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Brent Seabrook

#7 · Defence · Chicago Blackhawks

Born Apr 20, 1985 in Richmond, British Columbia, CAN · 6'3", 220 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 14th overall in 2003 by CHI (round 1)

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The defencemen closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Erik Brannstrom OTT · 4 P in 31 GP Martin Marincin TOR · 4 P in 26 GP Braydon Coburn TBL · 4 P in 40 GP Roman Polak DAL · 4 P in 41 GP Korbinian Holzer NSH · 4 P in 49 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.

0102030402005-06: 32 points3205-062006-07: 24 points242007-08: 32 points3207-082008-09: 26 points262009-10: 30 points3009-102010-11: 48 points482011-12: 34 points3411-122012-13: 20 points202013-14: 41 points4113-142014-15: 31 points312015-16: 49 points4915-162016-17: 39 points392017-18: 26 points2617-182018-19: 28 points282019-20: 4 points419-20

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 CHI 69 5 27 32 5 60 114 62 0.46
2006-07 CHI 81 4 20 24 -6 104 144 146 0.30
2007-08 CHI 82 9 23 32 13 90 152 167 0.39
2008-09 CHI 82 8 18 26 23 62 132 224 0.32 $3.5M
2009-10 CHI 78 4 26 30 20 59 129 208 0.38 $3.5M
2010-11 CHI 82 9 39 48 0 47 135 227 0.59 $3.5M
2011-12 CHI 78 9 25 34 21 22 156 198 0.44 $5.8M
2012-13 CHI 47 8 12 20 12 23 65 106 0.43 $5.8M
2013-14 CHI 82 7 34 41 23 22 149 171 0.50 $5.8M
2014-15 CHI 82 8 23 31 -3 27 181 135 0.38 $5.8M
2015-16 CHI 81 14 35 49 6 32 167 121 0.60 $5.8M
2016-17 CHI 79 3 36 39 5 26 131 111 0.49 $6.875M
2017-18 CHI 81 7 19 26 -3 38 136 85 0.32 $6.875M
2018-19 CHI 78 5 23 28 -6 41 165 124 0.36 $6.875M
2019-20 CHI 32 3 1 4 1 8 40 52 0.13 $6.875M
15 seasons Career 1114 103 361 464 111 661 1996 2137 0.42

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 CHI 17 1 11 12 0 14 36 68 0.71
2009-10 CHI 22 4 7 11 8 14 39 81 0.50
2010-11 CHI 5 0 1 1 0 6 9 16 0.20
2011-12 CHI 6 1 2 3 1 0 18 26 0.50
2012-13 CHI 23 3 1 4 -1 4 39 80 0.17
2013-14 CHI 16 3 12 15 0 21 24 41 0.94
2014-15 CHI 23 7 4 11 5 10 44 71 0.48
2015-16 CHI 7 1 1 2 -2 12 15 29 0.29
2016-17 CHI 4 0 0 0 -3 2 7 13 0.00
9 seasons Playoffs 123 20 39 59 8 83 231 425 0.48

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
32 3 1 4 1 8 40 52 0.13 7.5 18:09

Contract

$6.875MCap hitends in 2024, then UFA
$1.719MCap dollars per point4 points in 32 games
-$1.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$8.7MValueworth 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 668 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 2023-24, with 4 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2019-20 $6.875M
2020-21 $6.875M
2021-22 $6.875M
2022-23 $6.875M
2023-24 $6.875M

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
2018-19 to 2023-24 $6.875M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $6.875M
2012-13 to 2015-16 $5.8M
2011-12 to 2015-16 $5.8M
2008-09 to 2010-11 $3.5M

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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Rating

-2.9Goals above replacement648th of 670 skaters, 218th of 231 defencemen
-0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 231 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-2.4 20th percentileEven-strength defence-2.3 19th percentilePower play+0.0 71st percentilePenalty kill+0.3 74th percentilePenalties-0.4 52nd 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.

-505102010-112012-132014-152016-172018-19Goals 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

44.0Corsi for %436 attempts for, 554 against
-6.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.1Expected goals for %17.8 expected for, 25.5 against
-8.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
47.2Goals for %17 for, 19 against
100.9PDO6.9% shooting + 93.9% saves
66Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 583 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
Brent Seabrook · Calvin de Haan23249:5146.245.912-4
Brent Seabrook · Olli Maatta21118:1841.639.93-5
Brent Seabrook · Erik Gustafsson1846:1450.545.32-3
Brent Seabrook · Dennis Gilbert738:3926.714.20-3

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.6Expected goalsfrom 51 unblocked attempts
+1.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.17 expected goals per 60 minutes38th
Shot quality 3.2% chance per attempt58th
Finishing +1.4 goals above expected78thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 229 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Goals 3Expected 1.6

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 15, 2019 vs MIN W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 18:38
Dec 14, 2019 @ STL L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 19:26
Dec 12, 2019 @ ARI L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 18:29
Dec 10, 2019 @ VGK L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:21
Dec 8, 2019 vs ARI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 21:04
Dec 6, 2019 @ NJD W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:51
Dec 5, 2019 @ BOS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:47
Dec 2, 2019 vs STL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:34
Nov 30, 2019 @ COL L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 19:01
Nov 29, 2019 vs COL L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 19:10
Nov 26, 2019 vs DAL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:08
Nov 23, 2019 @ DAL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:16
Nov 21, 2019 vs TBL L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 12:07
Nov 19, 2019 vs CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 15:31
Nov 17, 2019 vs BUF W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 15:54
Nov 16, 2019 @ NSH W 7-2 1 0 1 4 0 1 1 17:10
Nov 13, 2019 @ VGK W 5-3 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 20:23
Nov 10, 2019 vs TOR W 5-4 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 17:05
Nov 9, 2019 @ PIT L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 18:00
Nov 7, 2019 vs VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17:51
Nov 5, 2019 @ SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:25
Nov 3, 2019 @ ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 19:37
Nov 2, 2019 @ LAK L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:11
Oct 26, 2019 @ CAR L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 16:25
Oct 24, 2019 vs PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 16:58
Oct 22, 2019 vs VGK L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 5 19:37
Oct 20, 2019 vs WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 16:27
Oct 18, 2019 vs CBJ W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 15:13
Oct 14, 2019 vs EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 18:48
Oct 12, 2019 vs WPG L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 18:39
Oct 10, 2019 vs SJS L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 17:37
Oct 4, 2019 @ PHI L 3-4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 19:03