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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 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Logan O'Connor COL · 2 P in 16 GP Charles Hudon MTL · 2 P in 15 GP Matthew Peca OTT · 2 P in 14 GP Gerry Mayhew MIN · 2 P in 13 GP Nick Bjugstad PIT · 2 P in 13 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

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
16 0 2 2 -4 8 24 16 0.13 0.0 12:34

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2021, then UFA
$388KCap dollars per point2 points in 16 games

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2020-21, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2019-20 $775K
2020-21 $775K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Rating

-0.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.1Even-strength defence+0.3Power play-0.2Penalty kill+0.0Penalties-0.3

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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

47.4Corsi for %143 attempts for, 159 against
-9.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.8Expected goals for %6.9 expected for, 5.9 against
-5.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.0Goals for %2 for, 6 against
96.1PDO3.2% shooting + 92.9% saves
40Attempts 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
Brandon Pirri · Cody Eakin · Cody Glass638:3747.851.40-0
Paul Stastny · Brandon Pirri · Valentin Zykov434:4844.138.80-2
Brandon Pirri · Nick Cousins · Chandler Stephenson431:2060.472.91-1
Brandon Pirri · Cody Eakin · Mark Stone311:4523.520.00-2

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.4Expected goalsfrom 37 unblocked attempts
-3.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.02 expected goals per 60 minutes85th
Shot quality 9.2% chance per attempt83rd
Finishing -3.4 goals above expected13thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Expected 3.4Goals 0

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
Mar 9, 2020 @ EDM W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 10:49
Mar 8, 2020 @ CGY W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 13:32
Mar 6, 2020 @ WPG L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 11:34
Mar 3, 2020 vs NJD W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:22
Mar 1, 2020 vs LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:14
Nov 10, 2019 @ DET L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:06
Nov 7, 2019 @ TOR L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 12:05
Oct 25, 2019 vs COL L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:29
Oct 22, 2019 @ CHI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 11:47
Oct 21, 2019 @ PHI L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 12:48
Oct 19, 2019 @ PIT W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:35
Oct 17, 2019 vs OTT W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:08
Oct 10, 2019 @ ARI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 16:03
Oct 8, 2019 vs BOS L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12:26
Oct 4, 2019 @ SJS W 5-1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 12:51
Oct 2, 2019 vs SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 13:13