Justin Brazeau Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Tommy Novak is the partner who brings the best out of him

Brazeau is at his best beside Novak: 57.3% of the expected goals together against 47.9% apart.

179 minutes together, 551 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Evgeni Malkin

The pairing with Malkin is the one that costs him: 43.3% of the expected goals together, 51.9% apart.

141 minutes together, 588 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Wotherspoon does better away from him: 53.9% of the expected goals apart against 45.7% together.

219 minutes together, 1,166 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Novak is a different player beside him: 57.3% of the expected goals with Brazeau, 51.5% without him.

179 minutes together, 843 minutes apart for Novak

He and Tommy Novak are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Brazeau and Novak: 5.15 expected goals an hour.

179 minutes together at 5v5

Anthony Mantha is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Mantha than anyone: 489 minutes, worth 49.8% of the expected goals.

29 goals for, 24 against together

The goals go his team's way when Ben Kindel is out there with him

With Kindel on the ice too, the Penguins have outscored opponents 18 to 11 at 5v5.

62.1% goal share over 286 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Tommy Novak are out together

He gives up least beside Novak: 3.84 expected goals against an hour.

179 minutes together at 5v5

Egor Chinakhov is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Chinakhov: 92.0% of the expected goals over 31 minutes.

2 goals for, 2 against together

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Brazeau with Letang, Malkin, Mantha and Shea, 37 minutes at 5v5.

61.5% of the expected goals, 5 goals for and 1 against

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Letang, Malkin, Mantha and Shea: 61.5% of the expected goals over 37 minutes.

5 goals for, 1 against, 48.1% of the attempts

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Karlsson, Malkin, Mantha and Wotherspoon: 30.8% of the expected goals.

0 goals for, 2 against over 32 minutes

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Brazeau has been shuffled through 31 different five-man units, and only 2 of them have settled.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled

The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

9 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Brazeau this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split

Anthony Mantha is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Anthony Mantha has assisted on 7 of his 17 goals, 41.2% of them.

4 primary, 3 secondary

Anthony Mantha is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 11 of Anthony Mantha's goals, 64.7% of his own assists.

7 primary, 4 secondary

His assists are the real ones, the pass that made the goal

64.7% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

11 primary of 17 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

13 different teammates have assisted on his 17 goals.

Mantha (7), Kindel (5), Malkin (4), Clifton (2)

The power play stalls when he is the one out there

On the power play his unit generates 7.08 expected goals an hour.

7 goals in 66 minutes, 256th of 269 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 102.5, running hot and likely to cool.

12.6% shooting and 89.8% goaltending behind him, 80th of 454 forwards

His team wins the goal battle while he is on the ice

The Penguins score 55.4% of the 5v5 goals with Brazeau out there.

41 for, 33 against, 104th of 454 forwards

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 4.7 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

337th of 454 forwards

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Penguins create 4.72 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Brazeau on.

123rd of 454 forwards

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 55.4% of the goals off 50.1% of the expected goals.

5.3 points of goal share above expectation

Good things happen for his team when he is on the ice

The Penguins are up 12 goals with Brazeau on the ice.

50 for, 38 against, 132nd of 466 forwards

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 58.32 shot attempts an hour with Brazeau on the ice at 5v5.

288th of 454 forwards

Neither team controls the puck when he is on

Brazeau's line owns 49.0% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

680 for, 709 against, 250th of 454 forwards

Shots even out when he is on the ice

50.0% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Brazeau is on.

325 for, 325 against, 205th of 454 forwards

The run of play is about even when he is on the ice

At 5v5 the Penguins generate 50.1% of the expected goals with Brazeau on the ice.

57.4 xGF to 57.2 xGA over 729 minutes, 217th of 454 forwards

He is not part of the power play plan

He draws 1:17 of power play time a game, 254th among forwards.

8.1% of his total ice time

He gets a normal share of the minutes

Brazeau plays 12:39 a night, 345th among forwards.

810 minutes across 64 games

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 1.26 goals an hour of ice time.

74th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Brazeau produces 2.52 points an hour of ice time.

125th in the league

He shoots the puck himself, not just when his line has it

He puts 7.63 shots on goal an hour.

131st in the league

How he gets his points says what kind of player he is

Only 14.7% of his points come on the power play: this is even-strength production.

5 of 34 points with the man advantage

A lot of his goals arrive when the game is on the line

Brazeau has 4 game winners this season.

17 goals in total

He is the one who makes the play, not the one who finishes it

He sets up 1.26 assists an hour of ice time.

205th in the league

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +5 on the season.

200th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

12 takeaways against 40 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.3 takeaways per giveaway

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.37 points an hour.

254th in the league

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 6.67 checks an hour.

254th in the league

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 3.26 shots an hour of ice time.

355th in the league

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.04 penalty minutes an hour.

610th most penalty minutes an hour

He wins the puck back about as often as most

He takes the puck back 0.89 times an hour.

421st in the league

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 2.96 times an hour.

436th most giveaways an hour

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

73.8% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

135 of 183 attempts, 2nd of 468 forwards

He gets his chances from the dirty areas, not the perimeter

73.8% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

135 attempts from inside the home plate, 2nd of 468 forwards

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

12.0% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

22 of 183 attempts, 7th of 468 forwards

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 20.0 feet.

183 located attempts, 9th of 468 forwards

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

6.0% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

11 long-range attempts, 33rd of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

42.1% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

77 attempts, 5 goals

He works one side of the ice far more than the other

49.2% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

37 left, 90 middle, 56 right

He shoots about as often as anyone else

He fires 13.56 attempts an hour of ice time.

183 attempts in 810 minutes, 192nd of 466 forwards

He hits the net about as often as anyone

64.6% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

104 of 161 unblocked, 268th of 468 forwards

He takes about as many shots over a season as anyone

Brazeau has taken 183 shot attempts this season.

87 on goal, 57 missed, 22 blocked, 246th of 468 forwards

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Brazeau has scored 2 times on Ilya Sorokin this season, more than on any other goaltender.

2 goals on 11 attempts, 18.2%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Logan Thompson has turned him away every time: 7 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Ilya Sorokin: 18.2% of his attempts against him go in.

2 goals on 11 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 3 goals against the Blackhawks this season.

8 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Ilya Sorokin: 11 attempts, 2 goals.

18.2% conversion

There is one opponent he goes looking for all night

Brazeau has finished his check on Alexandre Carrier 4 times, more than anyone.

hits delivered, from play-by-play

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 16.3% of the shots he puts on goal.

17 goals on 104 shots, 95th of 468 forwards

One shot in his bag goes in far more often than the rest

His deadliest shot is the backhand: 31.2% of them go in.

5 goals on 16 attempts

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 11.1% of his attempts.

15 goals on 135 close attempts, 113th of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 15.9 feet out, and the longest went in from 45.

17 goals located by coordinate

He scores about what his chances are worth

Brazeau has 17 goals off 16.7 expected: 0.3 more than the chances alone say.

212th of 468 forwards

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