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Brian Flynn

#32 · Centre · Montréal Canadiens

Born Jul 26, 1988 in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, USA · 6'1", 185 lb · Shoots right

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Denis Malgin FLA · 10 P in 47 GP Logan Shaw ANA · 10 P in 55 GP Cedric Paquette TBL · 10 P in 58 GP Colton Sissons NSH · 10 P in 58 GP Stefan Noesen NJD · 10 P in 44 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.

0510152012-13: 11 points1112-132013-14: 13 points1313-142014-15: 17 points1714-152015-16: 10 points1015-162016-17: 10 points1016-17

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2012-13 BUF 26 6 5 11 6 0 49 10 0.42 $925K
2013-14 BUF 79 6 7 13 -10 14 102 51 0.16 $638K
2014-15 BUF 54 5 12 17 -3 8 73 37 0.31 $638K
2014-15 MTL 9 0 0 0 -2 0 9 7 0.00
2015-16 MTL 56 4 6 10 -3 6 73 23 0.18 $950K
2016-17 MTL 51 6 4 10 2 4 47 20 0.20 $950K
5 seasons Career 275 27 34 61 -10 32 353 148 0.22

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2014-15 MTL 6 1 2 3 -1 0 10 4 0.50
2016-17 MTL 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 7 1 2 3 -1 0 12 4 0.43

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
51 6 4 10 2 4 47 20 0.20 12.8 12:04

Contract

$950KCap hit2016-17
$95KCap dollars per point10 points in 51 games
$437KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.2 goals above replacement
$2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1MValueworth 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 664 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
2015-16 to 2016-17 $950K
2013-14 to 2014-15 $638K
2012-13 to 2012-13 $925K

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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 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
+0.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.1Even-strength defence+0.1Power play0.0Penalty 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.

-2-1012342012-132013-142014-152015-162016-17Goals 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

55.9Corsi for %19 attempts for, 15 against
-0.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.5Expected goals for %0.5 expected for, 0.5 against
+13.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
60.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 0 against
100.0PDO0.0% shooting + 100.0% saves
2Attempts 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
Paul Byron · Brian Flynn · Alex Galchenyuk19:1058.334.00-0
Tomas Plekanec · Paul Byron · Brian Flynn11:16100.0100.00-0
Paul Byron · Dwight King · Brian Flynn11:1633.362.60-0
Paul Byron · Phillip Danault · Brian Flynn10:590.00.00-0

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
0.0Expected goalsfrom 2 unblocked attempts
0.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.13 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 1.6% chance per attempt1st
Finishing 0.0 goals above expected51stOne 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.

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 8, 2017 @ DET W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:19
Apr 5, 2017 @ BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:32
Mar 7, 2017 @ VAN W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01:05
Feb 28, 2017 vs CBJ W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:17
Feb 23, 2017 vs NYI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:13
Feb 21, 2017 @ NYR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:16
Feb 18, 2017 vs WPG L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:29
Feb 12, 2017 @ BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:34
Feb 7, 2017 @ COL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:50
Feb 4, 2017 vs WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:50
Feb 2, 2017 @ PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:25
Jan 31, 2017 vs BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:57
Jan 26, 2017 @ NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:59
Jan 24, 2017 vs CGY W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:25
Jan 21, 2017 vs BUF L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 09:04
Jan 20, 2017 @ NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:26
Jan 18, 2017 vs PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:36
Jan 16, 2017 @ DET L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:02
Jan 14, 2017 vs NYR W 5-4 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 12:48
Jan 12, 2017 @ MIN L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 15:19
Jan 11, 2017 @ WPG W 7-4 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 14:49
Jan 9, 2017 vs WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:16
Jan 7, 2017 @ TOR W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:13
Jan 4, 2017 @ DAL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:22
Jan 3, 2017 @ NSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:25
Dec 31, 2016 @ PIT L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 14:27
Dec 29, 2016 @ FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:12
Dec 28, 2016 @ TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:15
Dec 23, 2016 @ CBJ L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:50
Dec 22, 2016 vs MIN L 2-4 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 13:14
Dec 20, 2016 vs ANA W 5-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 13:22
Dec 17, 2016 @ WSH W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14:02
Dec 16, 2016 vs SJS L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12:37
Dec 12, 2016 vs BOS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:41
Dec 10, 2016 vs COL W 10-1 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 12:01
Dec 8, 2016 vs NJD W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:51
Dec 6, 2016 @ STL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:31
Dec 4, 2016 @ LAK W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:20
Dec 2, 2016 @ SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:47
Nov 10, 2016 vs LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:08
Nov 8, 2016 vs BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:19
Nov 5, 2016 vs PHI W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:32
Nov 4, 2016 @ CBJ L 0-10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:22
Nov 2, 2016 vs VAN W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 11:40
Oct 29, 2016 vs TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:11
Oct 27, 2016 vs TBL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 11:03
Oct 26, 2016 @ NYI W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 12:12
Oct 24, 2016 vs PHI W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:11
Oct 22, 2016 @ BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 12:32
Oct 20, 2016 vs ARI W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 12:06
Oct 18, 2016 vs PIT W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 12:24