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

Andrew Alberts VAN · 1 P in 24 GP Derek Smith CGY · 1 P in 22 GP Kent Huskins PHI · 1 P in 19 GP Scott Hannan SJS · 1 P in 33 GP Colby Robak FLA · 1 P in 16 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

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
26 1 0 1 -2 21 25 28 0.04 4.0 12:45

2012-13 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-1.2Goals above replacement542nd of 605 skaters, 182nd of 208 defencemen
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 208 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-1.2 34th percentileEven-strength defence-0.3 42nd percentilePower play0.0 75th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 57th percentilePenalties-0.9 28th 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. 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.

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

50.7Corsi for %269 attempts for, 262 against
-2.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.2Expected goals for %10.6 expected for, 12.3 against
-6.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
42.1Goals for %8 for, 11 against
97.8PDO5.6% shooting + 92.1% saves
50Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sheldon Brookbank · Nick Leddy22156:1849.647.15-6
Johnny Oduya · Sheldon Brookbank1995:0957.550.42-2
Sheldon Brookbank · Duncan Keith1941:0842.736.31-1
Sheldon Brookbank · Ryan Stanton13:5262.553.30-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.5Expected goalsfrom 38 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.27 expected goals per 60 minutes86th
Shot quality 4.0% chance per attempt84th
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected36thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 210 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.5Game 20Expected 1.5Goals 1

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 @ STL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 08:03
Apr 26, 2013 vs CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 17:17
Apr 22, 2013 @ VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:18
Apr 20, 2013 vs PHX L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:16
Apr 19, 2013 vs NSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:44
Apr 14, 2013 @ STL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14:11
Apr 9, 2013 @ MIN W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 15:28
Apr 6, 2013 @ NSH W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:59
Mar 29, 2013 vs ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 14:34
Mar 20, 2013 @ ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17:11
Mar 14, 2013 @ CBJ W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 12:24
Mar 10, 2013 vs EDM L 5-6 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 16:40
Mar 6, 2013 vs COL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 02:31
Mar 3, 2013 @ DET W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 03:33
Mar 1, 2013 vs CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 10:43
Feb 19, 2013 vs VAN W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:41
Feb 17, 2013 vs LAK W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:28
Feb 15, 2013 vs SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 14:58
Feb 7, 2013 @ PHX W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11:54
Feb 5, 2013 @ SJS W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:32
Feb 2, 2013 @ CGY W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:49
Feb 1, 2013 @ VAN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 11:55
Jan 30, 2013 @ MIN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:06
Jan 27, 2013 vs DET W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 11:28
Jan 26, 2013 @ CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 10:54
Jan 19, 2013 @ LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:53