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Brian Halonen

#48 · Left wing · Boston Bruins

Born Jan 11, 1999 in Delano, Minnesota, USA (age 27) · 6'0", 215 lb · Shoots right

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Logan O'Connor COL · 2 P in 13 GP Oscar Fisker Molgaard SEA · 2 P in 13 GP Justin Kirkland CGY · 2 P in 20 GP Hunter Haight MIN · 2 P in 9 GP Andre Lee LAK · 2 P in 7 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.

00.511.522023-24: 0 points023-242024-25: 0 points024-252025-26: 2 points225-26

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 NJD 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.00 $925K
2024-25 NJD 2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0.00 $775K
2025-26 NJD 15 1 1 2 -1 9 7 28 0.13 $775K
3 seasons Career 19 1 1 2 -2 9 11 32 0.11

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
15 1 1 2 -1 9 7 28 0.13 14.3 7:37

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2026, then UFA
$388KCap dollars per point2 points in 15 games

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 New Jersey Devils on May 16, 2024, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $1.55M, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2024-25 $775K $775K $0 $775K
2025-26 $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, 2026 Boston Bruins New contract (two-way) 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $1.75M $875K
May 16, 2024 New Jersey Devils Extension 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $1.55M $775K
Mar 27, 2022 New Jersey Devils Entry-level 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $1.85M $925K

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 2025-26 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.

2025-26 analytics

Rating

-0.8Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.3Even-strength defence+0.6Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.3

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.

-1-0.500.512023-242024-252025-26Goals 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

42.8Corsi for %77 attempts for, 103 against
-8.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
36.5Expected goals for %2.3 expected for, 4.0 against
-15.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
42.9Goals for %3 for, 4 against
99.5PDO10.0% shooting + 89.5% saves
19Attempts 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
Paul Cotter · Marc McLaughlin · Brian Halonen637:1436.134.31-1
Luke Glendening · Paul Cotter · Brian Halonen834:2837.528.40-2
Stefan Noesen · Luke Glendening · Brian Halonen313:3050.056.80-0
Paul Cotter · Jack Hughes · Brian Halonen53:0025.018.60-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.7Expected goalsfrom 15 unblocked attempts
+0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.39 expected goals per 60 minutes2nd
Shot quality 5.0% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +0.3 goals above expected62ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 444 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.7

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 12, 2026 vs OTT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:11
Apr 11, 2026 @ DET W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 08:04
Apr 9, 2026 vs PIT L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 08:54
Apr 7, 2026 vs PHI L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 10:16
Apr 5, 2026 @ MTL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 05:19
Apr 4, 2026 vs MTL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:56
Nov 2, 2025 @ ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:32
Nov 1, 2025 @ LAK W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 06:06
Oct 26, 2025 vs COL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:36
Oct 24, 2025 vs SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:33
Oct 22, 2025 vs MIN W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:24
Oct 21, 2025 @ TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 08:52
Oct 18, 2025 vs EDM W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 09:12
Oct 16, 2025 vs FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:22
Oct 13, 2025 @ CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:54