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Bobby Butler

#26 · Right wing · Florida Panthers

Born Apr 26, 1987 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA · 6'0", 189 lb · Shoots right

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brandon McMillan ANA · 21 P in 60 GP Jake Dowell CHI · 21 P in 79 GP Max Talbot PIT · 21 P in 82 GP Kyle Okposo NYI · 20 P in 38 GP Matt Calvert CBJ · 20 P in 42 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.

051015202009-10: 0 points009-102010-11: 21 points2110-112011-12: 16 points1611-122012-13: 11 points1112-132013-14: 1 points113-14

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2009-10 OTT 2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0.00
2010-11 OTT 36 10 11 21 -16 10 73 28 0.58
2011-12 OTT 56 6 10 16 8 12 86 34 0.29
2012-13 NJD 14 1 1 2 -6 0 13 8 0.14 $525K
2012-13 NSH 20 3 6 9 -2 4 28 7 0.45
2013-14 FLA 2 0 1 1 1 2 5 2 0.50
5 seasons Career 130 20 29 49 -16 28 207 80 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
2011-12 OTT 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0.00
1 season Playoffs 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0.00

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
36 10 11 21 -16 10 73 28 0.58 13.7 15:26

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2012-13 to 2012-13 $525K

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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 analytics

Rating

+0.6Goals above replacement457th of 672 skaters, 322nd of 439 forwards
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 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+1.1 64th percentileEven-strength defence-2.4 9th percentilePower play-0.1 41st percentilePenalty kill+0.0 48th percentilePenalties+0.4 50th 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.

00.511.52010-112011-122012-132013-14Goals 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

49.2Corsi for %438 attempts for, 453 against
-0.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.8Expected goals for %19.0 expected for, 20.8 against
-1.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
38.0Goals for %19 for, 31 against
96.6PDO8.1% shooting + 88.4% saves
96Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 569 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
Jason Spezza · Colin Greening · Bobby Butler19170:3952.651.18-10
Jason Spezza · Milan Michalek · Bobby Butler16100:2047.946.86-9
Mike Fisher · Nick Foligno · Bobby Butler425:2938.931.60-5
Daniel Alfredsson · Jason Spezza · Bobby Butler213:5353.145.60-0

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.

10Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.7Expected goalsfrom 95 unblocked attempts
+3.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.73 expected goals per 60 minutes53rd
Shot quality 7.1% chance per attempt43rd
Finishing +3.3 goals above expected83rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 406 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246810Game 20Goals 10Expected 6.7

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. 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 9, 2011 @ BOS L 1-3 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 20:40
Apr 7, 2011 vs MTL W 3-2 (OT) 1 2 3 3 0 4 0 17:51
Apr 5, 2011 vs PHI W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 18:18
Apr 2, 2011 vs TOR L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 13:56
Mar 31, 2011 @ FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 12:27
Mar 29, 2011 @ TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:02
Mar 27, 2011 @ ATL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 11:17
Mar 25, 2011 vs WSH W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 11:40
Mar 24, 2011 @ NYR W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 18:33
Mar 22, 2011 @ CAR L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13:29
Mar 19, 2011 vs TBL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 16:51
Mar 17, 2011 vs NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:49
Mar 15, 2011 vs PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 19:03
Mar 13, 2011 @ BUF L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 17:55
Mar 11, 2011 @ TBL W 2-1 1 0 1 1 4 1 0 18:21
Mar 10, 2011 @ FLA W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 14:43
Mar 8, 2011 @ NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:23
Mar 4, 2011 vs NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:31
Mar 3, 2011 @ ATL W 3-1 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 14:28
Mar 1, 2011 vs BOS L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 18:52
Feb 26, 2011 vs PHI W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 17:52
Feb 25, 2011 @ BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 19:31
Feb 23, 2011 vs FLA W 5-1 2 0 2 2 0 7 1 16:55
Feb 19, 2011 @ TOR W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:57
Feb 18, 2011 vs BOS L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 17:39
Feb 15, 2011 vs NYI L 3-4 (SO) 1 1 2 -2 0 2 1 12:55
Feb 12, 2011 @ EDM W 5-3 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 15:29
Feb 9, 2011 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 12:26
Jan 25, 2011 vs BUF L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 10:40
Jan 21, 2011 vs MTL L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 0 6 2 15:55
Jan 20, 2011 @ PHI L 2-6 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 13:23
Jan 18, 2011 vs ANA L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:47
Dec 10, 2010 vs NJD W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 07:53
Dec 9, 2010 vs NYR L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:40
Dec 7, 2010 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 07:51
Dec 5, 2010 @ NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:25