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Brendan Gallagher

#7 · Right wing · Vancouver Canucks

Shoots right · 34 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season400049:56
Last season777162312112:21

Role

Where he fits on Vancouver right now.

Line

Not part of one of the team’s usual lines over the last 5 games; has played 4 of the team’s 5 games this season.

Power play

Not on either unit

Penalty kill

Spot duty 3 of 17 kills · 0:33 a kill

Ice time

9:56 a game, 12th-most among Vancouver forwards · 9:25 5-on-5 · 0:25 PK

Competition

Easier opponents than 89% of forwards · home 93%, road 76%

Easier opponents than 96% of forwards

Where he stands out

What he does better or worse than most players at his position.

Better than most at his position

  • Creating his own chances

    0.91 expected goals /60better than 84% of wingers

  • Shooting volume

    15.4 shot attempts /60better than 81% of wingers

  • Creating chances

    +0.14 expected goals /60better than 80% of forwards

  • Hitting

    hitting score 1396.36 hits /60better than 75% of forwardsmore than 70% of forwards

Behind most at his position

  • Staying out of the box

    1.20 penalties taken /60behind 93% of forwards

  • Finishing

    −0.9 goals above expected /100 shotsbehind 91% of forwards

  • Distance skated

    8.92 miles /60less far than 91% of wingers

  • Setting up goals

    0.48 first assists /60behind 82% of forwards

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.

Better than most at his position

Nothing yet where we can be confident he is above most forwards.

Behind most at his position

  • Time in the offensive zone

    35.4% of his timeless than 95% of forwards

  • Staying out of the box

    0.92 penalties taken /60behind 77% of forwards

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 3 games.

All ratings

Every rating, against other forwards.

Brendan GallagherAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 4 games blended with last season’s 77, and pulled toward the average forward by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.

He played for Montréal Canadiens last season. Habits that travel with a player (shooting, hitting, penalties) still use that season in full; setting up goals, finishing, faceoffs and power-play chances depend more on linemates and role, so they lean on it less. We measured how much each one carries over for players who change teams.

Shooting volume, creating his own chances, shot blocking, hardest shot and distance skated compare wingers with wingers, because centers and wingers really differ there. Everything else compares all forwards.

This season’s 4 games only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.

Driving play at 5-on-5

  • Creating chances
    Along for the rideDrives play

    +0.14 expected goals /60top 20%

    −0.00 expected goals /60bottom 42%

  • Preventing chances
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    +0.10 expected goals against /60bottom 18%

    +0.04 expected goals against /60bottom 32%

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    15.4 shot attempts /60top 19%

    14.0 shot attempts /60top 33%

  • Creating his own chances
    Few chancesDangerous

    0.91 expected goals /60top 16%

    0.83 expected goals /60top 30%

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    −0.9 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 9%

    −0.5 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 39%

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.48 first assists /60bottom 18%

    0.55 first assists /60average

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    1.81 expected goals /60average

    1.83 expected goals /60too few games

  • Shorthanded threat
    Pure defensePower kill

    0.88 expected goals for /60too few games

    0.88 expected goals for /60too few games

Physical and puck

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penalties
    RarelyDraws calls

    0.98 penalties drawn /60top 25%

    0.75 penalties drawn /60bottom 41%

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    1.20 penalties taken /60bottom 7%

    0.92 penalties taken /60bottom 23%

  • Faceoffs
    Loses drawsWins draws

    50.6% wontoo few games

    50.0% wontoo few games

Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average forward); switch “Hits and takeaways” to Raw in the settings to see the numbers as recorded. How the ratings work.

Shots

Where his shots come from, and how his misses miss.

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186 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 8 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

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9 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.

How his misses miss

  • Wide left28
  • Wide right15
  • Over the net6
  • Off the post or crossbar6
  • Short or other7

62 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

  • Wide left2
  • Wide right3
  • Over the net0
  • Off the post or crossbar0
  • Short or other0

5 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

The NHL’s game data records how a shot missed, but not where in the net a goal or save went (glove side, blocker, five-hole). That needs paid camera tracking, so we don’t show it.

Skating and shot

Speed, bursts, shot power and where he spends his shifts, from the NHL’s own tracking (NHL EDGE).

Top speed and hardest shot are his best single moments over this season and lastthis season; bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of his ice time. Tracking data: NHL EDGE.