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Vancouver Canucks

Brandon Sutter

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2020-21 regular season
43
GP
9
G
3
A
12
P
65
SOG
13.8% SH
15:05
TOI/GP

C · VAN · NHL id 8474091

Brandon Sutter has played 43 games for the Vancouver Canucks in 2020-21, scoring 9 goals and 3 assists (12 points) on 65 shots while averaging 15:05 a night (11:56 at even strength, 0:10 on the power play and 2:38 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Canucks have controlled 45% of shot attempts with Sutter on the ice (16-25 in goals, 43% offensive-zone starts). In the Canucks' most recent game against TOR he was on L4 with Jayce Hawryluk and Matthew Highmore and off the power play; dropped to L4 (from L3) in the last game. He is shooting 13.8% this season against 11.0% across the 174 games in our data.

Right now

From the May 1 game vs TOR, detected from shift data

Line
L4
Jayce HawrylukMatthew Highmore
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Dropped to L4 (from L3) in the last gameLast 5: L3 · L2 · L3 · L3 · L4

Deployment timeline

2020-21 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 18 games, 15:32 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 10 line changes.

PPLine223▼32▲1▲2▼223▼34▼3▲32▲3▼34▼0m3m7m10m13m17m20mMar 2Mar 6Mar 10Mar 15Mar 19Mar 22Apr 18Apr 22Apr 26Apr 29
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
18 games shown, 15:32 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

Puck and player tracking

Source: NHL EDGE

No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.

Shot map

2020-21 · 94 attempts, 65 on goal, 9 goals

Shot map, OPP at VAN: 94 attempts, 65 on goal, 9 goals, 6.05 expected goals; best chance Brandon Sutter at 0.37 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Puck luck

2020-21 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

02468+3.0goals above expected1.3σJan 13May 1
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2020-21 regular season · 43 of 43 games through the sequence engine

MethodLeaders
+0.005
Season net
+0.04xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
+0.080
Season
+0.40G
55.5%497 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 63-41 · NZ 76-55 · DZ 137-125

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.95
Attempts
8
0.042

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
+1.27G
Per 60
+0.118
Drawn / taken
9 / 1minors

MethodLeaders
41.6%
44.4%
41.3%
Transition CF/60
4.2
Turnovers won/60
15.3
Turnovers lost/60
15.6

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
65 shots on goal, 9 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Center Point2%9%0
Outside R11%4%0
L Point3%8%0
Crease5%1%1
Outside L2%5%0
R Circle14%11%2
High Slot11%8%0

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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Linemates

2020-21 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Sutter

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

43 games in 2020-21, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
May 1@ TORL 1-5000-2002075%12:2912:07—0:22
Apr 29@ TORL 1-40000000163%14:0013:00——
Apr 28@ OTTL 3-6101-2101053%13:5310:400:162:57
Apr 26@ OTTL 1-20110100058%14:2313:18—1:05
Apr 24vs OTTW 4-20000100267%17:0210:05—6:42
Apr 22vs OTTL 0-30000101053%14:5810:530:133:52
Apr 20vs TORW 6-3202+2300154%15:4011:12—1:47
Apr 18vs TORW 3-20000200038%17:5612:30—5:24
Mar 20@ MTLOTL 4-5000-1100156%14:4514:45——
Mar 19@ MTLW 3-20000100046%16:4213:42—2:54
Mar 17@ OTTW 3-20000300157%18:3615:53—2:43
Mar 15@ OTTW 3-20110100058%19:2214:22—4:43
Mar 13vs EDMW 2-10000001067%20:2115:37—2:57
Mar 10vs MTLL 1-5000-1100054%14:5711:57—3:00
Mar 8vs MTLW 2-10000001173%14:2913:44—0:45
Mar 6vs TORW 4-2000-1100150%15:3413:43—0:47
Mar 4vs TORW 3-1000-1100267%17:0014:02—2:02
Mar 2@ WPGL 2-5000-2300150%15:5413:38—1:57
Mar 1@ WPGW 4-0011+1000054%14:5814:09—0:49
Feb 25vs EDML 0-30000300260%14:269:520:154:19

Season splits by strength

2020-21 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations43648:2115:0548475639.0%40.6%292408204133%23.445.934%
Even strength43512:4911:5643453744.7%46.2%255295162539%19.727.343%
5v543504:3511:4442853344.5%46.0%253293162539%19.127.143%
Power play147:120:319375.0%72.7%8300—0.50.580%
Penalty kill40113:292:503117515.0%17.2%239321115%1.712.70%
4v495:550:395362.5%71.4%2100—0.50.140%
3v3 (OT)22:191:101150.0%0.0%0100—0.00.1—
5v4147:060:309375.0%72.7%8300—0.50.580%
4v540110:412:463117115.3%17.5%239121115%1.712.30%
3v542:480:42040.0%0.0%0200—0.00.40%
6v5, own net empty113:370:208657.1%54.5%43030%0.93.4100%
5v6, opponent net empty106:570:421214.5%8.3%161150%0.30.80%
4v6, opponent net empty42:460:421127.7%9.1%181150%0.30.80%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2020-21VAN439312-926513.8%182815:05
2019-20VAN448917+1257610.5%181514:51
2018-19VAN26426-126439.3%331317:28
2017-18VAN61111526+8810610.4%553217:19

Brandon Sutter news

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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.