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Patrice Bergeron

#37 · Centre · Boston Bruins

Born Jul 24, 1985 in L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec, CAN · 6'1", 196 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 45th overall in 2003 by BOS (round 2)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2010-11
Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award Leadership and Growing the Game 2020-21
King Clancy Memorial Trophy Leadership and Humanitarian Contribution 2012-13

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dustin Brown LAK · 57 P in 82 GP Nikolay Kulemin TOR · 57 P in 82 GP R.J. Umberger CBJ · 57 P in 82 GP Tuomo Ruutu CAR · 57 P in 82 GP Tomas Plekanec MTL · 57 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.

02040602003-04: 39 points3903-042005-06: 73 points732006-07: 70 points7006-072007-08: 7 points72008-09: 39 points3908-092009-10: 52 points522010-11: 57 points5710-112011-12: 64 points642012-13: 32 points3212-132013-14: 62 points622014-15: 55 points5514-152015-16: 68 points682016-17: 53 points5316-172017-18: 63 points632018-19: 79 points7918-192019-20: 56 points562020-21: 48 points4820-212021-22: 65 points652022-23: 58 points5822-23

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2003-04 BOS 71 16 23 39 5 22 133 60 0.55
2005-06 BOS 81 31 42 73 3 22 310 76 0.90
2006-07 BOS 77 22 48 70 -28 26 224 65 0.91 $4.75M
2007-08 BOS 10 3 4 7 2 2 24 6 0.70 $4.75M
2008-09 BOS 64 8 31 39 2 16 155 58 0.61 $4.75M
2009-10 BOS 73 19 33 52 6 28 184 51 0.71 $4.75M
2010-11 BOS 80 22 35 57 20 26 211 45 0.71 $4.75M
2011-12 BOS 81 22 42 64 36 20 191 73 0.79 $5M
2012-13 BOS 42 10 22 32 24 18 125 28 0.76 $5M
2013-14 BOS 80 30 32 62 38 43 243 52 0.78 $5M
2014-15 BOS 81 23 32 55 2 44 234 57 0.68 $6.875M
2015-16 BOS 80 32 36 68 12 49 282 77 0.85 $6.875M
2016-17 BOS 79 21 32 53 12 24 302 54 0.67 $6.875M
2017-18 BOS 64 30 33 63 21 26 224 48 0.98 $6.875M
2018-19 BOS 65 32 47 79 23 30 205 43 1.22 $6.875M
2019-20 BOS 61 31 25 56 23 28 203 46 0.92 $6.875M
2020-21 BOS 54 23 25 48 27 16 182 49 0.89 $6.875M
2021-22 BOS 73 25 40 65 26 32 293 78 0.89 $6.875M
2022-23 BOS 78 27 31 58 35 22 249 66 0.74 $2.5M
19 seasons Career 1294 427 613 1040 289 494 3974 1032 0.80

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2003-04 BOS 7 1 3 4 5 0 20 16 0.57
2008-09 BOS 11 0 5 5 3 11 22 13 0.45
2009-10 BOS 13 4 7 11 4 2 37 19 0.85
2010-11 BOS 23 6 14 20 15 28 67 48 0.87
2011-12 BOS 7 0 2 2 0 8 18 18 0.29
2012-13 BOS 22 9 6 15 2 13 71 31 0.68
2013-14 BOS 12 3 6 9 1 4 40 17 0.75
2016-17 BOS 6 2 2 4 2 2 19 15 0.67
2017-18 BOS 11 6 10 16 6 2 46 13 1.45
2018-19 BOS 24 9 8 17 4 12 87 33 0.71
2019-20 BOS 10 2 5 7 3 6 35 12 0.70
2020-21 BOS 11 4 5 9 1 4 44 19 0.82
2021-22 BOS 7 3 4 7 3 4 34 15 1.00
2022-23 BOS 3 1 0 1 -6 0 12 7 0.33
14 seasons Playoffs 167 50 77 127 43 96 552 276 0.76

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 22 35 57 20 26 211 45 0.71 10.4 17:53

Contract

$4.75MCap hitends in 2011, then UFA
$83KCap dollars per point57 points in 80 games
$537KCap dollars per goal above replacement8.8 goals above replacement
$4.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$514KValueworth 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 315 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 2010-11, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2010-11 $4.75M

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
2022-23 to 2022-23 $2.5M
2020-21 to 2021-22 $6.875M
2018-19 to 2021-22 $6.875M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $6.875M
2014-15 to 2021-22 $6.875M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $5M
2011-12 to 2013-14 $5M
2006-07 to 2010-11 $4.75M

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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+8.8Goals above replacement86th of 672 skaters, 71st of 439 forwards
+1.5Wins 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 439 ranked forwards: 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+5.3 92nd percentileEven-strength defence+0.3 59th percentilePower play-0.4 15th percentilePenalty kill-0.2 14th percentilePenalties-0.1 31st 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 forwards. 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.

05101520252010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-23Goals 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

54.2Corsi for %1073 attempts for, 908 against
+4.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.7Expected goals for %43.0 expected for, 40.1 against
+3.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
59.6Goals for %53 for, 36 against
102.0PDO9.2% shooting + 92.9% saves
249Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 569 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mark Recchi · Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand43375:4055.854.027-14
Mark Recchi · Patrice Bergeron · Blake Wheeler18121:0557.053.13-2
Nathan Horton · Patrice Bergeron · Milan Lucic1596:0556.857.77-2
Mark Recchi · Patrice Bergeron · Tyler Seguin1069:2057.647.21-1

The lines 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 lines 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.

20Goalsnot counting empty-netters
19.6Expected goalsfrom 273 unblocked attempts
+0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.82 expected goals per 60 minutes67th
Shot quality 7.2% chance per attempt46th
Finishing +0.4 goals above expected57thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 406 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

05101520Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Goals 20Expected 19.6

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 10, 2011 @ NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:57
Apr 6, 2011 vs NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:06
Apr 4, 2011 @ NYR L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 16:43
Apr 2, 2011 vs ATL W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 16:22
Mar 31, 2011 vs TOR L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 19:47
Mar 29, 2011 vs CHI W 3-0 0 1 1 2 0 7 0 20:39
Mar 27, 2011 @ PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 17:39
Mar 26, 2011 vs NYR L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:39
Mar 24, 2011 vs MTL W 7-0 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 19:20
Mar 22, 2011 vs NJD W 4-1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 18:17
Mar 19, 2011 @ TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 15:47
Mar 17, 2011 @ NSH L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 18:42
Mar 15, 2011 @ CBJ W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 17:51
Mar 11, 2011 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 17:38
Mar 10, 2011 vs BUF L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 20:10
Mar 8, 2011 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:10
Mar 3, 2011 vs TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 20:05
Mar 1, 2011 @ OTT W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:49
Feb 27, 2011 @ EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:50
Feb 26, 2011 @ VAN W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 14:43
Feb 22, 2011 @ CGY W 3-1 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 15:55
Feb 18, 2011 @ OTT W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 20:22
Feb 17, 2011 @ NYI W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 15:49
Feb 15, 2011 vs TOR L 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 18:50
Feb 13, 2011 @ DET L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 19:35
Feb 11, 2011 vs DET L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 2 5 0 19:29
Feb 9, 2011 vs MTL W 8-6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 18:59
Feb 5, 2011 vs SJS L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 20:20
Feb 3, 2011 vs DAL W 6-3 2 1 3 2 0 4 0 17:58
Feb 1, 2011 @ CAR W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 18:24
Jan 26, 2011 vs FLA W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 19:15
Jan 24, 2011 @ LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:39
Jan 22, 2011 @ COL W 6-2 1 2 3 3 0 7 0 18:29
Jan 20, 2011 vs BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:44
Jan 18, 2011 @ CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17:32
Jan 17, 2011 vs CAR W 7-0 1 1 2 1 0 5 1 18:23
Jan 15, 2011 vs PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:50
Jan 13, 2011 vs PHI W 7-5 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 19:16
Jan 11, 2011 vs OTT W 6-0 3 0 3 4 0 4 0 12:41
Jan 10, 2011 @ PIT W 4-2 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 18:14
Jan 8, 2011 @ MTL L 2-3 (OT) 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 19:12
Jan 6, 2011 vs MIN L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 15:55
Jan 3, 2011 @ TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:58
Jan 1, 2011 @ BUF L 6-7 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 18:21
Dec 30, 2010 @ ATL L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 19:18
Dec 28, 2010 @ TBL W 4-3 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 16:38
Dec 27, 2010 @ FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:39
Dec 23, 2010 vs ATL W 4-1 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 16:53
Dec 20, 2010 vs ANA L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 17:01
Dec 18, 2010 vs WSH W 3-2 1 1 2 1 0 4 1 18:07
Dec 16, 2010 @ MTL L 3-4 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 18:48
Dec 15, 2010 @ BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 16:56
Dec 11, 2010 vs PHI L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 18:31
Dec 9, 2010 vs NYI W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 15:07
Dec 7, 2010 vs BUF W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:05
Dec 4, 2010 @ TOR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 17:43
Dec 2, 2010 vs TBL W 8-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:58
Dec 1, 2010 @ PHI W 3-0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 17:15
Nov 28, 2010 @ ATL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 20:08
Nov 26, 2010 vs CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:08
Nov 24, 2010 @ FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:22
Nov 22, 2010 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 15:56
Nov 20, 2010 vs LAK L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 19:53
Nov 18, 2010 vs FLA W 4-0 0 2 2 3 2 3 0 16:32
Nov 17, 2010 @ NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 19:40
Nov 15, 2010 vs NJD W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 19:36
Nov 13, 2010 vs OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20:20
Nov 11, 2010 vs MTL L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 20:52
Nov 10, 2010 @ PIT W 7-4 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 20:32
Nov 6, 2010 vs STL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:14
Nov 5, 2010 @ WSH L 3-5 0 1 1 -2 0 0 2 17:42
Nov 3, 2010 @ BUF W 5-2 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 17:25
Oct 30, 2010 @ OTT W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 16:31
Oct 28, 2010 vs TOR W 2-0 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 16:23
Oct 23, 2010 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:20
Oct 21, 2010 vs WSH W 4-1 0 2 2 0 4 5 1 14:43
Oct 19, 2010 @ WSH W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19:43
Oct 16, 2010 @ NJD W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 18:19
Oct 10, 2010 @ PHX W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:19
Oct 9, 2010 vs PHX L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 18:04