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Mike Brown

#13 · Right wing · Montréal Canadiens

Born Jun 24, 1985 in Chicago, Illinois, USA · 5'11", 205 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 159th overall in 2004 by VAN (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Cody McCormick BUF · 4 P in 50 GP George Parros ANA · 4 P in 46 GP Ryan Reaves STL · 4 P in 60 GP Andrew Murray SJS · 4 P in 39 GP Mike Blunden MTL · 4 P in 39 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.

024682007-08: 1 points107-082008-09: 4 points408-092009-10: 7 points709-102010-11: 8 points810-112011-12: 4 points411-122012-13: 2 points212-132013-14: 5 points513-142014-15: 0 points014-152015-16: 5 points515-16

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2007-08 VAN 19 1 0 1 -2 55 9 44 0.05
2008-09 VAN 20 0 1 1 -5 85 6 31 0.05 $523K
2008-09 ANA 28 2 1 3 -2 60 38 55 0.11
2009-10 ANA 75 6 1 7 1 106 82 124 0.09 $538K
2010-11 TOR 50 3 5 8 1 69 59 105 0.16 $538K
2011-12 TOR 50 2 2 4 -8 74 56 120 0.08 $737K
2012-13 TOR 12 0 1 1 1 70 2 22 0.08 $737K
2012-13 EDM 27 1 0 1 -8 53 16 65 0.04
2013-14 EDM 8 0 0 0 1 19 1 25 0.00 $737K
2013-14 SJS 48 2 3 5 -10 75 44 121 0.10
2014-15 SJS 12 0 0 0 0 22 11 42 0.00 $1.2M
2015-16 SJS 44 1 2 3 -3 63 37 120 0.07 $1.2M
2015-16 MTL 14 1 1 2 -2 27 14 56 0.14
9 seasons Career 407 19 17 36 -36 778 375 930 0.09

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 ANA 13 0 2 2 0 25 6 22 0.15
2013-14 SJS 6 1 1 2 1 26 4 25 0.33
2 seasons Playoffs 19 1 3 4 1 51 10 47 0.21

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
50 2 2 4 -8 74 56 120 0.08 3.6 9:17

Contract

$737KCap hitends in 2014, then UFA
$184KCap dollars per point4 points in 50 games
$946KCap dollars per goal above replacement0.8 goals above replacement
$852KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$116KValueworth 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 367 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 2013-14, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2011-12 $737K
2012-13 $737K
2013-14 $737K

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
2015-16 to 2015-16 $1.2M
2014-15 to 2015-16 $1.2M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $737K
2011-12 to 2013-14 $737K
2009-10 to 2010-11 $538K
2008-09 to 2008-09 $523K

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 2011-12 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.

2011-12 analytics

Rating

+0.8Goals above replacement444th of 680 skaters, 307th of 445 forwards
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 445 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-2.3 16th percentileEven-strength defence+1.4 79th percentilePower play0.0 56th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 54th percentilePenalties+0.4 59th 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.

-3-2-1012010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16Goals 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

47.3Corsi for %350 attempts for, 390 against
-2.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.4Expected goals for %13.9 expected for, 15.4 against
-1.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
29.2Goals for %7 for, 17 against
94.8PDO3.9% shooting + 91.0% saves
103Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
David Steckel · Darryl Boyce · Mike Brown1071:5046.339.80-3
David Steckel · Philippe Dupuis · Mike Brown1163:2856.057.30-1
Colby Armstrong · David Steckel · Mike Brown847:4942.145.31-2
David Steckel · Joey Crabb · Mike Brown942:4744.142.92-1

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
5.2Expected goalsfrom 85 unblocked attempts
-3.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.67 expected goals per 60 minutes49th
Shot quality 6.1% chance per attempt18th
Finishing -3.2 goals above expected20thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

024Game 20Game 40Expected 5.2Goals 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 7, 2012 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05:37
Apr 5, 2012 vs TBL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 09:11
Apr 3, 2012 @ BUF L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:07
Mar 31, 2012 vs BUF W 4-3 0 0 0 -3 2 1 3 12:53
Mar 29, 2012 vs PHI L 1-7 0 0 0 0 12 0 3 08:42
Mar 27, 2012 vs CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 10:34
Mar 7, 2012 @ PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:35
Mar 3, 2012 @ MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 04:25
Feb 29, 2012 @ CHI L 4-5 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 08:02
Feb 28, 2012 vs FLA L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 06:10
Feb 25, 2012 vs WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 06:05
Feb 23, 2012 vs SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 04:43
Feb 21, 2012 vs NJD L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 05:00
Feb 18, 2012 @ VAN L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10:56
Feb 15, 2012 @ EDM W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 5 0 1 08:40
Feb 14, 2012 @ CGY L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 08:51
Feb 11, 2012 vs MTL L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 2 2 7 10:01
Feb 9, 2012 @ PHI L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 5 0 4 06:20
Feb 7, 2012 @ WPG L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:14
Feb 6, 2012 vs EDM W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 11:41
Feb 4, 2012 @ OTT W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:56
Feb 1, 2012 vs PIT W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 10:37
Jan 31, 2012 @ PIT L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10:45
Jan 24, 2012 @ NYI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 10:25
Jan 23, 2012 vs NYI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:06
Jan 21, 2012 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 07:02
Jan 19, 2012 vs MIN W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 11:13
Jan 17, 2012 vs OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 07:38
Jan 14, 2012 vs NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11:04
Jan 13, 2012 @ BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 08:12
Jan 10, 2012 vs BUF W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 14:16
Jan 7, 2012 vs DET W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:11
Nov 15, 2011 vs PHX L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:37
Nov 12, 2011 vs OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 07:34
Nov 10, 2011 @ STL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 08:54
Nov 8, 2011 vs FLA L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 06:44
Nov 5, 2011 vs BOS L 0-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 13:20
Nov 3, 2011 @ CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:24
Nov 2, 2011 @ NJD W 5-3 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 11:11
Oct 30, 2011 @ OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 10:05
Oct 29, 2011 vs PIT W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 14:27
Oct 27, 2011 @ NYR W 4-2 1 0 1 1 5 2 2 10:40
Oct 24, 2011 @ PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:50
Oct 22, 2011 @ MTL W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 09:03
Oct 20, 2011 @ BOS L 2-6 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 11:55
Oct 19, 2011 vs WPG W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:06
Oct 17, 2011 vs COL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:00
Oct 15, 2011 vs CGY W 3-2 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 06:51
Oct 8, 2011 vs OTT W 6-5 0 1 1 1 5 2 0 06:45
Oct 6, 2011 vs MTL W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 09:12