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Brendan Lemieux

#28 · Left wing · Carolina Hurricanes

Born Mar 15, 1996 in Denver, Colorado, USA · 6'1", 215 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 31st overall in 2014 by BUF (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Matthew Phillips WSH · 5 P in 31 GP Axel Jonsson-Fjallby WPG · 5 P in 26 GP Jake Lucchini MIN · 5 P in 40 GP Reese Johnson CHI · 5 P in 42 GP Nick Bonino NYR · 5 P in 45 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.

0510152017-18: 1 points117-182018-19: 17 points1718-192019-20: 18 points1819-202020-21: 11 points1120-212021-22: 13 points1321-222022-23: 9 points922-232023-24: 5 points523-24

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2017-18 WPG 9 1 0 1 2 21 6 12 0.11 $839K
2018-19 WPG 44 9 2 11 10 64 37 81 0.25 $839K
2018-19 NYR 19 3 3 6 -4 44 30 48 0.32
2019-20 NYR 59 6 12 18 -14 111 86 164 0.31 $925K
2020-21 NYR 31 2 5 7 0 59 31 65 0.23 $1.55M
2020-21 LAK 18 2 2 4 -2 14 19 44 0.22
2021-22 LAK 50 8 5 13 1 97 65 122 0.26 $1.55M
2022-23 LAK 27 0 3 3 -6 53 22 79 0.11 $1.35M
2022-23 PHI 18 2 4 6 3 21 22 52 0.33
2023-24 CAR 32 3 2 5 0 64 29 71 0.16 $800K
7 seasons Career 307 36 38 74 -10 548 347 738 0.24

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2019-20 NYR 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0.00
2021-22 LAK 7 1 0 1 -1 18 12 17 0.14
2 seasons Playoffs 8 1 0 1 -1 18 17 18 0.13

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
32 3 2 5 0 64 29 71 0.16 10.3 8:00

Contract

$800KCap hitends in 2024
$160KCap dollars per point5 points in 32 games
-$958KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.8MValueworth 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 718 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 2023-24, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit
2023-24 $800K

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
2023-24 to 2023-24 $800K
2022-23 to 2022-23 $1.35M
2020-21 to 2021-22 $1.55M
2019-20 to 2019-20 $925K
2017-18 to 2018-19 $839K

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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Rating

-2.3Goals above replacement650th of 721 skaters, 431st of 469 forwards
-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 469 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-1.1 39th percentileEven-strength defence-1.2 23rd percentilePower play0.0 56th percentilePenalty kill0.0 37th percentilePenalties-0.6 15th 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player.

-4-20242017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-24Goals 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

52.9Corsi for %244 attempts for, 217 against
-7.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.3Expected goals for %8.8 expected for, 11.5 against
-13.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %11 for, 11 against
101.0PDO9.9% shooting + 91.1% saves
64Attempts 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
Stefan Noesen · Brendan Lemieux · Jesperi Kotkaniemi1345:2546.544.32-1
Stefan Noesen · Brendan Lemieux · Jack Drury1144:4556.347.54-1
Jesper Fast · Brendan Lemieux · Jesperi Kotkaniemi736:0068.153.91-1
Jesper Fast · Brendan Lemieux · Jack Drury617:2171.477.60-0

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.7Expected goalsfrom 43 unblocked attempts
+0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.63 expected goals per 60 minutes28th
Shot quality 6.3% chance per attempt9th
Finishing +0.3 goals above expected55thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 438 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Goals 3Expected 2.7

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 16, 2024 @ CBJ L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 11:42
Apr 12, 2024 @ STL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 08:17
Mar 22, 2024 @ WSH L 6-7 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 06:16
Mar 21, 2024 vs PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 04:35
Mar 19, 2024 @ NYI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 12:07
Mar 17, 2024 @ OTT W 7-2 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 13:07
Mar 16, 2024 @ TOR W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 06:09
Mar 10, 2024 vs CGY W 7-2 0 0 0 1 5 0 2 11:20
Mar 7, 2024 vs MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 05:59
Feb 8, 2024 vs COL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 10 1 4 06:44
Feb 6, 2024 vs VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:14
Jan 27, 2024 vs ARI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 09:42
Jan 25, 2024 vs NJD W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 06:35
Jan 24, 2024 @ BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 10:36
Jan 21, 2024 vs MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 09:30
Jan 15, 2024 vs LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:21
Jan 13, 2024 vs PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 05:25
Jan 11, 2024 vs ANA W 6-3 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 08:54
Jan 6, 2024 vs STL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 06:20
Jan 5, 2024 @ WSH W 6-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 09:37
Jan 2, 2024 @ NYR W 6-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 08:53
Dec 9, 2023 @ VAN L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:39
Dec 7, 2023 @ CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 07:37
Nov 28, 2023 @ PHI W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 09:33
Nov 4, 2023 @ NYI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:04
Oct 26, 2023 vs SEA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 07:17
Oct 24, 2023 @ TBL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 12 1 2 06:36
Oct 21, 2023 @ COL L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 06:00
Oct 19, 2023 @ SEA L 4-7 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 08:44
Oct 17, 2023 @ SJS W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 06:48
Oct 15, 2023 @ ANA L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 12 0 4 06:26
Oct 14, 2023 @ LAK W 6-5 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 06:06