One-game Scouting Report for Habs Newcomer Daniel Briere

By Kicks @Chrisboucher73
Daniel Briere is listed as a 5'10", 170 lbs center. He was signed as an unrestricted free-agent by the Montreal Canadiens after being bought-out by the Philadelphia Flyers. Last season, Briere scored 6 goals and had 10 assists to go along with a traditional plus/minus of minus-13.

This is a one-game scouting report from a April 27th game between the Flyers and the Ottawa Senators; it was the Flyers final game of the 2013 season. Briere played 13:17 in the game, registering 1 shots on goal, and finishing with a plus-1 rating.


Please keep in mind, this is only a 1-game scouting report.


OVERALL GRADE

Briere produced a disappointing overall grade of 55. His best work was done in the defensive-zone; although that work remained below average. His performance in the both the neutral and offensive-zones was well below-average. 

The average overall grade among wingers is 71

PLAYER48PLAYER

WINS16WINS

EVENTS29EVENTS

GRADE55GRADE

PLAYER48PLAYER


OVERALL RATING AND RATIO 

Briere produced a below-average overall risk/reward rating of 0.23. He made 1.23 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play, and engaged in just 2.20 events per-minute played. Briere was not involved in the play, as reflected by the number of events he engaged in per-minute played. The average number of events per-minute engaged in among centres is 3.90.


The average overall risk/reward rating among wingers is 1.70



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POS16POS

NEG13NEG

RATIO1.23RATIO

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EVENTS/ MIN2.20EVENTS/ MIN

RISK/REWARD0.23RISK/REWARD

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EVEN-STRENGTH GRADE
 
Briere produced a below-average even-strength grade of 55. He helped produce no even-strength scoring-chances, while being directly involved in one ES scoring chances against.

The average even-strength grades among wingers is 70


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EVEN-STRENGTH RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO
 
Briere produced a below-average even-strength risk/reward rating of 0.24. Almost all of his successful plays took place in the defensive-zone. He made 1.23 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play, and engaged in just 2.35 events per-minute of even-strength ice-time.

The average even-strength risk/reward rating among centres is 1.59


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POS16POS

NEG13NEG

RATIO1.23RATIO

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EVENTS/ MIN2.35EVENTS/ MIN

RISK/REWARD0.24RISK/REWARD

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OFFENSIVE-ZONE RATING AND RATIO
Briere had a brutal offensive-zone risk/reward rating of -0.40, and produced only 0.17 successful plays in the offensive-zone for every 1 unsuccessful play. He lost his only puck-battle, failed to recover 1 loose-puck, and was unable to complete either of his 2 offensive-zone pass-attempts.

He was able to get 1 of his 3 attempted shots through to the net, and engaged in 0.57 offensive-zone events per-minute of ice-time.

The average offensive-zone risk/reward rating among centres is 0.61.


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OZ POS1OZ POS

OZ NEG6OZ NEG

RATIO0.17RATIO

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EVENTS/ MIN0.57EVENTS/ MIN

RISK/REWARD-0.40RISK/REWARD

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DEFENSIVE-ZONE RATING AND RATIO

Briere  produced a below-average defensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.40.  He engaged in 1.21 defensive-zone events per-minute played compared to an average among centres of 1.17.

He won his only defensive-zone puck-battle, and recovered 4 loose-pucks. He completed each of his 3 attempted passes, but failed with his only attempt to dump the puck out of the defensive-zone. He also failed with his only attempt to block a shot, but did intercept 2 opposition passes in the defensive-zone.

The average defensive-zone risk/reward rating among wingers is 0.62


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DZ POS10DZ POS

DZ NEG5DZ NEG

RATIO2.00RATIO

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EVENTS/ MIN1.21EVENTS/ MIN

RISK/REWARD0.40RISK/REWARD

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NEUTRAL-ZONE RATING AND RATIO

Briere produced a below-average neutral-zone risk/reward rating of 0.06, and a ratio of 2.5 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play.  He engaged in 7 neutral-zone events during the game, and was successful with 5 of those 7 events. 

He completed 2 neutral-zone passes, and was successful with 1 of his 2 attempts to dump the puck deep into the offensive-zone.  He intercepted 1 opposition pass, and failed to control 1 pass that was directed toward him.

The average neutral-zone risk/reward rating among wingers is 0.36


48

NZ POS5NZ POS

NZ NEG2NZ NEG

RATIO2.50RATIO

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EV/ MIN0.15EV/ MIN

RISK/REWARD0.06RISK/REWARD

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POWERPLAY RATING AND RATIO
Briere had 48 seconds of powerplay ice-time, but did not engage in any events.