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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 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Krys Barch NJD · 0 P in 22 GP Jay Pandolfo BOS · 0 P in 18 GP Quinton Howden FLA · 0 P in 18 GP John Scott BUF · 0 P in 34 GP Eric Boulton NYI · 0 P in 15 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

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
25 0 0 0 -1 51 34 41 0.00 0.0 8:01

Contract

$575KCap hit2012-13
-$574KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.1MValueworth 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 558 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 2012-13 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.

2012-13 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-1.3Goals above replacement546th of 605 skaters, 361st of 397 forwards
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 397 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 15th percentileEven-strength defence+0.2 54th percentilePower play0.0 53rd percentilePenalty kill+0.0 44th percentilePenalties-0.3 19th 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.

-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

57.2Corsi for %179 attempts for, 134 against
+3.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.4Expected goals for %5.6 expected for, 5.7 against
-5.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %5 for, 5 against
98.7PDO5.1% shooting + 93.7% saves
52Attempts 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
Michael Frolik · Marcus Kruger · Brandon Bollig1684:5270.970.83-0
Michael Frolik · Brandon Bollig · Andrew Shaw821:0857.948.31-1
Michal Handzus · Michael Frolik · Brandon Bollig213:3748.039.10-1
Michal Handzus · Marcus Kruger · Brandon Bollig16:3583.3100.00-0

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
1.8Expected goalsfrom 45 unblocked attempts
-1.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.54 expected goals per 60 minutes20th
Shot quality 4.0% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -1.8 goals above expected26thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 355 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.5Game 20Expected 1.8Goals 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
Apr 27, 2013 @ STL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 11:55
Apr 26, 2013 vs CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 12:10
Apr 22, 2013 @ VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 11:37
Apr 15, 2013 vs DAL W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 08:16
Apr 14, 2013 @ STL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 10:00
Apr 7, 2013 vs NSH W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:23
Apr 6, 2013 @ NSH W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:33
Apr 4, 2013 vs STL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 08:11
Mar 25, 2013 vs LAK L 4-5 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 07:34
Mar 20, 2013 @ ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 10:56
Mar 18, 2013 @ COL W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 12:06
Mar 16, 2013 @ DAL W 8-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:51
Mar 14, 2013 @ CBJ W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 08:10
Mar 8, 2013 @ COL L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 07:55
Mar 5, 2013 vs MIN W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 04:59
Feb 28, 2013 @ STL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 06:16
Feb 19, 2013 vs VAN W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 17 1 2 03:47
Feb 17, 2013 vs LAK W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 07:14
Feb 12, 2013 vs ANA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:49
Feb 2, 2013 @ CGY W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 04:54
Feb 1, 2013 @ VAN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:53
Jan 30, 2013 @ MIN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:27
Jan 22, 2013 vs STL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 05:16
Jan 20, 2013 @ PHX W 6-4 0 0 0 0 7 1 2 05:40
Jan 19, 2013 @ LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:27