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Brian Gibbons

#29 · Centre · Carolina Hurricanes

Born Feb 26, 1988 in Braintree, Massachusetts, USA · 5'8", 175 lb · Shoots left

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.

David Jones CGY · 17 P in 48 GP TJ Galiardi CGY · 17 P in 62 GP Joakim Andersson DET · 17 P in 65 GP Tyler Kennedy SJS · 17 P in 67 GP Colin Greening OTT · 17 P in 76 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.

010202013-14: 17 points1713-142014-15: 5 points514-152017-18: 26 points2617-182018-19: 19 points1918-192019-20: 0 points019-20

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2013-14 PIT 41 5 12 17 5 6 29 24 0.41 $550K
2014-15 CBJ 25 0 5 5 2 8 21 14 0.20 $750K
2017-18 NJD 59 12 14 26 10 20 72 35 0.44 $650K
2018-19 ANA 44 2 3 5 -8 16 29 26 0.11 $1M
2018-19 OTT 20 6 8 14 3 4 21 14 0.70
2019-20 CAR 15 0 0 0 -7 4 9 7 0.00 $725K
5 seasons Career 204 25 42 67 5 58 181 120 0.33

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2013-14 PIT 8 2 1 3 2 2 11 3 0.38
2017-18 NJD 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 10 2 1 3 0 2 11 5 0.30

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
41 5 12 17 5 6 29 24 0.41 17.2 11:57

Contract

$550KCap hit2013-14
$32KCap dollars per point17 points in 41 games
$101KCap dollars per goal above replacement5.5 goals above replacement
$3.7MWorth 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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 641 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
2019-20 to 2019-20 $725K
2018-19 to 2018-19 $1M
2017-18 to 2017-18 $650K
2014-15 to 2014-15 $750K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $550K

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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+5.5Goals above replacement184th of 672 skaters, 132nd of 438 forwards
+0.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+4.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 438 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+0.7 58th percentileEven-strength defence+1.6 85th percentilePower play+0.1 71st percentilePenalty kill+0.1 75th percentilePenalties+1.6 85th 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.

-202462013-142014-152017-182018-192019-20Goals 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

51.0Corsi for %373 attempts for, 359 against
+3.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.8Expected goals for %15.1 expected for, 12.4 against
+7.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
58.8Goals for %20 for, 14 against
102.0PDO9.7% shooting + 92.3% saves
48Attempts 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
Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby · Brian Gibbons20114:0355.665.87-6
Taylor Pyatt · Brandon Sutter · Brian Gibbons731:5842.925.00-0
Jussi Jokinen · Brandon Sutter · Brian Gibbons1429:3175.079.92-1
Craig Adams · Brandon Sutter · Brian Gibbons723:4545.550.61-1

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.

5Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.1Expected goalsfrom 38 unblocked attempts
+1.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.38 expected goals per 60 minutes6th
Shot quality 8.2% chance per attempt74th
Finishing +1.9 goals above expected72ndOne 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.

012345Game 20Game 40Goals 5Expected 3.1

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 13, 2014 vs OTT L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 15:23
Apr 12, 2014 vs PHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 11:46
Apr 9, 2014 vs DET W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:57
Apr 6, 2014 @ COL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 13:38
Apr 5, 2014 @ MIN L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:16
Apr 3, 2014 @ WPG W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 13:57
Apr 1, 2014 vs CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 13:22
Mar 30, 2014 vs CHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:46
Mar 28, 2014 @ CBJ W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:59
Mar 27, 2014 vs LAK L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 13:04
Mar 25, 2014 vs PHX L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:45
Mar 23, 2014 vs STL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:31
Mar 22, 2014 vs TBL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 12:58
Mar 20, 2014 @ DET L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12:45
Mar 18, 2014 vs DAL W 5-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 12:52
Mar 16, 2014 vs PHI L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 12:19
Mar 15, 2014 @ PHI L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:02
Mar 11, 2014 vs WSH W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:02
Mar 6, 2014 @ SJS L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 08:39
Mar 4, 2014 @ NSH W 3-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 13:06
Mar 1, 2014 @ CHI L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:22
Feb 27, 2014 vs MTL L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:30
Feb 7, 2014 vs NYR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:38
Feb 5, 2014 @ BUF W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 13:37
Feb 3, 2014 vs OTT W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 10:32
Feb 1, 2014 @ PHX L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 11:57
Jan 30, 2014 @ LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:56
Jan 27, 2014 vs BUF W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 11:48
Jan 11, 2014 @ CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:08
Jan 10, 2014 @ EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 12:25
Jan 7, 2014 @ VAN W 5-4 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 13:32
Jan 5, 2014 vs WPG W 6-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:09
Jan 3, 2014 vs NYR W 5-2 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 12:38
Dec 31, 2013 @ NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 11:40
Dec 29, 2013 @ CBJ W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:13
Dec 18, 2013 @ NYR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:10
Nov 25, 2013 @ BOS L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:37
Nov 23, 2013 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 10:44
Nov 22, 2013 vs NYI W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:08
Nov 20, 2013 @ WSH W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:42
Nov 18, 2013 vs ANA W 3-1 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 10:11