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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 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Chris Kunitz PIT · 61 P in 82 GP Erik Cole MTL · 61 P in 82 GP Joe Pavelski SJS · 61 P in 82 GP Olli Jokinen CGY · 61 P in 82 GP Tomas Fleischmann FLA · 61 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: 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

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
81 26 35 61 7 135 149 201 0.75 17.4 17:02

Contract

$4.083MCap hitends in 2013, then RFA
$67KCap dollars per point61 points in 81 games
$931KCap dollars per goal above replacement4.4 goals above replacement
$2.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.6MValueworth 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 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 $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 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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+4.4Goals above replacement221st of 680 skaters, 158th of 445 forwards
+0.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.6Goals 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+4.9 88th percentileEven-strength defence-1.6 17th percentilePower play-0.1 40th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 64th percentilePenalties-2.7 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

55.9Corsi for %1234 attempts for, 974 against
+3.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.7Expected goals for %44.5 expected for, 39.9 against
-1.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
54.7Goals for %64 for, 53 against
100.2PDO10.1% shooting + 90.1% saves
226Attempts 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
Nathan Horton · David Krejci · Milan Lucic39429:4558.653.925-22
David Krejci · Milan Lucic · Tyler Seguin32166:4059.654.714-13
David Krejci · Rich Peverley · Milan Lucic28113:3547.743.66-3
David Krejci · Milan Lucic · Jordan Caron1887:5454.746.42-3

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
16.5Expected goalsfrom 204 unblocked attempts
+8.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.72 expected goals per 60 minutes57th
Shot quality 8.1% chance per attempt73rd
Finishing +8.5 goals above expected96thOne 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.

0510152025Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Goals 25Expected 16.5

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 BUF W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 18:02
Apr 5, 2012 @ OTT W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 5 16:05
Apr 3, 2012 vs PIT L 3-5 1 1 2 2 2 3 6 14:58
Apr 1, 2012 @ NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 16:32
Mar 31, 2012 @ NYI W 6-3 0 2 2 2 0 0 3 14:42
Mar 29, 2012 vs WSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 17:35
Mar 27, 2012 vs TBL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 17:48
Mar 25, 2012 @ ANA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:07
Mar 24, 2012 @ LAK W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 17:46
Mar 22, 2012 @ SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 5 18:28
Mar 19, 2012 vs TOR W 8-0 0 1 1 2 7 1 1 13:45
Mar 17, 2012 vs PHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:38
Mar 15, 2012 @ FLA L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 16:54
Mar 13, 2012 @ TBL L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 4 5 16:18
Mar 11, 2012 @ PIT L 2-5 0 2 2 0 2 3 1 22:30
Mar 10, 2012 vs WSH L 3-4 1 0 1 0 2 1 3 17:44
Mar 8, 2012 vs BUF W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 16:56
Mar 6, 2012 @ TOR W 5-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 20:10
Mar 4, 2012 @ NYR L 3-4 0 1 1 1 7 2 2 19:31
Mar 3, 2012 vs NYI L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 5 3 19:36
Mar 1, 2012 vs NJD W 4-3 (OT) 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 21:25
Feb 28, 2012 vs OTT L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 19:04
Feb 25, 2012 @ OTT W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 18:56
Feb 24, 2012 @ BUF L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21:12
Feb 22, 2012 @ STL W 4-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 3 18:45
Feb 19, 2012 @ MIN L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 19:21
Feb 17, 2012 @ WPG L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 17:58
Feb 15, 2012 @ MTL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 18:39
Feb 14, 2012 vs NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 17:20
Feb 11, 2012 vs NSH W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 7 1 18:21
Feb 8, 2012 @ BUF L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 17 2 2 13:39
Feb 5, 2012 @ WSH W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 16:55
Feb 4, 2012 vs PIT L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:59
Feb 2, 2012 vs CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 3 4 16:18
Jan 31, 2012 vs OTT W 4-3 1 1 2 0 0 3 2 17:50
Jan 24, 2012 @ WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:51
Jan 22, 2012 @ PHI W 6-5 (SO) 1 1 2 2 9 3 1 15:16
Jan 21, 2012 vs NYR L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 17:54
Jan 19, 2012 @ NJD W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 17:26
Jan 17, 2012 @ TBL L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 2 2 4 15:07
Jan 16, 2012 @ FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 18:29
Jan 14, 2012 @ CAR L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 2 2 5 19:40
Jan 12, 2012 vs MTL W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 17:54
Jan 10, 2012 vs WPG W 5-3 0 2 2 -1 0 3 3 18:16
Jan 7, 2012 vs VAN L 3-4 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 01:27
Jan 5, 2012 vs CGY W 9-0 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 16:24
Jan 4, 2012 @ NJD W 6-1 0 2 2 1 0 1 4 16:07
Dec 31, 2011 @ DAL L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 19:04
Dec 28, 2011 @ PHX W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 17:07
Dec 23, 2011 vs FLA W 8-0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 15:56
Dec 17, 2011 @ PHI W 6-0 1 0 1 0 15 2 0 10:01
Dec 14, 2011 @ OTT W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 5 1 1 13:08
Dec 13, 2011 vs LAK W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 16:41
Dec 10, 2011 @ CBJ W 5-3 0 3 3 0 8 0 5 17:27
Dec 8, 2011 vs FLA L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 20:33
Dec 6, 2011 @ WPG L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 18:27
Dec 5, 2011 @ PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 18:29
Dec 3, 2011 vs TOR W 4-1 0 2 2 2 2 3 4 16:27
Nov 30, 2011 @ TOR W 6-3 2 0 2 1 0 3 1 17:09
Nov 26, 2011 vs WPG W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:51
Nov 25, 2011 vs DET L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 19:20
Nov 23, 2011 @ BUF W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 7 0 2 17:05
Nov 21, 2011 @ MTL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 15:22
Nov 19, 2011 @ NYI W 6-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 18:13
Nov 17, 2011 vs CBJ W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:01
Nov 15, 2011 vs NJD W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 19:33
Nov 12, 2011 vs BUF W 6-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 14:57
Nov 10, 2011 vs EDM W 6-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 17:35
Nov 7, 2011 vs NYI W 6-2 1 1 2 1 4 2 1 16:01
Nov 5, 2011 @ TOR W 7-0 2 1 3 3 2 3 2 15:12
Nov 1, 2011 vs OTT W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 17:43
Oct 29, 2011 @ MTL L 2-4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 16:05
Oct 27, 2011 vs MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 18:15
Oct 22, 2011 vs SJS L 2-4 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 18:23
Oct 20, 2011 vs TOR W 6-2 1 2 3 2 0 3 1 11:11
Oct 18, 2011 vs CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 12 0 6 13:43
Oct 15, 2011 @ CHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 21:28
Oct 12, 2011 @ CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 20:17
Oct 10, 2011 vs COL L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 12:44
Oct 8, 2011 vs TBL W 4-1 0 1 1 0 2 2 3 15:09
Oct 6, 2011 vs PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:06