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Damien Brunner

#12 · Right wing · New Jersey Devils

Born Mar 9, 1986 in Zurich, CHE · 5'11", 185 lb · Shoots right

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.

Anthony Duclair NYR · 7 P in 18 GP Nicholas Shore LAK · 7 P in 34 GP Chris Neil OTT · 7 P in 38 GP Craig Cunningham ARI · 7 P in 51 GP Tye McGinn ARI · 7 P in 51 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

010202012-13: 26 points2612-132013-14: 25 points2513-142014-15: 7 points714-15

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2012-13 DET 44 12 14 26 -6 12 123 20 0.59
2013-14 NJD 60 11 14 25 -11 26 110 15 0.42
2014-15 NJD 17 2 5 7 -1 8 29 7 0.41
3 seasons Career 121 25 33 58 -18 46 262 42 0.48

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2012-13 DET 14 5 4 9 2 4 31 9 0.64
1 season Playoffs 14 5 4 9 2 4 31 9 0.64

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
17 2 5 7 -1 8 29 7 0.41 6.9 15:09

2014-15 analytics

Rating

-0.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.5Even-strength defence-0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties-0.5

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.

-101232012-132013-142014-15Goals 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

52.4Corsi for %166 attempts for, 151 against
+0.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.5Expected goals for %6.4 expected for, 6.8 against
-3.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
57.1Goals for %4 for, 3 against
101.6PDO4.8% shooting + 96.8% saves
41Attempts 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
Patrik Elias · Ryane Clowe · Damien Brunner635:5548.345.71-1
Jaromir Jagr · Travis Zajac · Damien Brunner316:2057.144.80-1
Tuomo Ruutu · Jacob Josefson · Damien Brunner314:0280.083.31-1
Patrik Elias · Dainius Zubrus · Damien Brunner412:3557.936.60-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.7Expected goalsfrom 43 unblocked attempts
-0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.64 expected goals per 60 minutes40th
Shot quality 6.4% chance per attempt22nd
Finishing -0.7 goals above expected48thOne 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.

012Expected 2.7Goals 2

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
Dec 4, 2014 @ TOR W 5-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 11:01
Dec 2, 2014 @ PIT L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:41
Nov 29, 2014 @ NYI L 1-3 1 0 1 1 4 4 1 17:24
Nov 18, 2014 @ WPG L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 10:40
Nov 15, 2014 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:27
Nov 11, 2014 vs MIN W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 12:15
Nov 10, 2014 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:34
Nov 7, 2014 @ DET L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:46
Nov 6, 2014 @ STL L 3-4 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 18:58
Nov 4, 2014 vs STL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:20
Nov 1, 2014 vs CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:12
Oct 30, 2014 vs WPG W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 16:56
Oct 28, 2014 @ PIT L 3-8 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:28
Oct 25, 2014 @ OTT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:03
Oct 24, 2014 vs DAL L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 6 1 19:14
Oct 21, 2014 vs NYR L 3-4 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 12:40
Oct 18, 2014 vs SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:51