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Brendan Lemieux

#28 · Left wing · Carolina Hurricanes

Born Mar 15, 1996 in Denver, Colorado, USA · 6'1", 215 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 31st overall in 2014 by BUF (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Sam Lafferty CHI · 13 P in 56 GP Nick Bjugstad MIN · 13 P in 57 GP Rasmus Kupari LAK · 13 P in 57 GP Nick Foligno BOS · 13 P in 64 GP Steven Lorentz CAR · 13 P in 67 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.

0510152017-18: 1 points117-182018-19: 17 points1718-192019-20: 18 points1819-202020-21: 11 points1120-212021-22: 13 points1321-222022-23: 9 points922-232023-24: 5 points523-24

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2017-18 WPG 9 1 0 1 2 21 6 12 0.11 $839K
2018-19 WPG 44 9 2 11 10 64 37 81 0.25 $839K
2018-19 NYR 19 3 3 6 -4 44 30 48 0.32
2019-20 NYR 59 6 12 18 -14 111 86 164 0.31 $925K
2020-21 NYR 31 2 5 7 0 59 31 65 0.23 $1.55M
2020-21 LAK 18 2 2 4 -2 14 19 44 0.22
2021-22 LAK 50 8 5 13 1 97 65 122 0.26 $1.55M
2022-23 LAK 27 0 3 3 -6 53 22 79 0.11 $1.35M
2022-23 PHI 18 2 4 6 3 21 22 52 0.33
2023-24 CAR 32 3 2 5 0 64 29 71 0.16 $800K
7 seasons Career 307 36 38 74 -10 548 347 738 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
2019-20 NYR 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0.00
2021-22 LAK 7 1 0 1 -1 18 12 17 0.14
2 seasons Playoffs 8 1 0 1 -1 18 17 18 0.13

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
50 8 5 13 1 97 65 122 0.26 12.3 10:45

Contract

$1.55MCap hit2021-22
$119KCap dollars per point13 points in 50 games
$1.07MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.4 goals above replacement
$1.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$194KValueworth 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 716 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
2023-24 to 2023-24 $800K
2022-23 to 2022-23 $1.35M
2020-21 to 2021-22 $1.55M
2019-20 to 2019-20 $925K
2017-18 to 2018-19 $839K

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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.1Even-strength defence+0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.2

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.

-4-20242017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-24Goals 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

64.1Corsi for %84 attempts for, 47 against
+20.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.8Expected goals for %3.4 expected for, 2.7 against
+14.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
62.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %1 for, 2 against
95.5PDO2.2% shooting + 93.3% saves
16Attempts 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
Dustin Brown · Brendan Lemieux · Blake Lizotte424:5768.363.60-0
Brendan Lemieux · Arthur Kaliyev · Quinton Byfield29:1925.014.20-1
Brendan Lemieux · Alex Iafallo · Rasmus Kupari27:1284.691.00-0
Brendan Lemieux · Rasmus Kupari · Arthur Kaliyev25:3492.9100.00-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.9Expected goalsfrom 12 unblocked attempts
+0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.96 expected goals per 60 minutes66th
Shot quality 7.8% chance per attempt42nd
Finishing +0.1 goals above expected60thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 89 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.9

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 28, 2022 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 1 3 11:36
Apr 27, 2022 @ SEA W 5-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 4 09:21
Apr 19, 2022 @ ANA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:32
Apr 16, 2022 vs CBJ W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 08:01
Apr 10, 2022 @ MIN L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 7 0 4 10:28
Apr 7, 2022 vs EDM L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 05:54
Mar 4, 2022 @ CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01:35
Mar 2, 2022 @ DAL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 10:59
Feb 28, 2022 vs BOS L 0-7 0 0 0 0 5 3 6 12:09
Feb 26, 2022 vs NYI W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 09:36
Feb 25, 2022 @ ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11:23
Feb 23, 2022 @ ARI W 3-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 11:51
Feb 19, 2022 @ ARI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 10:44
Feb 18, 2022 @ VGK W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 10:11
Feb 15, 2022 vs EDM L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 5 10:55
Feb 2, 2022 @ DET W 5-3 0 0 0 1 7 2 1 10:30
Jan 30, 2022 @ PIT W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:27
Jan 29, 2022 @ PHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:38
Jan 27, 2022 @ NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:00
Jan 24, 2022 @ NYR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 15 0 2 03:49
Jan 23, 2022 @ NJD W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 14:36
Jan 20, 2022 vs COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 11:17
Jan 18, 2022 vs TBL L 4-6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 13:03
Jan 17, 2022 @ SJS L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 5 2 0 12:15
Jan 15, 2022 @ SEA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 10:26
Jan 10, 2022 vs NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:52
Jan 8, 2022 vs DET W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 14:47
Jan 6, 2022 vs NSH L 2-4 0 0 0 1 7 3 4 11:23
Jan 1, 2022 vs PHI W 6-3 1 0 1 1 4 2 1 11:42
Dec 30, 2021 vs VAN W 2-1 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 6 1 15:40
Dec 28, 2021 vs VGK L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:05
Dec 19, 2021 @ WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 7 1 4 06:35
Dec 18, 2021 @ CAR L 1-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 16:29
Dec 16, 2021 @ FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 10:07
Dec 14, 2021 @ TBL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 11:55
Dec 11, 2021 vs MIN W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 09:58
Nov 27, 2021 vs OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 1 14 2 1 10:00
Nov 24, 2021 vs TOR L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:48
Nov 21, 2021 vs ARI L 1-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 2 5 10:58
Nov 20, 2021 vs CAR L 4-5 1 1 2 1 0 3 3 13:30
Nov 17, 2021 vs WSH L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 09:51
Nov 13, 2021 @ WPG L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 10:06
Nov 11, 2021 @ OTT W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 11:50
Nov 9, 2021 @ MTL W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 09:41
Nov 8, 2021 @ TOR W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10:51
Nov 5, 2021 vs NJD W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 08:55
Nov 3, 2021 vs STL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 12:39
Oct 31, 2021 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 0 7 0 4 07:02
Oct 30, 2021 vs MTL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:01
Oct 14, 2021 vs VGK W 6-2 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 11:14