI 7 0 0 0 -3 4 4 13 0.00
3 seasons Playoffs 16 1 0 1 1 16 11 27 0.06

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
52 2 5 7 -1 32 59 124 0.13 3.4 18:22

Contract

$775KCap hit2014-15
$111KCap dollars per point7 points in 52 games
-$3.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$4.6MValueworth 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 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
2016-17 to 2016-17 $600K
2013-14 to 2015-16 $775K
2012-13 to 2012-13 $605K

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

+0.1Goals 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-1.0Even-strength defence+0.8Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties-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.

-8-6-4-2022010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-17Goals 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

41.8Corsi for %97 attempts for, 135 against
-10.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.1Expected goals for %2.9 expected for, 3.6 against
-5.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
28.6Goals for %2 for, 5 against
96.4PDO5.0% shooting + 91.4% saves
12Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brian Strait · Calvin de Haan567:1040.050.51-3
Brian Strait · Thomas Hickey538:5649.239.91-0
Brian Strait · Nick Leddy57:2538.511.80-1
Johnny Boychuk · Brian Strait54:4514.352.60-0

The pairs 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 pairs 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 8 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.07 expected goals per 60 minutes7th
Shot quality 1.9% chance per attempt5th
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected50thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 44 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
Apr 11, 2015 vs CBJ L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:40
Apr 10, 2015 @ PIT W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 21:07
Apr 7, 2015 @ PHI L 4-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 18:12
Apr 4, 2015 vs BUF W 3-0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 18:51
Apr 2, 2015 @ CBJ L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:43
Mar 29, 2015 vs DET W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 21:02
Mar 28, 2015 vs ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 17:37
Mar 26, 2015 vs LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15:33
Mar 24, 2015 vs MIN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:06
Mar 21, 2015 @ NJD W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 16:57
Mar 17, 2015 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:52
Mar 14, 2015 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 15:01
Mar 13, 2015 vs OTT L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:22
Mar 10, 2015 vs NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 16:57
Feb 28, 2015 vs CAR L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 17:01
Feb 21, 2015 @ WSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 22:09
Feb 19, 2015 vs NSH W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 21:05
Feb 17, 2015 @ CAR W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 22:42
Feb 16, 2015 vs NYR L 5-6 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 20:24
Feb 14, 2015 vs CBJ W 6-3 0 1 1 2 0 2 3 20:15
Feb 12, 2015 vs TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 3 0 2 6 18:58
Feb 10, 2015 vs EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 18:59
Feb 8, 2015 @ BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 20:36
Feb 7, 2015 @ BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:15
Feb 5, 2015 @ PHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18:44
Jan 29, 2015 vs BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 17:16
Jan 27, 2015 vs NYR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:15
Jan 19, 2015 vs PHI W 7-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 17:10
Jan 17, 2015 @ MTL L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:04
Jan 16, 2015 vs PIT W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 13:56
Jan 13, 2015 @ NYR W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 19:16
Jan 10, 2015 @ CBJ W 5-2 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 15:05
Jan 9, 2015 @ NJD W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 16:01
Dec 11, 2014 @ STL L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 18:07
Dec 9, 2014 @ MIN L 4-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 2 18:59
Dec 6, 2014 vs STL L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:33
Dec 4, 2014 @ OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 20:52
Dec 2, 2014 vs OTT W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 20:59
Nov 29, 2014 vs NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18:30
Nov 28, 2014 @ WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 21:25
Nov 24, 2014 vs PHI W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 19:03
Nov 8, 2014 @ ARI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 17:55
Oct 30, 2014 @ COL L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 16:26
Oct 28, 2014 vs WPG L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 16:38
Oct 25, 2014 vs DAL W 7-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 6 19:32
Oct 23, 2014 @ BOS W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 6 19:21
Oct 21, 2014 vs TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:58
Oct 18, 2014 @ PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:09
Oct 16, 2014 vs SJS W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 20:09
Oct 14, 2014 @ NYR W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 19:12
Oct 11, 2014 vs CAR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:06
Oct 10, 2014 @ CAR W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17:10