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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 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dustin Penner LAK · 17 P in 65 GP Andrew Desjardins SJS · 17 P in 76 GP Jay McClement COL · 17 P in 80 GP Samuel Pahlsson VAN · 17 P in 80 GP Brandon Prust NYR · 17 P in 82 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

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
34 7 10 17 -1 18 75 17 0.50 9.3 17:59

2011-12 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacement492nd of 680 skaters, 337th of 445 forwards
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 445 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+1.3 67th percentileEven-strength defence-1.0 26th percentilePower play-0.4 16th percentilePenalty kill-0.4 9th percentilePenalties-0.9 13th 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

54.6Corsi for %484 attempts for, 403 against
+2.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.1Expected goals for %18.9 expected for, 16.8 against
+6.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
47.4Goals for %18 for, 20 against
97.7PDO6.7% shooting + 91.1% saves
100Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 557 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Simon Gagne · Justin Williams · Anze Kopitar27239:2754.954.311-10
Simon Gagne · Dustin Brown · Anze Kopitar1264:5360.254.92-5
Simon Gagne · Mike Richards · Trevor Lewis326:3035.739.01-1
Simon Gagne · Justin Williams · Andrei Loktionov421:4470.065.80-1

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.

7Goalsnot counting empty-netters
7.3Expected goalsfrom 92 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.72 expected goals per 60 minutes57th
Shot quality 8.0% chance per attempt70th
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected50thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Expected 7.3Goals 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. 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 26, 2011 vs PHX W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:43
Dec 23, 2011 @ SJS L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:53
Dec 22, 2011 vs ANA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:30
Dec 19, 2011 @ TOR W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 5 1 21:06
Dec 17, 2011 @ DET L 2-8 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 18:43
Dec 15, 2011 @ CBJ W 2-1 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 20:11
Dec 13, 2011 @ BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:08
Dec 10, 2011 vs DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 18:56
Dec 8, 2011 vs MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:37
Dec 6, 2011 @ ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:33
Dec 3, 2011 vs MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 21:48
Dec 1, 2011 vs FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:51
Nov 28, 2011 vs SJS W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 15:29
Nov 26, 2011 vs CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:09
Nov 23, 2011 @ DAL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:11
Nov 22, 2011 @ STL W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 15:54
Nov 19, 2011 vs DET L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:55
Nov 17, 2011 @ ANA W 5-3 1 1 2 1 0 5 1 18:54
Nov 16, 2011 vs ANA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 20:25
Nov 12, 2011 vs MIN W 5-2 1 1 2 0 2 2 1 18:19
Nov 10, 2011 vs VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 16:59
Nov 8, 2011 vs NSH W 4-3 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 16:38
Nov 7, 2011 @ SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 20:00
Nov 5, 2011 vs PIT L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 2 2 3 2 18:09
Nov 3, 2011 vs EDM L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:07
Oct 27, 2011 @ DAL W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 18:19
Oct 25, 2011 vs NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 14:38
Oct 22, 2011 vs DAL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 19:07
Oct 20, 2011 @ PHX W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:03
Oct 18, 2011 vs STL W 5-0 2 1 3 3 0 5 0 16:35
Oct 15, 2011 @ PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 18:12
Oct 13, 2011 @ NJD L 1-2 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 18:30
Oct 8, 2011 vs BUF L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 20:13
Oct 7, 2011 vs NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 20:52