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

Tim Kennedy FLA · 2 P in 27 GP Jed Ortmeyer MIN · 2 P in 35 GP Kevin Westgarth LAK · 2 P in 25 GP Eric Tangradi PIT · 2 P in 24 GP Matt Kassian MIN · 2 P in 24 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

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
30 0 2 2 -1 61 10 29 0.07 0.0 5:19

Contract

$600KCap hitends in 2012, then UFA
$300KCap dollars per point2 points in 30 games
$212KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$388KValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 367 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, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2011-12 $600K

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 2011-12 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.

2011-12 analytics

Rating

-0.6Goals above replacement544th of 680 skaters, 369th of 445 forwards
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.1Goals 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 32nd percentileEven-strength defence+0.9 70th percentilePower play0.0 62nd percentilePenalty kill0.0 42nd percentilePenalties-0.7 16th 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.

-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

47.0Corsi for %117 attempts for, 132 against
+1.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.5Expected goals for %3.9 expected for, 4.1 against
+1.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
42.9Goals for %3 for, 4 against
99.7PDO5.4% shooting + 94.4% saves
21Attempts 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 · Jerred Smithson · Matt Halischuk1246:1349.252.32-0
Brian McGrattan · Niclas Bergfors · Blake Geoffrion614:3850.059.31-0
Brian McGrattan · Matt Halischuk · Craig Smith411:3345.871.70-0
Brian McGrattan · Jerred Smithson · Kyle Wilson210:0042.935.80-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.4Expected goalsfrom 17 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.17 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 2.6% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected49thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Game 20Expected 0.4Goals 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
Feb 4, 2012 vs STL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 04:11
Jan 17, 2012 @ NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:07
Jan 14, 2012 vs PHI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:00
Jan 12, 2012 vs COL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:55
Jan 10, 2012 @ COL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:07
Jan 5, 2012 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05:15
Jan 1, 2012 vs CGY W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:39
Dec 30, 2011 @ STL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 03:54
Dec 22, 2011 vs CBJ W 6-5 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 03:19
Dec 17, 2011 vs STL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 05:14
Dec 13, 2011 vs CGY W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 07:21
Dec 10, 2011 vs ANA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 06:22
Dec 8, 2011 @ CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:48
Dec 1, 2011 @ VAN W 6-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 05:32
Nov 29, 2011 @ CGY L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 04:58
Nov 23, 2011 @ MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 02:20
Nov 22, 2011 vs EDM L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 07:54
Nov 19, 2011 vs CBJ L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 07:26
Nov 17, 2011 vs TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 15 1 0 06:25
Nov 9, 2011 @ ANA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:43
Nov 8, 2011 @ LAK L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 03:42
Nov 5, 2011 @ SJS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 02:49
Oct 31, 2011 @ CHI L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:09
Oct 29, 2011 vs ANA W 3-0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 05:46
Oct 25, 2011 vs SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:46
Oct 22, 2011 @ CGY W 2-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 06:08
Oct 20, 2011 @ VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 09:33
Oct 17, 2011 @ EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:19
Oct 15, 2011 vs NJD L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 04:54
Oct 13, 2011 vs PHX L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:00