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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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×3 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2014-15, 2012-13, 2009-10

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Nicklas Lidstrom DET · 34 P in 70 GP Jason Garrison FLA · 33 P in 77 GP Toby Enstrom WPG · 33 P in 62 GP Drew Doughty LAK · 36 P in 77 GP Ian White DET · 32 P in 77 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

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
78 9 25 34 21 22 156 198 0.44 5.8 24:43

Contract

$5.8MCap hitends in 2016, then UFA
$171KCap dollars per point34 points in 78 games
$648KCap dollars per goal above replacement9.0 goals above replacement
$4.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.2MValueworth 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. 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 2015-16, with 4 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2011-12 $5.8M
2012-13 $5.8M
2013-14 $5.8M
2014-15 $5.8M
2015-16 $5.8M

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 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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+9.0Goals above replacement75th of 680 skaters, 15th of 235 defencemen
+1.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+2.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 235 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+3.0 97th percentileEven-strength defence+1.0 74th percentilePower play-1.6 1st percentilePenalty kill-0.5 12th percentilePenalties+0.6 87th 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.

-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

53.6Corsi for %1442 attempts for, 1249 against
+0.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.5Expected goals for %64.6 expected for, 53.8 against
+4.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
53.7Goals for %73 for, 63 against
99.8PDO9.1% shooting + 90.7% saves
205Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 557 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
Duncan Keith · Brent Seabrook69832:3853.057.041-33
Brent Seabrook · Niklas Hjalmarsson62349:4854.952.116-13
Brent Seabrook · Nick Leddy34175:5554.048.97-9
Johnny Oduya · Brent Seabrook1627:4149.238.92-3

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.

9Goalsnot counting empty-netters
7.4Expected goalsfrom 216 unblocked attempts
+1.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.23 expected goals per 60 minutes69th
Shot quality 3.4% chance per attempt64th
Finishing +1.6 goals above expected85thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 233 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 9Expected 7.4

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 7, 2012 @ DET W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 26:57
Apr 5, 2012 @ MIN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25:42
Apr 1, 2012 vs MIN L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 29:54
Mar 31, 2012 @ NSH W 5-4 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 31:12
Mar 29, 2012 vs STL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 27:41
Mar 27, 2012 @ NJD L 1-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 29:50
Mar 25, 2012 vs NSH L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 24:44
Mar 21, 2012 vs VAN W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 27:00
Mar 20, 2012 @ CBJ W 5-1 1 0 1 2 0 4 2 24:27
Mar 18, 2012 vs WSH W 5-2 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 26:14
Mar 16, 2012 @ DAL W 4-1 0 1 1 3 0 4 3 25:24
Mar 13, 2012 vs STL W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 5 6 26:05
Mar 11, 2012 vs LAK L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 5 26:46
Mar 9, 2012 vs NYR W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 24:49
Mar 6, 2012 @ STL L 1-5 0 1 1 0 2 1 4 23:57
Mar 4, 2012 @ DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 28:04
Mar 2, 2012 @ OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 27:18
Feb 29, 2012 vs TOR W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 24:23
Feb 26, 2012 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 24:51
Feb 25, 2012 @ LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 24:47
Feb 23, 2012 vs DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 23:51
Feb 21, 2012 vs DET W 2-1 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 26:46
Feb 19, 2012 vs STL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 25:40
Feb 18, 2012 @ CBJ W 6-1 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 24:59
Feb 16, 2012 @ NYR W 4-2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 29:03
Feb 14, 2012 @ NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 29:32
Feb 11, 2012 @ PHX L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 29:13
Feb 10, 2012 @ SJS L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 23:05
Feb 7, 2012 @ COL L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 24:51
Feb 3, 2012 @ CGY L 1-3 1 0 1 -1 0 4 3 25:36
Feb 2, 2012 @ EDM L 4-8 0 0 0 -2 2 3 2 26:48
Jan 31, 2012 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 5 6 27:42
Jan 24, 2012 vs NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 27:01
Jan 21, 2012 @ NSH L 2-5 0 1 1 0 2 3 2 19:58
Jan 20, 2012 vs FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 25:57
Jan 18, 2012 vs BUF W 6-2 0 2 2 -1 0 3 0 25:27
Jan 15, 2012 vs SJS W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 23:27
Jan 14, 2012 @ DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 28:21
Jan 12, 2012 vs MIN W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 23:08
Jan 10, 2012 vs CBJ W 5-2 0 1 1 3 0 1 4 26:47
Jan 8, 2012 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 25:41
Jan 6, 2012 vs COL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 27:18
Jan 5, 2012 @ PHI L 4-5 1 0 1 2 0 2 3 25:50
Jan 2, 2012 vs EDM L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 26:23
Dec 30, 2011 vs DET W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 23:52
Dec 28, 2011 vs LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 24:20
Dec 26, 2011 vs CBJ W 4-1 0 1 1 2 2 1 3 21:43
Dec 21, 2011 vs MTL W 5-1 0 2 2 3 0 0 2 22:53
Dec 20, 2011 @ PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 23:06
Dec 18, 2011 vs CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:07
Dec 16, 2011 vs ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 22:20
Dec 14, 2011 @ MIN W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 5 4 26:23
Dec 11, 2011 vs SJS W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 23:36
Dec 8, 2011 @ NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 24:26
Dec 5, 2011 vs PHX L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 26:37
Dec 3, 2011 @ STL W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 22:54
Dec 2, 2011 vs NYI W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 23:49
Nov 29, 2011 vs PHX L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 6 23:18
Nov 26, 2011 @ LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 22:39
Nov 25, 2011 @ ANA W 6-5 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 21:27
Nov 13, 2011 vs EDM W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:47
Nov 11, 2011 vs CGY W 4-1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 25:47
Nov 10, 2011 @ CBJ W 6-3 0 2 2 2 0 3 1 24:01
Nov 8, 2011 @ STL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 23:31
Nov 6, 2011 vs VAN L 2-6 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 22:13
Nov 4, 2011 @ TBL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 27:59
Nov 3, 2011 @ FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 31:22
Oct 31, 2011 vs NSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 23:19
Oct 29, 2011 vs CBJ W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 5 1 21:42
Oct 28, 2011 @ CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 17:33
Oct 25, 2011 vs ANA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 29:13
Oct 22, 2011 vs COL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 25:01
Oct 20, 2011 @ COL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 21:01
Oct 18, 2011 @ PHX W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:43
Oct 15, 2011 vs BOS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 25:55
Oct 13, 2011 vs WPG W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 21:27
Oct 8, 2011 vs DAL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 24:10
Oct 7, 2011 @ DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 20:48