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Brandon Dubinsky

#17 · Centre · Columbus Blue Jackets

Born Apr 29, 1986 in Anchorage, Alaska, USA · 6'2", 208 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 60th overall in 2004 by NYR (round 2)

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

Ryan O'Reilly COL · 20 P in 29 GP Patrick Sharp CHI · 20 P in 28 GP T.J. Oshie STL · 20 P in 30 GP Benoit Pouliot TBL · 20 P in 34 GP Ales Hemsky EDM · 20 P in 38 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.

020402006-07: 0 points006-072007-08: 40 points4007-082008-09: 41 points4108-092009-10: 44 points4409-102010-11: 54 points5410-112011-12: 34 points3411-122012-13: 20 points2012-132013-14: 50 points5013-142014-15: 36 points3614-152015-16: 48 points4815-162016-17: 41 points4116-172017-18: 16 points1617-182018-19: 14 points1418-19

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2006-07 NYR 6 0 0 0 0 2 9 9 0.00
2007-08 NYR 82 14 26 40 8 79 157 196 0.49
2008-09 NYR 82 13 28 41 -6 112 188 251 0.50
2009-10 NYR 69 20 24 44 9 54 165 129 0.64 $1.85M
2010-11 NYR 77 24 30 54 -3 100 202 141 0.70 $1.85M
2011-12 NYR 77 10 24 34 16 110 140 207 0.44 $4.2M
2012-13 CBJ 29 2 18 20 2 76 50 64 0.69 $4.2M
2013-14 CBJ 76 16 34 50 5 98 189 234 0.66 $4.2M
2014-15 CBJ 47 13 23 36 11 43 100 152 0.77 $4.2M
2015-16 CBJ 75 17 31 48 -16 71 158 235 0.64 $5.85M
2016-17 CBJ 80 12 29 41 16 91 115 248 0.51 $5.85M
2017-18 CBJ 62 6 10 16 -2 33 89 145 0.26 $5.85M
2018-19 CBJ 61 6 8 14 -16 36 63 147 0.23 $5.85M
13 seasons Career 823 153 285 438 24 905 1625 2158 0.53

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2007-08 NYR 10 4 4 8 2 12 26 26 0.80
2008-09 NYR 7 1 3 4 1 18 9 23 0.57
2010-11 NYR 5 2 1 3 -3 2 7 20 0.60
2011-12 NYR 9 0 2 2 2 14 14 15 0.22
2013-14 CBJ 6 1 5 6 -1 6 23 40 1.00
2016-17 CBJ 5 1 1 2 -2 6 8 29 0.40
2017-18 CBJ 6 0 0 0 1 6 4 10 0.00
2018-19 CBJ 10 1 0 1 0 6 11 33 0.10
8 seasons Playoffs 58 10 16 26 0 70 102 196 0.45

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
29 2 18 20 2 76 50 64 0.69 4.0 18:24

Contract

$4.2MCap hit2012-13
$210KCap dollars per point20 points in 29 games
$1.026MCap dollars per goal above replacement4.1 goals above replacement
$4.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$132KValueworth 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 2020-21 $5.85M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $5.85M
2015-16 to 2020-21 $5.85M
2012-13 to 2014-15 $4.2M
2011-12 to 2014-15 $4.2M
2009-10 to 2010-11 $1.85M

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

+4.1Goals above replacement124th of 605 skaters, 96th of 397 forwards
+0.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+2.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 397 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+0.5 59th percentileEven-strength defence+1.5 90th percentilePower play+0.5 85th percentilePenalty kill+0.2 80th percentilePenalties+0.0 36th 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. 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.

-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

54.1Corsi for %317 attempts for, 269 against
+9.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.5Expected goals for %12.3 expected for, 10.7 against
+12.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
56.0Goals for %14 for, 11 against
101.3PDO9.0% shooting + 92.4% saves
56Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brandon Dubinsky · Matt Calvert · Cam Atkinson981:3553.149.92-2
Blake Comeau · Brandon Dubinsky · Cam Atkinson535:1759.370.32-0
Brandon Dubinsky · Nick Foligno · Matt Calvert1133:3465.973.12-1
Brandon Dubinsky · Nick Foligno · Derick Brassard529:3644.724.31-3

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.0Expected goalsfrom 71 unblocked attempts
-4.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.68 expected goals per 60 minutes48th
Shot quality 8.5% chance per attempt83rd
Finishing -4.0 goals above expected6thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 355 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Expected 6.0Goals 2

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 vs NSH W 3-1 1 1 2 2 0 5 2 18:22
Apr 25, 2013 @ DAL W 3-1 0 2 2 1 0 2 3 20:17
Apr 21, 2013 @ SJS W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 0 0 6 20:56
Apr 18, 2013 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 10 1 7 19:33
Apr 17, 2013 @ ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 19:35
Apr 15, 2013 @ COL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 19:10
Apr 13, 2013 @ MIN W 3-2 (SO) 0 2 2 2 17 2 2 18:48
Apr 12, 2013 vs STL W 4-1 0 1 1 1 10 0 2 13:07
Apr 5, 2013 @ STL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 19:12
Apr 4, 2013 @ NSH W 3-1 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 18:08
Mar 19, 2013 vs NSH W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 18:13
Mar 16, 2013 vs PHX W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:20
Mar 14, 2013 vs CHI L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 4 2 16:35
Mar 12, 2013 vs VAN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 19:36
Feb 16, 2013 @ PHX L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:20
Feb 15, 2013 @ LAK L 1-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 4 22:00
Feb 11, 2013 vs SJS W 6-2 1 1 2 2 0 4 2 19:12
Feb 10, 2013 vs EDM L 1-3 0 1 1 -2 2 3 0 21:48
Feb 7, 2013 vs CGY L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 19:16
Feb 5, 2013 vs LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 1 20 1 3 09:16
Feb 2, 2013 vs DET W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 19:49
Jan 31, 2013 vs STL L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 23:22
Jan 29, 2013 @ MIN L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 19:44
Jan 28, 2013 vs DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 19:36
Jan 26, 2013 vs CHI L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 18:58
Jan 24, 2013 @ COL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 16:44
Jan 23, 2013 @ PHX L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 16:59
Jan 21, 2013 vs DET L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 2 0 4 18:55
Jan 19, 2013 @ NSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 16:55