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Gabriel Bourque

#57 · Left wing · Winnipeg Jets

Born Sep 23, 1990 in Rimouski, Quebec, CAN · 5'10", 206 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 132nd overall in 2009 by NSH (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alex Tuch MIN · 0 P in 6 GP Byron Froese TBL · 0 P in 6 GP Paul Carey WSH · 0 P in 6 GP Casey Bailey OTT · 0 P in 7 GP Griffen Molino VAN · 0 P in 5 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.

010202011-12: 19 points1911-122012-13: 16 points1612-132013-14: 26 points2613-142014-15: 13 points1314-152015-16: 4 points415-162016-17: 0 points016-172017-18: 11 points1117-182018-19: 8 points818-192019-20: 6 points619-20

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 NSH 43 7 12 19 -2 6 59 66 0.44
2012-13 NSH 34 11 5 16 6 4 50 39 0.47 $618K
2013-14 NSH 74 9 17 26 -5 8 108 70 0.35 $775K
2014-15 NSH 69 3 10 13 -13 10 76 141 0.19 $775K
2015-16 NSH 22 1 3 4 0 18 25 55 0.18 $866K
2016-17 COL 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 17 0.00 $800K
2017-18 COL 58 5 6 11 -6 12 44 123 0.19 $750K
2018-19 COL 55 2 6 8 3 10 34 100 0.15 $950K
2019-20 WPG 52 2 4 6 -1 7 33 125 0.12 $700K
9 seasons Career 413 40 63 103 -18 75 433 736 0.25

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2011-12 NSH 10 3 2 5 0 4 13 21 0.50
2014-15 NSH 5 0 0 0 -3 2 4 20 0.00
2017-18 COL 6 2 0 2 1 0 6 15 0.33
2018-19 COL 12 1 0 1 0 2 7 34 0.08
2019-20 WPG 3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 7 0.00
5 seasons Playoffs 36 6 2 8 -3 8 31 97 0.22

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
6 0 0 0 0 0 4 17 0.00 0.0 11:12

Contract

$800KCap hit2016-17

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. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2019-20 to 2019-20 $700K
2018-19 to 2018-19 $950K
2016-17 to 2017-18 $800K
2015-16 to 2015-16 $866K
2013-14 to 2014-15 $775K
2012-13 to 2012-13 $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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Rating

-0.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.4Even-strength defence+0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill-0.1Penalties+0.0

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.

-2024682011-122013-142015-162017-182019-20Goals 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

39.8Corsi for %35 attempts for, 53 against
-4.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.8Expected goals for %1.5 expected for, 2.1 against
+3.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %1 for, 1 against
100.3PDO5.3% shooting + 95.0% saves
7Attempts 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
Rene Bourque · Joe Colborne · Gabriel Bourque212:1845.241.40-1
Cody McLeod · Ben Smith · Gabriel Bourque28:5437.532.00-0
Jarome Iginla · John Mitchell · Gabriel Bourque14:0240.054.40-0
Cody McLeod · Gabriel Bourque · Mikhail Grigorenko12:030.00.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.4Expected goalsfrom 6 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.34 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 6.4% chance per attempt17th
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected51stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 421 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.4Goals 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
Dec 1, 2016 vs CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:21
Oct 22, 2016 @ FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:12
Oct 20, 2016 @ TBL W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:07
Oct 18, 2016 @ WSH L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 11:08
Oct 17, 2016 @ PIT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:32
Oct 15, 2016 vs DAL W 6-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:52