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

Martin Havlat MIN · 62 P in 78 GP Patrik Elias NJD · 62 P in 81 GP Clarke MacArthur TOR · 62 P in 82 GP David Backes STL · 62 P in 82 GP David Krejci BOS · 62 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: 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

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
79 30 32 62 28 121 173 167 0.78 17.3 16:35

Contract

$4.083MCap hitends in 2013, then RFA
$66KCap dollars per point62 points in 79 games
$846KCap dollars per goal above replacement4.8 goals above replacement
$2.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.5MValueworth 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 315 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 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2010-11 $4.083M
2011-12 $4.083M
2012-13 $4.083M

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
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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+4.8Goals above replacement209th of 672 skaters, 165th of 439 forwards
+0.8Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 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+4.1 87th percentileEven-strength defence-0.5 37th percentilePower play+0.1 66th percentilePenalty kill0.0 34th percentilePenalties-2.4 1st 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.

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

54.1Corsi for %1141 attempts for, 968 against
+4.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.7Expected goals for %45.0 expected for, 40.4 against
+5.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
65.9Goals for %58 for, 30 against
104.4PDO9.8% shooting + 94.6% saves
262Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nathan Horton · David Krejci · Milan Lucic60655:1954.854.441-16
Nathan Horton · Patrice Bergeron · Milan Lucic1596:0556.857.77-2
Marc Savard · Nathan Horton · Milan Lucic1479:0955.746.34-5
David Krejci · Milan Lucic · Tyler Seguin1043:4155.948.70-0

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.

25Goalsnot counting empty-netters
19.5Expected goalsfrom 243 unblocked attempts
+5.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.89 expected goals per 60 minutes77th
Shot quality 8.0% chance per attempt71st
Finishing +5.5 goals above expected92ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 406 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510152025Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 25Expected 19.5

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 10, 2011 @ NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 14:56
Apr 9, 2011 vs OTT W 3-1 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 14:29
Apr 6, 2011 vs NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:12
Apr 4, 2011 @ NYR L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 16:13
Apr 2, 2011 vs ATL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:50
Mar 31, 2011 vs TOR L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 5 4 2 15:52
Mar 29, 2011 vs CHI W 3-0 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 15:50
Mar 27, 2011 @ PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:19
Mar 26, 2011 vs NYR L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 4 0 4 18:44
Mar 24, 2011 vs MTL W 7-0 0 3 3 3 0 4 0 15:05
Mar 22, 2011 vs NJD W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 3 16:41
Mar 19, 2011 @ TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 16:24
Mar 17, 2011 @ NSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 5 1 20:30
Mar 15, 2011 @ CBJ W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 18:11
Mar 11, 2011 @ NYI L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 19:01
Mar 10, 2011 vs BUF L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 5 4 3 17:23
Mar 8, 2011 @ MTL L 1-4 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 16:50
Mar 5, 2011 vs PIT L 2-3 (OT) 0 2 2 1 2 1 4 18:23
Mar 3, 2011 vs TBL W 2-1 1 0 1 1 9 1 1 16:50
Mar 1, 2011 @ OTT W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:28
Feb 27, 2011 @ EDM W 3-2 0 1 1 1 5 5 3 14:50
Feb 26, 2011 @ VAN W 3-1 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 18:58
Feb 22, 2011 @ CGY W 3-1 2 0 2 2 0 4 5 16:06
Feb 18, 2011 @ OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:40
Feb 17, 2011 @ NYI W 6-3 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 16:27
Feb 15, 2011 vs TOR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 18:54
Feb 13, 2011 @ DET L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:41
Feb 11, 2011 vs DET L 1-6 0 1 1 -1 2 1 4 14:59
Feb 9, 2011 vs MTL W 8-6 2 1 3 5 16 3 0 13:54
Feb 5, 2011 vs SJS L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 20:21
Feb 3, 2011 vs DAL W 6-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 16:41
Feb 1, 2011 @ CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 15:27
Jan 26, 2011 vs FLA W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 17:52
Jan 24, 2011 @ LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 17:37
Jan 22, 2011 @ COL W 6-2 2 0 2 1 0 3 1 15:41
Jan 20, 2011 vs BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 16:06
Jan 18, 2011 @ CAR W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 12:29
Jan 17, 2011 vs CAR W 7-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14:24
Jan 10, 2011 @ PIT W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 12:34
Jan 8, 2011 @ MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:36
Jan 6, 2011 vs MIN L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 17:02
Jan 3, 2011 @ TOR W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 15:58
Jan 1, 2011 @ BUF L 6-7 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 14:55
Dec 30, 2010 @ ATL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 16:10
Dec 28, 2010 @ TBL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 15:38
Dec 27, 2010 @ FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 9 18:53
Dec 23, 2010 vs ATL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 22 3 1 15:16
Dec 20, 2010 vs ANA L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 21:24
Dec 18, 2010 vs WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 19:48
Dec 16, 2010 @ MTL L 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 5 7 20:47
Dec 15, 2010 @ BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 1 4 0 7 17:36
Dec 11, 2010 vs PHI L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 19:34
Dec 9, 2010 vs NYI W 5-2 2 0 2 1 0 4 2 17:28
Dec 7, 2010 vs BUF W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 5 3 17:53
Dec 4, 2010 @ TOR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 17:02
Dec 2, 2010 vs TBL W 8-1 1 1 2 3 0 4 2 15:55
Dec 1, 2010 @ PHI W 3-0 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 16:55
Nov 28, 2010 @ ATL L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 16:56
Nov 26, 2010 vs CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 18:13
Nov 24, 2010 @ FLA W 3-1 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 17:42
Nov 22, 2010 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 6 17:47
Nov 20, 2010 vs LAK L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 16:47
Nov 18, 2010 vs FLA W 4-0 3 0 3 3 0 4 1 13:27
Nov 17, 2010 @ NYR W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 15:39
Nov 15, 2010 vs NJD W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16:11
Nov 13, 2010 vs OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 16:13
Nov 11, 2010 vs MTL L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 18:02
Nov 10, 2010 @ PIT W 7-4 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 17:45
Nov 6, 2010 vs STL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 17:56
Nov 5, 2010 @ WSH L 3-5 0 1 1 -2 0 1 2 16:09
Nov 3, 2010 @ BUF W 5-2 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 14:42
Oct 30, 2010 @ OTT W 4-0 1 0 1 2 0 3 2 15:26
Oct 28, 2010 vs TOR W 2-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 16:52
Oct 23, 2010 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 1 7 2 4 15:28
Oct 21, 2010 vs WSH W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 16:56
Oct 19, 2010 @ WSH W 3-1 1 1 2 2 5 3 2 10:29
Oct 16, 2010 @ NJD W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 12:21
Oct 10, 2010 @ PHX W 3-0 1 0 1 1 4 1 1 16:47
Oct 9, 2010 vs PHX L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 15:19