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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 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Josh Morrissey WPG · 26 P in 81 GP Darnell Nurse EDM · 26 P in 82 GP Dion Phaneuf LAK · 26 P in 79 GP Mike Matheson FLA · 27 P in 81 GP Esa Lindell DAL · 27 P in 80 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

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
81 7 19 26 -3 38 136 85 0.32 5.1 20:12

Contract

$6.875MCap hit2017-18
$264KCap dollars per point26 points in 81 games
$505KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$6.4MValueworth 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. 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 691 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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Rating

-0.2Goals above replacement537th of 691 skaters, 172nd of 240 defencemen
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-5.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 240 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+1.0 79th percentileEven-strength defence-2.6 15th percentilePower play-1.9 1st percentilePenalty kill-0.5 13th percentilePenalties-1.7 17th 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

51.4Corsi for %1339 attempts for, 1264 against
-1.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.8Expected goals for %55.3 expected for, 55.8 against
+0.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.5Goals for %50 for, 49 against
100.1PDO7.3% shooting + 92.8% saves
208Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 600 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 Seabrook73352:1849.647.810-16
Brent Seabrook · Connor Murphy38304:3153.856.016-11
Brent Seabrook · Erik Gustafsson34282:3452.147.610-10
Brent Seabrook · Michal Kempny25104:0955.554.95-4

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.5Expected goalsfrom 194 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.24 expected goals per 60 minutes71st
Shot quality 3.4% chance per attempt71st
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected39thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 242 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Expected 6.5Goals 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. 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, 2018 @ WPG L 1-4 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 21:47
Apr 6, 2018 vs STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 15:38
Apr 4, 2018 @ STL W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 22:39
Mar 30, 2018 @ COL L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 19:47
Mar 29, 2018 vs WPG W 6-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 18:56
Mar 26, 2018 vs SJS L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 20:27
Mar 24, 2018 @ NYI W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 21:00
Mar 22, 2018 vs VAN L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 21:59
Mar 20, 2018 vs COL L 1-5 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 21:35
Mar 18, 2018 vs STL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 23:36
Mar 17, 2018 @ BUF L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 19:39
Mar 15, 2018 @ WPG L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 18:51
Mar 11, 2018 vs BOS W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 17:13
Mar 10, 2018 @ BOS L 4-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:03
Mar 8, 2018 vs CAR L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 23:10
Mar 6, 2018 vs COL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 19:07
Mar 4, 2018 @ ANA L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 20:44
Mar 3, 2018 @ LAK W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 24:38
Mar 1, 2018 @ SJS L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 19:26
Feb 24, 2018 @ CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 19:02
Feb 23, 2018 vs SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 18:06
Feb 21, 2018 vs OTT W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 19:14
Feb 19, 2018 vs LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 22:46
Feb 17, 2018 vs WSH W 7-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 19:23
Feb 15, 2018 vs ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 2 10 0 20:18
Feb 13, 2018 @ VGK L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 23:54
Feb 12, 2018 @ ARI L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 22:47
Feb 10, 2018 @ MIN L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 22:31
Feb 8, 2018 vs DAL L 2-4 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 22:02
Feb 6, 2018 vs CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 22:28
Feb 3, 2018 @ CGY L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 18:40
Feb 1, 2018 @ VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 21:07
Jan 30, 2018 @ NSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 22:05
Jan 25, 2018 @ DET W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:10
Jan 24, 2018 vs TOR L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 2 2 3 21:54
Jan 22, 2018 vs TBL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:12
Jan 20, 2018 vs NYI L 3-7 0 1 1 2 0 2 3 21:57
Jan 14, 2018 vs DET L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:28
Jan 12, 2018 vs WPG W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:46
Jan 10, 2018 vs MIN L 1-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 15:20
Jan 7, 2018 vs EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:49
Jan 5, 2018 vs VGK L 4-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 15:53
Jan 3, 2018 @ NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 17:03
Dec 31, 2017 @ CGY L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:08
Dec 29, 2017 @ EDM W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:19
Dec 28, 2017 @ VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:07
Dec 23, 2017 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:56
Dec 21, 2017 @ DAL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:41
Dec 17, 2017 vs MIN W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 24:38
Dec 14, 2017 @ WPG W 5-1 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 20:55
Dec 12, 2017 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 23:11
Dec 10, 2017 vs ARI W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 5 4 19:43
Dec 8, 2017 vs BUF W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 21:45
Dec 6, 2017 @ WSH L 2-6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:56
Dec 3, 2017 vs LAK L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 21:33
Dec 2, 2017 @ DAL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 22:00
Nov 30, 2017 vs DAL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 14:08
Nov 28, 2017 @ NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:29
Nov 27, 2017 vs ANA W 7-3 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 16:41
Nov 25, 2017 @ FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:27
Nov 22, 2017 @ TBL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:08
Nov 18, 2017 @ PIT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:42
Nov 15, 2017 vs NYR W 6-3 0 1 1 2 0 4 2 16:26
Nov 12, 2017 vs NJD L 5-7 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 19:40
Nov 11, 2017 @ CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 19:25
Nov 9, 2017 @ PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22:59
Nov 5, 2017 vs MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 19:07
Nov 4, 2017 @ MIN W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 20:45
Nov 1, 2017 vs PHI W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 23:44
Oct 28, 2017 @ COL L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 2 4 1 21:51
Oct 27, 2017 vs NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 21:58
Oct 24, 2017 @ VGK L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 4 21:20
Oct 21, 2017 @ ARI W 4-2 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 21:29
Oct 19, 2017 vs EDM L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 23:26
Oct 18, 2017 @ STL L 2-5 0 1 1 -4 0 3 1 21:31
Oct 14, 2017 vs NSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 22:56
Oct 12, 2017 vs MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 22:06
Oct 10, 2017 @ MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22:41
Oct 9, 2017 @ TOR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 25:04
Oct 7, 2017 vs CBJ W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 22:29
Oct 5, 2017 vs PIT W 10-1 1 2 3 3 0 2 0 20:25