- Age
- 39
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 180 cm
- Weight
- 85 kg
- Born
- Edmonton, CAN
- Draft
- 2005, round 1, #6 (CBJ)
Career · 4 seasons
- Games
- 142
- Goals
- 29
- Points
- 60
- TOI per game
- 13:26
- xGF% (5v5)
- 41.1%
- Goals above expected
- +4.1
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 4 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
4th line
36th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
2nd line- Goals /600.9178th pct
- Assists /600.9855th pct
- ixG /600.7864th pct
- Goals above expected+4.180th pct
Play-driving
Extra / AHL- xGF% (5v5)41.1%5th pct
- CF% (5v5)45.4%16th pct
- Relative xGF%−6.212th pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.0631st pct
Usage
3rd line- TOI per game13:2644th pct
- PP time share21.0%51st pct
- Offensive zone starts58.2%52nd pct
- Quality of competition23.5%28th 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).
Most similar players this season
Faceoffs
How often Brule wins the draw over 4 seasons, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 812+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
52.0%
256–236 · below the 812 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
52.4%
Opponents won 50.3% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.7% against them.
Wins above average
+12
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
4.6
492 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone51.5% 103–97
- Neutral zone50.7% 75–73
- Defensive zone54.2% 78–66
By strength
- Even strength51.6% 214–201
- Power play55.0% 33–27
- Shorthanded42.9% 6–8
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +11 after a win, −17 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.3 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Henrik Zetterberg50.0% 9–9
- Mikko Koivu57.1% 8–6
- Darren Helm28.6% 4–10
- Antoine Vermette50.0% 6–6
- Daymond Langkow36.4% 4–7
- John Madden72.7% 8–3
- Paul Stastny9.1% 1–10
- Pavel Datsyuk40.0% 4–6
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 272 | 52.2% | 52.0% |
| 2010–11 | 199 | 53.3% | 54.2% |
| 2011–12 | 21 | 38.1% | 39.6% |
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.
+4.1 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games