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Brian Lee

#15 · Defence · Tampa Bay Lightning

Born Mar 26, 1987 in Moorhead, Minnesota, USA · 6'3", 200 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 9th overall in 2005 by OTT (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mark Eaton PIT · 0 P in 23 GP Nate Prosser MIN · 0 P in 17 GP Stu Bickel NYR · 0 P in 16 GP Matt Gilroy NYR · 0 P in 15 GP Hal Gill NSH · 0 P in 32 GP

Career

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

0510152007-08: 1 points107-082008-09: 13 points1308-092009-10: 3 points309-102010-11: 3 points310-112011-12: 16 points1611-122012-13: 0 points012-13

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2007-08 OTT 6 0 1 1 1 4 6 3 0.17
2008-09 OTT 53 2 11 13 -2 33 51 58 0.25
2009-10 OTT 23 2 1 3 -5 12 22 33 0.13
2010-11 OTT 50 0 3 3 -10 24 35 88 0.06
2011-12 OTT 35 1 7 8 -2 27 15 73 0.23
2011-12 TBL 20 0 8 8 -6 8 17 54 0.40
2012-13 TBL 22 0 0 0 -13 16 13 49 0.00
6 seasons Career 209 5 31 36 -37 124 159 358 0.17

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2007-08 OTT 4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 4 0.00
1 season Playoffs 4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 4 0.00

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
22 0 0 0 -13 16 13 49 0.00 0.0 13:55

2012-13 analytics

Rating

-0.9Goals above replacement524th of 605 skaters, 172nd of 208 defencemen
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 208 ranked defencemen: 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-0.9 39th percentileEven-strength defence-0.1 47th percentilePower play+0.0 78th percentilePenalty kill0.0 48th percentilePenalties-0.9 24th 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 defencemen. 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.

-1.5-1-0.500.512010-112011-122012-13Goals 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

45.8Corsi for %243 attempts for, 288 against
+0.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.1Expected goals for %10.0 expected for, 10.7 against
+1.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
29.6Goals for %8 for, 19 against
93.9PDO5.8% shooting + 88.1% saves
34Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brian Lee · Keith Aulie18151:0346.049.83-8
Marc-Andre Bergeron · Brian Lee840:4148.749.92-0
Matt Carle · Brian Lee1938:5031.127.90-6
Eric Brewer · Brian Lee1820:0369.280.80-1

The pairs 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 pairs 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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.5Expected goalsfrom 22 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.10 expected goals per 60 minutes13th
Shot quality 2.3% chance per attempt10th
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected38thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 210 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Game 20Expected 0.5Goals 0

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
Mar 9, 2013 vs MTL L 3-4 0 0 0 -3 0 3 5 18:01
Mar 7, 2013 vs WPG L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 14:37
Mar 5, 2013 @ NJD W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 17:30
Mar 4, 2013 @ PIT L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 15:34
Mar 2, 2013 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:28
Feb 28, 2013 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:03
Feb 26, 2013 vs BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 5 12:45
Feb 23, 2013 @ CAR W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 17:23
Feb 21, 2013 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 6 12:29
Feb 19, 2013 vs TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:56
Feb 16, 2013 @ FLA W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:39
Feb 14, 2013 vs WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 13:45
Feb 12, 2013 vs MTL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 2 4 0 3 13:55
Feb 10, 2013 @ NYR L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:06
Feb 5, 2013 @ PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:25
Feb 2, 2013 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 12:53
Feb 1, 2013 vs WPG W 8-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 18:17
Jan 29, 2013 vs FLA W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12:40
Jan 27, 2013 vs PHI W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 12:36
Jan 25, 2013 vs OTT W 6-4 0 0 0 -2 2 2 2 11:36
Jan 21, 2013 @ NYI L 3-4 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 15:13
Jan 19, 2013 vs WSH W 6-3 0 0 0 -2 4 0 1 13:25