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Sheldon Brookbank

#17 · Defence · Chicago Blackhawks

Born Oct 3, 1980 in Lanigan, Saskatchewan, CAN · 6'1", 202 lb · Shoots right

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2012-13

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mark Pysyk BUF · 7 P in 44 GP Anton Belov EDM · 7 P in 57 GP Dalton Prout CBJ · 6 P in 49 GP Kevan Miller BOS · 6 P in 47 GP Victor Bartley NSH · 6 P in 50 GP

Career

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

05102006-07: 1 points106-072007-08: 8 points807-082008-09: 4 points408-092009-10: 9 points909-102010-11: 0 points010-112011-12: 14 points1411-122012-13: 1 points112-132013-14: 7 points713-14

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2006-07 NSH 3 0 1 1 0 12 3 2 0.33
2007-08 NJD 44 0 8 8 0 63 43 28 0.18
2008-09 NJD 15 0 0 0 1 25 6 11 0.00
2008-09 ANA 29 1 3 4 3 51 24 26 0.14
2009-10 ANA 66 0 9 9 10 114 60 89 0.14
2010-11 ANA 40 0 0 0 -8 63 29 54 0.00
2011-12 ANA 80 3 11 14 11 72 49 120 0.18
2012-13 CHI 26 1 0 1 -2 21 25 28 0.04
2013-14 CHI 48 2 5 7 2 52 43 64 0.15
8 seasons Career 351 7 37 44 17 473 282 422 0.13

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2008-09 ANA 13 0 0 0 -1 18 3 22 0.00
2010-11 ANA 4 0 0 0 -2 14 2 8 0.00
2012-13 CHI 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 0.00
2013-14 CHI 7 0 2 2 3 0 2 10 0.29
4 seasons Playoffs 25 0 2 2 -2 32 7 41 0.08

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
48 2 5 7 2 52 43 64 0.15 4.7 12:53

2013-14 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.4Goals above replacement521st of 672 skaters, 176th of 234 defencemen
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 234 ranked defencemen: 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-0.6 56th percentileEven-strength defence-1.7 23rd percentilePower play0.0 65th percentilePenalty kill-0.2 31st percentilePenalties+0.1 79th 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 defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. 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.

-3-2-1012010-112011-122012-132013-14Goals 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

51.5Corsi for %533 attempts for, 502 against
-4.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.3Expected goals for %20.7 expected for, 21.3 against
-7.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
52.4Goals for %22 for, 20 against
100.4PDO7.5% shooting + 92.9% saves
91Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 567 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sheldon Brookbank · Nick Leddy37371:2751.749.814-13
Sheldon Brookbank · Niklas Hjalmarsson551:4450.063.03-3
Johnny Oduya · Sheldon Brookbank2034:2547.931.81-0
Sheldon Brookbank · Duncan Keith2624:1646.749.82-0

The pairs 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 pairs 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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.8Expected goalsfrom 64 unblocked attempts
+0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.18 expected goals per 60 minutes51st
Shot quality 2.9% chance per attempt35th
Finishing +0.2 goals above expected58thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 232 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Game 20Game 40Goals 2Expected 1.8

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 12, 2014 @ NSH L 5-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 20:32
Apr 11, 2014 @ WSH L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 16:00
Apr 9, 2014 vs MTL W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 13:11
Apr 6, 2014 vs STL W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 17:30
Apr 4, 2014 @ CBJ W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 20:10
Apr 3, 2014 vs MIN W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 25:27
Mar 30, 2014 @ PIT L 1-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 14:35
Mar 28, 2014 @ OTT L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 15:04
Mar 27, 2014 @ BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:59
Mar 23, 2014 vs NSH L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 5 1 0 08:39
Mar 21, 2014 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 06:16
Mar 19, 2014 vs STL W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 14:12
Mar 18, 2014 @ PHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 5 0 0 08:08
Mar 14, 2014 vs NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 13:47
Mar 12, 2014 @ COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 5 0 0 04:33
Mar 6, 2014 vs CBJ W 6-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 19:08
Feb 7, 2014 @ PHX L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:59
Feb 5, 2014 @ ANA W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:32
Jan 29, 2014 @ VAN W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 14:44
Jan 26, 2014 vs WPG L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:12
Jan 23, 2014 @ MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:25
Jan 19, 2014 vs BOS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:41
Jan 12, 2014 vs EDM W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:05
Jan 3, 2014 @ NJD W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12:50
Dec 28, 2013 @ STL L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:43
Dec 17, 2013 @ NSH W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10:51
Dec 15, 2013 vs LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10:59
Dec 11, 2013 vs PHI W 7-2 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 14:37
Dec 6, 2013 vs ANA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:21
Dec 5, 2013 @ MIN L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:59
Dec 3, 2013 vs DAL L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 07:49
Nov 29, 2013 @ DAL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:18
Nov 25, 2013 @ EDM W 5-1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 14:24
Nov 23, 2013 @ VAN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:23
Nov 19, 2013 @ COL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:18
Nov 17, 2013 vs SJS W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:52
Nov 16, 2013 @ NSH L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 7 0 1 06:59
Nov 14, 2013 vs PHX W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:36
Nov 10, 2013 vs EDM W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:47
Nov 9, 2013 @ DAL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:50
Nov 6, 2013 vs WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:14
Nov 3, 2013 vs CGY L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 16:54
Oct 29, 2013 vs OTT W 6-5 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 14:08
Oct 28, 2013 @ MIN W 5-1 1 0 1 2 10 3 4 09:10
Oct 22, 2013 @ FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:42
Oct 17, 2013 vs STL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:41
Oct 12, 2013 vs BUF W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:55
Oct 9, 2013 @ STL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 12:28