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Brian Campbell

#51 · Defence · Chicago Blackhawks

Born May 23, 1979 in Strathroy, Ontario, CAN · 5'10", 192 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 156th overall in 1997 by BUF (round 6)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2009-10
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Sportsmanship and Gentlemanly Conduct 2011-12

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jay Bouwmeester STL · 37 P in 82 GP John Carlson WSH · 37 P in 82 GP Drew Doughty LAK · 37 P in 78 GP Dan Boyle SJS · 36 P in 75 GP Mike Green WSH · 38 P in 70 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.

02040601999-00: 5 points599-002000-01: 0 points02001-02: 6 points601-022002-03: 19 points192003-04: 11 points1103-042005-06: 44 points442006-07: 48 points4806-072007-08: 62 points622008-09: 52 points5208-092009-10: 38 points382010-11: 27 points2710-112011-12: 53 points532012-13: 27 points2712-132013-14: 37 points372014-15: 27 points2714-152015-16: 31 points312016-17: 17 points1716-17

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
1999-00 BUF 12 1 4 5 -2 4 10 8 0.42
2000-01 BUF 8 0 0 0 -2 2 7 8 0.00
2001-02 BUF 29 3 3 6 0 12 30 21 0.21
2002-03 BUF 65 2 17 19 -8 20 90 10 0.29
2003-04 BUF 53 3 8 11 -8 12 45 28 0.21
2005-06 BUF 79 12 32 44 -14 16 105 38 0.56 $460K
2006-07 BUF 82 6 42 48 28 35 92 90 0.59 $1.5M
2007-08 BUF 63 5 38 43 -1 12 102 57 0.68 $1.5M
2007-08 SJS 20 3 16 19 9 8 40 4 0.95
2008-09 CHI 82 7 45 52 5 22 108 34 0.63 $7.143M
2009-10 CHI 68 7 31 38 18 18 131 37 0.56 $7.143M
2010-11 CHI 65 5 22 27 28 6 84 28 0.42 $7.143M
2011-12 FLA 82 4 49 53 -9 6 131 46 0.65 $7.143M
2012-13 FLA 48 8 19 27 -22 12 70 14 0.56 $7.143M
2013-14 FLA 82 7 30 37 -6 20 116 50 0.45 $7.143M
2014-15 FLA 82 3 24 27 4 22 118 44 0.33 $7.143M
2015-16 FLA 82 6 25 31 31 26 99 27 0.38 $7.143M
2016-17 CHI 80 5 12 17 12 24 74 43 0.21 $1.5M
17 seasons Career 1082 87 417 504 63 277 1452 587 0.47

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 BUF 18 0 6 6 -5 12 29 13 0.33
2006-07 BUF 16 3 4 7 0 14 29 26 0.44
2007-08 SJS 13 1 6 7 3 4 22 13 0.54
2008-09 CHI 17 2 8 10 0 0 27 12 0.59
2009-10 CHI 19 1 4 5 11 2 23 12 0.26
2010-11 CHI 7 1 2 3 2 6 11 3 0.43
2011-12 FLA 7 1 4 5 -2 2 9 8 0.71
2015-16 FLA 6 0 1 1 -3 0 8 6 0.17
2016-17 CHI 4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 0.00
9 seasons Playoffs 107 9 35 44 4 40 160 94 0.41

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 7 30 37 -6 20 116 50 0.45 6.0 26:57

Contract

$7.143MCap hit2013-14
$193KCap dollars per point37 points in 82 games
$935KCap dollars per goal above replacement7.6 goals above replacement
$4.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.2MValueworth 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 641 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
2016-17 to 2016-17 $1.5M
2012-13 to 2015-16 $7.143M
2008-09 to 2015-16 $7.143M
2006-07 to 2007-08 $1.5M
2005-06 to 2005-06 $460K

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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 analytics

Rating

+7.6Goals above replacement120th of 672 skaters, 34th of 234 defencemen
+1.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 234 ranked defencemen: 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.

Even-strength offence-1.2 44th percentileEven-strength defence+2.5 87th percentilePower play-1.3 3rd percentilePenalty kill+0.0 51st percentilePenalties+0.3 85th percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. 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.

-505102010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-17Goals 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

52.6Corsi for %1464 attempts for, 1319 against
+2.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.4Expected goals for %62.4 expected for, 58.9 against
+3.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
47.9Goals for %58 for, 63 against
99.0PDO7.3% shooting + 91.7% saves
168Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 567 skaters 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. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brian Campbell · Tom Gilbert721045:5052.852.638-39
Brian Campbell · Dmitry Kulikov68259:0754.850.28-12
Brian Campbell · Mike Weaver4070:3055.255.02-2
Brian Campbell · Dylan Olsen3665:5253.362.31-1

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.

7Goalsnot counting empty-netters
7.1Expected goalsfrom 180 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.19 expected goals per 60 minutes56th
Shot quality 4.0% chance per attempt87th
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected49thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 232 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Expected 7.1Goals 7

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. 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 G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 12, 2014 vs CBJ L 2-3 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 27:08
Apr 10, 2014 vs TOR W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 26:21
Apr 8, 2014 vs PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25:54
Apr 6, 2014 vs DAL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20:09
Apr 4, 2014 vs CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 23:08
Apr 1, 2014 @ NYI L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 24:43
Mar 31, 2014 @ NJD L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 20:17
Mar 29, 2014 vs MTL L 1-4 0 1 1 -2 0 2 2 23:58
Mar 27, 2014 vs CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 27:04
Mar 25, 2014 vs OTT W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 28:03
Mar 23, 2014 @ ANA L 2-6 0 0 0 -4 0 1 0 24:31
Mar 22, 2014 @ LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 24:41
Mar 20, 2014 @ PHX L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 26:20
Mar 18, 2014 @ SJS W 3-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 27:00
Mar 16, 2014 vs VAN L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 27:42
Mar 14, 2014 vs NJD W 5-3 1 1 2 4 0 4 1 28:52
Mar 13, 2014 @ TBL L 4-5 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 26:27
Mar 11, 2014 vs PHX L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 28:03
Mar 9, 2014 vs BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 24:53
Mar 7, 2014 vs BUF W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23:58
Mar 4, 2014 @ BOS L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 23:57
Mar 2, 2014 @ NYI W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 18:24
Mar 1, 2014 @ CBJ L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 27:13
Feb 27, 2014 vs WSH L 4-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 25:26
Feb 7, 2014 @ CAR L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 24:41
Feb 6, 2014 vs DET L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 24:54
Feb 4, 2014 vs TOR W 4-1 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 24:13
Feb 1, 2014 @ CBJ L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 25:25
Jan 30, 2014 @ TOR L 3-6 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 25:43
Jan 28, 2014 @ BOS L 2-6 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 23:30
Jan 26, 2014 @ DET W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 3 0 2 2 31:21
Jan 24, 2014 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 28:51
Jan 21, 2014 @ BUF W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 27:10
Jan 20, 2014 @ PIT W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25:28
Jan 18, 2014 @ CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 29:32
Jan 16, 2014 vs SJS L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 28:48
Jan 14, 2014 vs NYI W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 30:21
Jan 11, 2014 @ NJD L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 32:45
Jan 9, 2014 @ BUF W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 31:25
Jan 6, 2014 @ MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 32:07
Jan 4, 2014 vs NSH W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 31:47
Dec 31, 2013 vs NYR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 30:06
Dec 29, 2013 vs MTL W 4-1 1 1 2 3 0 3 1 28:10
Dec 28, 2013 vs DET L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 30:32
Dec 23, 2013 vs TBL L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 27:32
Dec 20, 2013 @ WPG L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 27:18
Dec 19, 2013 @ OTT W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 26:22
Dec 17, 2013 @ TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 24:08
Dec 15, 2013 @ MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 31:17
Dec 13, 2013 vs WSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 33:17
Dec 10, 2013 vs DET W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 31:12
Dec 8, 2013 @ CHI L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 27:45
Dec 7, 2013 @ DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 24:02
Dec 5, 2013 vs WPG W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 26:34
Dec 3, 2013 vs OTT L 2-4 1 1 2 0 2 3 0 33:24
Nov 30, 2013 vs PIT L 1-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 29:51
Nov 27, 2013 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 29:16
Nov 25, 2013 vs PHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 28:41
Nov 22, 2013 @ CGY L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 33:24
Nov 21, 2013 @ EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 28:34
Nov 19, 2013 @ VAN W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 32:03
Nov 16, 2013 @ COL W 4-1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 25:43
Nov 15, 2013 @ MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 28:20
Nov 12, 2013 vs ANA W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 25:29
Nov 10, 2013 @ NYR L 3-4 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 27:02
Nov 9, 2013 @ OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 26:20
Nov 7, 2013 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 25:54
Nov 5, 2013 vs EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 25:19
Nov 2, 2013 @ WSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 29:55
Nov 1, 2013 vs STL L 0-4 0 0 0 -3 0 0 3 22:15
Oct 27, 2013 vs TBL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 26:14
Oct 25, 2013 vs BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 27:18
Oct 22, 2013 vs CHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25:02
Oct 19, 2013 vs MIN W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 29:59
Oct 17, 2013 vs BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 24:05
Oct 15, 2013 @ NSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22:28
Oct 13, 2013 vs LAK L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 24:04
Oct 11, 2013 vs PIT W 6-3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 25:41
Oct 10, 2013 @ TBL L 2-7 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 24:54
Oct 8, 2013 @ PHI L 1-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 25:13
Oct 5, 2013 @ STL L 0-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 25:15
Oct 3, 2013 @ DAL W 4-2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 28:21