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Justin Brazeau

#16 · Right wing · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Feb 2, 1998 in New Liskeard, Ontario, CAN (age 28) · 6'7", 236 lb · Shoots right

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.

Michael Sgarbossa WSH · 7 P in 25 GP Mitchell Chaffee TBL · 7 P in 30 GP Radim Zohorna PIT · 7 P in 33 GP David Gustafsson WPG · 7 P in 39 GP Pierre-Edouard Bellemare SEA · 7 P in 40 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.

01020302023-24: 7 points723-242024-25: 22 points2224-252025-26: 34 points3425-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2023-24 BOS 19 5 2 7 4 2 31 43 0.37 $775K
2024-25 BOS 57 10 10 20 -6 16 78 89 0.35 $775K
2024-25 MIN 19 1 1 2 -3 2 11 34 0.11
2025-26 PIT 64 17 17 34 5 14 104 90 0.53 $1.5M
3 seasons Career 159 33 30 63 0 34 224 256 0.40

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2023-24 BOS 9 1 1 2 1 12 11 35 0.22
2024-25 MIN 6 0 2 2 1 0 2 22 0.33
2025-26 PIT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
3 seasons Playoffs 16 1 3 4 2 12 13 59 0.25

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
19 5 2 7 4 2 31 43 0.37 16.1 11:07

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2025, then UFA
$111KCap dollars per point7 points in 19 games
$284KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.7 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Signed by the Boston Bruins on Feb 18, 2024, as a new contract: 2 years and $1.55M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2024-25, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $775K $775K $0 $775K
2024-25 $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
Jul 1, 2025 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $3M $1.5M
Feb 18, 2024 Boston Bruins New contract 2023-24 to 2024-25 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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+2.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+2.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.2Even-strength defence+1.6Power play+0.5Penalty 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.

024682023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

47.7Corsi for %165 attempts for, 181 against
+3.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
59.1Expected goals for %7.8 expected for, 5.4 against
+9.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
62.5Goals for %10 for, 6 against
103.2PDO11.8% shooting + 91.4% saves
38Attempts 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
Justin Brazeau · Jesper Boqvist · Jakub Lauko1053:2361.569.81-1
Justin Brazeau · Jesper Boqvist · John Beecher630:1055.677.22-0
Trent Frederic · Justin Brazeau · Jesper Boqvist414:0556.079.42-1
Anthony Richard · Justin Brazeau · Jesper Boqvist412:3334.454.22-0

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.5Expected goalsfrom 42 unblocked attempts
+0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.00 expected goals per 60 minutes81st
Shot quality 8.4% chance per attempt69th
Finishing +0.5 goals above expected57thOne 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.

01234Goals 4Expected 3.5

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
Apr 2, 2024 @ NSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:45
Mar 30, 2024 @ WSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 12:14
Mar 27, 2024 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 11:12
Mar 26, 2024 @ FLA W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 11:25
Mar 23, 2024 @ PHI L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 11:48
Mar 21, 2024 vs NYR L 2-5 1 1 2 2 0 4 2 13:37
Mar 19, 2024 vs OTT W 6-2 2 0 2 1 0 6 1 10:57
Mar 16, 2024 vs PHI W 6-5 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 12:12
Mar 14, 2024 @ MTL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:33
Mar 11, 2024 vs STL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:18
Mar 9, 2024 vs PIT W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12:35
Mar 7, 2024 vs TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 13:05
Mar 5, 2024 vs EDM L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:55
Mar 4, 2024 @ TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 10:36
Feb 29, 2024 vs VGK W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:33
Feb 26, 2024 @ SEA L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 09:53
Feb 24, 2024 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11:49
Feb 21, 2024 @ EDM W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 09:25
Feb 19, 2024 vs DAL W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 2 0 5 0 11:22