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Simon Gagne

#12 · Left wing · Boston Bruins

Born Feb 29, 1980 in Ste. Foy, Quebec, CAN · 6'1", 195 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 22nd overall in 1998 by PHI (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2011-12

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brandon Kozun TOR · 4 P in 20 GP Jesse Joensuu EDM · 4 P in 20 GP Steven Pinizzotto EDM · 4 P in 18 GP Cody McCormick BUF · 4 P in 33 GP Ryane Clowe NJD · 4 P in 13 GP

Career

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

02040601999-00: 48 points4899-002000-01: 59 points5900-012001-02: 66 points6601-022002-03: 27 points2702-032003-04: 45 points4503-042005-06: 79 points7905-062006-07: 68 points6806-072007-08: 18 points1807-082008-09: 74 points7408-092009-10: 40 points4009-102010-11: 40 points4010-112011-12: 17 points1711-122012-13: 16 points1612-132014-15: 4 points414-15

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1999-00 PHI 80 20 28 48 11 22 159 46 0.60
2000-01 PHI 69 27 32 59 24 18 191 41 0.86
2001-02 PHI 79 33 33 66 31 32 199 44 0.84
2002-03 PHI 46 9 18 27 20 16 115 6 0.59
2003-04 PHI 80 24 21 45 12 29 211 57 0.56
2005-06 PHI 72 47 32 79 31 38 334 57 1.10
2006-07 PHI 76 41 27 68 2 30 291 39 0.89
2007-08 PHI 25 7 11 18 -8 4 76 4 0.72
2008-09 PHI 79 34 40 74 21 42 221 27 0.94
2009-10 PHI 58 17 23 40 -1 47 183 38 0.69
2010-11 TBL 63 17 23 40 -12 20 154 49 0.63
2011-12 LAK 34 7 10 17 -1 18 75 17 0.50
2012-13 LAK 11 0 5 5 2 2 20 6 0.45
2012-13 PHI 27 5 6 11 -3 6 56 18 0.41
2014-15 BOS 23 3 1 4 0 4 27 20 0.17
14 seasons Career 822 291 310 601 129 328 2312 469 0.73

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 PHI 17 5 5 10 0 2 34 11 0.59
2000-01 PHI 6 3 0 3 -2 0 21 5 0.50
2001-02 PHI 5 0 0 0 -3 2 11 3 0.00
2002-03 PHI 13 4 1 5 1 6 31 16 0.38
2003-04 PHI 18 5 4 9 10 12 44 13 0.50
2005-06 PHI 6 3 1 4 2 2 26 2 0.67
2008-09 PHI 6 3 1 4 -4 2 19 5 0.67
2009-10 PHI 19 9 3 12 -2 0 52 30 0.63
2010-11 TBL 15 5 7 12 6 4 21 18 0.80
2011-12 LAK 4 0 0 0 -1 2 5 1 0.00
10 seasons Playoffs 109 37 22 59 7 32 264 104 0.54

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
23 3 1 4 0 4 27 20 0.17 11.1 11:18

2014-15 analytics

Rating

-0.3Goals above replacement521st of 665 skaters, 347th of 432 forwards
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 432 ranked forwards: 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 34th percentileEven-strength defence+0.0 44th percentilePower play0.0 60th percentilePenalty kill-0.2 20th percentilePenalties+0.2 43rd 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 forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. 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.

-101232010-112011-122012-132014-15Goals 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

48.1Corsi for %206 attempts for, 222 against
-5.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.3Expected goals for %8.5 expected for, 8.1 against
-0.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %8 for, 8 against
102.2PDO8.1% shooting + 94.1% saves
45Attempts 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
Simon Gagne · Gregory Campbell · Daniel Paille21178:5346.552.85-4
Simon Gagne · David Krejci · Milan Lucic716:0265.770.72-0
Simon Gagne · Daniel Paille · Ryan Spooner14:1260.030.90-0
Simon Gagne · Patrice Bergeron · Reilly Smith44:0454.522.30-1

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.2Expected goalsfrom 31 unblocked attempts
+0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.51 expected goals per 60 minutes20th
Shot quality 7.1% chance per attempt45th
Finishing +0.8 goals above expected64thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Goals 3Expected 2.2

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
Dec 6, 2014 @ ARI W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 09:17
Dec 4, 2014 @ SJS L 4-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:46
Dec 2, 2014 @ LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 11:01
Dec 1, 2014 @ ANA L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 10:44
Nov 28, 2014 vs WPG W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:50
Nov 24, 2014 vs PIT L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 12:53
Nov 22, 2014 vs MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:48
Nov 21, 2014 @ CBJ W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:13
Nov 18, 2014 vs STL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:06
Nov 15, 2014 vs CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:15
Nov 13, 2014 @ MTL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 09:53
Nov 12, 2014 @ TOR L 1-6 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 10:38
Nov 10, 2014 vs NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:34
Nov 4, 2014 vs FLA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:53
Nov 1, 2014 vs OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12:01
Oct 30, 2014 @ BUF W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 11:18
Oct 28, 2014 vs MIN L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 09:35
Oct 25, 2014 @ TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10:49
Oct 23, 2014 vs NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:13
Oct 21, 2014 vs SJS W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 10:42
Oct 18, 2014 @ BUF W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:44
Oct 16, 2014 @ MTL L 4-6 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 12:38
Oct 15, 2014 @ DET W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:13