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Bobby Butler

#26 · Right wing · Florida Panthers

Born Apr 26, 1987 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA · 6'0", 189 lb · Shoots right

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.

Kyle Chipchura PHX · 16 P in 53 GP John Mitchell NYR · 16 P in 63 GP Arron Asham PIT · 16 P in 64 GP Travis Moen MTL · 16 P in 48 GP Jeff Halpern WSH · 16 P in 69 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.

051015202009-10: 0 points009-102010-11: 21 points2110-112011-12: 16 points1611-122012-13: 11 points1112-132013-14: 1 points113-14

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2009-10 OTT 2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0.00
2010-11 OTT 36 10 11 21 -16 10 73 28 0.58
2011-12 OTT 56 6 10 16 8 12 86 34 0.29
2012-13 NJD 14 1 1 2 -6 0 13 8 0.14 $525K
2012-13 NSH 20 3 6 9 -2 4 28 7 0.45
2013-14 FLA 2 0 1 1 1 2 5 2 0.50
5 seasons Career 130 20 29 49 -16 28 207 80 0.38

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 OTT 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0.00
1 season Playoffs 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0.00

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
56 6 10 16 8 12 86 34 0.29 7.0 11:29

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2012-13 to 2012-13 $525K

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

-0.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.5Even-strength defence-0.3Power play-0.1Penalty kill0.0Penalties+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.

00.511.52010-112011-122012-132013-14Goals 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

54.4Corsi for %37 attempts for, 31 against
-8.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
28.4Expected goals for %0.5 expected for, 1.4 against
-35.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 0 against
100.0PDO0.0% shooting + 100.0% 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
Nick Foligno · Kyle Turris · Bobby Butler317:4658.545.90-0
Jason Spezza · Colin Greening · Bobby Butler21:2980.057.80-0
Colin Greening · Kyle Turris · Bobby Butler21:290.00.00-0
Jason Spezza · Milan Michalek · Bobby Butler21:160.00.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.2Expected goalsfrom 8 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.27 expected goals per 60 minutes4th
Shot quality 2.2% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected57thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 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 1, 2012 @ NYI W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 12:04
Mar 20, 2012 vs NJD L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:09
Mar 17, 2012 vs TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 11:25
Mar 16, 2012 vs MTL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:21
Mar 4, 2012 @ FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 13:24
Mar 2, 2012 vs CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:04
Feb 28, 2012 @ BOS W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:55
Feb 26, 2012 vs NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:10
Feb 25, 2012 vs BOS L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 16:17
Feb 22, 2012 vs WSH W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10:23
Feb 20, 2012 @ NYI W 6-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 11:26
Feb 15, 2012 @ FLA W 6-2 1 0 1 2 0 4 1 12:57
Feb 14, 2012 @ TBL W 4-0 0 2 2 2 2 0 2 12:43
Feb 11, 2012 vs EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 13:09
Feb 9, 2012 vs NSH W 4-3 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 13:13
Jan 31, 2012 @ BOS L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 08:01
Jan 24, 2012 @ PHX L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 13:12
Jan 23, 2012 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 16:15
Jan 19, 2012 @ SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:19
Jan 17, 2012 @ TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:46
Jan 16, 2012 vs WPG L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:22
Jan 14, 2012 @ MTL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 08:54
Jan 12, 2012 @ NYR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:09
Jan 10, 2012 @ PIT W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 10:23
Jan 8, 2012 vs PHI W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 07:10
Jan 7, 2012 @ PHI L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 07:53
Jan 5, 2012 vs TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:33
Jan 2, 2012 vs NJD W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11:16
Dec 31, 2011 @ BUF W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 09:07
Dec 30, 2011 vs CGY W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 09:25
Dec 27, 2011 vs MTL L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 2 5 0 13:51
Dec 23, 2011 @ CAR L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:07
Dec 22, 2011 vs FLA W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 12:38
Dec 16, 2011 vs PIT W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:17
Dec 14, 2011 vs BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 15:01
Dec 10, 2011 vs VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 12:09
Dec 8, 2011 @ NJD L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:36
Dec 7, 2011 vs WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:45
Dec 5, 2011 vs TBL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:59
Dec 3, 2011 @ WSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:10
Dec 1, 2011 @ DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 09:23
Nov 29, 2011 @ WPG W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 15:14
Nov 27, 2011 vs CAR W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 06:32
Nov 25, 2011 @ PIT L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:43
Nov 20, 2011 @ VAN L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 12:32
Nov 17, 2011 @ EDM W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 11:20
Nov 15, 2011 @ CGY W 3-1 2 0 2 2 0 4 1 08:19
Nov 12, 2011 @ TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:24
Nov 11, 2011 @ BUF L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 10:30
Nov 9, 2011 vs NYR L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 15:46
Nov 5, 2011 vs BUF L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:46
Nov 4, 2011 vs MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 12:18
Nov 1, 2011 @ BOS L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 14:34
Oct 30, 2011 vs TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 08:52
Oct 13, 2011 vs COL L 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:06
Oct 7, 2011 @ DET L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 06:28