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Ottawa Senators

Michael Del Zotto

#15Defenseman

2021-22 regular season
26
GP
3
G
10
A
13
P
35
SOG
8.6% SH
18:15
TOI/GP

D · OTT · NHL id 8474584

Michael Del Zotto has played 26 games for the Ottawa Senators in 2021-22, scoring 3 goals and 10 assists (13 points) on 35 shots while averaging 18:15 a night (16:06 at even strength, 1:24 on the power play and 0:28 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Senators have controlled 48% of shot attempts with Del Zotto on the ice (23-22 in goals, 39% offensive-zone starts). In the Senators' most recent game against MTL he was on D2 with Nick Holden and on PP2; dropped to D3 (from D2) in the last game. He is shooting 8.6% this season against 4.7% across the 252 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 23 game vs MTL, detected from shift data

Dropped to D3 (from D2) in the last gameLast 5: D2/PP2 · D2/PP2 · D2 · D1/PP2 · D3/PP2

Deployment timeline

2021-22 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 16 games, 18:37 average time on ice, PP1 in 1 games, 10 line changes.

PPLine32▲21▲2▼1▲12▼3▲13▼2▲22▼1▲3▼0m8m17m25mMar 16Mar 19Mar 24Mar 29Apr 3Apr 7Apr 10Apr 14Apr 18Apr 22
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
16 games shown, 18:37 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2021-22 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed41st4221.4 mph
Bursts 20+ mph13th132
Hardest shot99th99101.6 mph
Offensive-zone time51st5141.6%
Distance skated33rd3364.9 mi
High-danger SOG1st00
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

2021-22 · 81 attempts, 35 on goal, 3 goals

Shot map, OPP at OTT: 81 attempts, 35 on goal, 3 goals, 1.25 expected goals; best chance Michael Del Zotto at 0.10 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

2021-22 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

0123+1.8goals above expected1.6σOct 17Apr 23
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2021-22 regular season · 24 of 26 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.061
Season net
−0.42xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.29
Attempts
2
0.003

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−0.36G
Per 60
−0.045
Drawn / taken
0 / 2minors

MethodLeaders
45.8%
54.0%
45.2%
Transition CF/60
6.0
Turnovers won/60
15.9
Turnovers lost/60
15.6

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
35 shots on goal, 3 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
L Point31%6%1
Low Slot0%23%0
Center Point26%9%0
Outside L20%4%1
R Circle0%11%0
High Slot0%9%0
Outside R0%4%0

Linemates

2021-22 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Del Zotto

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

26 games in 2021-22, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 23vs MTLW 6-4000+10001—16:3213:252:47—
Apr 22@ CBJW 2-1000+12061—21:0819:301:240:14
Apr 19@ VANW 4-300000020—18:3218:32——
Apr 18@ SEAL 2-400000011—18:4017:081:32—
Apr 16vs TOROTL 4-5112+31013—19:2518:490:300:06
Apr 14@ BOSW 3-200001010—15:3212:272:51—
Apr 12@ DETW 4-1011+12001—19:5319:190:34—
Apr 9@ NYRL 1-5000-20013—18:4117:331:08—
Apr 7vs NSHL 2-300003012—18:0315:382:090:09
Apr 5@ MTLW 6-3011+20000—18:5918:040:51—
Apr 3vs DETW 5-2000-25000—20:4417:423:02—
Apr 1@ DETW 5-200000022—18:2417:220:510:03
Mar 29@ NSHL 1-4000-21012—21:1816:103:160:05
Mar 26vs FLAOTL 3-4011+12014—18:5816:432:13—
Mar 24@ WPGW 5-2022+31012—19:1917:590:31—
Mar 22@ NYIL 0-3000-12000—17:5515:381:40—
Nov 27@ LAKL 2-410103211—13:3711:081:560:28
Nov 22@ COLL 5-7011-10022—15:5813:260:351:53
Nov 14vs CGYL 0-4000-24231—19:4514:373:171:43
Nov 13vs PITW 6-311203021—20:0216:080:172:39

Season splits by strength

2021-22 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations26474:4018:1542945948.3%47.4%224249283247%19.823.344%
Even strength26418:3116:0637341647.3%46.4%193223232449%15.118.939%
5v526411:4615:5037140647.7%46.9%192219232251%15.118.339%
Power play2436:261:31401375.5%78.0%2583175%3.00.683%
Penalty kill1212:041:0042016.7%17.6%011030%0.41.3100%
4v476:230:552918.2%22.2%13010%0.00.543%
5v42436:261:31401375.5%78.0%2583175%3.00.683%
4v51211:150:5641917.4%17.6%011030%0.41.3100%
6v5, own net empty74:340:399375.0%57.1%421233%0.51.9100%
5v6, opponent net empty82:520:222722.2%12.5%151233%0.70.60%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2021-22OTT2631013-44358.6%423418:15
2020-21CBJ534913+58775.2%1255417:53
2019-20ANA4921315+514573.5%1015518:43
2018-19STL, ANA, VAN421910-28452.2%1295317:02
2017-18VAN8261622-8481284.7%24412720:48

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.