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Bruno Gervais

#27 · Defence · Philadelphia Flyers

Born Oct 3, 1984 in Longueuil, Quebec, CAN · 6'1", 200 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 182nd overall in 2003 by NYI (round 6)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Adam Larsson NJD · 6 P in 37 GP Bobby Sanguinetti CAR · 6 P in 37 GP Toni Lydman ANA · 6 P in 35 GP Bryan Allen ANA · 6 P in 41 GP Eric Gryba OTT · 6 P in 33 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.

0510152005-06: 7 points705-062006-07: 6 points606-072007-08: 13 points1307-082008-09: 19 points1908-092009-10: 17 points1709-102010-11: 6 points610-112011-12: 13 points1311-122012-13: 6 points612-13

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 NYI 27 3 4 7 -1 8 21 16 0.26
2006-07 NYI 51 0 6 6 -10 28 47 33 0.12
2007-08 NYI 60 0 13 13 -5 34 59 35 0.22
2008-09 NYI 69 3 16 19 -15 33 82 83 0.28
2009-10 NYI 71 3 14 17 -15 31 83 63 0.24
2010-11 NYI 53 0 6 6 -14 30 43 40 0.11
2011-12 TBL 50 6 7 13 -4 8 57 42 0.26
2012-13 PHI 37 1 5 6 -17 10 49 25 0.16 $825K
8 seasons Career 418 16 71 87 -81 182 441 337 0.21

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2006-07 NYI 5 1 1 2 -2 2 9 4 0.40
1 season Playoffs 5 1 1 2 -2 2 9 4 0.40

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
37 1 5 6 -17 10 49 25 0.16 2.0 17:08

Contract

$825KCap hit2012-13
$138KCap dollars per point6 points in 37 games
$2.934MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.3 goals above replacement
$768KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$57KValueworth 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
2012-13 to 2012-13 $825K

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

Rating

+0.3Goals above replacement431st of 605 skaters, 139th of 208 defencemen
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.8Goals 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 53rd percentileEven-strength defence-1.0 25th percentilePower play-0.2 37th percentilePenalty kill+0.2 70th percentilePenalties-0.4 54th 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

02462010-112011-122012-13Goals 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

48.2Corsi for %508 attempts for, 547 against
-0.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.4Expected goals for %20.0 expected for, 22.2 against
-1.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
34.7Goals for %17 for, 32 against
95.1PDO6.6% shooting + 88.5% saves
101Attempts 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
Braydon Coburn · Bruno Gervais22184:5149.752.96-8
Bruno Gervais · Erik Gustafsson18117:2752.151.83-6
Kimmo Timonen · Bruno Gervais28102:5449.551.34-7
Bruno Gervais · Andrej Meszaros847:5232.920.91-2

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.1Expected goalsfrom 70 unblocked attempts
-1.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.20 expected goals per 60 minutes60th
Shot quality 3.0% chance per attempt46th
Finishing -1.1 goals above expected18thOne 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.

00.511.52Game 20Expected 2.1Goals 1

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 11, 2013 vs OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:03
Apr 9, 2013 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 20:22
Apr 6, 2013 @ WPG L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 17:24
Apr 4, 2013 @ TOR W 5-3 0 0 0 -3 0 2 2 18:17
Apr 3, 2013 vs MTL W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 23:24
Mar 31, 2013 vs WSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:51
Mar 30, 2013 vs BOS W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 21:34
Mar 28, 2013 vs NYI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 23:29
Mar 26, 2013 vs NYR L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 22:27
Mar 24, 2013 @ PIT L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:15
Mar 18, 2013 @ TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:11
Mar 15, 2013 vs NJD W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10:59
Mar 13, 2013 @ NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 15:52
Mar 10, 2013 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:41
Mar 7, 2013 vs PIT L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:19
Mar 5, 2013 @ NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 16:50
Mar 2, 2013 vs OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:23
Feb 27, 2013 vs WSH W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 19:17
Feb 25, 2013 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:59
Feb 23, 2013 vs WPG W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:57
Feb 21, 2013 vs FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 19:23
Feb 20, 2013 @ PIT W 6-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11:55
Feb 18, 2013 @ NYI W 7-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:08
Feb 16, 2013 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 19:21
Feb 15, 2013 @ NJD L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 23:12
Feb 12, 2013 @ WPG W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:12
Feb 11, 2013 @ TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 19:11
Feb 9, 2013 vs CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:07
Feb 7, 2013 vs FLA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 19:23
Feb 5, 2013 vs TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:57
Feb 2, 2013 vs CAR W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:02
Feb 1, 2013 @ WSH L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 17:07
Jan 29, 2013 @ NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 11:11
Jan 27, 2013 @ TBL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 15:45
Jan 26, 2013 @ FLA W 7-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:56
Jan 24, 2013 vs NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:36
Jan 22, 2013 @ NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:44