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Brian Gibbons

#29 · Centre · Carolina Hurricanes

Born Feb 26, 1988 in Braintree, Massachusetts, USA · 5'8", 175 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brandon Sutter VAN · 26 P in 61 GP Patrik Berglund STL · 26 P in 57 GP Travis Zajac NJD · 26 P in 63 GP Trevor Lewis LAK · 26 P in 68 GP Matt Nieto COL · 26 P in 74 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.

010202013-14: 17 points1713-142014-15: 5 points514-152017-18: 26 points2617-182018-19: 19 points1918-192019-20: 0 points019-20

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2013-14 PIT 41 5 12 17 5 6 29 24 0.41 $550K
2014-15 CBJ 25 0 5 5 2 8 21 14 0.20 $750K
2017-18 NJD 59 12 14 26 10 20 72 35 0.44 $650K
2018-19 ANA 44 2 3 5 -8 16 29 26 0.11 $1M
2018-19 OTT 20 6 8 14 3 4 21 14 0.70
2019-20 CAR 15 0 0 0 -7 4 9 7 0.00 $725K
5 seasons Career 204 25 42 67 5 58 181 120 0.33

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2013-14 PIT 8 2 1 3 2 2 11 3 0.38
2017-18 NJD 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 10 2 1 3 0 2 11 5 0.30

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
59 12 14 26 10 20 72 35 0.44 16.7 14:26

Contract

$650KCap hit2017-18
$25KCap dollars per point26 points in 59 games
$115KCap dollars per goal above replacement5.7 goals above replacement
$4.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3.6MValueworth 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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 691 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
2019-20 to 2019-20 $725K
2018-19 to 2018-19 $1M
2017-18 to 2017-18 $650K
2014-15 to 2014-15 $750K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $550K

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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
0.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.2Even-strength defence+0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties+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.

-202462013-142014-152017-182018-192019-20Goals 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

38.1Corsi for %8 attempts for, 13 against
-8.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
27.1Expected goals for %0.1 expected for, 0.3 against
-16.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
29.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 2 against
80.0PDO0.0% shooting + 80.0% saves
0Attempts 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
Brian Boyle · Brian Gibbons · Blake Coleman27:0340.059.00-1
Brian Boyle · Michael Grabner · Brian Gibbons14:3540.019.30-0
Brian Boyle · Brian Gibbons · Miles Wood11:130.00.00-0
Brian Boyle · Taylor Hall · Brian Gibbons10:480.00.00-0

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.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 7, 2018 @ WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 19:03
Apr 5, 2018 vs TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:52
Apr 3, 2018 vs NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 13:08
Mar 31, 2018 vs NYI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:49
Mar 29, 2018 vs PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 13:08
Mar 27, 2018 vs CAR W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:00
Mar 24, 2018 vs TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 12:39
Mar 23, 2018 @ PIT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 15:16
Mar 20, 2018 @ SJS L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:03
Mar 18, 2018 @ ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:01
Mar 17, 2018 @ LAK W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 14:01
Mar 14, 2018 @ VGK W 8-3 0 2 2 3 0 1 1 16:11
Mar 10, 2018 @ NSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:04
Mar 8, 2018 vs WPG L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:52
Jan 20, 2018 @ PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:19
Jan 18, 2018 vs WSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13:56
Jan 16, 2018 @ NYI W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 09:06
Jan 13, 2018 vs PHI L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 09:20
Jan 7, 2018 @ NYI L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 16:18
Jan 4, 2018 @ DAL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:37
Jan 2, 2018 @ STL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 15:34
Dec 30, 2017 @ WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:14
Dec 29, 2017 vs BUF L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 14:12
Dec 27, 2017 vs DET W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:50
Dec 23, 2017 vs CHI W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:54
Dec 21, 2017 vs NYR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 16:23
Dec 18, 2017 vs ANA W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:11
Dec 15, 2017 vs DAL W 5-2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 13:11
Dec 14, 2017 @ MTL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:11
Dec 12, 2017 vs LAK W 5-1 1 1 2 2 0 4 2 14:30
Dec 9, 2017 @ NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 16:05
Dec 8, 2017 vs CBJ L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12:40
Dec 5, 2017 @ CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 14:25
Dec 2, 2017 @ ARI L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:50
Dec 1, 2017 @ COL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:18
Nov 27, 2017 vs FLA L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 13:40
Nov 25, 2017 @ DET W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 15:11
Nov 24, 2017 vs VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:59
Nov 22, 2017 vs BOS L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 15:38
Nov 20, 2017 @ MIN W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 15:32
Nov 18, 2017 @ WPG L 2-5 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 13:14
Nov 16, 2017 @ TOR L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:20
Nov 12, 2017 @ CHI W 7-5 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 12:20
Nov 11, 2017 vs FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:31
Nov 9, 2017 vs EDM L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 13:50
Nov 7, 2017 vs STL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 13:45
Nov 5, 2017 @ CGY L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 17:38
Nov 3, 2017 @ EDM L 3-6 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 19:07
Nov 1, 2017 @ VAN W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:39
Oct 28, 2017 vs ARI W 4-3 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 19:01
Oct 27, 2017 vs OTT W 5-4 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 16:04
Oct 20, 2017 vs SJS L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:33
Oct 19, 2017 @ OTT W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:10
Oct 17, 2017 vs TBL W 5-4 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 13:12
Oct 14, 2017 @ NYR W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 17:06
Oct 13, 2017 vs WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:21
Oct 11, 2017 @ TOR W 6-3 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 14:30
Oct 9, 2017 @ BUF W 6-2 1 1 2 2 0 5 0 16:16
Oct 7, 2017 vs COL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:36