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Brandon Carlo

#25 · Defence · St. Louis Blues

Born Nov 26, 1996 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA (age 29) · 6'5", 214 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 37th overall in 2015 by BOS (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.

Anton Stralman FLA · 19 P in 69 GP TJ Brodie CGY · 19 P in 64 GP Justin Braun PHI · 19 P in 62 GP Brad Hunt MIN · 19 P in 59 GP Connor Murphy CHI · 19 P in 58 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.

0510152016-17: 16 points1616-172017-18: 6 points617-182018-19: 10 points1018-192019-20: 19 points1919-202020-21: 4 points420-212021-22: 15 points1521-222022-23: 16 points1622-232023-24: 14 points1423-242024-25: 12 points1224-252025-26: 7 points725-262026-27: 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
2016-17 BOS 82 6 10 16 9 59 88 87 0.20 $789K
2017-18 BOS 76 0 6 6 10 45 76 89 0.08 $789K
2018-19 BOS 72 2 8 10 22 47 116 134 0.14 $789K
2019-20 BOS 67 4 15 19 16 33 111 126 0.28 $2.85M
2020-21 BOS 27 3 1 4 1 12 43 38 0.15 $2.85M
2021-22 BOS 79 6 9 15 2 31 125 143 0.19 $4.1M
2022-23 BOS 75 3 13 16 44 38 94 128 0.21 $4.1M
2023-24 BOS 76 4 10 14 23 42 79 140 0.18 $4.1M
2024-25 BOS 63 1 8 9 2 24 64 64 0.14 $4.1M
2024-25 TOR 20 0 3 3 4 13 13 26 0.15
2025-26 TOR 55 0 7 7 4 37 66 65 0.13 $4.1M
2026-27 STL 5 0 0 0 0 17 4 7 0.00 $4.1M
11 seasons Career 697 29 90 119 137 398 879 1047 0.17

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2018-19 BOS 24 2 2 4 10 6 32 32 0.17
2019-20 BOS 10 0 1 1 1 4 11 27 0.10
2020-21 BOS 8 0 0 0 0 4 10 22 0.00
2021-22 BOS 7 0 1 1 -5 6 4 13 0.14
2022-23 BOS 7 0 4 4 2 4 16 11 0.57
2023-24 BOS 13 3 1 4 4 6 20 34 0.31
2024-25 TOR 13 0 0 0 -4 8 14 9 0.00
7 seasons Playoffs 82 5 9 14 8 38 107 148 0.17

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
67 4 15 19 16 33 111 126 0.28 3.6 20:29

Contract

$2.85MCap hitends in 2021
$150KCap dollars per point19 points in 67 games
$567KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.3MValueworth 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

Signed by the Boston Bruins on Sep 17, 2019, as a new contract: 2 years and $5.7M, beginning in 2019-20. It runs through 2020-21, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2019-20 $2.85M $2.2M $0 $2.2M
2020-21 $2.85M $3.5M $0 $3.5M

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 14, 2021 Boston Bruins Extension 2021-22 to 2026-27 6 $24.6M $4.1M
Sep 17, 2019 Boston Bruins New contract 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $5.7M $2.85M
Sep 25, 2015 Boston Bruins Entry-level 2016-17 to 2018-19 signed for 2015-16, slid 3 $2.775M $789K

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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.1Goals above replacement503rd of 670 skaters, 145th of 231 defencemen
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.7Goals 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-3.8 6th percentileEven-strength defence-1.4 29th percentilePower play+0.0 68th percentilePenalty kill+0.6 88th percentilePenalties0.0 76th 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. 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.

-505102016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

50.5Corsi for %964 attempts for, 946 against
-0.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.3Expected goals for %37.6 expected for, 41.9 against
-7.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
54.3Goals for %38 for, 32 against
101.0PDO7.0% shooting + 94.0% saves
159Attempts 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
Torey Krug · Brandon Carlo59624:2154.350.326-19
Zdeno Chara · Brandon Carlo64229:4746.244.010-5
Matt Grzelcyk · Brandon Carlo63174:5051.050.02-3
John Moore · Brandon Carlo1734:3743.141.20-1

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.0Expected goalsfrom 138 unblocked attempts
-1.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.13 expected goals per 60 minutes18th
Shot quality 2.2% chance per attempt9th
Finishing -1.0 goals above expected28thOne 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.

012Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 3.0Goals 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. 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
Mar 5, 2020 @ FLA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:24
Mar 3, 2020 @ TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 17:41
Feb 29, 2020 @ NYI W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 22:59
Feb 27, 2020 vs DAL W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 24:16
Feb 25, 2020 vs CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20:23
Feb 22, 2020 @ VAN L 3-9 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 19:33
Feb 21, 2020 @ CGY W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 21:43
Feb 19, 2020 @ EDM W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:07
Feb 16, 2020 @ NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 22:02
Feb 15, 2020 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 21:18
Feb 12, 2020 vs MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 21:34
Feb 9, 2020 @ DET L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 4 17:57
Feb 5, 2020 @ CHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 22:58
Feb 4, 2020 vs VAN W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 19:36
Feb 1, 2020 @ MIN W 6-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 20:09
Jan 31, 2020 @ WPG W 2-1 0 0 0 0 19 1 4 16:16
Jan 21, 2020 vs VGK W 3-2 0 1 1 1 2 5 4 21:23
Jan 19, 2020 @ PIT L 3-4 0 1 1 3 0 4 1 21:13
Jan 16, 2020 vs PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 22:58
Jan 14, 2020 @ CBJ L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:43
Jan 13, 2020 @ PHI L 5-6 (SO) 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 20:14
Jan 11, 2020 @ NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 26:03
Jan 9, 2020 vs WPG W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 23:07
Jan 7, 2020 @ NSH W 6-2 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 21:33
Jan 4, 2020 vs EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20:49
Jan 2, 2020 vs CBJ L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 21:55
Dec 31, 2019 @ NJD L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 27:22
Dec 29, 2019 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25:35
Dec 27, 2019 @ BUF W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 26:22
Dec 23, 2019 vs WSH W 7-3 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 25:44
Dec 21, 2019 vs NSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:56
Dec 19, 2019 vs NYI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 19:23
Dec 17, 2019 vs LAK L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 19:39
Dec 14, 2019 @ FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22:07
Dec 12, 2019 @ TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:42
Dec 11, 2019 @ WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:01
Dec 9, 2019 @ OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 14:47
Dec 7, 2019 vs COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 19:01
Dec 5, 2019 vs CHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 18:14
Dec 3, 2019 vs CAR W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 22:11
Dec 1, 2019 vs MTL W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 19:04
Nov 29, 2019 vs NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 19:25
Nov 27, 2019 @ OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 22:28
Nov 26, 2019 @ MTL W 8-1 0 1 1 4 0 2 2 21:21
Nov 23, 2019 vs MIN W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 19:15
Nov 21, 2019 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:41
Nov 19, 2019 @ NJD W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20:48
Nov 16, 2019 vs WSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 21:20
Nov 15, 2019 @ TOR W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 19:54
Nov 12, 2019 vs FLA L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21:29
Nov 10, 2019 vs PHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 17:11
Nov 8, 2019 @ DET L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:25
Nov 5, 2019 @ MTL L 4-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 18:41
Nov 4, 2019 vs PIT W 6-4 0 1 1 2 2 1 5 18:52
Nov 2, 2019 vs OTT W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 21:26
Oct 29, 2019 vs SJS W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 20:27
Oct 27, 2019 @ NYR W 7-4 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 20:50
Oct 26, 2019 vs STL W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 20:44
Oct 22, 2019 vs TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 19:44
Oct 19, 2019 @ TOR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 18:13
Oct 17, 2019 vs TBL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:36
Oct 14, 2019 vs ANA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 20:56
Oct 12, 2019 vs NJD W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 23:08
Oct 10, 2019 @ COL L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 15:34
Oct 8, 2019 @ VGK W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 22:35
Oct 5, 2019 @ ARI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:20
Oct 3, 2019 @ DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19:34