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Brett Murray

#57 · Left wing · Free agent, last with the Buffalo Sabres

Born Jul 20, 1998 in Bolton, Ontario, CAN · 6'5", 228 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 99th overall in 2016 by BUF (round 4)

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.

Adam Gaudette STL · 0 P in 2 GP Andrew Poturalski SEA · 0 P in 2 GP Brian Halonen NJD · 0 P in 2 GP Egor Afanasyev NSH · 0 P in 2 GP Gage Goncalves TBL · 0 P in 2 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.

02462020-21: 0 points020-212021-22: 6 points621-222023-24: 0 points023-242024-25: 0 points024-25

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2020-21 BUF 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0.00 $775K
2021-22 BUF 19 2 4 6 -3 23 14 17 0.32 $775K
2023-24 BUF 2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 5 0.00 $775K
2024-25 BUF 3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 0.00 $775K
4 seasons Career 26 2 4 6 -5 25 16 28 0.23

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 5 0.00 0.0 7:58

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2024

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.

The contract

Signed by the Buffalo Sabres on Jul 14, 2023, as a new contract: 1 year and $775K, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2023-24, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $775K $775K $0 $775K

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
2025-26 to 2025-26 $775K
Jul 1, 2024 Buffalo Sabres New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Jul 14, 2023 Buffalo Sabres New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Jul 18, 2022 Buffalo Sabres New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $750K $750K
Jul 31, 2020 Buffalo Sabres Entry-level 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $1.55M $775K

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

-0.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.3Even-strength defence+0.3Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.2

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked.

-0.500.512020-212021-222023-242024-25Goals 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

66.7Corsi for %10 attempts for, 5 against
+16.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.9Expected goals for %0.3 expected for, 0.2 against
+6.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
61.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 1 against
50.0PDO0.0% shooting + 50.0% saves
1Attempts 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
Victor Olofsson · Tyson Jost · Brett Murray212:2664.357.90-1
Victor Olofsson · Brett Murray · Dylan Cozens10:440.00.00-0
Brett Murray · Casey Mittelstadt · JJ Peterka10:390.00.00-0
Victor Olofsson · Brett Murray · Casey Mittelstadt10:350.00.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.1Expected goalsfrom 1 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.45 expected goals per 60 minutes7th
Shot quality 12.0% chance per attempt99th
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected49thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.1Goals 0

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
Dec 15, 2023 @ VGK W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 05:09
Dec 11, 2023 vs ARI W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 10:47