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Brendan Guhle

#2 · Defence · Anaheim Ducks

Born Jul 29, 1997 in Edmonton, Alberta, CAN · 6'2", 197 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 51st overall in 2015 by BUF (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

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

Brian Dumoulin PIT · 8 P in 28 GP Rasmus Sandin TOR · 8 P in 28 GP Dennis Cholowski DET · 8 P in 36 GP Nathan Beaulieu WPG · 8 P in 38 GP Scott Harrington CBJ · 8 P in 39 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.

024682016-17: 0 points016-172017-18: 5 points517-182018-19: 1 points118-192019-20: 8 points819-202021-22: 0 points021-22

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 BUF 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 0.00 $703K
2017-18 BUF 18 0 5 5 -6 10 37 10 0.28 $698K
2018-19 BUF 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0.00 $698K
2018-19 ANA 6 0 1 1 -3 2 14 8 0.17
2019-20 ANA 30 4 4 8 -2 10 39 21 0.27 $698K
2021-22 ANA 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 11 0.00 $800K
5 seasons Career 65 4 10 14 -9 24 101 54 0.22

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
30 4 4 8 -2 10 39 21 0.27 10.3 17:04

Contract

$698KCap hitends in 2020, then RFA
$87KCap dollars per point8 points in 30 games
-$175KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$873KValueworth 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 $698K

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 $800K
2018-19 to 2019-20 $698K
2016-17 to 2017-18 $703K

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

-1.0Goals above replacement565th of 670 skaters, 177th of 231 defencemen
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 231 ranked defencemen: 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-1.8 36th percentileEven-strength defence-1.0 34th percentilePower play+0.3 89th percentilePenalty kill+0.2 67th percentilePenalties-0.4 54th 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 defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-1-0.500.512016-172017-182018-192019-202021-22Goals 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

44.4Corsi for %367 attempts for, 459 against
-4.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.9Expected goals for %15.3 expected for, 22.2 against
-7.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
46.9Goals for %15 for, 17 against
99.9PDO7.2% shooting + 92.6% saves
81Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 583 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Korbinian Holzer · Brendan Guhle15141:4440.132.41-4
Cam Fowler · Brendan Guhle15139:2448.145.16-5
Michael Del Zotto · Brendan Guhle1060:0943.533.92-4
Josh Manson · Brendan Guhle1456:0443.337.71-1

The pairs 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 pairs 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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.5Expected goalsfrom 59 unblocked attempts
+2.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.18 expected goals per 60 minutes43rd
Shot quality 2.6% chance per attempt26th
Finishing +2.5 goals above expected89thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 229 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Goals 4Expected 1.5

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. 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 6, 2020 vs TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:43
Mar 4, 2020 @ COL W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 3 2 10:55
Mar 3, 2020 @ CHI L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:20
Mar 1, 2020 vs NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:42
Feb 28, 2020 vs PIT W 3-2 1 0 1 2 0 3 2 16:28
Feb 23, 2020 vs VGK L 5-6 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 17:23
Feb 21, 2020 vs COL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:13
Feb 19, 2020 vs FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:47
Feb 17, 2020 @ CGY L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 15:30
Feb 16, 2020 @ VAN W 5-1 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 19:18
Feb 13, 2020 vs CGY L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 18:14
Feb 9, 2020 @ BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:52
Dec 6, 2019 vs WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 13:44
Dec 2, 2019 vs LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:10
Nov 29, 2019 vs WPG L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:54
Nov 27, 2019 @ ARI L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 11:32
Nov 25, 2019 vs NYI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:06
Nov 23, 2019 @ TBL L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:24
Nov 21, 2019 @ FLA L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 18:13
Nov 18, 2019 @ WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 4 2 0 18:16
Nov 16, 2019 @ STL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:55
Nov 14, 2019 vs SJS L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 19:32
Nov 12, 2019 vs DET L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 20:43
Oct 27, 2019 @ VGK L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 20:08
Oct 26, 2019 @ COL W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 14:46
Oct 24, 2019 @ DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:45
Oct 10, 2019 @ PIT L 1-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 19:42
Oct 8, 2019 @ DET W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 17:43
Oct 5, 2019 vs SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:50
Oct 3, 2019 vs ARI W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 20:12