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

Victor Rask CAR · 33 P in 80 GP Jannik Hansen VAN · 33 P in 81 GP Mike Santorelli NSH · 33 P in 79 GP Nail Yakupov EDM · 33 P in 81 GP Darren Helm DET · 33 P in 75 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

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 21 12 33 6 14 180 86 0.41 11.7 17:19

Contract

$3.3MCap hit2014-15
$100KCap dollars per point33 points in 80 games
$1.433MCap dollars per goal above replacement2.3 goals above replacement
$1.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.4MValueworth 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. 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. When it ends is not known.

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 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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+2.3Goals above replacement351st of 665 skaters, 241st of 432 forwards
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.5Goals 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-3.8 6th percentileEven-strength defence+1.3 76th percentilePower play-0.5 17th percentilePenalty kill-0.9 2nd percentilePenalties+2.3 95th 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

49.4Corsi for %858 attempts for, 878 against
-4.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.6Expected goals for %32.8 expected for, 34.7 against
-4.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
52.7Goals for %29 for, 26 against
100.4PDO6.1% shooting + 94.3% saves
211Attempts 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
Steve Downie · Brandon Sutter · Nick Spaling31139:2353.049.47-4
Brandon Sutter · Nick Spaling · Beau Bennett2696:4550.758.93-0
Steve Downie · Brandon Sutter · Beau Bennett2080:4348.946.84-2
Evgeni Malkin · Blake Comeau · Brandon Sutter954:1146.346.71-1

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.

21Goalsnot counting empty-netters
16.7Expected goalsfrom 231 unblocked attempts
+4.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.72 expected goals per 60 minutes56th
Shot quality 7.2% chance per attempt47th
Finishing +4.3 goals above expected89thOne 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.

05101520Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Goals 21Expected 16.7

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. 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 @ BUF W 2-0 2 0 2 2 0 4 0 13:11
Apr 10, 2015 vs NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 16:04
Apr 7, 2015 @ OTT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:31
Apr 5, 2015 @ PHI L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 5 3 16:15
Apr 4, 2015 @ CBJ L 3-5 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 14:14
Apr 1, 2015 vs PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 15:09
Mar 29, 2015 vs SJS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:35
Mar 28, 2015 vs ARI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 14:59
Mar 26, 2015 @ CAR L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 14:45
Mar 24, 2015 vs STL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:33
Mar 21, 2015 @ ARI W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 7 1 14:25
Mar 19, 2015 @ DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:56
Mar 17, 2015 @ NJD L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:53
Mar 15, 2015 vs DET L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 17:19
Mar 14, 2015 vs BOS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:13
Mar 12, 2015 vs EDM W 6-4 2 0 2 2 0 6 0 14:53
Mar 9, 2015 @ SJS L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 13:57
Mar 7, 2015 @ LAK W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:38
Mar 6, 2015 @ ANA W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 16:38
Mar 4, 2015 @ COL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:59
Mar 1, 2015 vs CBJ W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 15:02
Feb 25, 2015 @ WSH W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 17:12
Feb 22, 2015 vs FLA W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:23
Feb 21, 2015 @ STL W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 14:08
Feb 19, 2015 vs CBJ L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:43
Feb 17, 2015 vs WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:38
Feb 15, 2015 @ CHI L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 14:32
Feb 12, 2015 @ OTT W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16:57
Feb 11, 2015 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 17:16
Feb 7, 2015 @ VAN L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:46
Feb 6, 2015 @ CGY W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 13:09
Feb 4, 2015 @ EDM W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:59
Feb 1, 2015 vs NSH L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 15:04
Jan 30, 2015 @ NJD W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 16:47
Jan 28, 2015 @ WSH L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16:39
Jan 27, 2015 vs WPG W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 17:29
Jan 21, 2015 vs CHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:30
Jan 20, 2015 @ PHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:28
Jan 18, 2015 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 15:37
Jan 16, 2015 @ NYI L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:56
Jan 13, 2015 vs MIN W 7-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 15:22
Jan 10, 2015 @ MTL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20:14
Jan 7, 2015 vs BOS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 20:56
Jan 3, 2015 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 17:55
Jan 2, 2015 vs TBL W 6-3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 19:00
Dec 31, 2014 vs CAR W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 18:46
Dec 29, 2014 @ NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:20
Dec 27, 2014 vs WSH L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 17:56
Dec 20, 2014 vs FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:14
Dec 18, 2014 vs COL W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:57
Dec 15, 2014 vs TBL W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 3 22:05
Dec 13, 2014 @ CBJ L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 24:35
Dec 12, 2014 vs CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 21:43
Dec 8, 2014 @ NYR L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 3 4 24:21
Dec 6, 2014 vs OTT W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 21:01
Dec 4, 2014 vs VAN L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 17:36
Dec 2, 2014 vs NJD W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 20:05
Nov 29, 2014 @ CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 19:11
Nov 28, 2014 vs CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:46
Nov 26, 2014 vs TOR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 18:02
Nov 24, 2014 @ BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:40
Nov 22, 2014 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 16:28
Nov 21, 2014 vs NYI L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 19:58
Nov 18, 2014 @ MTL W 4-0 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 16:40
Nov 15, 2014 vs NYR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 20:19
Nov 14, 2014 @ TOR W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 14:53
Nov 11, 2014 @ NYR L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 15:50
Nov 8, 2014 @ BUF W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:14
Nov 6, 2014 @ WPG W 4-3 (SO) 1 2 3 3 0 5 0 17:56
Nov 4, 2014 @ MIN W 4-1 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 16:00
Nov 1, 2014 vs BUF W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:07
Oct 30, 2014 vs LAK W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:39
Oct 28, 2014 vs NJD W 8-3 0 2 2 -1 0 2 1 14:42
Oct 25, 2014 @ NSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:36
Oct 23, 2014 @ DET L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:22
Oct 22, 2014 vs PHI L 3-5 0 0 0 -4 0 3 0 18:49
Oct 18, 2014 vs NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 19:54
Oct 16, 2014 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:40
Oct 11, 2014 @ TOR W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 18:50
Oct 9, 2014 vs ANA W 6-4 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 18:51