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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 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jussi Jokinen FLA · 44 P in 81 GP Carl Soderberg BOS · 44 P in 82 GP Craig Smith NSH · 44 P in 82 GP Jori Lehtera STL · 44 P in 75 GP Justin Abdelkader DET · 44 P in 71 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

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
81 18 26 44 13 81 141 259 0.54 12.8 16:21

Contract

$6MCap hitends in 2016, then UFA
$136KCap dollars per point44 points in 81 games
-$130KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$6.1MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 649 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 2015-16, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2014-15 $6M
2015-16 $6M

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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Rating

-1.1Goals above replacement567th of 665 skaters, 374th of 432 forwards
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 432 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+1.4 67th percentileEven-strength defence-4.9 1st percentilePower play-0.8 10th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 58th percentilePenalties-0.5 21st 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

51.1Corsi for %1074 attempts for, 1027 against
-0.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.5Expected goals for %39.9 expected for, 44.1 against
-5.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
57.1Goals for %48 for, 36 against
103.1PDO8.9% shooting + 94.2% saves
230Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 585 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
Milan Lucic · Ryan Spooner · David Pastrnak24203:3155.752.411-5
David Krejci · Milan Lucic · Seth Griffith15153:0250.937.44-7
David Krejci · Milan Lucic · David Pastrnak19108:5956.054.77-3
Loui Eriksson · Carl Soderberg · Milan Lucic2796:0246.535.42-4

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.

15Goalsnot counting empty-netters
14.4Expected goalsfrom 211 unblocked attempts
+0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.65 expected goals per 60 minutes42nd
Shot quality 6.8% chance per attempt37th
Finishing +0.6 goals above expected63rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Goals 15Expected 14.4

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 11, 2015 @ TBL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 14:01
Apr 9, 2015 @ FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 15:26
Apr 8, 2015 @ WSH L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 11:55
Apr 4, 2015 vs TOR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 17:42
Apr 2, 2015 @ DET W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 12:45
Mar 31, 2015 vs FLA W 3-2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 14:54
Mar 29, 2015 @ CAR W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 16:08
Mar 28, 2015 vs NYR W 4-2 2 0 2 2 0 2 5 14:58
Mar 26, 2015 vs ANA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 1 2 10:34
Mar 22, 2015 @ TBL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 16:59
Mar 21, 2015 @ FLA L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 16:06
Mar 19, 2015 @ OTT L 4-6 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 13:29
Mar 17, 2015 vs BUF L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 14:19
Mar 15, 2015 @ WSH L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 16:32
Mar 14, 2015 @ PIT W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 14:44
Mar 12, 2015 vs TBL W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 15:26
Mar 10, 2015 @ OTT W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 12:06
Mar 8, 2015 vs DET W 5-3 0 1 1 -2 2 1 2 14:14
Mar 7, 2015 vs PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 15:53
Mar 5, 2015 vs CGY L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 14:58
Feb 28, 2015 vs ARI W 4-1 1 1 2 0 0 3 2 16:37
Feb 27, 2015 @ NJD W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 16:12
Feb 24, 2015 vs VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 14:51
Feb 22, 2015 @ CHI W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 4 15:34
Feb 20, 2015 @ STL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:07
Feb 18, 2015 @ EDM L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 19:03
Feb 16, 2015 @ CGY L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 20:41
Feb 13, 2015 @ VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 13:06
Feb 10, 2015 vs DAL L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 18:26
Feb 8, 2015 vs MTL L 1-3 0 1 1 1 2 1 7 14:50
Feb 7, 2015 vs NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 17:15
Feb 4, 2015 @ NYR L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 15:53
Jan 31, 2015 vs LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 19:04
Jan 29, 2015 @ NYI W 5-2 1 2 3 3 0 2 5 16:59
Jan 21, 2015 @ COL L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 19:23
Jan 20, 2015 @ DAL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 16:19
Jan 17, 2015 vs CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 5 5 15:26
Jan 15, 2015 vs NYR W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 16:36
Jan 13, 2015 vs TBL W 4-3 1 1 2 2 0 3 2 16:16
Jan 10, 2015 @ PHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 18:58
Jan 8, 2015 vs NJD W 3-0 2 0 2 1 0 3 3 16:41
Jan 7, 2015 @ PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 2 2 3 0 2 4 20:57
Jan 4, 2015 @ CAR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 5 19:50
Jan 3, 2015 vs OTT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:25
Dec 31, 2014 vs TOR L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 18:53
Dec 27, 2014 @ CBJ L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 7 3 2 15:31
Dec 23, 2014 vs NSH W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 18:50
Dec 21, 2014 vs BUF W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 16:59
Dec 19, 2014 @ WPG L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 15:22
Dec 17, 2014 @ MIN W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:43
Dec 16, 2014 @ NSH L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 15:39
Dec 13, 2014 vs OTT L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 5 1 4 16:41
Dec 11, 2014 vs CHI L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 6 17:40
Dec 6, 2014 @ ARI W 5-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 15:09
Dec 4, 2014 @ SJS L 4-7 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 16:02
Dec 2, 2014 @ LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 15:11
Dec 1, 2014 @ ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 18:25
Nov 28, 2014 vs WPG W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 3 2 19:02
Nov 24, 2014 vs PIT L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 3 3 17:48
Nov 22, 2014 vs MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 17:13
Nov 21, 2014 @ CBJ W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 12 3 6 17:31
Nov 18, 2014 vs STL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 15:37
Nov 15, 2014 vs CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 6 19:39
Nov 13, 2014 @ MTL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:12
Nov 12, 2014 @ TOR L 1-6 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 16:28
Nov 10, 2014 vs NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 14:59
Nov 6, 2014 vs EDM W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 14:53
Nov 4, 2014 vs FLA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18:05
Nov 1, 2014 vs OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 19:06
Oct 30, 2014 @ BUF W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 5 2 4 18:03
Oct 28, 2014 vs MIN L 3-4 1 1 2 0 0 2 7 16:58
Oct 25, 2014 @ TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 16:22
Oct 23, 2014 vs NYI L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 6 17:07
Oct 21, 2014 vs SJS W 5-3 0 3 3 1 0 0 2 14:58
Oct 18, 2014 @ BUF W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 16:38
Oct 16, 2014 @ MTL L 4-6 0 2 2 -1 12 3 1 16:59
Oct 15, 2014 @ DET W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 20:00
Oct 13, 2014 vs COL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 15:14
Oct 11, 2014 vs WSH L 0-4 0 0 0 0 12 1 2 14:59
Oct 9, 2014 @ DET L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:02
Oct 8, 2014 vs PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:22