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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 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Adam Henrique NJD · 16 P in 42 GP Daniel Brière PHI · 16 P in 34 GP Gabriel Bourque NSH · 16 P in 34 GP Magnus Paajarvi EDM · 16 P in 42 GP Matt Calvert CBJ · 16 P in 42 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

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
38 5 11 16 -1 8 76 24 0.42 6.6 14:08

2012-13 analytics

Rating

+1.5Goals above replacement327th of 605 skaters, 228th of 397 forwards
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
0.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 397 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+0.5 62nd percentileEven-strength defence-0.6 32nd percentilePower play-0.2 26th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 78th percentilePenalties+0.1 42nd 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

48.6Corsi for %396 attempts for, 418 against
-1.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.1Expected goals for %16.2 expected for, 17.5 against
-0.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
48.6Goals for %17 for, 18 against
99.4PDO7.9% shooting + 91.5% saves
111Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 578 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 lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Simon Gagne · Claude Giroux · Jakub VoracekPHI1393:3252.360.97-6
Mike Knuble · Simon Gagne · Ruslan FedotenkoPHI854:5543.846.73-2
Simon Gagne · Dustin Brown · Anze KopitarLAK635:3762.569.51-0
Simon Gagne · Max Talbot · Matt ReadPHI529:0842.637.61-0

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.

5Goalsnot counting empty-netters
7.5Expected goalsfrom 103 unblocked attempts
-2.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.84 expected goals per 60 minutes74th
Shot quality 7.3% chance per attempt44th
Finishing -2.5 goals above expected17thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 355 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Expected 7.5Goals 5

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 27, 2013 @ OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:10
Apr 25, 2013 vs NYI W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18:08
Apr 23, 2013 vs BOS W 5-2 1 0 1 1 2 5 0 15:22
Apr 20, 2013 @ CAR W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 18:11
Apr 18, 2013 vs NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 20:07
Apr 16, 2013 vs NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 15:06
Apr 15, 2013 @ MTL W 7-3 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 13:05
Apr 13, 2013 @ BUF L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 19:19
Apr 11, 2013 vs OTT L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 16:16
Apr 9, 2013 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:44
Apr 6, 2013 @ WPG L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 12:32
Apr 4, 2013 @ TOR W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 13:49
Apr 3, 2013 vs MTL W 5-3 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 11:22
Mar 31, 2013 vs WSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:10
Mar 30, 2013 vs BOS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 08:57
Mar 28, 2013 vs NYI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 07:17
Mar 26, 2013 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 11:47
Mar 24, 2013 @ PIT L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:16
Mar 18, 2013 @ TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:00
Mar 15, 2013 vs NJD W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15:05
Mar 13, 2013 @ NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 10:29
Mar 10, 2013 vs BUF W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 14:50
Mar 9, 2013 @ BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:40
Mar 7, 2013 vs PIT L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:00
Mar 5, 2013 @ NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 14:40
Mar 2, 2013 vs OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 14:30
Feb 27, 2013 vs WSH W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 16:00
Feb 17, 2013 @ CHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:14
Feb 15, 2013 vs CBJ W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:57
Feb 11, 2013 @ STL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:46
Feb 10, 2013 @ DET L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 15:21
Feb 7, 2013 @ NSH L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 14:37
Feb 5, 2013 @ CBJ W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14:10
Feb 2, 2013 @ ANA L 4-7 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 12:53
Jan 31, 2013 vs NSH L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 15:23
Jan 28, 2013 vs VAN W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 14:06
Jan 26, 2013 @ PHX W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 09:15
Jan 19, 2013 vs CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 16:40