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Boston Bruins

Brian Gionta

#12Right Wing

2017-18 regular season
20
GP
2
G
5
A
7
P
42
SOG
4.8% SH
13:04
TOI/GP

RW · BOS · NHL id 8467407

Brian Gionta has played 20 games for the Boston Bruins in 2017-18, scoring 2 goals and 5 assists (7 points) on 42 shots while averaging 13:04 a night (10:34 at even strength, 1:55 on the power play and 0:20 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Bruins have controlled 53% of shot attempts with Gionta on the ice (4-3 in goals, 48% offensive-zone starts). In the Bruins' most recent game against TBL he was on L3 with Sean Kuraly and Ryan Donato and off the power play; moved up to L3 (from L4) in the last game. He is shooting 4.8% this season.

Right now

From the May 4 game vs TBL, detected from shift data

Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Moved up to L3 (from L4) in the last gameLast 5: L2/PP2 · L4 · L4 · L3 · L3

Deployment timeline

2017-18 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 9 games, 11:16 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 4 line changes.

PPLine34▼442▲4▼43▲30m3m7m10m13m17mMar 25Mar 29Apr 1Apr 5Apr 8Apr 14Apr 19Apr 23Apr 28May 2
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
9 games shown, 11:16 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

2017-18 · 60 attempts, 42 on goal, 2 goals

Shot map, OPP at BOS: 60 attempts, 42 on goal, 2 goals, 3.78 expected goals; best chance Brian Gionta at 0.61 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

2017-18 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

024-1.8goals below expected-1.1σMar 1Apr 8
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2017-18 regular season · 19 of 20 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
+0.020
Season net
+0.07xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.87
Attempts
3
0.027

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

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.00G
Per 60
+0.000
Drawn / taken
1 / 1minors

MethodLeaders
59.3%
60.0%
59.0%
Transition CF/60
3.8
Turnovers won/60
16.8
Turnovers lost/60
15.4

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
42 shots on goal, 2 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
R Circle24%11%0
L Point0%7%0
Outside R10%4%0
Outside L0%5%0
High Slot5%9%0
R Net Side0%3%0
Center Point5%8%0

Linemates

2017-18 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Gionta

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

21 games in 2017-18, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
May 4POvs TBLOTL 3-4000-10011—11:1811:120:06—
Apr 8vs FLAL 2-400002000—9:059:05——
Apr 7vs OTTW 5-2011+13010—8:417:56——
Apr 5@ FLAL 2-300001011—9:589:43—0:15
Apr 3@ TBLL 0-40000301050%15:4012:340:592:03
Apr 1@ PHIOTL 3-400002000—11:1710:42—0:35
Mar 29vs TBLW 4-2000012000%9:587:411:55—
Mar 27@ WPGOTL 4-5000-11010—12:068:353:06—
Mar 25@ MINW 2-1000020200%14:5513:001:470:08
Mar 23@ DALW 3-2000-20010—12:498:233:221:04
Mar 21@ STLOTL 1-200002010—11:5411:360:18—
Mar 19vs CBJOTL 4-5000-10011100%13:4710:432:54—
Mar 17@ TBLW 3-000002011100%14:2712:570:550:35
Mar 15@ FLAL 0-300003001—16:5410:373:220:04
Mar 13@ CARW 6-400004010—13:4712:381:09—
Mar 11@ CHIL 1-3000+170000%14:0412:251:10—
Mar 10vs CHIW 7-4112-12021100%15:5611:304:26—
Mar 8vs PHIW 3-2101+120110%12:579:133:120:32
Mar 6vs DETW 6-500001010—13:4411:421:350:27
Mar 3vs MTLW 2-101101010100%15:439:544:491:00

Season splits by strength

2017-18 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations20261:2113:0428620458.4%58.3%16611011569%15.69.657%
Even strength20211:1710:3421018353.4%53.9%118934357%10.77.650%
5v520206:4410:2020117753.2%53.8%114894357%10.37.248%
Power play1638:152:23661086.8%83.3%4197278%4.11.0100%
Penalty kill106:430:401109.1%10.0%1700—0.00.850%
4v453:440:456460.0%50.0%3300—0.20.267%
5v41638:152:23661086.8%83.3%4197278%4.11.0100%
4v5106:430:401109.1%10.0%1700—0.00.850%
6v5, own net empty43:540:5990100.0%100.0%6000—0.70.0100%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2017-18PlayoffsBOS1000-100—1111:18
2017-18BOS20257-12424.8%17613:04

Brian Gionta 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.