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Brett Clark

#5 · Defence · Minnesota Wild

Born Dec 23, 1976 in Wapella, Saskatchewan, CAN · 6'0", 194 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 154th overall in 1996 by MTL (round 6)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

David Rundblad PHX · 1 P in 8 GP Anton Babchuk CGY · 1 P in 7 GP Jared Cowen OTT · 1 P in 7 GP Brett Carson CGY · 1 P in 10 GP Carlo Colaiacovo DET · 1 P in 6 GP

Career

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

01020301997-98: 1 points197-981998-99: 4 points498-991999-00: 1 points199-002000-01: 3 points300-012001-02: 0 points001-022003-04: 2 points203-042005-06: 36 points3605-062006-07: 39 points3906-072007-08: 21 points2107-082008-09: 12 points1208-092009-10: 20 points2009-102010-11: 31 points3110-112011-12: 15 points1511-122012-13: 1 points112-13

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1997-98 MTL 41 1 0 1 -3 20 26 53 0.02
1998-99 MTL 61 2 2 4 -3 16 36 62 0.07
1999-00 ATL 14 0 1 1 -12 4 13 27 0.07
2000-01 ATL 28 1 2 3 -12 14 35 42 0.11
2001-02 ATL 2 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 0.00
2003-04 COL 12 1 1 2 3 6 14 3 0.17
2005-06 COL 80 9 27 36 3 56 148 58 0.45
2006-07 COL 82 10 29 39 5 50 140 85 0.48
2007-08 COL 57 5 16 21 5 33 87 70 0.37
2008-09 COL 76 2 10 12 -16 32 97 73 0.16
2009-10 COL 64 3 17 20 6 28 75 55 0.31
2010-11 TBL 82 9 22 31 2 14 87 117 0.38
2011-12 TBL 82 2 13 15 -26 20 61 118 0.18
2012-13 MIN 8 0 1 1 -9 0 6 5 0.13
14 seasons Career 689 45 141 186 -60 293 825 769 0.27

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2005-06 COL 9 2 2 4 -2 2 19 9 0.44
2009-10 COL 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0.00
2010-11 TBL 18 1 2 3 1 8 17 26 0.17
3 seasons Playoffs 28 3 4 7 -1 10 39 37 0.25

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
8 0 1 1 -9 0 6 5 0.13 0.0 14:04

2012-13 analytics

Rating

-0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.1Even-strength defence-0.5Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-505102010-112011-122012-13Goals 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

47.5Corsi for %86 attempts for, 95 against
-8.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.5Expected goals for %3.3 expected for, 4.0 against
-12.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
16.7Goals for %2 for, 10 against
84.3PDO4.3% shooting + 80.0% saves
17Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brett Clark · Jared Spurgeon658:2952.654.41-4
Brett Clark · Tom Gilbert531:3637.935.61-4
Brett Clark · Ryan Suter21:510.00.00-0
Brett Clark · Jonas Brodin20:52100.0100.00-0

The pairs 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 pairs 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
0.4Expected goalsfrom 8 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.20 expected goals per 60 minutes58th
Shot quality 4.6% chance per attempt95th
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected42ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 210 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.4Goals 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 this season, 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 21, 2013 vs CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 06:56
Apr 18, 2013 @ SJS L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 16:04
Apr 16, 2013 @ EDM W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:26
Apr 15, 2013 @ CGY W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 15:09
Apr 13, 2013 vs CBJ L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16:29
Apr 4, 2013 @ LAK L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 15:40
Apr 1, 2013 vs STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 13:40
Mar 30, 2013 vs LAK W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 15:08