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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 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Kyle Palmieri NJD · 53 P in 80 GP Mikael Backlund CGY · 53 P in 81 GP Brandon Saad CBJ · 53 P in 82 GP Corey Perry ANA · 53 P in 82 GP Nathan MacKinnon COL · 53 P in 82 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

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
79 21 32 53 12 24 302 54 0.67 7.0 19:25

Contract

$6.875MCap hit2016-17
$130KCap dollars per point53 points in 79 games
$442KCap dollars per goal above replacement15.6 goals above replacement
$10.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3.6MValueworth 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 664 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
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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+15.6Goals above replacement10th of 664 skaters, 8th of 435 forwards
+2.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+11.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 435 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+5.0 91st percentileEven-strength defence+4.3 98th percentilePower play+2.0 94th percentilePenalty kill+0.7 96th percentilePenalties-0.7 14th 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

61.2Corsi for %1212 attempts for, 767 against
+9.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
61.9Expected goals for %49.5 expected for, 30.5 against
+9.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
61.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
54.3Goals for %44 for, 37 against
97.3PDO6.5% shooting + 90.8% saves
331Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 565 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
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · David Pastrnak60501:1363.162.726-18
Patrice Bergeron · David Backes · Brad Marchand46285:3759.362.215-8
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · Riley Nash1151:5369.166.61-3
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · Frank Vatrano334:4662.570.51-2

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
28.6Expected goalsfrom 391 unblocked attempts
-8.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.12 expected goals per 60 minutes95th
Shot quality 7.3% chance per attempt41st
Finishing -8.6 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 421 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01020Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 28.6Goals 20

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 8, 2017 vs WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 20:07
Apr 6, 2017 vs OTT L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:24
Apr 4, 2017 vs TBL W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 19:06
Apr 2, 2017 @ CHI W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 21:32
Apr 1, 2017 vs FLA W 5-2 2 0 2 2 0 5 1 20:04
Mar 30, 2017 vs DAL W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 18:37
Mar 28, 2017 vs NSH W 4-1 1 0 1 2 0 7 0 18:46
Mar 25, 2017 @ NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21:35
Mar 23, 2017 vs TBL L 3-6 0 1 1 -2 2 3 0 20:18
Mar 21, 2017 vs OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 22:24
Mar 20, 2017 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 4 4 1 17:43
Mar 16, 2017 @ EDM L 4-7 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 21:59
Mar 15, 2017 @ CGY W 5-2 0 1 1 -1 2 3 0 19:45
Mar 13, 2017 @ VAN W 6-3 0 2 2 2 0 6 0 19:58
Mar 11, 2017 vs PHI W 2-1 0 1 1 -1 0 4 1 21:51
Mar 8, 2017 vs DET W 6-1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 17:17
Mar 6, 2017 @ OTT L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 6 0 18:34
Mar 4, 2017 vs NJD W 3-2 0 2 2 -1 0 6 1 20:31
Mar 2, 2017 vs NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 18:58
Feb 28, 2017 vs ARI W 4-1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 17:35
Feb 26, 2017 @ DAL W 6-3 2 1 3 3 0 5 0 17:16
Feb 23, 2017 @ LAK W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 4 2 18:28
Feb 22, 2017 @ ANA L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 7 2 18:33
Feb 19, 2017 @ SJS W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 18:51
Feb 12, 2017 vs MTL W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 19:41
Feb 11, 2017 vs VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:16
Feb 9, 2017 vs SJS W 6-3 1 3 4 1 0 2 0 19:16
Feb 4, 2017 vs TOR L 5-6 1 2 3 1 0 7 1 21:08
Feb 1, 2017 @ WSH L 3-5 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 16:24
Jan 31, 2017 @ TBL W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 18:45
Jan 26, 2017 vs PIT W 4-3 1 1 2 1 2 5 2 22:33
Jan 24, 2017 vs DET W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 5 1 20:45
Jan 22, 2017 @ PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 18:21
Jan 20, 2017 vs CHI L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:13
Jan 18, 2017 @ DET L 5-6 (SO) 1 2 3 0 0 2 2 19:58
Jan 16, 2017 vs NYI L 0-4 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 19:09
Jan 14, 2017 vs PHI W 6-3 1 0 1 4 0 3 0 20:03
Jan 12, 2017 @ NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 18:26
Jan 10, 2017 @ STL W 5-3 0 2 2 2 0 8 2 20:56
Jan 8, 2017 @ CAR L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 17:50
Jan 7, 2017 @ FLA W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 18:15
Jan 5, 2017 vs EDM L 3-4 1 1 2 -2 0 7 1 21:46
Jan 2, 2017 @ NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 18:30
Dec 31, 2016 vs BUF W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 19:08
Dec 29, 2016 @ BUF W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 6 1 21:49
Dec 27, 2016 @ CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:38
Dec 23, 2016 @ CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 21:01
Dec 22, 2016 @ FLA W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 20:30
Dec 20, 2016 vs NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 5 2 20:41
Dec 18, 2016 vs LAK W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 20:58
Dec 15, 2016 vs ANA L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 25:31
Dec 14, 2016 @ PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 21:16
Dec 12, 2016 @ MTL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 18:50
Dec 10, 2016 vs TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 18:23
Dec 8, 2016 vs COL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:18
Dec 7, 2016 @ WSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 19:11
Dec 5, 2016 vs FLA W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 19:33
Dec 3, 2016 @ BUF W 2-1 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 18:56
Dec 1, 2016 vs CAR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 20:03
Nov 29, 2016 @ PHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 22:14
Nov 27, 2016 vs TBL W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 15:18
Nov 25, 2016 vs CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 22:04
Nov 24, 2016 @ OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:04
Nov 22, 2016 vs STL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 18:30
Nov 19, 2016 vs WPG W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 18:37
Nov 17, 2016 @ MIN L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 18:24
Nov 13, 2016 @ COL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:13
Nov 12, 2016 @ ARI W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 16:33
Nov 10, 2016 vs CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 14:22
Nov 8, 2016 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 19:25
Nov 7, 2016 vs BUF W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 19:06
Nov 5, 2016 vs NYR L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 0 7 0 16:52
Nov 3, 2016 @ TBL W 4-3 (SO) 0 2 2 2 0 5 3 23:37
Nov 1, 2016 @ FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:43
Oct 29, 2016 @ DET W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17:13
Oct 26, 2016 @ NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:13
Oct 25, 2016 vs MIN L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 17:28
Oct 22, 2016 vs MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 22:27
Oct 20, 2016 vs NJD W 2-1 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 16:49