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New York Islanders

Zdeno Chara

#33Defenseman

2021-22 regular season
72
GP
2
G
12
A
14
P
81
SOG
2.5% SH
18:44
TOI/GP

D · NYI · NHL id 8465009

Zdeno Chara has played 72 games for the New York Islanders in 2021-22, scoring 2 goals and 12 assists (14 points) on 81 shots while averaging 18:44 a night (16:37 at even strength, 0:03 on the power play and 1:43 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Islanders have controlled 43% of shot attempts with Chara on the ice (48-43 in goals, 47% offensive-zone starts). In the Islanders' most recent game against TBL he was on D2 with Noah Dobson and off the power play. He is shooting 2.5% this season against 4.5% across the 370 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 29 game vs TBL, detected from shift data

Pair
D2
Noah Dobson
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
PK2D
Andy Greene
Last 5: D2 · D2 · D2 · D3 · D2

Deployment timeline

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

Usage: 19 games, 19:35 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 7 line changes.

PPLine2221▲112▼21▲12▼3▼2▲222232▲0m8m17m25mMar 26Mar 29Apr 1Apr 5Apr 9Apr 14Apr 17Apr 21Apr 24Apr 28
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
19 games shown, 19:35 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 speed13th1320.4 mph
Bursts 20+ mph6th71
Hardest shot97th97101.3 mph
Offensive-zone time17th1739.7%
Distance skated60th60167.4 mi
High-danger SOG47th483
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 · 172 attempts, 81 on goal, 2 goals

Shot map, OPP at NYI: 172 attempts, 81 on goal, 2 goals, 3.90 expected goals; best chance Zdeno Chara at 0.37 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

0246-1.9goals below expected-1.0σOct 14Apr 29
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2021-22 regular season · 70 of 72 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.058
Season net
−1.16xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.10
Attempts
2
0.000

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−4.26G
Per 60
−0.190
Drawn / taken
18.5 / 42.5minors

MethodLeaders
45.2%
45.8%
44.8%
Transition CF/60
4.2
Turnovers won/60
17.5
Turnovers lost/60
16.4

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
81 shots on goal, 2 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
L Point53%6%0
Low Slot1%23%0
R Circle0%11%0
Center Point20%9%1
L Circle5%12%0
High Slot2%9%0
R Point1%6%0

Linemates

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

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

72 games in 2021-22, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 29vs TBLL 4-6101+12001—19:2418:40—0:44
Apr 28vs WSHW 5-1000+11010—20:5815:300:085:20
Apr 24vs CARL 2-5000-20241—18:0517:50——
Apr 23@ BUFL 3-501100230—20:2715:04—5:23
Apr 21vs NYRL 3-601101001—20:4720:47——
Apr 19vs FLAOTL 2-300001032—19:1115:38—3:33
Apr 17@ TORL 2-4000-10212—17:3116:52—0:39
Apr 15@ MTLW 3-0000+20024—18:2217:00—1:22
Apr 14@ PITL 3-6101-12011—17:4915:16—2:33
Apr 12vs PITW 5-4000+14000—22:4321:180:051:20
Apr 9@ STLL 1-6000-32202—19:3116:40—2:51
Apr 8@ CARW 2-100001001—20:3815:38—3:47
Apr 5@ DALL 2-3000+10022—18:3716:44—1:53
Apr 3@ NJDW 4-3000-30021—21:2217:33—2:30
Apr 1@ NYRW 3-0000+10021—20:4317:47—2:52
Mar 31vs CBJW 5-200000021—20:4217:01—3:20
Mar 29@ CBJW 4-3000+21021—20:2217:47—1:36
Mar 27vs TBLL 1-400000212—20:1616:37—3:39
Mar 26@ BOSL 3-601102023—18:5416:42—2:12
Mar 24vs DETW 5-2000+21001—21:0117:19—1:28

Season splits by strength

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

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations721348:4118:441018145241.2%41.9%573790545350%58.676.038%
Even strength721196:2916:37961125143.4%44.3%539670484353%50.362.247%
5v5721192:0116:33958124643.5%44.3%539668484353%50.261.947%
Power play94:060:277187.5%83.3%311150%0.80.1100%
Penalty kill60123:172:033217215.7%16.8%231051713%1.912.20%
4v4114:280:243537.5%20.0%0200—0.10.333%
5v484:030:307187.5%83.3%311150%0.80.1100%
4v559119:262:013116016.2%17.4%22971614%1.710.90%
3v543:360:540120.0%0.0%08010%0.01.30%
6v5, own net empty92:560:2070100.0%100.0%4000—0.40.0—
5v6, opponent net empty2219:350:53112530.6%38.5%4124267%5.31.30%
4v6, opponent net empty42:160:34030.0%0.0%0200—0.00.30%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2021-22NYI7221214+885812.5%1259018:44
2020-21PlayoffsWSH5000+1250.0%10316:16
2020-21WSH552810+544673.0%886718:19
2019-20BOS685914+2660865.8%7810121:01
2018-19PlayoffsBOS23246+1116219.5%574421:28
2018-19BOS625914+2257995.1%818821:05
2017-18PlayoffsBOS12123+74263.8%362623:36
2017-18BOS7371724+22601444.9%14111822:54

Zdeno Chara news

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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.