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Brandon Pirri

#73 · Centre · Chicago Blackhawks

Born Apr 10, 1991 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN · 6'1", 180 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 59th overall in 2009 by CHI (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Conor Garland ARI · 18 P in 47 GP Henrik Borgstrom FLA · 18 P in 50 GP Tyler Ennis TOR · 18 P in 51 GP Austin Czarnik CGY · 18 P in 54 GP Jujhar Khaira EDM · 18 P in 60 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.

010202010-11: 0 points010-112011-12: 2 points211-122012-13: 0 points012-132013-14: 25 points2513-142014-15: 24 points2414-152015-16: 29 points2915-162016-17: 18 points1816-172017-18: 3 points317-182018-19: 18 points1818-192019-20: 2 points219-202020-21: 0 points020-21

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2010-11 CHI 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0.00
2011-12 CHI 5 0 2 2 2 0 5 5 0.40
2012-13 CHI 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.00
2013-14 CHI 28 6 5 11 6 6 34 14 0.39 $618K
2013-14 FLA 21 7 7 14 0 2 46 10 0.67
2014-15 FLA 49 22 2 24 6 14 143 39 0.49 $925K
2015-16 FLA 52 11 13 24 -4 30 111 55 0.46 $925K
2015-16 ANA 9 3 2 5 0 0 17 11 0.56
2016-17 NYR 60 8 10 18 -8 25 96 41 0.30 $1.1M
2017-18 VGK 2 3 0 3 3 0 11 2 1.50 $650K
2018-19 VGK 31 12 6 18 7 6 82 29 0.58 $650K
2019-20 VGK 16 0 2 2 -4 8 24 16 0.13 $775K
2020-21 CHI 1 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 0.00 $775K
11 seasons Career 276 72 49 121 5 91 574 223 0.44

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2018-19 VGK 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 0.00
1 season Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 0.00

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
31 12 6 18 7 6 82 29 0.58 14.6 14:27

Contract

$650KCap hit2018-19
$36KCap dollars per point18 points in 31 games
$122KCap dollars per goal above replacement5.3 goals above replacement
$4.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3.6MValueworth 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 696 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
2019-20 to 2020-21 $775K
2017-18 to 2018-19 $650K
2016-17 to 2016-17 $1.1M
2014-15 to 2015-16 $925K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $618K

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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+5.3Goals above replacement189th of 699 skaters, 138th of 455 forwards
+0.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+4.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 455 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 69th percentileEven-strength defence+1.6 75th percentilePower play+0.1 75th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 45th percentilePenalties+0.7 64th 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. 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.

-202462010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-21Goals 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

56.6Corsi for %431 attempts for, 330 against
+3.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
60.4Expected goals for %19.4 expected for, 12.7 against
+7.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
58.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
72.4Goals for %21 for, 8 against
104.6PDO9.1% shooting + 95.5% saves
106Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Paul Stastny · Brandon Pirri · Alex Tuch20101:4558.661.86-1
Brandon Pirri · Cody Eakin · Alex Tuch1068:4749.752.92-0
Brandon Pirri · William Karlsson · Jonathan Marchessault653:1362.063.53-4
Reilly Smith · Brandon Pirri · Cody Eakin627:2849.037.21-0

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.

12Goalsnot counting empty-netters
9.9Expected goalsfrom 113 unblocked attempts
+2.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.32 expected goals per 60 minutes99th
Shot quality 8.7% chance per attempt76th
Finishing +2.1 goals above expected73rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 426 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Goals 12Expected 9.9

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 6, 2019 @ LAK L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 13:23
Apr 4, 2019 vs ARI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 16:13
Apr 1, 2019 vs EDM W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 4 3 14:26
Mar 21, 2019 vs WPG W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:28
Mar 10, 2019 @ CGY L 3-6 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 10:26
Mar 6, 2019 vs CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 11:22
Mar 3, 2019 vs VAN W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:00
Mar 1, 2019 @ ANA W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 13:28
Feb 22, 2019 vs WPG L 3-6 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 15:31
Feb 20, 2019 vs BOS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 14:07
Feb 18, 2019 @ COL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:40
Feb 16, 2019 vs NSH W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 11:57
Feb 14, 2019 vs TOR L 3-6 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 12:49
Feb 12, 2019 vs ARI L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 15:33
Feb 5, 2019 @ TBL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11:42
Feb 2, 2019 @ FLA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:36
Feb 1, 2019 @ CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 13:38
Jan 23, 2019 vs NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 15:35
Jan 21, 2019 vs MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 17:26
Jan 19, 2019 vs PIT W 7-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:37
Jan 15, 2019 @ WPG L 1-4 1 0 1 -2 0 7 0 18:11
Jan 12, 2019 @ CHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 4 3 18:02
Jan 10, 2019 vs SJS L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 7 0 16:40
Jan 8, 2019 vs NYR W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 13:40
Jan 1, 2019 vs LAK W 2-0 1 1 2 2 0 4 2 13:19
Dec 30, 2018 @ ARI W 5-1 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 12:53
Dec 29, 2018 @ LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:57
Dec 27, 2018 vs COL W 2-1 1 0 1 2 0 4 1 13:03
Dec 23, 2018 vs LAK L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 15:59
Dec 22, 2018 vs MTL L 3-4 (OT) 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 15:57
Dec 20, 2018 vs NYI W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 13:14