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Brian Boucher

#33 · Goalie · Philadelphia Flyers

Born Jan 2, 1977 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA · 6'2", 200 lb · Catches left · Drafted 22nd overall in 1995 by PHI (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Johan Hedberg NJD · 34 GP, 0.912 Devan Dubnyk EDM · 35 GP, 0.916 Chris Mason ATL · 33 GP, 0.892 Jean-Sebastien Giguere TOR · 33 GP, 0.900 Mathieu Garon CBJ · 36 GP, 0.901

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0102030401999-00: 35 games3599-002000-01: 27 games2700-012001-02: 41 games4101-022002-03: 45 games4502-032003-04: 40 games4003-042005-06: 14 games1405-062006-07: 18 games1806-072007-08: 5 games507-082008-09: 22 games2208-092009-10: 33 games3309-102010-11: 34 games3410-112011-12: 10 games1011-122012-13: 4 games412-13

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1999-00 PHI 35 2010304 790 725 65 1.91 0.918
2000-01 PHI 27 812501 644 564 80 3.27 0.876
2001-02 PHI 41 1816402 972 880 92 2.41 0.905
2002-03 PHX 45 1520800 1210 1082 128 3.02 0.894
2003-04 PHX 40 10191005 1150 1042 108 2.74 0.906
2005-06 PHX 11 36000 268 235 33 3.87 0.877
2005-06 CGY 3 12000 103 88 15 4.94 0.854
2006-07 CHI 15 110031 389 344 45 3.27 0.884
2006-07 CBJ 3 11000 67 58 9 3.79 0.866
2007-08 SJS 5 31011 103 96 7 1.76 0.932
2008-09 SJS 22 126032 563 516 47 2.18 0.917
2009-10 PHI 33 918031 796 716 80 2.76 0.899
2010-11 PHI 34 1810040 902 826 76 2.42 0.916
2011-12 CAR 10 16010 260 229 31 3.40 0.881
2012-13 PHI 4 02000 55 49 6 2.50 0.891
13 seasons Career 328 120139301517 8272 7450 822 2.71 0.901

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1999-00 PHI 18 11701 484 444 40 2.03 0.917
2000-01 PHI 1 0000 17 14 3 4.92 0.824
2001-02 PHI 2 0100 33 31 2 1.37 0.939
2007-08 SJS 1 0000 0 0 0 0.00 0.000
2009-10 PHI 12 6601 298 271 27 2.47 0.909
2010-11 PHI 9 4400 229 207 22 3.13 0.904
6 seasons Playoffs 43 211802 1061 967 94 2.36 0.911

2010-11 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
34 29 181040 902 826 76 2.42 0.916

2010-11 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+12.7Goals above replacement21st of 53 goalies
+2.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+4.5Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 53 ranked goalies: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. Goals above average is coloured as it is under Shots faced below, where it is taken per 60 minutes.

The goals he saved for his team, compared with a spare-part goalie facing the same shots. A goalie's season is about one-third the goalie and two-thirds chance, so read one year lightly. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-50510152010-112011-122012-13Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

Shots faced

Expected goals adds up how likely each shot he faced was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. A goalie who lets in fewer than that has saved goals above expected. Only shots taken while he was in net count, and the league's goalies as a whole come out at zero. 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. What these numbers mean

+4.5Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
80.5Expected goals againstfrom 1,297 unblocked attempts
76Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.916Save %0.911 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 53 goalies who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. The two goals against tiles are left plain, since they follow how much he played.

Goals saved +0.14 above expected per 60 minutes68th
Shot difficulty 6.2% chance per attempt faced42ndA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 53 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

020406080Game 10Game 20Game 30Expected 80.5Allowed 76

The goals he was expected to let in and the goals he did, as the season went on. When the allowed line runs below the expected line, he is saving more than his shots were worth.

Where he was shot at

Every unblocked attempt he faced this season, with his net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 9, 2011 vs NYI W 7-4 W 26 25 1 0.962 47:48
Apr 1, 2011 @ NJD L 2-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 57:57
Mar 27, 2011 vs BOS L 1-2 L 36 34 2 0.944 58:50
Mar 22, 2011 vs WSH L 4-5 (SO) OTL 14 13 1 0.929 43:38
Mar 17, 2011 @ ATL L 3-4 (SO) OTL 25 22 3 0.880 64:48
Mar 15, 2011 @ FLA W 3-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 59:46
Mar 10, 2011 @ TOR W 3-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 59:43
Mar 6, 2011 @ NYR L 0-7 L 18 14 4 0.778 26:28
Feb 26, 2011 @ OTT L 1-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Feb 20, 2011 @ NYR W 4-2 W 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Feb 15, 2011 @ TBL W 4-3 (SO) W 27 24 3 0.889 65:00
Feb 10, 2011 vs CAR W 2-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 59:58
Feb 5, 2011 vs DAL W 3-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 59:28
Feb 1, 2011 @ TBL L 0-4 16 15 1 0.938 39:57
Jan 22, 2011 vs NJD L 1-3 L 21 19 2 0.905 58:48
Jan 16, 2011 @ NYR W 3-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Jan 13, 2011 @ BOS L 5-7 L 36 30 6 0.833 59:10
Jan 8, 2011 vs NJD W 2-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 59:45
Jan 6, 2011 @ NJD W 4-2 W 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Jan 2, 2011 @ DET W 3-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Dec 28, 2010 @ VAN L 2-6 L 28 24 4 0.857 25:21
Dec 20, 2010 vs FLA L 0-5 12 11 1 0.917 26:48
Dec 18, 2010 vs NYR W 4-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Dec 14, 2010 vs PIT W 3-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 59:56
Dec 11, 2010 @ BOS W 2-1 (OT) W 36 35 1 0.972 64:57
Dec 9, 2010 @ TOR W 4-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 59:58
Nov 27, 2010 @ NJD L 1-2 (SO) OTL 25 24 1 0.960 65:00
Nov 22, 2010 vs MTL W 3-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 59:58
Nov 20, 2010 @ WSH W 5-4 (SO) W 37 33 4 0.892 64:43
Nov 18, 2010 vs TBL L 7-8 L 22 18 4 0.818 38:14
Oct 25, 2010 @ CBJ L 1-2 L 25 23 2 0.920 58:29
Oct 23, 2010 vs TOR W 5-2 W 14 12 2 0.857 59:51
Oct 14, 2010 vs TBL L 2-3 L 24 21 3 0.875 58:28
Oct 9, 2010 @ STL L 1-2 (OT) OTL 25 23 2 0.920 61:47