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Brett Connolly

#20 · Right wing · Chicago Blackhawks

Born May 2, 1992 in Campbell River, British Columbia, CAN · 6'3", 198 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 6th overall in 2010 by TBL (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2017-18

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Johan Sundstrom NYI · 1 P in 11 GP Jordin Tootoo DET · 1 P in 11 GP Tyler Pitlick EDM · 1 P in 11 GP John Persson NYI · 1 P in 10 GP Kevin Porter BUF · 1 P in 12 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.

0102030402011-12: 15 points1511-122012-13: 1 points112-132013-14: 1 points113-142014-15: 17 points1714-152015-16: 25 points2515-162016-17: 23 points2316-172017-18: 27 points2717-182018-19: 46 points4618-192019-20: 33 points3319-202020-21: 6 points620-212021-22: 1 points121-22

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 TBL 68 4 11 15 -9 30 94 58 0.22
2012-13 TBL 5 1 0 1 -3 0 10 2 0.20
2013-14 TBL 11 1 0 1 -5 4 12 9 0.09
2014-15 TBL 50 12 3 15 4 38 74 78 0.30 $850K
2014-15 BOS 5 0 2 2 -1 10 9 12 0.40
2015-16 BOS 71 9 16 25 -1 20 95 137 0.35 $1.025M
2016-17 WSH 66 15 8 23 20 40 81 89 0.35 $850K
2017-18 WSH 70 15 12 27 -6 30 67 72 0.39 $1.5M
2018-19 WSH 81 22 24 46 13 24 139 53 0.57 $1.5M
2019-20 FLA 69 19 14 33 -3 26 117 56 0.48 $3.5M
2020-21 FLA 21 2 2 4 4 2 16 25 0.19 $3.5M
2020-21 CHI 10 1 1 2 -1 2 10 19 0.20
2021-22 CHI 9 0 1 1 -3 15 6 7 0.11 $3.5M
11 seasons Career 536 101 94 195 9 241 730 617 0.36

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2016-17 WSH 7 0 0 0 -2 0 6 8 0.00
2017-18 WSH 24 6 3 9 4 6 32 34 0.38
2018-19 WSH 7 2 0 2 -2 6 9 10 0.29
2019-20 FLA 4 0 0 0 -5 2 2 6 0.00
4 seasons Playoffs 42 8 3 11 -5 14 49 58 0.26

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
11 1 0 1 -5 4 12 9 0.09 8.3 12:01

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2021-22 to 2022-23 $3.5M
2020-21 to 2020-21 $3.5M
2019-20 to 2022-23 $3.5M
2017-18 to 2018-19 $1.5M
2016-17 to 2016-17 $850K
2015-16 to 2015-16 $1.025M
2014-15 to 2014-15 $850K

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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 analytics

Rating

-0.6Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.6Even-strength defence-0.1Power play-0.2Penalty kill0.0Penalties+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.

-4-2024682011-122013-142015-162017-182019-202021-22Goals 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 %98 attempts for, 101 against
-4.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.3Expected goals for %4.0 expected for, 4.1 against
-2.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
30.0Goals for %3 for, 7 against
91.9PDO5.4% shooting + 86.5% saves
16Attempts 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
Martin St. Louis · Alex Killorn · Brett Connolly534:3544.649.21-1
Valtteri Filppula · Teddy Purcell · Brett Connolly424:0758.548.40-1
Tyler Johnson · Brett Connolly · Ondrej Palat419:3437.135.10-2
B.J. Crombeen · Nate Thompson · Brett Connolly412:0844.432.20-0

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
1.3Expected goalsfrom 17 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.58 expected goals per 60 minutes32nd
Shot quality 7.5% chance per attempt57th
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected51stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 403 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Expected 1.3Goals 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
Nov 21, 2013 @ SJS L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:53
Nov 19, 2013 @ LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 2 1 3 12:05
Nov 16, 2013 @ PHX L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:28
Nov 14, 2013 vs ANA W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 13:38
Nov 12, 2013 @ MTL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:18
Nov 11, 2013 @ BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 12:32
Nov 9, 2013 @ DET W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:16
Nov 7, 2013 vs EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:01
Nov 2, 2013 vs STL W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 10:38
Nov 1, 2013 @ CAR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:45
Oct 17, 2013 vs MIN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 09:38