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Centre · #48

Daniel Brière

Age
49
Shoots
Right
Height
175 cm
Weight
79 kg
Born
Gatineau, CAN
Draft
1996, round 1, #24 (PHX)

Career · 2009–10 to 2014–15

Games
382
Goals
103
Points
223
TOI per game
15:40
xGF% (5v5)
49.8%
Goals above expected
−3.5

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2009–10PHI75262753−216:3519313.5%1726.8–
2010–11PHI77343468+2018:1924613.8%1527.051.0%
2011–12PHI70163349+517:221749.2%1621.354.7%
2012–13PHI3461016−1316:04876.9%611.349.4%
2013–14MTL69131225+112:4611811.0%613.548.9%
2014–15COL578412−712:076911.6%06.539.4%
Total3 teams382103120223+415:4088711.6%60106.549.8%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
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Player card

How 2009–10 to 2014–15 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd line

69th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

1st line
  • Goals /601.0389th pct
  • Assists /601.2076th pct
  • ixG /601.0795th pct
  • Goals above expected−3.531st pct

Play-driving

3rd line
  • xGF% (5v5)49.8%54th pct
  • CF% (5v5)47.4%30th pct
  • Relative xGF%+1.570th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.0443rd pct

Usage

2nd line
  • TOI per game15:4068th pct
  • PP time share40.6%74th pct
  • Offensive zone starts65.5%80th pct
  • Quality of competition24.4%60th pct

Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Faceoffs

How often Brière wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2014–15, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1134+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

48.3%

1100–1179 · #128 of 184 regulars, 31st percentile

Against an average centre

48.4%

Opponents won 50.1% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.9% against them.

Wins above average

−36

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

8.1

2,279 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

52%405 · +0.545%269 · +2.349%621 · +2.452%77 · +1.146%147 · −0.448%82 · +2.550%151 · +1.046%173 · +1.047%354 · +1.8Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone47.4% 420–466
  • Neutral zone50.1% 432–430
  • Defensive zone46.7% 248–283

By strength

  • Even strength47.3% 904–1007
  • Power play54.3% 178–150
  • Shorthanded50.0% 9–9

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +17 after a win, −10 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.5 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2009–1011944.5%44.5%
2010–1182048.2%48.5%
2011–1283148.9%49.1%
2012–1313545.9%45.6%
2013–1435048.9%48.6%
2014–152454.2%55.3%

Finishing

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

−3.5 goals above expected

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Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−40−200+20+40+60+80+100+120