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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 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Andrew Cogliano COL · 19 P in 79 GP Brock McGinn ANA · 19 P in 75 GP Steven Lorentz SJS · 19 P in 80 GP Matt Martin NYI · 19 P in 81 GP Alexey Toropchenko STL · 19 P in 69 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

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
77 7 12 19 -13 43 73 168 0.25 9.6 11:18

Contract

$6MCap hit2022-23
$316KCap dollars per point19 points in 77 games
-$2.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$8.4MValueworth 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 695 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

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 2022-23 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.

2022-23 analytics

Rating

-4.4Goals above replacement675th of 696 skaters, 454th of 461 forwards
-0.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-6.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 461 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-3.8 8th percentileEven-strength defence-1.2 25th percentilePower play-0.3 35th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 51st percentilePenalties-1.5 3rd 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

53.7Corsi for %864 attempts for, 744 against
-5.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.8Expected goals for %32.9 expected for, 34.6 against
-9.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
41.3Goals for %31 for, 44 against
96.0PDO7.0% shooting + 88.9% saves
138Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 613 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 · Nazem Kadri · Jonathan Huberdeau23181:3953.851.111-7
Trevor Lewis · Milan Lucic · Walker Duehr19145:1456.050.88-8
Milan Lucic · Brett Ritchie · Kevin Rooney1281:0648.241.73-4
Trevor Lewis · Milan Lucic · Brett Ritchie1463:1255.244.22-2

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.

7Goalsnot counting empty-netters
8.8Expected goalsfrom 109 unblocked attempts
-1.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.61 expected goals per 60 minutes20th
Shot quality 8.1% chance per attempt48th
Finishing -1.8 goals above expected35thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 446 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 8.8Goals 7

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
Apr 12, 2023 vs SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:35
Apr 10, 2023 vs NSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 07:36
Apr 8, 2023 @ VAN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 12:13
Apr 5, 2023 @ WPG W 3-1 0 0 0 1 4 1 4 08:34
Apr 4, 2023 vs CHI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:24
Apr 2, 2023 vs ANA W 5-4 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 11:24
Mar 31, 2023 @ VAN W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 09:23
Mar 28, 2023 vs LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:26
Mar 25, 2023 vs SJS W 5-3 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 12:15
Mar 23, 2023 vs VGK L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 10:25
Mar 21, 2023 @ ANA W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:26
Mar 16, 2023 @ VGK W 7-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:59
Mar 14, 2023 @ ARI L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 11:07
Mar 12, 2023 vs OTT W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 08:41
Mar 10, 2023 vs ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:39
Mar 7, 2023 @ MIN W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10:02
Mar 6, 2023 @ DAL W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:15
Mar 4, 2023 vs MIN L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:27
Mar 2, 2023 vs TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:51
Feb 28, 2023 vs BOS L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 11:58
Feb 25, 2023 @ COL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 08:40
Feb 23, 2023 @ VGK L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:50
Feb 22, 2023 @ ARI W 6-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 4 13:17
Feb 20, 2023 vs PHI L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 07:20
Feb 18, 2023 vs NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 12:15
Feb 16, 2023 vs DET L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:17
Feb 13, 2023 @ OTT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10:27
Feb 11, 2023 @ BUF W 7-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 10:47
Feb 9, 2023 @ DET L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:46
Feb 6, 2023 @ NYR L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 13:44
Jan 27, 2023 @ SEA W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:40
Jan 26, 2023 vs CHI L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 0 2 4 11:54
Jan 23, 2023 vs CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 13:17
Jan 21, 2023 vs TBL W 6-3 0 1 1 1 5 2 2 10:57
Jan 18, 2023 vs COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 15:19
Jan 16, 2023 @ NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 14:22
Jan 14, 2023 @ DAL W 6-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:21
Jan 12, 2023 @ STL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 12:55
Jan 10, 2023 @ STL L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 13:42
Jan 8, 2023 @ CHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 3 15:33
Jan 6, 2023 vs NYI W 4-1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 14:58
Jan 3, 2023 @ WPG L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:07
Dec 31, 2022 vs VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15:42
Dec 28, 2022 @ SEA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:45
Dec 27, 2022 vs EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 16:23
Dec 23, 2022 @ ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:48
Dec 22, 2022 @ LAK L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 14:28
Dec 20, 2022 @ SJS W 7-3 1 1 2 4 2 2 2 12:48
Dec 18, 2022 @ SJS W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 3 13:05
Dec 16, 2022 vs STL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:54
Dec 9, 2022 @ CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 05:02
Dec 7, 2022 vs MIN W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 05:16
Dec 5, 2022 vs ARI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:11
Dec 3, 2022 vs WSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 10:25
Dec 1, 2022 vs MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:50
Nov 29, 2022 vs FLA W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 09:29
Nov 26, 2022 @ CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:44
Nov 25, 2022 @ WSH L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 10:57
Nov 23, 2022 @ PIT L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 12:42
Nov 21, 2022 @ PHI W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 13:18
Nov 19, 2022 @ FLA W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 08:54
Nov 17, 2022 @ TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:47
Nov 14, 2022 vs LAK W 6-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 12:38
Nov 12, 2022 vs WPG W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 4 14:43
Nov 10, 2022 @ BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:46
Nov 8, 2022 @ NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 11:31
Nov 7, 2022 @ NYI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:12
Nov 5, 2022 vs NJD L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 4 0 1 06:48
Nov 3, 2022 vs NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 5 12:46
Nov 1, 2022 vs SEA L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:24
Oct 29, 2022 vs EDM L 2-3 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 11:43
Oct 25, 2022 vs PIT W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 12:33
Oct 22, 2022 vs CAR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 09:52
Oct 20, 2022 vs BUF L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:12
Oct 18, 2022 vs VGK W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 10:46
Oct 15, 2022 @ EDM W 4-3 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 10:30
Oct 13, 2022 vs COL W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 09:38