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Chicago Blackhawks

Brett Connolly

#20Right Wing

2021-22 regular season
9
GP
0
G
1
A
1
P
6
SOG
0.0% SH
8:24
TOI/GP

RW · CHI · NHL id 8475792

Brett Connolly has played 9 games for the Chicago Blackhawks in 2021-22, scoring 0 goals and 1 assist (1 points) on 6 shots while averaging 8:24 a night (7:41 at even strength, 0:42 on the power play and 0:01 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Blackhawks have controlled 43% of shot attempts with Connolly on the ice (1-4 in goals, 25% offensive-zone starts). In the Blackhawks' most recent game against CBJ he was on L4 with Brandon Hagel and Kirby Dach and on PP2; added to PP2 in the last game. He is shooting 0.0% this season against 16.9% across the 291 games in our data.

Right now

From the Feb 17 game vs CBJ, detected from shift data

Added to PP2 in the last gameLast 5: L3 · L4 · L4 · L4/PP2 · L4/PP2

Deployment timeline

2021-22 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 7 games, 9:05 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 1 line changes.

PPLine44▼34▼4440m3m7m10m13mJan 1Jan 4Jan 8Jan 13Jan 17Jan 22Jan 26Jan 31Feb 9Feb 14
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
7 games shown, 9:05 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2021-22 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Only 9 GP in 2021-22: NHL EDGE percentiles are noisy before about 15-20 games.

Top speed22nd2221.4 mph
Bursts 20+ mph15th156
Hardest shot8th872.6 mph
Offensive-zone time61st6242.9%
Distance skated15th1612.2 mi
High-danger SOG8th81
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2021-22 · 13 attempts, 6 on goal, 0 goals

Shot map, OPP at CHI: 13 attempts, 6 on goal, 0 goals, 0.58 expected goals; best chance Brett Connolly at 0.16 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

2021-22 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

00.51-0.6goals below expected-0.8σDec 15Feb 17
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2020-21 regular season · 29 of 31 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
+0.003
Season net
+0.01xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.17
Attempts
1
0.018

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

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.16G
Per 60
+0.025
Drawn / taken
3 / 2minors

MethodLeaders
50.9%
43.8%
50.5%
Transition CF/60
2.6
Turnovers won/60
19.3
Turnovers lost/60
12.5

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
26 shots on goal, 3 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Low Slot35%23%1
High Slot19%8%1
R Circle19%11%0
L Point0%8%0
L Circle4%11%0
R Point0%7%0
Center Point4%9%0

Role changes

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

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Linemates

2021-22 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Connolly

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

9 games in 2021-22, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Feb 17vs CBJL 4-7011+10020—6:054:361:29—
Feb 14@ WPGW 3-1000-11000—9:358:510:44—
Feb 2vs MINL 0-5000-22010—11:3711:37——
Jan 31vs VANL 1-300000010—5:365:36——
Jan 28vs COLL 4-6000-10001—9:008:53—0:07
Jan 11@ CBJW 4-200000001—9:209:060:14—
Jan 8@ VGKW 2-100003021—12:2311:330:50—
Dec 18@ DALOTL 3-4000001500—0:260:26——
Dec 15vs WSHW 5-400000010—11:328:342:58—

Season splits by strength

2021-22 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations975:348:24607644.1%44.7%25422433%2.23.741%
Even strength969:127:41577543.2%44.6%24411420%2.13.525%
5v5969:127:41577543.2%44.6%24411420%2.13.525%
Power play56:151:153175.0%50.0%1110100%0.20.383%
Penalty kill10:070:0700——0000—0.00.0—
5v456:151:153175.0%50.0%1110100%0.20.383%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2021-22CHI9011-31560.0%738:24
2020-21CHI, FLA31336+342611.5%44812:09
2019-20FLA69191433-32611716.2%561714:30
2018-19PlayoffsWSH7202-26922.2%10113:50
2018-19WSH81222446+132413915.8%532513:20
2017-18PlayoffsWSH24639+463218.8%341511:48
2017-18WSH70151227-6306722.4%722412:00

Brett Connolly news

Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.

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.