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Montreal Canadiens

Brandon Gignac

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2023-24 regular season
7
GP
1
G
0
A
1
P
7
SOG
14.3% SH
11:39
TOI/GP

C · MTL · NHL id 8479330

Brandon Gignac has played 7 games for the Montreal Canadiens in 2023-24, scoring 1 goal and 0 assists (1 points) on 7 shots while averaging 11:39 a night (9:16 at even strength, 0:40 on the power play and 1:41 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Canadiens have controlled 39% of shot attempts with Gignac on the ice (1-4 in goals, 57% offensive-zone starts). In the Canadiens' most recent game against BUF he was on L4 with Tanner Pearson and Jesse Ylonen and off the power play. He is shooting 14.3% this season against 12.5% across the 8 games in our data.

Right now

From the Feb 21 game vs BUF, detected from shift data

Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Last 5: L4 · L4 · L4/PP2 · L4 · L4

Deployment timeline

2023-24 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 7 games, 11:37 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 1 line changes.

PPLine24▼4▼44▲4▼40m3m7m10m13m17mFeb 6Feb 10Feb 11Feb 13Feb 15Feb 17Feb 21
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
7 games shown, 11:37 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2023-24 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Only 7 GP in 2023-24: NHL EDGE percentiles are noisy before about 15-20 games.

Top speed72nd7322.6 mph
Bursts 20+ mph33rd3330
Hardest shot9th1075.3 mph
Offensive-zone time15th1539.1%
Distance skated15th1513.8 mi
High-danger SOG20th215
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

2023-24 · 10 attempts, 7 on goal, 1 goal

Shot map, OPP at MTL: 10 attempts, 7 on goal, 1 goal, 0.91 expected goals; best chance Brandon Gignac at 0.33 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

2023-24 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

00.511.5+0.1goals above expected0.1σFeb 6Feb 21
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2023-24 regular season · 7 of 7 games through the sequence engine

MethodLeaders
−0.049
Season net
−0.05xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
−0.068
Season
−0.04G
45.3%53 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 7-8 · NZ 11-11 · DZ 6-10

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.93
Attempts
1
0.311

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

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.19G
Per 60
+0.143
Drawn / taken
1 / 0minors

MethodLeaders
42.8%
36.4%
41.5%
Transition CF/60
6.5
Turnovers won/60
20.5
Turnovers lost/60
19.5

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

How his goals happened

1 goal since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Feb 13, 2024 vs ANAOdd-man rushloose029.92-on-0

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2023-24 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Gignac

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

7 games in 2023-24, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Feb 21vs BUFL 2-3000-1001160%10:5810:100:210:27
Feb 17vs WSHL 3-4000-1001244%9:038:08—0:55
Feb 15@ NYRL 4-7000-1100145%11:257:561:281:49
Feb 13vs ANAW 5-0101+1200060%10:508:30—2:20
Feb 11vs STLL 2-70000301060%11:409:46—1:54
Feb 10vs DALL 2-3000-110210%12:416:112:194:11
Feb 6@ WSHW 5-20000000250%14:5414:080:320:14

Season splits by strength

2023-24 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations781:3111:396310537.5%37.8%31561517%2.75.148%
Even strength764:499:16548439.1%39.4%25411420%2.13.057%
5v5764:319:13548339.4%39.8%25401420%2.13.057%
Power play44:401:106185.7%83.3%3100—0.30.2100%
Penalty kill711:501:4132013.0%15.8%314010%0.21.90%
5v444:401:106185.7%83.3%3100—0.30.2100%
4v5711:501:4132013.0%15.8%314010%0.21.90%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2023-24MTL7101-30714.3%5711:39
2018-19NJD1000-2010.0%019:04

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.