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Bryan Little

#18 · Centre · Winnipeg Jets

Born Nov 12, 1987 in Edmonton, Alberta, CAN · 6'0", 191 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 12th overall in 2006 by ATL (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.

Jussi Jokinen CAR · 46 P in 79 GP David Clarkson NJD · 46 P in 80 GP Marcus Johansson WSH · 46 P in 80 GP Ryan Smyth EDM · 46 P in 82 GP Sam Gagner EDM · 47 P in 75 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.

02040602007-08: 16 points1607-082008-09: 51 points5108-092009-10: 34 points3409-102010-11: 48 points4810-112011-12: 46 points4611-122012-13: 32 points3212-132013-14: 64 points6413-142014-15: 52 points5214-152015-16: 42 points4215-162016-17: 47 points4716-172017-18: 43 points4317-182018-19: 41 points4118-192019-20: 5 points519-20

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2007-08 ATL 48 6 10 16 -2 18 76 15 0.33
2008-09 ATL 79 31 20 51 -5 24 172 40 0.65
2009-10 ATL 79 13 21 34 -6 20 165 45 0.43
2010-11 ATL 76 18 30 48 11 33 158 41 0.63 $2.383M
2011-12 WPG 74 24 22 46 -11 26 162 44 0.62 $2.383M
2012-13 WPG 48 7 25 32 8 4 84 32 0.67 $2.383M
2013-14 WPG 82 23 41 64 8 58 170 84 0.78 $4.7M
2014-15 WPG 70 24 28 52 8 24 148 56 0.74 $4.7M
2015-16 WPG 57 17 25 42 -13 12 127 48 0.74 $4.7M
2016-17 WPG 59 21 26 47 -7 18 119 35 0.80 $4.7M
2017-18 WPG 82 16 27 43 2 28 129 50 0.52 $4.7M
2018-19 WPG 82 15 26 41 -12 26 126 62 0.50 $5.292M
2019-20 WPG 7 2 3 5 4 2 13 3 0.71 $5.292M
13 seasons Career 843 217 304 521 -15 293 1649 555 0.62

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2014-15 WPG 4 2 1 3 -3 0 10 5 0.75
2017-18 WPG 17 1 5 6 5 2 26 14 0.35
2018-19 WPG 6 1 2 3 1 0 6 8 0.50
3 seasons Playoffs 27 4 8 12 3 2 42 27 0.44

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
74 24 22 46 -11 26 162 44 0.62 14.8 20:13

Contract

$2.383MCap hitends in 2013, then RFA
$52KCap dollars per point46 points in 74 games
$422KCap dollars per goal above replacement5.6 goals above replacement
$3.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$673KValueworth 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 367 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2012-13, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2011-12 $2.383M
2012-13 $2.383M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2018-19 to 2023-24 $5.292M
2013-14 to 2017-18 $4.7M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $2.383M
2010-11 to 2012-13 $2.383M

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 2011-12 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.

2011-12 analytics

Rating

+5.6Goals above replacement174th of 680 skaters, 129th of 445 forwards
+0.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.5Goals 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+3.2 80th percentileEven-strength defence-2.5 9th percentilePower play+0.4 80th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 21st percentilePenalties+0.6 64th 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.

-505102010-112012-132014-152016-172018-19Goals 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

54.0Corsi for %1143 attempts for, 974 against
+5.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.3Expected goals for %51.1 expected for, 44.8 against
+3.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
47.0Goals for %47 for, 53 against
98.3PDO7.9% shooting + 90.5% saves
201Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 557 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
Andrew Ladd · Blake Wheeler · Bryan Little59601:3856.856.625-30
Blake Wheeler · Bryan Little · Evander Kane33185:4253.058.312-6
Kyle Wellwood · Andrew Ladd · Bryan Little1668:4052.340.92-3
Bryan Little · Evander Kane · Alexander Burmistrov1144:0453.156.82-1

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.

23Goalsnot counting empty-netters
20.5Expected goalsfrom 222 unblocked attempts
+2.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.82 expected goals per 60 minutes72nd
Shot quality 9.2% chance per attempt93rd
Finishing +2.5 goals above expected77thOne 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.

05101520Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 23Expected 20.5

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 7, 2012 vs TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 19:22
Apr 5, 2012 @ NYI L 4-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 23:02
Apr 3, 2012 @ FLA W 5-4 (OT) 1 1 2 -2 0 3 0 20:25
Mar 31, 2012 @ TBL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 4 0 18:14
Mar 30, 2012 @ CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 20:09
Mar 28, 2012 vs NYR L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 23:57
Mar 26, 2012 vs OTT L 4-6 0 0 0 -4 0 5 0 23:58
Mar 24, 2012 @ NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:20
Mar 23, 2012 @ WSH W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 22:51
Mar 20, 2012 @ PIT L 4-8 2 0 2 -1 2 2 1 18:31
Mar 18, 2012 vs CAR L 3-4 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 20:21
Mar 16, 2012 vs WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20:06
Mar 14, 2012 vs DAL W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 18:07
Mar 9, 2012 @ CGY L 3-5 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 23:05
Mar 8, 2012 @ VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 21:27
Mar 5, 2012 vs BUF W 3-1 0 3 3 3 0 2 3 20:29
Mar 1, 2012 vs FLA W 7-0 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 17:42
Feb 27, 2012 vs EDM L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 21:27
Feb 25, 2012 vs STL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 21:25
Feb 23, 2012 vs TBL W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 19:01
Feb 21, 2012 vs PHI L 4-5 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 20:09
Feb 19, 2012 vs COL W 5-1 2 0 2 1 0 3 1 19:13
Feb 17, 2012 vs BOS W 4-2 2 0 2 1 2 3 1 21:58
Feb 16, 2012 @ MIN W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 23:21
Feb 14, 2012 vs NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 21:26
Feb 11, 2012 @ PIT L 5-8 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 18:10
Feb 9, 2012 @ WSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 22:20
Feb 7, 2012 vs TOR W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 20:09
Feb 5, 2012 @ MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:20
Feb 3, 2012 @ FLA L 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 22:38
Feb 2, 2012 @ TBL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 20:57
Jan 31, 2012 @ PHI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 24:03
Jan 24, 2012 @ NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 22:40
Jan 23, 2012 @ CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:35
Jan 21, 2012 vs FLA L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 24:22
Jan 19, 2012 vs BUF W 4-1 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 20:40
Jan 17, 2012 @ NJD L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 15:35
Jan 16, 2012 @ OTT W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:00
Jan 14, 2012 vs NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 20:48
Jan 12, 2012 vs SJS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:03
Jan 10, 2012 @ BOS L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 19:23
Jan 7, 2012 @ BUF W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 20:50
Dec 17, 2011 vs ANA W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:05
Dec 15, 2011 vs WSH L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23:01
Dec 13, 2011 vs MIN W 2-1 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 21:13
Dec 10, 2011 @ DET L 1-7 1 0 1 -2 2 2 2 16:32
Dec 9, 2011 vs CAR W 4-2 1 0 1 2 0 5 0 18:25
Dec 6, 2011 vs BOS W 2-1 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 21:41
Dec 3, 2011 vs NJD W 4-2 0 2 2 3 0 1 1 21:50
Dec 1, 2011 vs PHX W 1-0 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 19:28
Nov 29, 2011 vs OTT L 4-6 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 20:46
Nov 26, 2011 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 20:28
Nov 25, 2011 @ CAR W 3-1 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 20:40
Nov 23, 2011 @ WSH L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 18:37
Nov 19, 2011 vs PHI W 6-4 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 19:55
Nov 17, 2011 vs WSH W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 21:10
Nov 14, 2011 vs TBL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 17:05
Nov 12, 2011 @ CBJ L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 20:45
Nov 10, 2011 vs FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:53
Nov 8, 2011 @ BUF L 5-6 (OT) 2 0 2 1 0 7 0 22:20
Nov 6, 2011 @ NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:25
Nov 5, 2011 @ NJD L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 21:12
Nov 3, 2011 @ NYI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 18:55
Oct 31, 2011 @ FLA W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 20:14
Oct 29, 2011 @ TBL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 23:45
Oct 27, 2011 @ PHI W 9-8 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 20:49
Oct 24, 2011 vs NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 20:52
Oct 22, 2011 vs CAR W 5-3 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 20:05
Oct 20, 2011 @ OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 21:44
Oct 19, 2011 @ TOR L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 22:25
Oct 17, 2011 vs PIT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:48
Oct 15, 2011 @ PHX L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 14:32
Oct 13, 2011 @ CHI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:21
Oct 9, 2011 vs MTL L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 18:26