Left wing · #28
Brendan Leipsic
Toronto Maple Leafs
Vegas Golden Knights
Vancouver Canucks
Los Angeles Kings
Washington Capitals(traded during the season)- Age
- 32
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 180 cm
- Weight
- 82 kg
- Born
- Winnipeg, CAN
- Draft
- 2012, round 3, #89 (NSH)
Career · 4 seasons
- Games
- 187
- Goals
- 16
- Points
- 59
- TOI per game
- 12:05
- xGF% (5v5)
- 49.5%
- Goals above expected
- −7.3
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2015–16 | TOR | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 14:14 | 11 | 9.1% | 1 | 0.7 | 47.0% |
| After a break: 2017–18 | VGK | 44 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −1 | 11:56 | 68 | 2.9% | 0 | 5.7 | 51.3% |
| 2017–18 | VAN | 14 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 16:56 | 27 | 11.1% | 0 | 3.0 | 49.1% |
| 2017–18 | All teams | 58 | 5 | 17 | 22 | −4 | 13:08 | 95 | 5.3% | 0 | 8.7 | 50.6% |
| 2018–19 | VAN | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −10 | 12:50 | 36 | 5.6% | 2 | 2.7 | 39.3% |
| 2018–19 | LAK | 45 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −4 | 14:09 | 56 | 8.9% | 2 | 5.7 | 46.2% |
| 2018–19 | All teams | 62 | 7 | 16 | 23 | −14 | 13:47 | 92 | 7.6% | 4 | 8.4 | 44.2% |
| 2019–20 | WSH | 61 | 3 | 8 | 11 | +3 | 9:10 | 49 | 6.1% | 1 | 5.5 | 56.1% |
| Total | 5 teams | 187 | 16 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 12:05 | 247 | 6.5% | 6 | 23.3 | 49.5% |
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
3rd line
42nd percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
4th line- Goals /600.4219th pct
- Assists /601.1472nd pct
- ixG /600.6231st pct
- Goals above expected−7.312th pct
Play-driving
2nd line- xGF% (5v5)49.5%52nd pct
- CF% (5v5)49.1%47th pct
- Relative xGF%+0.561st pct
- Penalty diff /600.2973rd pct
Usage
3rd line- TOI per game12:0532nd pct
- PP time share21.3%50th pct
- Offensive zone starts64.2%73rd pct
- Quality of competition23.9%44th 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 Leipsic wins the draw over 4 seasons, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 783+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
51.0%
26–25 · below the 783 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
51.5%
Opponents won 50.5% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.5% against them.
Wins above average
+1
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
1.2
51 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 zone50.0% 14–14
- Neutral zone60.0% 9–6
- Defensive zone37.5% 3–5
By strength
- Even strength50.0% 20–20
- Power play60.0% 6–4
- Shorthanded0.0% 0–1
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: −4 after a win, +4 after a loss. Each win was worth -3.9 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Martin Hanzal33.3% 1–2
- Ryan Getzlaf50.0% 1–1
- William Karlsson50.0% 1–1
- Linden Vey100.0% 1–0
- Henrik Sedin100.0% 1–0
- Jordan Staal0.0% 0–1
- Dylan Larkin100.0% 1–0
- Ryan O'Reilly100.0% 1–0
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 | 3 | 66.7% | 65.8% |
| 2017–18 | 14 | 57.1% | 58.7% |
| 2018–19 | 13 | 53.8% | 54.5% |
| 2019–20 | 21 | 42.9% | 42.9% |
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.
−7.3 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games