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Connor Brown

#16 · Right wing · New Jersey Devils

Born Jan 14, 1994 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN (age 32) · 6'0", 184 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 156th overall in 2012 by TOR (round 6)

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.

Ty Rattie STL · 6 P in 13 GP Zach Hyman TOR · 6 P in 16 GP Ben Smith TOR · 6 P in 22 GP Scott Wilson PIT · 6 P in 24 GP Steve Bernier NYI · 6 P in 24 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.

0102030402015-16: 6 points615-162016-17: 36 points3616-172017-18: 28 points2817-182018-19: 29 points2918-192019-20: 43 points4319-202020-21: 35 points3520-212021-22: 39 points3921-222022-23: 0 points022-232023-24: 12 points1223-242024-25: 30 points3024-252025-26: 43 points4325-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 TOR 7 1 5 6 -2 0 11 1 0.86 $687K
2016-17 TOR 82 20 16 36 3 10 139 50 0.44 $687K
2017-18 TOR 82 14 14 28 0 18 119 23 0.34 $2.1M
2018-19 TOR 82 8 21 29 11 16 85 35 0.35 $2.1M
2019-20 OTT 71 16 27 43 -6 24 173 39 0.61 $2.1M
2020-21 OTT 56 21 14 35 1 12 123 22 0.63 $3.6M
2021-22 OTT 64 10 29 39 -15 10 121 14 0.61 $3.6M
2022-23 WSH 4 0 0 0 -3 0 2 6 0.00 $3.6M
2023-24 EDM 71 4 8 12 -8 10 108 32 0.17 $775K
2024-25 EDM 82 13 17 30 9 10 123 19 0.37 $1M
2025-26 NJD 75 18 25 43 -1 22 116 25 0.57 $3M
11 seasons Career 676 125 176 301 -11 132 1120 266 0.45

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 TOR 6 0 1 1 0 0 8 5 0.17
2017-18 TOR 7 1 2 3 0 0 6 4 0.43
2018-19 TOR 7 0 1 1 2 2 6 9 0.14
2023-24 EDM 19 2 4 6 4 6 14 9 0.32
2024-25 EDM 20 5 4 9 1 2 27 18 0.45
5 seasons Playoffs 59 8 12 20 7 10 61 45 0.34

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
7 1 5 6 -2 0 11 1 0.86 9.1 14:58

Contract

$687KCap hitends in 2017, then RFA
$114KCap dollars per point6 points in 7 games
$1.276MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.5 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs on Nov 22, 2013, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.775M, beginning in 2014-15. It runs through 2016-17, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2014-15 $687K $600K $93K $233K $693K
2015-16 $687K $625K $93K $208K $718K
2016-17 $687K $650K $0 $183K $650K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 1, 2025 New Jersey Devils New contract 2025-26 to 2028-29 4 $12M $3M
Jul 1, 2024 Edmonton Oilers New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $1M $1M
Jul 1, 2023 Edmonton Oilers New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $4M $775K
Oct 22, 2020 Ottawa Senators New contract 2020-21 to 2022-23 3 $10.8M $3.6M
Aug 26, 2017 Toronto Maple Leafs New contract 2017-18 to 2019-20 3 $6.3M $2.1M
Nov 22, 2013 Toronto Maple Leafs Entry-level 2014-15 to 2016-17 signed for 2013-14, slid 3 $2.775M $687K

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

+0.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.4Even-strength defence+0.3Power play+0.2Penalty kill-0.1Penalties+0.3

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.

-4-202462015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

53.5Corsi for %68 attempts for, 59 against
+1.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.3Expected goals for %2.3 expected for, 2.2 against
+5.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %2 for, 4 against
95.5PDO6.1% shooting + 89.5% saves
9Attempts 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
Brad Boyes · Tyler Bozak · Connor Brown218:4771.170.90-2
Josh Leivo · Connor Brown · Frederik Gauthier215:1761.947.20-1
Ben Smith · Tyler Bozak · Connor Brown19:4046.256.20-0
Tyler Bozak · Josh Leivo · Connor Brown17:4475.072.31-0

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
0.9Expected goalsfrom 14 unblocked attempts
+0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.53 expected goals per 60 minutes22nd
Shot quality 6.6% chance per attempt27th
Finishing +0.1 goals above expected58thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.9

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
Mar 29, 2016 @ FLA W 5-2 0 3 3 1 0 3 0 16:20
Mar 28, 2016 @ TBL L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 17:13
Mar 26, 2016 vs BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:27
Mar 24, 2016 vs ANA W 6-5 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 14:27
Mar 21, 2016 vs CGY W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 14:13
Mar 19, 2016 vs BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:28
Mar 17, 2016 vs FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 15:40