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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 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Travis Zajac NJD · 42 P in 74 GP Artem Anisimov CHI · 42 P in 77 GP Sam Reinhart BUF · 42 P in 79 GP Charlie Coyle MIN · 42 P in 82 GP Justin Abdelkader DET · 42 P in 82 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

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
57 17 25 42 -13 12 127 48 0.74 13.4 19:36

Contract

$4.7MCap hit2015-16
$112KCap dollars per point42 points in 57 games
$1.973MCap dollars per goal above replacement2.4 goals above replacement
$2.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.6MValueworth 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 668 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
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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Rating

+2.4Goals above replacement335th of 675 skaters, 232nd of 445 forwards
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.7Goals 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+4.0 89th percentileEven-strength defence-4.8 1st percentilePower play-0.4 18th percentilePenalty kill-0.6 7th percentilePenalties+1.1 79th 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

54.3Corsi for %801 attempts for, 673 against
+3.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.0Expected goals for %33.4 expected for, 34.7 against
-1.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %33 for, 33 against
99.2PDO7.7% shooting + 91.5% saves
143Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 561 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 Little44419:5055.450.022-15
Blake Wheeler · Drew Stafford · Bryan Little11104:0151.945.42-3
Blake Wheeler · Bryan Little · Nikolaj Ehlers867:5564.562.03-3
Andrew Ladd · Drew Stafford · Bryan Little1923:1935.034.30-0

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.

16Goalsnot counting empty-netters
16.9Expected goalsfrom 171 unblocked attempts
-0.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.91 expected goals per 60 minutes84th
Shot quality 9.9% chance per attempt97th
Finishing -0.9 goals above expected45thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 412 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

051015Game 20Game 40Expected 16.9Goals 16

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
Feb 18, 2016 @ TBL L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:20
Feb 16, 2016 @ CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:05
Feb 13, 2016 @ EDM W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 22:33
Feb 11, 2016 vs BOS L 2-6 1 1 2 -2 0 2 1 19:55
Feb 9, 2016 @ STL W 2-1 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 20:58
Feb 6, 2016 @ COL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:56
Feb 5, 2016 vs CAR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:21
Feb 2, 2016 vs DAL L 3-5 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 20:33
Jan 26, 2016 vs ARI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 16:58
Jan 23, 2016 vs NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 5 2 20:41
Jan 21, 2016 vs NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:45
Jan 18, 2016 vs COL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 20:36
Jan 15, 2016 @ MIN W 1-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 20:20
Jan 14, 2016 vs NSH W 5-4 (OT) 1 1 2 -1 0 2 1 23:04
Jan 12, 2016 vs SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 20:27
Jan 10, 2016 vs BUF L 2-4 0 2 2 -1 0 2 1 23:00
Jan 7, 2016 @ DAL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 20:50
Jan 5, 2016 @ NSH W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:27
Jan 3, 2016 @ ANA L 1-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 15:42
Jan 2, 2016 @ SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 15:27
Dec 31, 2015 @ ARI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:58
Dec 29, 2015 vs DET W 4-1 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 17:24
Dec 27, 2015 vs PIT W 1-0 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 17:54
Dec 22, 2015 @ CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:57
Dec 21, 2015 @ EDM L 1-3 1 0 1 -1 0 7 1 20:30
Dec 18, 2015 vs NYR W 5-2 2 1 3 4 0 4 1 18:25
Dec 15, 2015 vs STL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20:15
Dec 11, 2015 @ CHI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22:36
Dec 10, 2015 vs CBJ W 6-4 0 2 2 -1 0 2 0 19:18
Dec 6, 2015 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -3 2 3 4 19:31
Dec 5, 2015 vs WSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 25:32
Dec 2, 2015 vs TOR W 6-1 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 17:57
Nov 28, 2015 @ COL L 3-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 19:38
Nov 27, 2015 @ MIN W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18:57
Nov 25, 2015 @ WSH L 3-5 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 22:25
Nov 23, 2015 vs COL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 21:00
Nov 21, 2015 vs ARI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:52
Nov 18, 2015 vs VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:40
Nov 16, 2015 @ STL L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 21:24
Nov 14, 2015 @ NSH L 0-7 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 17:53
Nov 12, 2015 @ DAL L 3-6 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 20:54
Nov 10, 2015 @ MIN L 3-5 2 1 3 0 0 6 1 20:13
Nov 7, 2015 vs PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:15
Nov 5, 2015 @ OTT L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 21:07
Nov 4, 2015 @ TOR W 4-2 1 1 2 2 0 3 4 19:42
Nov 1, 2015 @ MTL L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 16:48
Oct 31, 2015 @ CBJ W 3-2 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 19:09
Oct 29, 2015 vs CHI W 3-1 0 2 2 1 0 2 3 19:24
Oct 27, 2015 vs LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 19:33
Oct 25, 2015 vs MIN W 5-4 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 18:01
Oct 23, 2015 vs TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 17:38
Oct 18, 2015 vs STL L 2-4 0 1 1 -2 0 3 1 21:10
Oct 16, 2015 vs CGY W 3-1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 20:21
Oct 13, 2015 @ NYR W 4-1 2 0 2 0 0 4 1 18:23
Oct 12, 2015 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:58
Oct 9, 2015 @ NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 20:14
Oct 8, 2015 @ BOS W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:06