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Brendan Perlini

#42 · Left wing · Edmonton Oilers

Born Apr 27, 1996 in Guildford, GBR · 6'3", 211 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 12th overall in 2014 by ARI (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

John Hayden NJD · 4 P in 43 GP Jesper Boqvist NJD · 4 P in 35 GP Markus Granlund EDM · 4 P in 34 GP Ross Johnston NYI · 4 P in 32 GP Christoffer Ehn DET · 4 P in 54 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.

01020302016-17: 21 points2116-172017-18: 30 points3017-182018-19: 21 points2118-192019-20: 4 points419-202021-22: 5 points521-22

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2016-17 ARI 57 14 7 21 -4 20 92 42 0.37 $863K
2017-18 ARI 74 17 13 30 -2 28 129 83 0.41 $863K
2018-19 ARI 22 2 4 6 -5 8 40 13 0.27 $863K
2018-19 CHI 46 12 3 15 -12 20 77 38 0.33
2019-20 CHI 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 $874K
2019-20 DET 39 1 3 4 -18 10 47 21 0.10
2021-22 EDM 23 4 1 5 -2 6 24 29 0.22 $750K
5 seasons Career 262 50 31 81 -43 92 410 227 0.31

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
40 1 3 4 -18 10 48 22 0.10 2.1 10:42

Contract

$874KCap hitends in 2020, then RFA
$219KCap dollars per point4 points in 40 games
-$2.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$3.3MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2019-20, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2019-20 $874K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2021-22 to 2021-22 $750K
2019-20 to 2019-20 $874K
2016-17 to 2018-19 $863K

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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Rating

-3.7Goals above replacement655th of 670 skaters, 434th of 439 forwards
-0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 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-1.6 24th percentileEven-strength defence-2.4 6th percentilePower play-0.7 11th percentilePenalty kill0.0 47th percentilePenalties-0.1 31st 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.

-4-3-2-1012016-172017-182018-192019-202021-22Goals 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

41.3Corsi for %253 attempts for, 360 against
-4.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
34.5Expected goals for %10.3 expected for, 19.6 against
-8.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
19.2Goals for %5 for, 21 against
93.5PDO3.6% shooting + 90.0% saves
81Attempts 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
Adam Erne · Brendan Perlini · Christoffer Ehn1043:2940.635.00-3
Frans Nielsen · Brendan Perlini · Taro Hirose742:4640.924.21-3
Justin Abdelkader · Brendan Perlini · Christoffer Ehn1039:5034.629.10-3
Frans Nielsen · Adam Erne · Brendan Perlini833:1935.343.41-1

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
5.5Expected goalsfrom 72 unblocked attempts
-4.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.77 expected goals per 60 minutes53rd
Shot quality 7.7% chance per attempt40th
Finishing -4.5 goals above expected7thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

024Game 20Game 40Expected 5.5Goals 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
Mar 10, 2020 vs CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:17
Feb 27, 2020 vs MIN L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 12:23
Feb 25, 2020 vs NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:37
Feb 23, 2020 vs CGY L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 13:49
Feb 21, 2020 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:16
Feb 18, 2020 vs MTL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:04
Feb 16, 2020 @ PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 09:06
Feb 15, 2020 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 10:26
Feb 11, 2020 @ BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 03:49
Feb 9, 2020 vs BOS W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 12:22
Feb 7, 2020 @ CBJ L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:05
Feb 3, 2020 vs PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:21
Feb 1, 2020 vs NYR L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:46
Jan 22, 2020 @ MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 11:53
Jan 20, 2020 @ COL L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 08:44
Jan 5, 2020 @ CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:05
Dec 29, 2019 @ TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 09:16
Dec 22, 2019 vs ARI L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12:18
Dec 21, 2019 @ TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:49
Dec 17, 2019 vs CBJ L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 10:20
Dec 12, 2019 vs WPG W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:44
Dec 10, 2019 @ WPG L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 10:50
Dec 7, 2019 vs PIT L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:45
Dec 2, 2019 vs NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 09:31
Nov 29, 2019 @ PHI L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 12:27
Nov 27, 2019 vs TOR L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 09:57
Nov 24, 2019 vs CAR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:11
Nov 23, 2019 @ NJD L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 14:33
Nov 21, 2019 @ CBJ L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:32
Nov 19, 2019 vs OTT L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 11:16
Nov 16, 2019 @ SJS L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 12:08
Nov 14, 2019 @ LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:35
Nov 12, 2019 @ ANA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:29
Nov 10, 2019 vs VGK W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:17
Nov 8, 2019 vs BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 08:44
Nov 6, 2019 @ NYR L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 13:43
Nov 4, 2019 vs NSH L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 15:04
Nov 2, 2019 @ FLA L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:43
Nov 1, 2019 @ CAR L 3-7 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 13:46
Oct 12, 2019 vs WPG L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:49