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TJ Brennan

#29 · Defence · Toronto Maple Leafs

Born Apr 3, 1989 in Willingboro, New Jersey, USA · 6'1", 216 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 31st overall in 2007 by BUF (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Andre Benoit OTT · 10 P in 33 GP Dmitry Kulikov FLA · 10 P in 34 GP Ben Lovejoy ANA · 10 P in 35 GP Jordan Leopold STL · 10 P in 39 GP Filip Kuba FLA · 10 P in 44 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.

02468102011-12: 1 points111-122012-13: 10 points1012-132014-15: 1 points114-152015-16: 1 points115-16

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2011-12 BUF 11 1 0 1 0 6 14 20 0.09
2012-13 BUF 10 1 0 1 -1 6 18 3 0.10 $550K
2012-13 FLA 19 2 7 9 -8 2 24 28 0.47
2014-15 TOR 6 0 1 1 -7 9 11 2 0.17 $600K
2015-16 TOR 7 1 0 1 -6 6 11 7 0.14 $675K
4 seasons Career 53 5 8 13 -22 29 78 60 0.25

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
29 3 7 10 -9 8 42 31 0.34 7.1 16:41

Contract

$550KCap hit2012-13
$55KCap dollars per point10 points in 29 games
$165KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.3 goals above replacement
$3.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.9MValueworth 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 558 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
2015-16 to 2015-16 $675K
2014-15 to 2014-15 $600K
2012-13 to 2012-13 $550K

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 2012-13 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.

2012-13 analytics

Rating

+3.3Goals above replacement161st of 605 skaters, 39th of 208 defencemen
+0.6Wins 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 208 ranked defencemen: 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+0.2 69th percentileEven-strength defence+0.2 52nd percentilePower play+0.2 89th percentilePenalty kill0.0 40th percentilePenalties+1.2 99th 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 defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-1012342011-122012-132014-152015-16Goals 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

49.7Corsi for %382 attempts for, 386 against
+2.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.6Expected goals for %14.1 expected for, 17.5 against
+1.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.0Goals for %12 for, 18 against
97.5PDO5.6% shooting + 91.9% saves
71Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 578 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

Defence pairTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tyson Strachan · TJ BrennanFLA860:0056.845.01-5
TJ Brennan · Colby RobakFLA554:5739.137.00-1
TJ Brennan · Dmitry KulikovFLA951:0348.837.83-2
Mike Weber · TJ BrennanBUF846:1542.540.11-0

The pairs 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 pairs 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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.6Expected goalsfrom 74 unblocked attempts
+0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.33 expected goals per 60 minutes95th
Shot quality 3.6% chance per attempt73rd
Finishing +0.4 goals above expected63rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 210 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Goals 3Expected 2.6

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 27, 2013 @ TBL W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 13:52
Apr 25, 2013 vs TOR L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 20:38
Apr 23, 2013 vs NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:26
Apr 21, 2013 @ BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 21:27
Apr 20, 2013 @ NJD L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 21:06
Apr 18, 2013 @ NYR L 1-6 0 1 1 -2 0 3 2 16:25
Apr 16, 2013 @ NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 18:40
Apr 13, 2013 vs PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 21:00
Apr 11, 2013 @ WPG L 2-7 1 1 2 0 0 2 3 18:33
Apr 7, 2013 vs OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16:30
Apr 6, 2013 vs WSH L 3-4 0 1 1 2 0 2 4 19:02
Apr 2, 2013 @ TBL W 3-2 (SO) 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 14:33
Mar 30, 2013 vs NJD W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:09
Mar 28, 2013 vs BUF W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:12
Mar 24, 2013 @ NYI L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 19:24
Mar 23, 2013 @ NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:00
Mar 21, 2013 @ NYR W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12:18
Mar 19, 2013 @ CAR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:54
Mar 16, 2013 vs NYI L 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 4 3 23:42
Mar 10, 2013 @ PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 16:17
Mar 7, 2013 @ NJD L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:43
Mar 5, 2013 @ CAR L 3-4 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 18:51
Feb 21, 2013 @ TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 11:26
Feb 19, 2013 vs WPG L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 17:08
Feb 9, 2013 @ NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 08:01
Feb 7, 2013 vs MTL W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 14:47
Feb 5, 2013 @ OTT L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 17:43
Feb 3, 2013 vs FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:44
Jan 29, 2013 vs TOR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:27