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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 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Trevor Smith TOR · 5 P in 54 GP Jared Boll CBJ · 5 P in 72 GP Shawn Thornton FLA · 5 P in 46 GP Curtis McKenzie DAL · 5 P in 36 GP Michael Chaput CBJ · 5 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

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
62 1 4 5 -9 88 67 137 0.08 1.5 8:36

Contract

$1.25MCap hit2014-15
$250KCap dollars per point5 points in 62 games
-$967KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.2MValueworth 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 649 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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-2.5Goals above replacement623rd of 665 skaters, 411th of 432 forwards
-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 432 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-3.7 7th percentileEven-strength defence+1.0 69th percentilePower play-0.1 51st percentilePenalty kill-0.1 30th percentilePenalties-1.2 6th 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

41.6Corsi for %385 attempts for, 540 against
-2.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.4Expected goals for %13.0 expected for, 19.1 against
-5.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %10 for, 20 against
96.8PDO4.9% shooting + 91.9% saves
112Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 585 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 · Lance Bouma · Brandon Bollig1773:0542.333.42-0
Matt Stajan · Paul Byron · Brandon Bollig1360:3348.157.30-2
Lance Bouma · Brandon Bollig · Josh Jooris943:5829.832.52-1
Matt Stajan · Brandon Bollig · Micheal Ferland637:4457.858.41-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.7Expected goalsfrom 87 unblocked attempts
-2.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.42 expected goals per 60 minutes9th
Shot quality 4.3% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -2.7 goals above expected22ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 3.7Goals 1

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 11, 2015 @ WPG L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:34
Apr 9, 2015 vs LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:19
Apr 2, 2015 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 20 0 1 02:58
Mar 25, 2015 vs DAL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:35
Mar 23, 2015 vs COL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:35
Mar 21, 2015 vs CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 08:10
Mar 19, 2015 vs PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 10:42
Mar 17, 2015 vs STL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 10:00
Mar 14, 2015 @ COL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 06:27
Mar 13, 2015 vs TOR W 6-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 09:11
Mar 11, 2015 vs ANA W 6-3 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 08:26
Mar 8, 2015 @ OTT L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 5 1 1 05:55
Mar 6, 2015 @ DET W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 10:50
Mar 5, 2015 @ BOS W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 06:58
Feb 20, 2015 vs ANA L 3-6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 07:17
Feb 18, 2015 vs MIN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05:25
Feb 12, 2015 @ LAK L 3-5 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 06:29
Feb 6, 2015 vs PIT L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 07:53
Feb 4, 2015 vs SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 08:11
Feb 2, 2015 vs WPG W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 07:42
Jan 31, 2015 vs EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 5 1 3 04:46
Jan 29, 2015 vs MIN L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:57
Jan 27, 2015 vs BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 08:28
Jan 21, 2015 @ ANA L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 09:41
Jan 19, 2015 @ LAK W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 06:26
Jan 17, 2015 @ SJS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 08:56
Jan 15, 2015 @ ARI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 10:07
Jan 10, 2015 @ VAN W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 09:36
Jan 7, 2015 vs DET L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:21
Jan 2, 2015 vs NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 08:22
Dec 31, 2014 vs EDM W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 6 05:40
Dec 29, 2014 vs LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 09:09
Dec 27, 2014 vs EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 08:57
Dec 22, 2014 @ LAK W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 10:41
Dec 19, 2014 vs DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:54
Dec 12, 2014 @ PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 06:29
Dec 11, 2014 @ BUF L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 5 1 0 07:31
Dec 4, 2014 vs COL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:27
Dec 2, 2014 vs ARI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:07
Nov 29, 2014 @ ARI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 12:54
Nov 26, 2014 @ SJS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 09:04
Nov 25, 2014 @ ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 07:18
Nov 20, 2014 vs CHI L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:07
Nov 18, 2014 vs ANA W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 05:12
Nov 15, 2014 vs OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 06:40
Nov 10, 2014 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 08:45
Nov 8, 2014 @ FLA W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:43
Nov 6, 2014 @ TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:42
Nov 4, 2014 @ WSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 09:31
Nov 2, 2014 @ MTL W 6-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 09:56
Oct 31, 2014 vs NSH W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 08:56
Oct 28, 2014 vs MTL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:45
Oct 25, 2014 vs WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 14 0 2 07:33
Oct 23, 2014 vs CAR W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 13:04
Oct 21, 2014 vs TBL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 12:56
Oct 19, 2014 @ WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:50
Oct 17, 2014 @ CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 05:56
Oct 15, 2014 @ CHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 07:25
Oct 14, 2014 @ NSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 08:42
Oct 11, 2014 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:09
Oct 9, 2014 @ EDM W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:51
Oct 8, 2014 vs VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 10:56