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Gilbert Brule

#8 · Centre · Phoenix Coyotes

Born Jan 1, 1987 in Edmonton, Alberta, CAN · 5'11", 187 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 6th overall in 2005 by CBJ (round 1)

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.

Cam Atkinson CBJ · 14 P in 27 GP Dwight King LAK · 14 P in 27 GP Richard Park PIT · 14 P in 54 GP Chuck Kobasew COL · 14 P in 58 GP Derek MacKenzie CBJ · 14 P in 66 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

01020302005-06: 4 points405-062006-07: 19 points1906-072007-08: 9 points907-082008-09: 3 points308-092009-10: 37 points3709-102010-11: 9 points910-112011-12: 14 points1411-122013-14: 0 points013-14

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2005-06 CBJ 7 2 2 4 -2 0 11 4 0.57
2006-07 CBJ 78 9 10 19 -21 28 98 80 0.24
2007-08 CBJ 61 1 8 9 -4 24 74 73 0.15
2008-09 EDM 11 2 1 3 -3 12 13 14 0.27
2009-10 EDM 65 17 20 37 -8 38 121 115 0.57
2010-11 EDM 41 7 2 9 -7 41 72 95 0.22
2011-12 PHX 33 5 9 14 7 11 56 55 0.42
2013-14 PHX 3 0 0 0 -1 2 3 3 0.00
8 seasons Career 299 43 52 95 -39 156 448 439 0.32

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2011-12 PHX 12 2 1 3 1 0 12 22 0.25
1 season Playoffs 12 2 1 3 1 0 12 22 0.25

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
33 5 9 14 7 11 56 55 0.42 8.9 11:34

2011-12 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+2.9Goals above replacement301st of 680 skaters, 211th of 445 forwards
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.8Goals 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+0.6 58th percentileEven-strength defence+0.8 68th percentilePower play-0.3 23rd percentilePenalty kill0.0 42nd percentilePenalties+0.7 70th 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.

-4-20242010-112011-122013-14Goals 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

49.3Corsi for %310 attempts for, 319 against
+0.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.6Expected goals for %12.2 expected for, 12.4 against
+0.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
60.6Goals for %20 for, 13 against
105.1PDO12.8% shooting + 92.3% saves
78Attempts 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
Daymond Langkow · Raffi Torres · Gilbert Brule1366:2250.445.75-2
Raffi Torres · Kyle Chipchura · Gilbert Brule637:1166.756.73-2
Taylor Pyatt · Kyle Chipchura · Gilbert Brule429:1249.149.82-1
Boyd Gordon · Lauri Korpikoski · Gilbert Brule823:0642.154.22-1

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.

5Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.6Expected goalsfrom 76 unblocked attempts
+0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.72 expected goals per 60 minutes58th
Shot quality 6.0% chance per attempt17th
Finishing +0.4 goals above expected60thOne 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.

012345Game 20Goals 5Expected 4.6

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 7, 2012 @ MIN W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 12:16
Apr 6, 2012 @ STL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 13:04
Apr 3, 2012 vs CBJ W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 08:16
Mar 31, 2012 vs ANA W 4-0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 07:26
Mar 29, 2012 vs SJS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 09:58
Mar 25, 2012 vs STL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:00
Mar 24, 2012 @ SJS L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 2 3 12:50
Mar 22, 2012 vs COL W 3-2 0 2 2 2 0 3 1 12:41
Mar 20, 2012 @ DAL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:23
Mar 18, 2012 @ EDM W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 12:48
Mar 15, 2012 @ CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:50
Mar 14, 2012 @ VAN W 5-4 1 0 1 0 0 5 3 11:19
Mar 12, 2012 vs NSH L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 07:37
Mar 10, 2012 vs SJS W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 08:11
Mar 6, 2012 @ CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:22
Mar 3, 2012 vs CBJ L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 08:04
Feb 21, 2012 vs LAK W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 11:29
Feb 18, 2012 vs DAL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:58
Feb 16, 2012 @ LAK W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 13:57
Feb 13, 2012 @ VAN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:22
Feb 11, 2012 vs CHI W 3-0 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 09:27
Feb 9, 2012 vs CGY W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 12:07
Feb 7, 2012 @ DAL W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 12:00
Feb 6, 2012 vs DET W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:35
Feb 4, 2012 vs SJS W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 06:26
Jan 31, 2012 vs ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:57
Jan 24, 2012 vs OTT W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 11:28
Jan 21, 2012 vs TBL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 12:59
Jan 19, 2012 vs DET L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 12:01
Jan 18, 2012 @ ANA L 2-6 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 16:35
Jan 16, 2012 vs COL W 6-1 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 09:58
Jan 13, 2012 @ CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:06
Jan 12, 2012 @ DET L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:07