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Brian McGrattan

#16 · Right wing · Calgary Flames

Born Sep 2, 1981 in Hamilton, Ontario, CAN · 6'4", 235 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 104th overall in 1999 by LAK (round 4)

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.

Carter Ashton TOR · 0 P in 7 GP Chris Wagner ANA · 0 P in 9 GP Eric Tangradi MTL · 0 P in 7 GP Jerry D'Amigo BUF · 0 P in 9 GP Matt Frattin TOR · 0 P in 9 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.

024682005-06: 5 points505-062006-07: 2 points206-072007-08: 3 points307-082008-09: 0 points008-092009-10: 4 points409-102011-12: 2 points211-122012-13: 3 points312-132013-14: 8 points813-142014-15: 0 points014-15

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2005-06 OTT 60 2 3 5 0 141 36 63 0.08
2006-07 OTT 46 0 2 2 -1 100 22 32 0.04 $525K
2007-08 OTT 40 0 3 3 0 46 11 18 0.08 $525K
2008-09 PHX 5 0 0 0 -2 22 2 2 0.00 $605K
2009-10 CGY 34 1 3 4 3 86 19 16 0.12 $547K
2011-12 NSH 30 0 2 2 -1 61 10 29 0.07 $600K
2012-13 NSH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 $600K
2012-13 CGY 19 3 0 3 -4 49 18 31 0.16
2013-14 CGY 76 4 4 8 -4 100 79 82 0.11 $750K
2014-15 CGY 8 0 0 0 -2 4 10 11 0.00 $750K
9 seasons Career 320 10 17 27 -11 609 207 285 0.08

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
8 0 0 0 -2 4 10 11 0.00 0.0 6:38

Contract

$750KCap hitends in 2015, then UFA

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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2014-15, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2014-15 $750K

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
2014-15 to 2014-15 $750K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $750K
2012-13 to 2012-13 $600K
2011-12 to 2011-12 $600K
2009-10 to 2009-10 $547K
2008-09 to 2008-09 $605K
2006-07 to 2007-08 $525K

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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Rating

-0.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.3Even-strength defence-0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.2

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-3-2-1012011-122012-132013-142014-15Goals 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

43.5Corsi for %47 attempts for, 61 against
+1.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.0Expected goals for %1.6 expected for, 2.4 against
-3.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 2 against
92.6PDO0.0% shooting + 92.6% saves
15Attempts 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
Brian McGrattan · Matt Stajan · Brandon Bollig421:0030.218.10-1
Brian McGrattan · Lance Bouma · Brandon Bollig210:5638.147.70-0
Brian McGrattan · Lance Bouma · Max Reinhart15:2537.556.70-0
Brian McGrattan · Matt Stajan · Lance Bouma15:0588.981.80-1

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.5Expected goalsfrom 14 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.60 expected goals per 60 minutes35th
Shot quality 3.8% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected51stOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.5Goals 0

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 vs SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 05:54
Nov 18, 2014 vs ANA W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 04:42
Nov 13, 2014 vs ARI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 06:12
Oct 31, 2014 vs NSH W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:20
Oct 17, 2014 @ CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 05:46
Oct 15, 2014 @ CHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 05:55
Oct 11, 2014 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 09:03
Oct 8, 2014 vs VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:14