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Andre Burakovsky

#95 · Left wing · Ottawa Senators

Born Feb 9, 1995 in Klagenfurt, AUT (age 31) · 6'3", 203 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 23rd overall in 2013 by WSH (round 1)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Phillip Danault MTL · 25 P in 52 GP Vinnie Hinostroza CHI · 25 P in 50 GP Evan Rodrigues BUF · 25 P in 48 GP Martin Frk DET · 25 P in 68 GP Pavel Zacha NJD · 25 P in 69 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.

02040602014-15: 22 points2214-152015-16: 38 points3815-162016-17: 35 points3516-172017-18: 25 points2517-182018-19: 25 points2518-192019-20: 45 points4519-202020-21: 44 points4420-212021-22: 61 points6121-222022-23: 39 points3922-232023-24: 16 points1623-242024-25: 37 points3724-252025-26: 33 points3325-262026-27: 0 points026-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2014-15 WSH 53 9 13 22 12 10 65 22 0.42 $894K
2015-16 WSH 79 17 21 38 4 12 126 37 0.48 $894K
2016-17 WSH 64 12 23 35 13 14 111 31 0.55 $894K
2017-18 WSH 56 12 13 25 3 27 84 40 0.45 $3M
2018-19 WSH 76 12 13 25 2 14 100 35 0.33 $3M
2019-20 COL 58 20 25 45 11 22 103 26 0.78 $3.25M
2020-21 COL 53 19 25 44 4 10 102 22 0.83 $4.9M
2021-22 COL 80 22 39 61 12 18 149 49 0.76 $4.9M
2022-23 SEA 49 13 26 39 -9 14 105 17 0.80 $5.5M
2023-24 SEA 49 7 9 16 -15 14 92 13 0.33 $5.5M
2024-25 SEA 79 10 27 37 -3 12 115 33 0.47 $5.5M
2025-26 CHI 75 11 22 33 -32 16 87 18 0.44 $5.5M
2026-27 OTT 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00 $5.5M
13 seasons Career 772 164 256 420 2 185 1239 343 0.54

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2014-15 WSH 11 2 1 3 2 0 17 15 0.27
2015-16 WSH 12 1 0 1 -1 6 16 10 0.08
2016-17 WSH 13 3 3 6 5 2 27 18 0.46
2017-18 WSH 13 2 4 6 2 4 12 9 0.46
2018-19 WSH 7 1 1 2 -3 0 5 5 0.29
2019-20 COL 12 6 8 14 5 4 22 9 1.17
2020-21 COL 10 1 3 4 -1 4 10 6 0.40
2021-22 COL 12 3 5 8 3 2 13 7 0.67
8 seasons Playoffs 90 19 25 44 12 22 122 79 0.49

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
56 12 13 25 3 27 84 40 0.45 14.3 13:50

Contract

$3MCap hitends in 2019
$120KCap dollars per point25 points in 56 games
$1.141MCap dollars per goal above replacement2.6 goals above replacement
$2.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$713KValueworth 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 691 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Washington Capitals on Jul 4, 2017, as a new contract: 2 years and $6M, beginning in 2017-18. It runs through 2018-19, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2017-18 $3M $2.25M $500K $2.75M
2018-19 $3M $3.25M $0 $3.25M

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 13, 2022 Seattle Kraken New contract 2022-23 to 2026-27 5 $27.5M $5.5M
Oct 10, 2020 Colorado Avalanche New contract 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $9.8M $4.9M
Jul 15, 2019 Colorado Avalanche New contract 2019-20 to 2019-20 1 $3.25M $3.25M
Jul 4, 2017 Washington Capitals New contract 2017-18 to 2018-19 2 $6M $3M
Sep 8, 2013 Washington Capitals Entry-level 2014-15 to 2016-17 signed for 2013-14, slid 3 $2.775M $894K

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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+2.6Goals above replacement328th of 691 skaters, 226th of 451 forwards
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 451 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-1.2 35th percentileEven-strength defence+1.5 78th percentilePower play-0.4 21st percentilePenalty kill+0.0 61st percentilePenalties+0.6 59th 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.

-2024682014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

52.3Corsi for %677 attempts for, 618 against
+4.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.9Expected goals for %23.6 expected for, 26.7 against
-0.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
54.9Goals for %28 for, 23 against
101.3PDO8.6% shooting + 92.7% saves
147Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 600 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
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Andre Burakovsky23232:2154.752.712-5
Lars Eller · Brett Connolly · Andre Burakovsky34208:3848.040.24-11
Nicklas Backstrom · Brett Connolly · Andre Burakovsky747:2652.454.75-0
T.J. Oshie · Lars Eller · Andre Burakovsky821:1950.038.00-1

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.

12Goalsnot counting empty-netters
8.5Expected goalsfrom 123 unblocked attempts
+3.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.66 expected goals per 60 minutes39th
Shot quality 6.9% chance per attempt33rd
Finishing +3.5 goals above expected80thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 423 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Goals 12Expected 8.5

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 7, 2018 vs NJD W 5-3 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 16:54
Apr 5, 2018 vs NSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:54
Apr 2, 2018 @ STL W 4-2 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 15:14
Apr 1, 2018 @ PIT W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 16:05
Mar 30, 2018 vs CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 15:18
Mar 28, 2018 vs NYR W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 13:53
Mar 26, 2018 @ NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:45
Mar 24, 2018 @ MTL W 6-4 0 2 2 3 0 1 4 14:06
Mar 22, 2018 @ DET W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:09
Mar 20, 2018 vs DAL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:50
Mar 18, 2018 @ PHI L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 15:43
Mar 16, 2018 vs NYI W 6-3 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 17:19
Mar 15, 2018 @ NYI W 7-3 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 12:57
Mar 12, 2018 vs WPG W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:01
Mar 10, 2018 @ SJS W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 13:06
Mar 8, 2018 @ LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:40
Mar 6, 2018 @ ANA L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 15:39
Mar 3, 2018 vs TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:28
Feb 27, 2018 vs OTT W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 09:43
Feb 26, 2018 @ CBJ L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:57
Feb 24, 2018 vs BUF W 5-1 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 13:32
Feb 22, 2018 @ FLA L 2-3 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 13:35
Feb 20, 2018 vs TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:13
Feb 19, 2018 @ BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:16
Feb 17, 2018 @ CHI L 1-7 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 12:51
Feb 15, 2018 @ MIN W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 11:31
Feb 13, 2018 @ WPG L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 10:43
Feb 11, 2018 vs DET L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:02
Feb 6, 2018 @ CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 06:34
Feb 4, 2018 vs VGK L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 15:26
Feb 2, 2018 @ PIT L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 18:41
Jan 31, 2018 vs PHI W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 16:36
Jan 25, 2018 @ FLA W 4-2 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 12:17
Jan 21, 2018 vs PHI L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:11
Jan 19, 2018 vs MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 15:14
Jan 9, 2018 vs VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:27
Jan 7, 2018 vs STL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:52
Dec 28, 2017 vs BOS W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:42
Dec 27, 2017 @ NYR L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:28
Dec 23, 2017 @ VGK L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:30
Dec 22, 2017 @ ARI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:06
Dec 19, 2017 @ DAL W 4-3 (OT) 2 1 3 3 0 3 0 13:18
Dec 16, 2017 vs ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 12:43
Dec 14, 2017 @ BOS W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 11:36
Dec 12, 2017 vs COL W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 11:42
Dec 11, 2017 @ NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 13:18
Dec 8, 2017 vs NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:08
Oct 21, 2017 vs FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 15:23
Oct 20, 2017 @ DET W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 16:27
Oct 17, 2017 vs TOR L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 18:27
Oct 14, 2017 @ PHI L 2-8 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:15
Oct 13, 2017 @ NJD W 5-2 0 0 0 0 17 1 0 09:48
Oct 11, 2017 vs PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:00
Oct 9, 2017 @ TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:28
Oct 7, 2017 vs MTL W 6-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 14:11
Oct 5, 2017 @ OTT W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:45