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Brandon Sutter

#20 · Centre · Vancouver Canucks

Born Feb 14, 1989 in Huntington, New York, USA · 6'3", 188 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 11th overall in 2007 by CAR (round 1)

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.

Brandon Prust NYR · 29 P in 82 GP Jannik Hansen VAN · 29 P in 82 GP Gregory Campbell BOS · 29 P in 80 GP Joel Ward NSH · 29 P in 80 GP Raffi Torres VAN · 29 P in 80 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.

0102030402008-09: 6 points608-092009-10: 40 points4009-102010-11: 29 points2910-112011-12: 32 points3211-122012-13: 19 points1912-132013-14: 26 points2613-142014-15: 33 points3314-152015-16: 9 points915-162016-17: 34 points3416-172017-18: 26 points2617-182018-19: 6 points618-192019-20: 17 points1719-202020-21: 12 points1220-21

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2008-09 CAR 50 1 5 6 -1 16 57 37 0.12
2009-10 CAR 72 21 19 40 -1 2 168 55 0.56
2010-11 CAR 82 14 15 29 13 25 145 69 0.35
2011-12 CAR 82 17 15 32 -3 21 171 53 0.39 $2.067M
2012-13 PIT 48 11 8 19 3 4 82 30 0.40 $2.067M
2013-14 PIT 81 13 13 26 -9 12 144 69 0.32 $2.067M
2014-15 PIT 80 21 12 33 6 14 180 86 0.41 $3.3M
2015-16 VAN 20 5 4 9 3 2 45 12 0.45 $3.3M
2016-17 VAN 81 17 17 34 -20 12 160 78 0.42 $4.375M
2017-18 VAN 61 11 15 26 8 8 106 55 0.43 $4.375M
2018-19 VAN 26 4 2 6 -12 6 43 33 0.23 $4.375M
2019-20 VAN 44 8 9 17 1 25 76 18 0.39 $4.375M
2020-21 VAN 43 9 3 12 -9 2 65 18 0.28 $4.375M
13 seasons Career 770 152 137 289 -21 149 1442 613 0.38

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2012-13 PIT 15 2 1 3 -1 0 25 17 0.20
2013-14 PIT 13 5 2 7 7 2 28 13 0.54
2014-15 PIT 5 1 1 2 -1 2 12 12 0.40
2019-20 VAN 17 1 5 6 -2 4 19 20 0.35
4 seasons Playoffs 50 9 9 18 3 8 84 62 0.36

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 14 15 29 13 25 145 69 0.35 9.7 16:51

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2020-21 to 2020-21 $4.375M
2018-19 to 2020-21 $4.375M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $4.375M
2015-16 to 2015-16 $3.3M
2014-15 to 2014-15 $3.3M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $2.067M
2011-12 to 2013-14 $2.067M

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

Rating

+5.8Goals above replacement166th of 672 skaters, 135th of 439 forwards
+1.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+2.0Goals 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-1.7 23rd percentileEven-strength defence+2.5 90th percentilePower play-0.4 18th percentilePenalty kill-0.8 3rd percentilePenalties+2.4 93rd 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.

-2024682010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-21Goals 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

46.2Corsi for %915 attempts for, 1066 against
-3.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.7Expected goals for %38.1 expected for, 45.4 against
-2.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
56.3Goals for %40 for, 31 against
102.7PDO8.3% shooting + 94.4% saves
207Attempts 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
Jussi Jokinen · Patrick Dwyer · Brandon Sutter17129:2044.740.86-2
Patrick Dwyer · Jiri Tlusty · Brandon Sutter20117:2345.946.95-5
Chad LaRose · Brandon Sutter · Drayson Bowman1399:1356.562.03-4
Chad LaRose · Jiri Tlusty · Brandon Sutter2174:5152.148.61-3

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.

14Goalsnot counting empty-netters
14.9Expected goalsfrom 197 unblocked attempts
-0.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.65 expected goals per 60 minutes39th
Shot quality 7.5% chance per attempt57th
Finishing -0.9 goals above expected40thOne 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.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Expected 14.9Goals 14

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 9, 2011 vs TBL L 2-6 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 16:43
Apr 8, 2011 @ ATL W 6-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 16:35
Apr 6, 2011 vs DET W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:47
Apr 3, 2011 vs BUF L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 14:29
Apr 2, 2011 @ NYI W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:07
Mar 30, 2011 vs MTL W 6-2 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 16:24
Mar 29, 2011 @ WSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:36
Mar 26, 2011 vs TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 15:56
Mar 25, 2011 @ TBL W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:23
Mar 22, 2011 vs OTT W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 15:08
Mar 18, 2011 vs NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 16:27
Mar 16, 2011 vs TOR L 1-3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 16:37
Mar 15, 2011 @ BUF W 1-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 16:34
Mar 12, 2011 vs CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:32
Mar 11, 2011 @ WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:55
Mar 9, 2011 vs ATL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:04
Mar 4, 2011 @ CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:11
Mar 3, 2011 vs BUF W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 17:23
Mar 1, 2011 vs FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 15:19
Feb 26, 2011 @ MTL L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:43
Feb 25, 2011 vs PIT W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 17:04
Feb 22, 2011 vs NYR L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:27
Feb 19, 2011 vs NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:19
Feb 18, 2011 vs PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 18:46
Feb 16, 2011 @ NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 16:35
Feb 13, 2011 @ ATL W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 17:51
Feb 12, 2011 @ TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:48
Feb 10, 2011 @ PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 18:48
Feb 8, 2011 @ NJD L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:50
Feb 5, 2011 vs ATL W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 16:42
Feb 3, 2011 @ TOR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 17:38
Feb 1, 2011 vs BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 16:31
Jan 26, 2011 @ NYI W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 16:06
Jan 24, 2011 vs TOR W 6-4 2 0 2 3 0 2 0 15:58
Jan 22, 2011 @ PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 13:26
Jan 20, 2011 vs NYR W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 18:03
Jan 18, 2011 vs BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:23
Jan 17, 2011 @ BOS L 0-7 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 14:04
Jan 15, 2011 vs TBL W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 17:26
Jan 13, 2011 @ BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:24
Jan 11, 2011 vs CGY W 6-5 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 17:16
Jan 9, 2011 vs ATL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:12
Jan 7, 2011 @ FLA W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 17:24
Jan 5, 2011 @ NYR L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:31
Jan 3, 2011 vs FLA L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:08
Jan 1, 2011 vs NJD W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 17:53
Dec 29, 2010 @ OTT W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16:02
Dec 28, 2010 @ TOR W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 16:07
Dec 26, 2010 vs WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 17:23
Dec 23, 2010 vs MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:50
Dec 20, 2010 @ TBL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:36
Dec 18, 2010 vs ANA W 4-2 0 1 1 1 4 1 3 19:22
Dec 16, 2010 @ ATL W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 20:15
Dec 15, 2010 @ FLA W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:25
Dec 11, 2010 @ STL W 2-1 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 18:10
Dec 10, 2010 @ DAL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:01
Dec 4, 2010 @ NSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:23
Dec 3, 2010 vs COL W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 4 2 17:20
Nov 29, 2010 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:45
Nov 28, 2010 @ WSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:10
Nov 26, 2010 @ BOS W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 17:26
Nov 24, 2010 vs WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 15:26
Nov 20, 2010 vs NSH L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:10
Nov 19, 2010 @ PIT L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 4 0 2 0 18:01
Nov 17, 2010 vs OTT W 7-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:49
Nov 13, 2010 @ MTL L 2-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:26
Nov 11, 2010 vs PHI L 1-8 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 14:38
Nov 9, 2010 vs EDM W 7-1 0 2 2 1 2 3 0 16:56
Nov 6, 2010 vs FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:53
Nov 5, 2010 @ FLA L 4-7 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13:58
Nov 3, 2010 vs NYI W 7-2 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 14:43
Nov 1, 2010 @ PHI L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 15:54
Oct 30, 2010 vs PIT L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 14:52
Oct 29, 2010 @ NYR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:31
Oct 27, 2010 vs WSH L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:27
Oct 23, 2010 @ PHX W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 13:45
Oct 20, 2010 @ LAK L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:28
Oct 19, 2010 @ SJS W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:15
Oct 17, 2010 @ VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 18:07
Oct 14, 2010 @ OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:36
Oct 8, 2010 vs MIN W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:47
Oct 7, 2010 @ MIN W 4-3 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 19:08