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Brad Stuart

#17 · Defence · Colorado Avalanche

Born Nov 6, 1979 in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, CAN · 6'2", 215 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 3rd overall in 1998 by SJS (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2007-08

Compare with a similar player

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

Carl Gunnarsson TOR · 20 P in 68 GP Jan Hejda CBJ · 20 P in 77 GP Michal Rozsival PHX · 21 P in 65 GP Zbynek Michalek PIT · 19 P in 73 GP Chris Campoli CHI · 21 P in 77 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.

0102030401999-00: 36 points3699-002000-01: 23 points232001-02: 29 points2901-022002-03: 14 points142003-04: 39 points3903-042005-06: 43 points432006-07: 22 points2206-072007-08: 23 points232008-09: 15 points1508-092009-10: 20 points202010-11: 20 points2010-112011-12: 21 points212012-13: 6 points612-132013-14: 11 points112014-15: 13 points1314-152015-16: 0 points0

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 SJS 82 10 26 36 3 32 133 123 0.44
2000-01 SJS 77 5 18 23 10 56 119 160 0.30
2001-02 SJS 82 6 23 29 13 39 96 197 0.35
2002-03 SJS 36 4 10 14 -6 46 63 19 0.39
2003-04 SJS 77 9 30 39 9 34 129 99 0.51
2005-06 SJS 23 2 10 12 -2 14 41 30 0.52 $2.15M
2005-06 BOS 55 10 21 31 -6 38 122 75 0.56
2006-07 BOS 48 7 10 17 -22 26 74 111 0.35 $2.15M
2006-07 CGY 27 0 5 5 12 18 35 54 0.19
2007-08 LAK 63 5 16 21 -16 67 111 88 0.33 $3.5M
2007-08 DET 9 1 1 2 6 2 21 30 0.22
2008-09 DET 67 2 13 15 -3 26 105 157 0.22 $3.75M
2009-10 DET 82 4 16 20 -12 22 153 206 0.24 $3.75M
2010-11 DET 67 3 17 20 4 40 81 131 0.30 $3.75M
2011-12 DET 81 6 15 21 16 29 96 177 0.26 $3.75M
2012-13 SJS 48 0 6 6 4 25 39 87 0.13 $3.6M
2013-14 SJS 61 3 8 11 4 35 64 122 0.18 $3.6M
2014-15 COL 65 3 10 13 -4 16 64 177 0.20 $3.6M
2015-16 COL 6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 11 0.00 $3.6M
16 seasons Career 1056 80 255 335 8 565 1546 2054 0.32

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1999-00 SJS 12 1 0 1 -11 6 12 15 0.08
2000-01 SJS 5 1 0 1 0 0 4 10 0.20
2001-02 SJS 12 0 3 3 1 8 12 29 0.25
2003-04 SJS 12 0 4 4 -3 9 21 10 0.33
2006-07 CGY 6 0 1 1 -3 6 7 19 0.17
2007-08 DET 21 1 6 7 15 14 25 59 0.33
2008-09 DET 23 3 6 9 5 12 34 55 0.39
2009-10 DET 12 2 4 6 6 8 23 46 0.50
2010-11 DET 11 0 2 2 6 8 10 19 0.18
2011-12 DET 5 0 1 1 -5 0 4 17 0.20
2012-13 SJS 11 1 2 3 3 2 10 30 0.27
2013-14 SJS 7 0 0 0 1 0 4 13 0.00
12 seasons Playoffs 137 9 29 38 15 73 166 322 0.28

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
67 3 17 20 4 40 81 131 0.30 3.7 21:32

Contract

$3.75MCap hitends in 2012, then UFA
$188KCap dollars per point20 points in 67 games
$2.315MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.6 goals above replacement
$1.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.6MValueworth 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 315 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2011-12, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2010-11 $3.75M
2011-12 $3.75M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2015-16 to 2016-17 $3.6M
2012-13 to 2014-15 $3.6M
2008-09 to 2011-12 $3.75M
2007-08 to 2007-08 $3.5M
2005-06 to 2006-07 $2.15M

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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.6Goals above replacement384th of 672 skaters, 110th of 233 defencemen
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 233 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-1.1 54th percentileEven-strength defence-1.7 19th percentilePower play-0.1 63rd percentilePenalty kill-0.2 28th percentilePenalties-0.1 72nd 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.

-0.500.511.522010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16Goals 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

49.7Corsi for %1026 attempts for, 1039 against
-5.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.2Expected goals for %44.3 expected for, 42.3 against
-2.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %50 for, 50 against
100.5PDO8.8% shooting + 91.6% saves
140Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 569 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
Nicklas Lidstrom · Brad Stuart64766:3149.350.633-33
Brad Stuart · Niklas Kronwall48151:1753.155.47-5
Brad Stuart · Jonathan Ericsson4468:2454.557.53-4
Ruslan Salei · Brad Stuart3044:0443.039.61-3

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.5Expected goalsfrom 114 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.14 expected goals per 60 minutes37th
Shot quality 3.1% chance per attempt44th
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected46thOne 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.

0123Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 3.5Goals 3

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 10, 2011 @ CHI W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 27:00
Apr 8, 2011 vs CHI L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 18:02
Apr 6, 2011 @ CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 21:21
Apr 3, 2011 vs MIN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:42
Apr 2, 2011 @ NSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 25:36
Mar 30, 2011 vs STL L 3-10 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 22:42
Mar 28, 2011 vs CHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:38
Mar 26, 2011 vs TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 20:48
Mar 23, 2011 vs VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:42
Mar 21, 2011 vs PIT L 4-5 (SO) 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 22:24
Mar 19, 2011 @ NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 20:42
Mar 17, 2011 @ CBJ W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23:59
Mar 16, 2011 vs WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 25:07
Mar 12, 2011 @ STL W 5-3 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 23:05
Mar 11, 2011 vs EDM W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:14
Mar 9, 2011 vs LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 21:41
Mar 5, 2011 @ PHX L 4-5 (SO) 0 2 2 0 4 2 2 28:03
Mar 3, 2011 @ SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 22:19
Mar 2, 2011 @ ANA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 23:22
Feb 28, 2011 @ LAK W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20:41
Feb 26, 2011 @ BUF W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 21:47
Feb 24, 2011 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 22:15
Feb 22, 2011 vs SJS L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 24:05
Feb 20, 2011 @ MIN W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 23:48
Feb 18, 2011 @ FLA W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 20:09
Feb 17, 2011 @ TBL W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 21:10
Jan 7, 2011 @ CGY W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 15:54
Jan 4, 2011 @ EDM W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 22:01
Jan 2, 2011 vs PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:24
Dec 31, 2010 vs NYI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 17:32
Dec 29, 2010 @ DAL W 7-3 1 0 1 3 0 1 3 21:57
Dec 27, 2010 @ COL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 26:36
Dec 26, 2010 @ MIN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23:36
Dec 23, 2010 @ STL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 20:28
Dec 22, 2010 vs VAN W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 19:29
Dec 19, 2010 vs DAL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 20:19
Dec 17, 2010 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 21:07
Dec 15, 2010 vs STL W 5-2 0 0 0 3 0 1 6 17:35
Dec 13, 2010 vs LAK L 0-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 20:49
Dec 11, 2010 @ NJD W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 21:24
Dec 10, 2010 vs MTL W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 20:42
Dec 8, 2010 vs NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 17:24
Dec 6, 2010 vs SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:09
Dec 4, 2010 @ LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 6 22:11
Dec 3, 2010 @ ANA W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 19:49
Nov 30, 2010 @ SJS W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:40
Nov 28, 2010 vs CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 20:53
Nov 26, 2010 @ CBJ W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 20:59
Nov 24, 2010 @ ATL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:04
Nov 21, 2010 vs CGY W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 21:40
Nov 19, 2010 vs MIN L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 23:05
Nov 17, 2010 vs STL W 7-3 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 19:18
Nov 13, 2010 vs COL W 3-1 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 18:22
Nov 11, 2010 vs EDM W 6-2 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 22:34
Nov 8, 2010 vs PHX W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 3 3 22:24
Nov 6, 2010 @ VAN L 4-6 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 22:20
Nov 5, 2010 @ EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 1 5 1 2 21:05
Nov 3, 2010 @ CGY W 2-1 0 1 1 1 4 2 1 25:11
Oct 30, 2010 vs NSH W 5-2 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 24:54
Oct 28, 2010 vs PHX L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 24:24
Oct 23, 2010 vs ANA W 5-4 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 20:20
Oct 21, 2010 vs CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 21:05
Oct 16, 2010 @ PHX W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 22:09
Oct 14, 2010 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 2 1 3 20:50
Oct 12, 2010 vs COL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 24:35
Oct 9, 2010 @ CHI W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 23:03
Oct 8, 2010 vs ANA W 4-0 0 1 1 1 5 1 2 21:45