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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 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mark Eaton NYI · 3 P in 34 GP Justin Falk MIN · 3 P in 22 GP Mike Mottau NYI · 3 P in 20 GP Marc-Andre Gragnani BUF · 3 P in 9 GP Nathan Oystrick STL · 3 P in 9 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

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
50 0 3 3 -10 24 35 88 0.06 0.0 17:17

2010-11 analytics

Rating

-1.3Goals above replacement580th of 672 skaters, 188th of 233 defencemen
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 233 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-2.6 18th percentileEven-strength defence-0.9 31st percentilePower play-0.1 62nd percentilePenalty kill+0.1 61st percentilePenalties-0.7 50th 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. 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

48.3Corsi for %612 attempts for, 655 against
-2.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.2Expected goals for %26.1 expected for, 28.0 against
-1.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.0Goals for %22 for, 33 against
96.8PDO6.5% shooting + 90.3% saves
82Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Phillips · Brian Lee45351:2944.745.99-13
Filip Kuba · Brian Lee28128:0953.044.12-8
Sergei Gonchar · Brian Lee2376:3450.772.53-3
Brian Lee · Erik Karlsson3257:3062.960.53-1

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
1.4Expected goalsfrom 65 unblocked attempts
-1.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.10 expected goals per 60 minutes17th
Shot quality 2.1% chance per attempt7th
Finishing -1.4 goals above expected22ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 232 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Game 20Game 40Expected 1.4Goals 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
Apr 9, 2011 @ BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 20:11
Apr 7, 2011 vs MTL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 19:53
Apr 5, 2011 vs PHI W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 21:04
Apr 2, 2011 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:47
Mar 31, 2011 @ FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 24:58
Mar 29, 2011 @ TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:23
Mar 27, 2011 @ ATL L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 23:09
Mar 25, 2011 vs WSH W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17:51
Mar 24, 2011 @ NYR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 19:16
Mar 22, 2011 @ CAR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 20:35
Mar 19, 2011 vs TBL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 20:20
Mar 17, 2011 vs NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:14
Mar 15, 2011 vs PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 17:13
Mar 13, 2011 @ BUF L 4-6 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 17:15
Mar 11, 2011 @ TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:46
Mar 10, 2011 @ FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 19:33
Mar 8, 2011 @ NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:39
Mar 4, 2011 vs NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 17:12
Mar 3, 2011 @ ATL W 3-1 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 17:05
Mar 1, 2011 vs BOS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:39
Feb 26, 2011 vs PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 22:40
Feb 25, 2011 @ BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:30
Feb 23, 2011 vs FLA W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 19:27
Feb 19, 2011 @ TOR W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24:55
Feb 18, 2011 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 20:15
Feb 15, 2011 vs NYI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 25:33
Feb 12, 2011 @ EDM W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 4 2 0 13:50
Feb 7, 2011 @ VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 15:41
Feb 5, 2011 @ NYI L 3-5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 20:31
Feb 2, 2011 vs DET L 5-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 14:30
Feb 1, 2011 @ NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:01
Jan 25, 2011 vs BUF L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:07
Jan 21, 2011 vs MTL L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 5 0 1 15:10
Jan 20, 2011 @ PHI L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:41
Jan 18, 2011 vs ANA L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:26
Jan 16, 2011 @ WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 16:22
Jan 14, 2011 vs CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 16:58
Jan 13, 2011 @ NYI W 6-4 0 1 1 2 0 1 5 17:12
Jan 8, 2011 vs TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 17:05
Jan 7, 2011 @ CHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16:55
Dec 31, 2010 @ CBJ L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 7 0 1 10:59
Dec 23, 2010 @ NSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:19
Dec 16, 2010 @ MIN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 17:15
Oct 22, 2010 @ BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 01:28
Oct 18, 2010 @ PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:43
Oct 16, 2010 @ MTL L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11:18
Oct 14, 2010 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 13:05
Oct 11, 2010 @ WSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:29
Oct 9, 2010 @ TOR L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:49
Oct 8, 2010 vs BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 12:17