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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 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ryan Hartman MIN · 20 P in 69 GP Radek Faksa DAL · 20 P in 66 GP Jimmy Vesey BUF · 20 P in 64 GP Tyler Pitlick PHI · 20 P in 63 GP Michael Raffl PHI · 20 P in 58 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

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
68 8 12 20 -6 54 83 198 0.29 9.6 13:20

Contract

$6MCap hitends in 2023, then UFA
$300KCap dollars per point20 points in 68 games
$7.188MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.8 goals above replacement
$1.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$4.6MValueworth 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. It runs through 2022-23, with 3 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2019-20 $6M
2020-21 $6M
2021-22 $6M
2022-23 $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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.8Goals above replacement436th of 670 skaters, 308th of 439 forwards
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.7Goals 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-3.1 8th percentileEven-strength defence+1.4 79th percentilePower play+0.1 67th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 38th percentilePenalties+0.0 37th 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

50.8Corsi for %716 attempts for, 693 against
+0.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.5Expected goals for %30.2 expected for, 28.5 against
+2.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.8Goals for %32 for, 31 against
99.9PDO8.2% shooting + 91.7% saves
115Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 583 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 · Derek Ryan · Dillon Dube40330:5949.650.715-8
Milan Lucic · Sam Bennett · Derek Ryan2064:4754.663.83-2
Milan Lucic · Johnny Gaudreau · Derek Ryan1043:3042.047.31-0
Milan Lucic · Sam Bennett · Dillon Dube640:2854.053.93-5

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.

8Goalsnot counting empty-netters
9.7Expected goalsfrom 110 unblocked attempts
-1.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.64 expected goals per 60 minutes31st
Shot quality 8.8% chance per attempt74th
Finishing -1.7 goals above expected31stOne 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.

02468Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 9.7Goals 8

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
Mar 8, 2020 vs VGK L 3-5 1 1 2 1 0 2 7 16:51
Mar 6, 2020 vs ARI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:18
Mar 4, 2020 vs CBJ W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 6 12:34
Mar 1, 2020 @ FLA W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 11:12
Feb 29, 2020 @ TBL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 12:36
Feb 27, 2020 @ NSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11:30
Feb 25, 2020 @ BOS W 5-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 11:59
Feb 23, 2020 @ DET W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:26
Feb 21, 2020 vs BOS L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 16:25
Feb 17, 2020 vs ANA W 6-4 0 0 0 -2 2 1 3 14:28
Feb 15, 2020 vs CHI L 4-8 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 13:34
Feb 13, 2020 @ ANA W 6-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 14:08
Feb 12, 2020 @ LAK L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 5 1 3 10:58
Feb 10, 2020 @ SJS W 6-2 1 2 3 1 2 4 3 16:00
Feb 8, 2020 @ VAN W 6-2 1 1 2 2 2 1 4 10:29
Feb 6, 2020 vs NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:41
Feb 4, 2020 vs SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 11:28
Feb 1, 2020 vs EDM L 3-8 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 13:03
Jan 29, 2020 @ EDM W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 14:31
Jan 28, 2020 vs STL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 13:22
Jan 18, 2020 @ OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 14:41
Jan 16, 2020 @ TOR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11:33
Jan 13, 2020 @ MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 14:12
Jan 11, 2020 vs EDM W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:00
Jan 9, 2020 vs MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 14:58
Jan 7, 2020 @ CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 14:43
Jan 5, 2020 @ MIN W 5-4 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 15:32
Jan 2, 2020 vs NYR W 4-3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 12:28
Dec 31, 2019 vs CHI L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 15:38
Dec 29, 2019 vs VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 13:57
Dec 27, 2019 @ EDM W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12:57
Dec 23, 2019 @ MIN L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:03
Dec 22, 2019 @ DAL W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:07
Dec 19, 2019 vs MTL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:33
Dec 17, 2019 vs PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 13:51
Dec 14, 2019 vs CAR L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:48
Dec 12, 2019 vs TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 13:30
Dec 10, 2019 @ ARI W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 4 17:48
Dec 9, 2019 @ COL W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:27
Dec 7, 2019 vs LAK W 4-3 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 17:38
Dec 5, 2019 vs BUF W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 14:11
Nov 30, 2019 vs OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 14:39
Nov 27, 2019 @ BUF W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:31
Nov 25, 2019 @ PIT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11:34
Nov 23, 2019 @ PHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 12:34
Nov 21, 2019 @ STL L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 13:33
Nov 19, 2019 vs COL L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 6 3 15:07
Nov 17, 2019 @ VGK L 0-6 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 13:10
Nov 16, 2019 @ ARI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 11:22
Nov 13, 2019 vs DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:50
Nov 9, 2019 vs STL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 09:23
Nov 7, 2019 vs NJD W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 13:47
Nov 2, 2019 @ CBJ W 3-0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 08:36
Oct 31, 2019 @ NSH W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:21
Oct 29, 2019 @ CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:23
Oct 26, 2019 @ WPG L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:31
Oct 24, 2019 vs FLA W 6-5 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 3 11:39
Oct 22, 2019 vs WSH L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 14:15
Oct 20, 2019 @ ANA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11:54
Oct 19, 2019 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 12:03
Oct 17, 2019 vs DET W 5-1 0 1 1 2 0 4 5 15:09
Oct 15, 2019 vs PHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:48
Oct 13, 2019 @ SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:30
Oct 12, 2019 @ VGK L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 15:45
Oct 10, 2019 @ DAL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:34
Oct 8, 2019 vs LAK L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 13:07
Oct 5, 2019 vs VAN W 3-0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 13:46
Oct 3, 2019 @ COL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 17 0 2 08:38