LW · WSH · NHL id 8476894
Brendan Leipsic has played 61 games for the Washington Capitals in 2019-20, scoring 3 goals and 8 assists (11 points) on 49 shots while averaging 9:10 a night (8:40 at even strength, 0:26 on the power play and 0:01 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Capitals have controlled 53% of shot attempts with Leipsic on the ice (21-18 in goals, 52% offensive-zone starts). In the Capitals' most recent game against PIT he was on L4 with Nic Dowd and Garnet Hathaway and off the power play. He is shooting 6.1% this season against 6.4% across the 181 games in our data.
Right now
From the Feb 23 game vs PIT, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2019-20 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 19 games, 8:46 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 2 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
Puck and player tracking
No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.
Shot map
2019-20 · 99 attempts, 49 on goal, 3 goals
Shot map, OPP at WSH: 99 attempts, 49 on goal, 3 goals, 6.30 expected goals; best chance Brendan Leipsic at 0.25 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2019-20 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2019-20 regular season · 56 of 61 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.026
- Season net
- −0.23xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 1.14
- Attempts
- 10
- 0.055
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Linemates
2019-20 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Leipsic
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
61 games in 2019-20, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23 | vs PIT | W 5-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 6:20 | 6:20 | — | — |
| Feb 22 | @ NJD | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 10:55 | 9:00 | 1:55 | — |
| Feb 17 | @ VGK | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 8:25 | 8:25 | — | — |
| Feb 15 | @ ARI | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 6:55 | 6:45 | 0:03 | — |
| Feb 13 | @ COL | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 7:25 | 6:56 | — | — |
| Feb 10 | vs NYI | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 10:02 | 10:01 | — | — |
| Feb 8 | vs PHI | L 2-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0% | 8:15 | 8:08 | — | 0:07 |
| Feb 4 | vs LAK | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | 13:01 | 12:27 | 0:34 | — |
| Feb 2 | vs PIT | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 4:31 | 3:46 | 0:45 | — |
| Jan 31 | @ OTT | W 5-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 10:55 | 9:44 | 0:28 | — |
| Jan 29 | vs NSH | L 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 7:01 | 6:28 | 0:33 | — |
| Jan 27 | @ MTL | W 4-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 11:29 | 10:13 | 1:16 | — |
| Jan 18 | @ NYI | W 6-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 6:50 | 6:34 | 0:16 | 0:00 |
| Jan 16 | vs NJD | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 8:42 | 7:09 | 1:33 | — |
| Jan 13 | vs CAR | W 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6:04 | 6:04 | — | — |
| Jan 11 | vs NJD | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | 11:28 | 8:31 | 2:11 | 0:46 |
| Jan 8 | @ PHI | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 10:11 | 9:08 | 1:03 | — |
| Jan 7 | vs OTT | W 6-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 10:18 | 10:18 | — | — |
| Jan 5 | vs SJS | W 5-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9:09 | 9:00 | — | — |
| Jan 3 | @ CAR | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 8:29 | 8:24 | 0:00 | 0:01 |
Season splits by strength
2019-20 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 61 | 558:48 | 9:10 | 544 | 454 | 54.5% | 55.1% | 267 | 231 | 24 | 19 | 56% | 27.1 | 19.7 | 56% |
| Even strength | 61 | 528:40 | 8:40 | 494 | 432 | 53.3% | 53.7% | 242 | 217 | 21 | 18 | 54% | 24.0 | 18.3 | 52% |
| 5v5 | 61 | 527:17 | 8:39 | 493 | 432 | 53.3% | 53.7% | 242 | 217 | 21 | 18 | 54% | 23.9 | 18.3 | 52% |
| Power play | 38 | 26:27 | 0:42 | 41 | 14 | 74.5% | 73.9% | 19 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 67% | 2.7 | 0.9 | 78% |
| Penalty kill | 8 | 1:14 | 0:09 | 4 | 7 | 36.4% | 42.9% | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.3 | 100% |
| 5v4 | 38 | 26:24 | 0:42 | 40 | 14 | 74.1% | 73.3% | 19 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 67% | 2.6 | 0.9 | 80% |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | WSH | 61 | 3 | 8 | 11 | +3 | 13 | 49 | 6.1% | 57 | 20 | 9:10 |
| 2018-19 | LAK, VAN | 62 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -14 | 24 | 92 | 7.6% | 56 | 28 | 13:47 |
| 2017-18 | VAN, VGK | 58 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -4 | 14 | 95 | 5.3% | 32 | 22 | 13:08 |
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.