Brett Connolly's NHL career
Right winger Brett Connolly was drafted 6th overall by Tampa Bay Lightning in 2010. He played 11 seasons for 5 clubs, 2011-2022. That came to 536 games and 195 points, 101 goals and 94 assists.
Below: the whole of Brett Connolly's career, season by season.
- Year 20102010 NHL Draft
Brett Connolly is drafted 6 overall by Tampa Bay Lightning
Selected6 overall, round 1
Swedes drafted19 selectedFirst Swede off the boardLudvig Rensfeldt#35First off the board- 1Taylor HallEDM
- 2Tyler SeguinBOS
- 3Erik GudbransonFLA
Swedes from the same draft- Calle Järnkrok774 GP · 316 P
- Jesper Fast703 GP · 248 P
- John Klingberg700 GP · 443 P
- 1 year, 3 months and 12 days later · 2 seasonsYear 20112011-2012 seasonNHL debut
Brett Connolly makes his NHL debut
Brett was 19 years old ·
RBC Center, USAOne other Swede was on the ice:
Victor Hedman.Year 2012Season2011-2012
Brett Connolly's first NHL season: 15 points
The whole season2011-2012Points15NHL#403Games68 of 8283%Goals4NHL#399Assists11NHL#383P/GP0.22NHL#439+/--9NHL#761 - Year 2013Season
2012-2013
Brett Connolly plays only 5 games for 1 points
Events43games missedThe whole season2012-2013Points1NHL#671Games5 of 4810%Goals1NHL#517Assists0NHL#700P/GP0.20+/--3NHL#559 - Season
2013-2014
Brett Connolly plays only 11 games for 1 points
Events71games missedThe whole season and the playoff run2013-2014Points1NHL#729Games11 of 8213%Goals1NHL#606Assists0NHL#752P/GP0.09+/--5NHL#644PlayoffsEliminated by Montréal Canadiens0 of 4 games0 pointsFirst roundMTLMontréal Canadiens0–4 - Year 2015Season
2014-2015
Brett Connolly scores 17 points
Events27games missedThe whole season2014-2015Points17NHL#396Games55 of 8267%Goals12NHL#205Assists5NHL#552P/GP0.31NHL#371+/-+3NHL#243 - Year 2016Season
2015-2016
Brett Connolly scores 25 points
The whole season2015-2016Points25NHL#280Games71 of 8287%Goals9NHL#259Assists16NHL#272P/GP0.35NHL#303+/--1NHL#451 - Year 2017Season
2016-2017
Brett Connolly scores 23 points
The whole season and the playoff run2016-2017Points23NHL#311Games66 of 8280%Goals15NHL#158Assists8NHL#449P/GP0.35NHL#305+/-+20NHL#28PlayoffsEliminated by Pittsburgh Penguins0 of 13 games0 pointsFirst roundTORToronto Maple Leafs4–2Second roundPITPittsburgh Penguins3–4 - Year 2018Season
2017-2018
Brett Connolly scores 27 points and wins the Stanley Cup
EventsStanley CupThe whole season and the playoff run2017-2018Points27NHL#289Games70 of 8285%Goals15NHL#170Assists12NHL#379P/GP0.39NHL#307+/--6NHL#661PlayoffsStanley Cup0 of 24 games0 pointsFirst roundCBJColumbus Blue Jackets4–2Second roundPITPittsburgh Penguins4–2Conference finalTBLTampa Bay Lightning4–3Stanley Cup FinalVGKVegas Golden Knights4–1 - Year 2019Season
2018-2019
Brett Connolly scores 46 points — the best season of his career
EventsCareer bestHis best points seasonThe whole season and the playoff run2018-2019Points46NHL#132Games81 of 8299%Goals22NHL#88Assists24NHL#170P/GP0.57NHL#165+/-+13NHL#85PlayoffsEliminated by Carolina Hurricanes0 of 7 games0 pointsFirst roundCARCarolina Hurricanes3–4 - Year 2020Season
2019-2020
Brett Connolly scores 33 points
The whole season and the playoff run2019-2020Points33NHL#188Games69 of 69100%Goals19NHL#88Assists14NHL#304P/GP0.48NHL#229+/--3NHL#581PlayoffsEliminated by New York Islanders0 of 4 games0 pointsQualifying roundNYINew York Islanders1–3 - Year 2021Season
2020-2021
Brett Connolly plays only 31 games for 6 points
Events25games missedThe whole season2020-2021Points6NHL#558Games31 of 5655%Goals3NHL#438Assists3NHL#580P/GP0.19NHL#531+/-+3NHL#215 - Year 2022Season
2021-2022
Brett Connolly's last season: 1 points
Events73games missedThe whole season2021-2022Points1NHL#817Games9 of 8211%Goals0NHL#781Assists1NHL#778P/GP0.11+/--3NHL#590 - The career
Brett Connolly played his last NHL game in 2022
The career ended after 11 seasons, the last of them with Chicago Blackhawks.