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

Dan Boyle SJS · 20 P in 46 GP Victor Hedman TBL · 20 P in 44 GP Brent Burns SJS · 20 P in 30 GP Ryan McDonagh NYR · 19 P in 47 GP Michael Del Zotto NYR · 21 P in 46 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

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
47 8 12 20 12 23 65 106 0.43 12.3 22:00

Contract

$5.8MCap hit2012-13
$290KCap dollars per point20 points in 47 games
$3.806MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.5 goals above replacement
$1.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$4MValueworth 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 558 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

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 2012-13 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.

2012-13 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.5Goals above replacement320th of 605 skaters, 99th of 208 defencemen
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.9Goals 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-0.4 54th percentileEven-strength defence-0.5 36th percentilePower play-0.2 33rd percentilePenalty kill-0.1 31st percentilePenalties-0.7 40th 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

51.9Corsi for %714 attempts for, 663 against
-3.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.0Expected goals for %29.8 expected for, 27.5 against
-2.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
57.6Goals for %34 for, 25 against
101.4PDO8.4% shooting + 93.0% saves
96Attempts 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
Duncan Keith · Brent Seabrook45498:4251.250.723-17
Brent Seabrook · Nick Leddy24220:5652.151.56-6
Johnny Oduya · Brent Seabrook2930:3654.758.61-1
Brent Seabrook · Niklas Hjalmarsson33:1871.496.82-0

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.

8Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.9Expected goalsfrom 91 unblocked attempts
+4.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.23 expected goals per 60 minutes72nd
Shot quality 4.3% chance per attempt92nd
Finishing +4.1 goals above expected97thOne 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.

02468Game 20Game 40Goals 8Expected 3.9

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 -1 0 1 2 22:33
Apr 26, 2013 vs CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 20:43
Apr 24, 2013 @ EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 18:15
Apr 22, 2013 @ VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:15
Apr 20, 2013 vs PHX L 2-3 (SO) 2 0 2 0 0 4 1 22:17
Apr 19, 2013 vs NSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 19:20
Apr 15, 2013 vs DAL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 4 1 2 19:26
Apr 14, 2013 @ STL W 2-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 22:21
Apr 12, 2013 vs DET W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 22:30
Apr 9, 2013 @ MIN W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:00
Apr 7, 2013 vs NSH W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 19:36
Apr 6, 2013 @ NSH W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 18:55
Apr 4, 2013 vs STL L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 23:49
Apr 1, 2013 vs NSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 21:28
Mar 31, 2013 @ DET W 7-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 19:44
Mar 29, 2013 vs ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 22:48
Mar 26, 2013 vs CGY W 2-0 1 0 1 1 2 2 3 21:55
Mar 25, 2013 vs LAK L 4-5 0 1 1 3 0 0 5 22:34
Mar 20, 2013 @ ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 22:44
Mar 18, 2013 @ COL W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 3 14:15
Mar 16, 2013 @ DAL W 8-1 0 1 1 2 7 1 3 17:12
Mar 14, 2013 @ CBJ W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 25:59
Mar 10, 2013 vs EDM L 5-6 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 22:26
Mar 8, 2013 @ COL L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 20:58
Mar 6, 2013 vs COL W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 20:46
Mar 5, 2013 vs MIN W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 21:36
Mar 3, 2013 @ DET W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23:06
Mar 1, 2013 vs CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 8 26:41
Feb 28, 2013 @ STL W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 22:48
Feb 25, 2013 vs EDM W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 19:22
Feb 24, 2013 vs CBJ W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:21
Feb 22, 2013 vs SJS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 21:17
Feb 17, 2013 vs LAK W 3-2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 21:44
Feb 15, 2013 vs SJS W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 5 2 21:25
Feb 12, 2013 vs ANA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 25:15
Feb 10, 2013 @ NSH W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 19:59
Feb 7, 2013 @ PHX W 6-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 22:55
Feb 5, 2013 @ SJS W 5-3 0 2 2 2 0 2 3 24:37
Feb 2, 2013 @ CGY W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23:02
Feb 1, 2013 @ VAN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 26:51
Jan 30, 2013 @ MIN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 26:41
Jan 27, 2013 vs DET W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 27:37
Jan 26, 2013 @ CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 23:10
Jan 24, 2013 @ DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 23:41
Jan 22, 2013 vs STL W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 22:22
Jan 20, 2013 @ PHX W 6-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 20:37
Jan 19, 2013 @ LAK W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 23:01