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Milan Lucic

#17 · Left wing · Boston Bruins

Born Jun 7, 1988 in Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN · 6'3", 236 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 50th overall in 2006 by BOS (round 2)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2010-11

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Danil Gushchin SJS · 2 P in 4 GP Liam Ohgren MIN · 2 P in 4 GP Brandon Biro BUF · 2 P in 5 GP Riley Tufte COL · 2 P in 5 GP Kirby Dach MTL · 2 P in 2 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: 27 points2707-082008-09: 42 points422009-10: 20 points2009-102010-11: 62 points622011-12: 61 points6111-122012-13: 27 points272013-14: 59 points5913-142014-15: 44 points442015-16: 55 points5515-162016-17: 50 points502017-18: 34 points3417-182018-19: 20 points202019-20: 20 points2019-202020-21: 23 points232021-22: 21 points2121-222022-23: 19 points192023-24: 2 points223-24

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 BOS 77 8 19 27 -2 89 88 181 0.35
2008-09 BOS 72 17 25 42 17 136 97 262 0.58
2009-10 BOS 50 9 11 20 -7 44 72 141 0.40
2010-11 BOS 79 30 32 62 28 121 173 167 0.78 $4.083M
2011-12 BOS 81 26 35 61 7 135 149 201 0.75 $4.083M
2012-13 BOS 46 7 20 27 8 75 79 139 0.59 $4.083M
2013-14 BOS 80 24 35 59 30 91 153 240 0.74 $6M
2014-15 BOS 81 18 26 44 13 81 141 259 0.54 $6M
2015-16 LAK 81 20 35 55 26 79 124 244 0.68 $6M
2016-17 EDM 82 23 27 50 -3 50 175 202 0.61 $6M
2017-18 EDM 82 10 24 34 -12 80 147 254 0.41 $6M
2018-19 EDM 79 6 14 20 -9 91 74 259 0.25 $6M
2019-20 CGY 68 8 12 20 -6 54 83 198 0.29 $6M
2020-21 CGY 56 10 13 23 -8 46 74 139 0.41 $6M
2021-22 CGY 82 10 11 21 -9 84 95 209 0.26 $6M
2022-23 CGY 77 7 12 19 -13 43 73 168 0.25 $6M
2023-24 BOS 4 0 2 2 -1 2 1 12 0.50
17 seasons Career 1177 233 353 586 59 1301 1798 3275 0.50

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 BOS 7 2 0 2 -1 4 12 35 0.29
2008-09 BOS 10 3 6 9 12 43 20 37 0.90
2009-10 BOS 13 5 4 9 1 19 24 42 0.69
2010-11 BOS 25 5 7 12 11 63 56 71 0.48
2011-12 BOS 7 0 3 3 2 8 12 30 0.43
2012-13 BOS 22 7 12 19 12 14 42 102 0.86
2013-14 BOS 12 4 3 7 3 4 26 56 0.58
2015-16 LAK 5 0 3 3 -2 4 6 24 0.60
2016-17 EDM 13 2 4 6 -5 20 17 35 0.46
2019-20 CGY 10 1 5 6 2 17 14 30 0.60
2021-22 CGY 12 0 1 1 -3 33 4 25 0.08
11 seasons Playoffs 136 29 48 77 32 229 233 487 0.57

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
4 0 2 2 -1 2 1 12 0.50 0.0 11:58

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2020-21 to 2022-23 $6M
2018-19 to 2022-23 $6M
2015-16 to 2017-18 $6M
2014-15 to 2015-16 $6M
2013-14 to 2013-14 $6M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $4.083M
2010-11 to 2012-13 $4.083M

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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.2Even-strength defence+0.0Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.2

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked.

-505102010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-23Goals 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

47.8Corsi for %44 attempts for, 48 against
-6.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.2Expected goals for %2.1 expected for, 1.7 against
-0.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %2 for, 2 against
100.0PDO9.5% shooting + 90.5% saves
4Attempts 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
Milan Lucic · Jakub Lauko · John Beecher318:0951.958.50-1
Milan Lucic · David Pastrnak · Pavel Zacha45:4335.762.70-0
Milan Lucic · David Pastrnak · Matthew Poitras43:2658.377.50-0
Milan Lucic · Morgan Geekie · Matthew Poitras13:0144.473.91-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.1Expected goalsfrom 2 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.07 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 2.7% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected51stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 438 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.1Goals 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
Oct 21, 2023 @ LAK W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12:15
Oct 19, 2023 @ SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12:12
Oct 14, 2023 vs NSH W 3-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 5 09:47
Oct 11, 2023 vs CHI W 3-1 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 13:39