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Liam O'Brien

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Liam O'Brien has played in the NHL since 2014–15 and currently plays for the Utah Mammoth. He is 32 years old (born in 1994), is originally from Halifax, is 185 cm tall and weighs 98 kg. He has previously played for Washington Capitals, Colorado Avalanche and Arizona Coyotes. O'Brien has put up 39 points in 265 games, 14 goals and 25 assists, an average of 0.15 points per game. The best season so far is 2023–24 with 14 points in 75 games.

BirthplaceHalifaxBorn1994 (32 years)Height185 cmWeight98 kgShootsLNHL9 seasons
DEBUT October 10, 2014(12y ago)vsMontréal CanadiensCONTRACT $1,000,000/yr (≈ 827 707 kr/month, 9 932 479 kr/yr) · UFA 2027–28
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2026–27 SEASON

Points
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Form
N/A
No recent outings yet
Games played
0%
0 of 12
games
Point pace
—
Projected full-season points at current pace
+/-
0
Ice time/game
—

Milestones

Recent
PlayoffsFirst playoff point6mo ago
Career250 NHL games9mo ago
Next up
Match season best: 5 goals
0 now · previous best 5
5left
Career50 career points11 away
Show all milestones 13
Season
Match season best: 5 goals5 away
Match season best: 9 assists9 away
Match season best: 14 points14 away
30 goals this season30 away
Playoffs
First playoff point6mo ago
Career
50 career points11 away
25 career goals11 away
50 career assists25 away
500 NHL games235 away
250 NHL games9mo ago
100 NHL games3y ago
First NHL goal12y ago
First NHL point12y ago

Compared with the NHL

Liam O'Brien is in the top 3% of NHL forwards for hits per 60 minutes.

2025-2026 · regular season · 476 NHL forwards with at least 20 games, all nationalities

Points / 60 min
0.69
Bottom 4%Liam O'Brien scores points more often than 4% of NHL forwards (18 of 476)
Goals / 60 min
0.52
Lower halfLiam O'Brien scores goals more often than 25% of NHL forwards (119 of 476)
Assists / 60 min
0.17
Bottom 2%Liam O'Brien records assists more often than 1% of NHL forwards (4 of 476)
Shots / 60 min
6.04
Lower halfLiam O'Brien shoots more often than 48% of NHL forwards (229 of 476)
Hits / 60 min
19.85
Top 3%Liam O'Brien hits more often than 97% of NHL forwards (464 of 476)
Blocked shots / 60 min
2.42
Upper halfLiam O'Brien blocks more shots than 69% of NHL forwards (328 of 476)
+/−
-6
Lower halfLiam O'Brien has a higher +/− than 32% of NHL forwards (152 of 476)

The bar shows the player's standing among NHL players at the position. Tied results share the same position. Further right is better, including for goals against.

Liam O'Brien's whole career

Stats

Games played
265
Points
39
Points per game
0.15
Goals
14
Assists
25
+/-
-4

Season by season

PointsGoalsAssistsPoints per gamePlus/minusGames

Teams player has played for

UTAUtah MammothCurrent
Seasons
2024–25 to 2025–26
Since OCT 8 · 2 seasons
PTS
6
G
3
A
3
GP
66
ARIArizona Coyotes
Seasons
2021–22 to 2023–24
OCT 16–APR 17 · 3 seasons
PTS
28
G
10
A
18
GP
170
COLColorado Avalanche
Seasons
2020–21
APR 2–APR 28
PTS
3
G
0
A
3
GP
12
WSHWashington Capitals
Seasons
2016–17 to 2017–18
JAN 9–NOV 10 · 2 seasons
PTS
0
G
0
A
0
GP
4
WSHWashington Capitals
Seasons
2014–15
OCT 9–NOV 26
PTS
2
G
1
A
1
GP
13

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