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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 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Blake Comeau CBJ · 16 P in 61 GP Dale Weise MTL · 16 P in 61 GP Michal Handzus CHI · 16 P in 59 GP Todd Bertuzzi DET · 16 P in 59 GP Erik Condra OTT · 16 P in 76 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

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
63 9 7 16 -1 32 118 90 0.25 7.6 14:11

Contract

$3.333MCap hit2013-14
$208KCap dollars per point16 points in 63 games
-$322KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$3.7MValueworth 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 641 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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-1.5Goals above replacement591st of 672 skaters, 387th of 438 forwards
-0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 438 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-1.6 28th percentileEven-strength defence-2.3 8th percentilePower play+0.1 68th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 54th percentilePenalties-0.1 32nd 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

45.3Corsi for %675 attempts for, 816 against
-1.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.8Expected goals for %27.3 expected for, 32.3 against
-3.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %20 for, 20 against
101.0PDO5.9% shooting + 95.1% saves
197Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 567 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 Bourque2397:5837.435.91-0
Brandon Prust · Rene Bourque · Lars Eller1768:5739.644.42-2
Rene Bourque · Lars Eller · Alex Galchenyuk1555:4346.645.11-2
Daniel Brière · Brian Gionta · Rene Bourque955:2043.951.82-1

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.

8Goalsnot counting empty-netters
12.1Expected goalsfrom 171 unblocked attempts
-4.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.81 expected goals per 60 minutes69th
Shot quality 7.1% chance per attempt41st
Finishing -4.1 goals above expected11thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 403 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 12.1Goals 8

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 12, 2014 vs NYR W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:22
Apr 10, 2014 vs NYI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:08
Apr 9, 2014 @ CHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 14:49
Apr 5, 2014 vs DET W 5-3 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 12:48
Apr 1, 2014 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:58
Mar 29, 2014 @ FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 11:54
Mar 27, 2014 @ DET W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:05
Mar 25, 2014 vs BUF W 2-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 11:48
Mar 24, 2014 @ BOS W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 14:00
Mar 22, 2014 @ TOR W 4-3 1 1 2 1 0 6 0 11:52
Mar 8, 2014 @ SJS L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:22
Mar 6, 2014 @ PHX L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 14:17
Mar 5, 2014 @ ANA W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 11:03
Mar 3, 2014 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 11:39
Mar 1, 2014 vs TOR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:36
Feb 27, 2014 @ PIT W 6-5 (SO) 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 11:22
Feb 26, 2014 vs DET L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:23
Feb 8, 2014 @ CAR W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 17:19
Feb 6, 2014 vs VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 16:00
Feb 4, 2014 vs CGY W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 4 13:05
Feb 2, 2014 vs WPG L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:41
Feb 1, 2014 vs TBL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:58
Jan 30, 2014 @ BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 16:47
Jan 28, 2014 vs CAR W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 13:06
Jan 25, 2014 vs WSH L 0-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 10:38
Jan 24, 2014 @ DET L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 15:19
Jan 22, 2014 @ PIT L 1-5 1 0 1 1 2 5 3 12:33
Jan 16, 2014 @ OTT W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 15:03
Jan 14, 2014 vs NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 16:04
Jan 11, 2014 vs CHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 13:31
Jan 8, 2014 @ PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:26
Jan 6, 2014 vs FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 11:57
Jan 4, 2014 vs OTT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 13:41
Jan 2, 2014 @ DAL W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:28
Dec 31, 2013 @ CAR L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:49
Dec 29, 2013 @ FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 12:20
Dec 28, 2013 @ TBL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:11
Dec 21, 2013 @ NSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:41
Dec 19, 2013 @ STL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 12:33
Dec 17, 2013 vs PHX W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:42
Dec 2, 2013 vs NJD W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 13:01
Nov 30, 2013 vs TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 11:25
Nov 16, 2013 vs NYR L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 19:15
Nov 15, 2013 @ CBJ W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 17:58
Nov 12, 2013 vs TBL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 14:36
Nov 10, 2013 vs NYI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:50
Nov 7, 2013 @ OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 17:33
Nov 5, 2013 vs STL L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 16:17
Nov 2, 2013 @ COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 5 18:21
Nov 1, 2013 @ MIN L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 19:39
Oct 29, 2013 vs DAL W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 17:24
Oct 28, 2013 @ NYR W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:57
Oct 26, 2013 vs SJS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:55
Oct 24, 2013 vs ANA W 4-1 1 0 1 -1 2 3 0 16:49
Oct 22, 2013 vs EDM L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:27
Oct 19, 2013 vs NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 14:18
Oct 17, 2013 vs CBJ W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 13:03
Oct 15, 2013 @ WPG W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:38
Oct 12, 2013 @ VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 14:12
Oct 10, 2013 @ EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 13:48
Oct 9, 2013 @ CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:24
Oct 5, 2013 vs PHI W 4-1 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 19:28
Oct 1, 2013 vs TOR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:57