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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 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Nick Bonino ANA · 13 P in 28 GP Matt Frattin TOR · 13 P in 25 GP Ryan Kesler VAN · 13 P in 17 GP Matt Beleskey ANA · 13 P in 42 GP Tommy Wingels SJS · 13 P in 42 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

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
27 7 6 13 -1 32 63 37 0.48 11.1 16:20

Contract

$3.333MCap hit2012-13
$256KCap dollars per point13 points in 27 games
$2.203MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.5 goals above replacement
$1.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.5MValueworth 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
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 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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.5Goals above replacement322nd of 605 skaters, 223rd of 397 forwards
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.3Goals 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+0.3 55th percentileEven-strength defence-0.4 37th percentilePower play-0.1 37th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 72nd percentilePenalties+0.4 61st 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.

-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

49.4Corsi for %312 attempts for, 319 against
-6.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.8Expected goals for %13.1 expected for, 11.7 against
-1.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
47.6Goals for %10 for, 11 against
100.0PDO6.5% shooting + 93.5% saves
93Attempts 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
Brian Gionta · Tomas Plekanec · Rene Bourque23222:2253.558.47-6
Rene Bourque · Lars Eller · Alex Galchenyuk520:4342.550.62-1
Rene Bourque · David Desharnais · Max Pacioretty212:3364.067.01-0
Jeff Halpern · Travis Moen · Rene Bourque411:3553.849.00-1

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
7.8Expected goalsfrom 99 unblocked attempts
-1.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.07 expected goals per 60 minutes93rd
Shot quality 7.9% chance per attempt69th
Finishing -1.8 goals above expected24thOne 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 7.8Goals 6

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 @ TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 14:20
Apr 25, 2013 @ WPG W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 16:08
Apr 23, 2013 @ NJD L 2-3 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 16:24
Apr 20, 2013 vs WSH L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:08
Apr 18, 2013 vs TBL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 12:05
Apr 17, 2013 @ PIT L 4-6 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 14:14
Apr 15, 2013 vs PHI L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 14:23
Apr 13, 2013 @ TOR L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 12:17
Apr 11, 2013 @ BUF W 5-1 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 17:14
Apr 9, 2013 vs WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 11:35
Feb 21, 2013 vs NYI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 14:39
Feb 19, 2013 @ NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:36
Feb 18, 2013 vs CAR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:25
Feb 16, 2013 vs PHI W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 14:53
Feb 14, 2013 @ FLA W 1-0 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 4 3 19:24
Feb 12, 2013 @ TBL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:33
Feb 9, 2013 vs TOR L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 12 1 5 18:24
Feb 7, 2013 @ BUF L 4-5 (SO) 0 2 2 2 2 7 1 19:33
Feb 6, 2013 vs BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 2 3 1 17:50
Feb 3, 2013 vs OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 17:11
Feb 2, 2013 vs BUF W 6-1 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 17:45
Jan 30, 2013 @ OTT L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 4 1 1 16:59
Jan 29, 2013 vs WPG W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 18:12
Jan 27, 2013 vs NJD W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 22:01
Jan 24, 2013 @ WSH W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 15:39
Jan 22, 2013 vs FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 14:30
Jan 19, 2013 vs TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:33