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Brandon Bollig

#52 · Left wing · Calgary Flames

Born Jan 31, 1987 in St. Charles, Missouri, USA · 6'2", 220 lb · Shoots left

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2012-13

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ryan Reaves STL · 4 P in 64 GP Boyd Gordon ARI · 4 P in 65 GP Marcus Kruger CHI · 4 P in 41 GP Chris Higgins VAN · 4 P in 33 GP Nick Ritchie ANA · 4 P in 33 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.

05102011-12: 0 points011-122012-13: 0 points012-132013-14: 14 points1413-142014-15: 5 points514-152015-16: 4 points415-16

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 CHI 18 0 0 0 -2 58 16 27 0.00
2012-13 CHI 25 0 0 0 -1 51 34 41 0.00 $575K
2013-14 CHI 82 7 7 14 -1 92 109 203 0.17 $575K
2014-15 CGY 62 1 4 5 -9 88 67 137 0.08 $1.25M
2015-16 CGY 54 2 2 4 -10 103 56 117 0.07 $1.25M
5 seasons Career 241 10 13 23 -23 392 282 525 0.10

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 CHI 4 1 0 1 0 19 4 5 0.25
2012-13 CHI 5 0 0 0 -1 2 6 20 0.00
2013-14 CHI 15 0 1 1 -6 16 8 34 0.07
2014-15 CGY 11 2 0 2 -1 38 15 20 0.18
4 seasons Playoffs 35 3 1 4 -8 75 33 79 0.11

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
54 2 2 4 -10 103 56 117 0.07 3.6 9:17

Contract

$1.25MCap hit2015-16
$313KCap dollars per point4 points in 54 games
-$1.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$3.1MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 668 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
2014-15 to 2015-16 $1.25M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $575K

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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Rating

-3.9Goals above replacement670th of 675 skaters, 443rd of 445 forwards
-0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-5.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 445 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-4.5 2nd percentileEven-strength defence+1.2 76th percentilePower play0.0 55th percentilePenalty kill0.0 40th percentilePenalties-2.0 2nd 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. 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.

-4-3-2-1012011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16Goals 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

43.6Corsi for %366 attempts for, 473 against
-5.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.5Expected goals for %11.8 expected for, 17.3 against
-8.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %10 for, 20 against
95.7PDO4.9% shooting + 90.8% saves
94Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 561 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
Matt Stajan · Brandon Bollig · Josh Jooris1692:3849.750.81-2
Matt Stajan · Lance Bouma · Brandon Bollig1469:3035.229.40-1
Matt Stajan · Brandon Bollig · Garnet Hathaway1054:0733.728.51-4
Matt Stajan · David Jones · Brandon Bollig926:0747.537.80-1

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.8Expected goalsfrom 79 unblocked attempts
-0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.33 expected goals per 60 minutes2nd
Shot quality 3.5% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.8 goals above expected48thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 412 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

012Game 20Game 40Expected 2.8Goals 2

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, 2016 @ MIN W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 12:05
Apr 7, 2016 vs VAN W 7-3 0 0 0 1 5 1 1 11:54
Apr 5, 2016 vs LAK L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 10:38
Apr 2, 2016 @ EDM W 5-0 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 08:18
Mar 31, 2016 @ LAK L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10:07
Mar 30, 2016 @ ANA L 3-8 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 10:51
Mar 28, 2016 @ ARI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:55
Mar 26, 2016 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 07:29
Mar 24, 2016 @ MIN L 2-6 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 09:09
Mar 21, 2016 @ TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 09:26
Mar 20, 2016 @ MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 5 13:08
Mar 18, 2016 vs COL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 11:17
Mar 16, 2016 vs WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:12
Mar 14, 2016 vs STL W 7-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 08:46
Mar 11, 2016 vs ARI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:14
Mar 9, 2016 vs NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 09:04
Mar 7, 2016 vs SJS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 07:55
Mar 5, 2016 @ PIT W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11:19
Mar 3, 2016 @ BUF L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 07:16
Mar 1, 2016 @ BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:56
Feb 29, 2016 @ PHI L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 09:34
Feb 27, 2016 vs OTT L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:31
Feb 25, 2016 vs NYI L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 12 1 4 06:59
Feb 23, 2016 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 07:31
Feb 21, 2016 @ ANA L 2-5 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 10:49
Feb 15, 2016 vs ANA L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 08:30
Feb 12, 2016 @ ARI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:56
Feb 9, 2016 vs TOR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 12:09
Feb 6, 2016 @ VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 09:44
Jan 27, 2016 vs NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 06:51
Jan 21, 2016 @ CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10:45
Jan 16, 2016 @ EDM L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 10:21
Jan 13, 2016 vs FLA W 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 12:06
Jan 11, 2016 vs SJS L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 09:58
Dec 31, 2015 vs LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 08:31
Dec 29, 2015 vs ANA L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:20
Dec 10, 2015 vs BUF W 4-3 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 08:40
Nov 24, 2015 @ ANA L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 7 0 0 06:24
Nov 20, 2015 vs CHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:29
Nov 17, 2015 vs NJD W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 08:07
Nov 15, 2015 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:03
Nov 13, 2015 @ WSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 7 2 4 07:58
Nov 5, 2015 vs PHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 07:50
Nov 3, 2015 @ COL L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:24
Oct 31, 2015 @ EDM W 5-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 5 07:33
Oct 28, 2015 @ OTT L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 06:17
Oct 26, 2015 @ NYI L 0-4 0 0 0 0 14 0 7 08:47
Oct 25, 2015 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:04
Oct 20, 2015 vs WSH L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 11:39
Oct 17, 2015 vs EDM L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 09:29
Oct 16, 2015 @ WPG L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:16
Oct 13, 2015 vs STL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 08:35
Oct 10, 2015 @ VAN W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 06:37
Oct 7, 2015 vs VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 0 15 2 1 08:53