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Rene Bourque

#17 · Right wing · Colorado Avalanche

Born Dec 10, 1981 in Lac La Biche, Alberta, CAN · 6'2", 217 lb · Shoots left

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.

Sergei Kostitsyn NSH · 50 P in 77 GP Mikael Samuelsson VAN · 50 P in 75 GP Martin Erat NSH · 50 P in 64 GP Andy McDonald STL · 50 P in 58 GP Teddy Purcell TBL · 51 P in 81 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.

020402005-06: 34 points3405-062006-07: 17 points1706-072007-08: 24 points2407-082008-09: 40 points4008-092009-10: 58 points5809-102010-11: 50 points5010-112011-12: 24 points2411-122012-13: 13 points1312-132013-14: 16 points1613-142014-15: 14 points1414-152015-16: 8 points815-162016-17: 18 points1816-17

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 CHI 77 16 18 34 3 56 180 111 0.44
2006-07 CHI 44 7 10 17 -4 38 82 55 0.39 $825K
2007-08 CHI 62 10 14 24 6 42 103 72 0.39 $825K
2008-09 CGY 58 21 19 40 18 70 149 82 0.69 $1.35M
2009-10 CGY 73 27 31 58 7 88 215 91 0.79 $1.35M
2010-11 CGY 80 27 23 50 -17 42 218 90 0.63 $3.333M
2011-12 CGY 38 13 3 16 -3 41 91 48 0.42 $3.333M
2011-12 MTL 38 5 3 8 -16 27 67 38 0.21
2012-13 MTL 27 7 6 13 -1 32 63 37 0.48 $3.333M
2013-14 MTL 63 9 7 16 -1 32 118 90 0.25 $3.333M
2014-15 MTL 13 0 2 2 -9 6 18 18 0.15 $3.333M
2014-15 ANA 30 2 6 8 -4 12 44 36 0.27
2014-15 CBJ 8 4 0 4 -2 4 23 17 0.50
2015-16 CBJ 49 3 5 8 -9 38 77 82 0.16 $3.333M
2016-17 COL 65 12 6 18 -19 56 111 75 0.28 $650K
12 seasons Career 725 163 153 316 -51 584 1559 942 0.44

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 CGY 5 1 0 1 -2 22 12 13 0.20
2012-13 MTL 5 2 1 3 -1 10 17 12 0.60
2013-14 MTL 17 8 3 11 4 27 51 52 0.65
3 seasons Playoffs 27 11 4 15 1 59 80 77 0.56

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 27 23 50 -17 42 218 90 0.63 12.4 17:45

Contract

$3.333MCap hitends in 2016, then UFA
$67KCap dollars per point50 points in 80 games
$424KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.9MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. 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 2015-16, with 5 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2010-11 $3.333M
2011-12 $3.333M
2012-13 $3.333M
2013-14 $3.333M
2014-15 $3.333M
2015-16 $3.333M

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
2016-17 to 2016-17 $650K
2012-13 to 2015-16 $3.333M
2010-11 to 2015-16 $3.333M
2008-09 to 2009-10 $1.35M
2006-07 to 2007-08 $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 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

Rating

-0.2Goals above replacement519th of 672 skaters, 356th of 439 forwards
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.1Goals 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+0.4 53rd percentileEven-strength defence-2.7 8th percentilePower play-0.7 7th percentilePenalty kill+0.4 91st percentilePenalties-1.6 5th 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.

-4-3-2-10122010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-17Goals 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

48.3Corsi for %908 attempts for, 970 against
-4.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.3Expected goals for %35.0 expected for, 37.4 against
-6.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
48.1Goals for %37 for, 40 against
100.3PDO7.9% shooting + 92.4% saves
278Attempts 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
Olli Jokinen · Curtis Glencross · Rene Bourque23128:0652.051.04-4
Olli Jokinen · Niklas Hagman · Rene Bourque26115:0942.637.34-5
Brendan Morrison · Curtis Glencross · Rene Bourque1462:3153.366.10-2
Tim Jackman · Matt Stajan · Rene Bourque1162:0160.669.52-1

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.

26Goalsnot counting empty-netters
21.2Expected goalsfrom 305 unblocked attempts
+4.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.90 expected goals per 60 minutes78th
Shot quality 7.0% chance per attempt40th
Finishing +4.8 goals above expected89thOne 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.

01020Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Goals 26Expected 21.2

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. 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 9, 2011 vs VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 17:37
Apr 6, 2011 vs EDM W 6-1 1 0 1 0 2 5 1 16:25
Apr 3, 2011 @ COL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 18:32
Apr 1, 2011 @ STL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 22:30
Mar 30, 2011 vs ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 21:36
Mar 26, 2011 @ EDM W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 22:58
Mar 23, 2011 @ SJS L 3-6 1 0 1 -1 0 1 3 17:01
Mar 21, 2011 @ LAK L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 24:24
Mar 20, 2011 @ ANA L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 4 1 20:07
Mar 17, 2011 vs COL W 5-2 1 1 2 0 2 2 4 17:38
Mar 15, 2011 vs PHX L 3-4 0 2 2 1 0 2 2 19:38
Mar 12, 2011 vs VAN L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 2 1 2 18:19
Mar 10, 2011 @ PHX L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 19:49
Mar 9, 2011 @ DAL W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 2 4 1 20:48
Mar 6, 2011 vs NSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 18:58
Mar 4, 2011 vs CBJ W 4-3 1 1 2 0 0 4 1 23:32
Mar 2, 2011 @ CHI L 4-6 2 0 2 -1 0 5 4 18:02
Mar 1, 2011 @ STL W 6-0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 15:21
Feb 27, 2011 vs STL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:36
Feb 25, 2011 vs SJS L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 18:23
Feb 22, 2011 vs BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:28
Feb 20, 2011 vs MTL W 4-0 2 0 2 1 0 11 1 15:23
Feb 16, 2011 vs DAL W 4-2 0 2 2 0 0 2 5 16:56
Feb 14, 2011 @ COL W 9-1 0 2 2 2 0 3 1 18:37
Feb 12, 2011 @ VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:48
Feb 11, 2011 vs ANA L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 4 2 19:04
Feb 9, 2011 vs OTT W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 19:11
Feb 7, 2011 vs CHI W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 14:41
Feb 5, 2011 vs LAK L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 4 2 2 15:40
Feb 3, 2011 @ ATL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:00
Feb 1, 2011 @ NSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:36
Jan 26, 2011 vs STL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 15:10
Jan 24, 2011 vs NSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:04
Jan 22, 2011 @ VAN W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:54
Jan 21, 2011 vs DAL W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:44
Jan 19, 2011 vs MIN L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 13:46
Jan 17, 2011 @ MTL L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 16:51
Jan 15, 2011 @ TOR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 18:53
Jan 14, 2011 @ OTT W 3-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 15:06
Jan 11, 2011 @ CAR L 5-6 (SO) 1 0 1 1 2 2 4 17:55
Jan 7, 2011 vs DET L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:28
Jan 5, 2011 @ VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:40
Jan 3, 2011 vs NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 16:13
Jan 1, 2011 @ EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 18:01
Dec 31, 2010 vs COL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 18:14
Dec 27, 2010 vs BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 16:34
Dec 23, 2010 @ DAL W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 19:07
Dec 21, 2010 @ CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:40
Dec 20, 2010 @ MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 19:03
Dec 18, 2010 vs MIN L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 18:51
Dec 16, 2010 vs TOR W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 16:30
Dec 13, 2010 vs CBJ W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:06
Dec 10, 2010 @ ANA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 23:07
Dec 9, 2010 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 17:54
Dec 7, 2010 vs TBL W 4-2 1 2 3 1 0 3 2 17:00
Dec 5, 2010 @ CHI L 2-4 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 18:57
Dec 3, 2010 @ MIN W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 18:02
Dec 1, 2010 vs VAN L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 19:26
Nov 29, 2010 vs MIN W 3-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 13:54
Nov 27, 2010 @ PIT L 1-4 1 0 1 -1 0 1 3 17:00
Nov 26, 2010 @ PHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 15:43
Nov 24, 2010 @ NJD L 1-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 2 5 0 18:02
Nov 22, 2010 @ NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 20:42
Nov 21, 2010 @ DET L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:57
Nov 19, 2010 vs CHI W 7-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:23
Nov 17, 2010 vs PHX L 1-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 16:46
Nov 13, 2010 @ SJS L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 17:12
Nov 12, 2010 @ PHX L 4-5 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 18:53
Nov 9, 2010 @ COL W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 1 3 18:06
Nov 5, 2010 @ MIN L 1-2 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 17:10
Nov 3, 2010 vs DET L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:24
Oct 30, 2010 vs WSH L 2-7 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 17:09
Oct 28, 2010 vs COL L 5-6 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 17:33
Oct 26, 2010 vs EDM W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 2 5 0 20:11
Oct 24, 2010 vs SJS W 4-0 2 0 2 1 0 5 1 17:51
Oct 22, 2010 @ CBJ W 6-2 3 1 4 3 4 5 1 18:15
Oct 21, 2010 @ DET L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 3 18:59
Oct 19, 2010 @ NSH W 1-0 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 17:03
Oct 10, 2010 vs LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 02:05
Oct 7, 2010 @ EDM L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 17:05