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Jason Spezza

#19 · Centre · Toronto Maple Leafs

Born Jun 13, 1983 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN · 6'3", 219 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 2nd overall in 2001 by OTT (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Carl Hagelin WSH · 25 P in 58 GP Marcus Foligno MIN · 25 P in 59 GP Derek Grant PHI · 25 P in 56 GP Nick Cousins VGK · 25 P in 65 GP Lawson Crouse ARI · 25 P in 66 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

0204060802002-03: 21 points2102-032003-04: 55 points552005-06: 90 points9005-062006-07: 87 points872007-08: 92 points9207-082008-09: 73 points732009-10: 57 points5709-102010-11: 57 points572011-12: 84 points8411-122012-13: 5 points52013-14: 66 points6613-142014-15: 62 points622015-16: 63 points6315-162016-17: 50 points502017-18: 26 points2617-182018-19: 27 points272019-20: 25 points2519-202020-21: 30 points302021-22: 25 points2521-22

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2002-03 OTT 33 7 14 21 -3 8 65 5 0.64
2003-04 OTT 78 22 33 55 22 71 142 13 0.71
2005-06 OTT 68 19 71 90 23 33 156 12 1.32 $1.1M
2006-07 OTT 67 34 53 87 19 45 162 18 1.30 $4.5M
2007-08 OTT 76 34 58 92 26 66 210 18 1.21 $4.5M
2008-09 OTT 82 32 41 73 -14 79 246 26 0.89 $7M
2009-10 OTT 60 23 34 57 0 20 165 23 0.95 $7M
2010-11 OTT 62 21 36 57 -7 28 188 14 0.92 $7M
2011-12 OTT 80 34 50 84 11 36 232 28 1.05 $7M
2012-13 OTT 5 2 3 5 3 2 12 0 1.00 $7M
2013-14 OTT 75 23 43 66 -26 46 223 17 0.88 $7M
2014-15 DAL 82 17 45 62 -7 28 204 16 0.76 $7M
2015-16 DAL 75 33 30 63 4 22 202 9 0.84 $7.5M
2016-17 DAL 68 15 35 50 -18 29 149 13 0.74 $7.5M
2017-18 DAL 78 8 18 26 -12 12 138 16 0.33 $7.5M
2018-19 DAL 76 8 19 27 -13 29 121 16 0.36 $7.5M
2019-20 TOR 58 9 16 25 -3 18 73 13 0.43 $700K
2020-21 TOR 54 10 20 30 3 6 81 26 0.56 $700K
2021-22 TOR 71 12 13 25 -3 26 97 31 0.35 $750K
19 seasons Career 1248 363 632 995 5 604 2866 314 0.80

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2002-03 OTT 3 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 0.67
2003-04 OTT 3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 0.00
2005-06 OTT 10 5 9 14 -1 2 23 4 1.40
2006-07 OTT 20 7 15 22 5 10 49 17 1.10
2007-08 OTT 4 0 1 1 -4 0 10 2 0.25
2009-10 OTT 6 1 6 7 -3 4 24 6 1.17
2011-12 OTT 7 3 2 5 2 8 21 8 0.71
2012-13 OTT 3 0 1 1 -1 0 6 2 0.33
2015-16 DAL 13 5 8 13 0 2 34 3 1.00
2018-19 DAL 11 3 2 5 -1 0 16 6 0.45
2019-20 TOR 5 0 0 0 0 9 7 7 0.00
2020-21 TOR 7 3 2 5 3 4 12 10 0.71
2021-22 TOR 5 0 1 1 -2 2 6 8 0.20
13 seasons Playoffs 97 28 48 76 -2 43 212 76 0.78

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
58 9 16 25 -3 18 73 13 0.43 12.3 10:50

Contract

$700KCap hitends in 2020, then UFA
$28KCap dollars per point25 points in 58 games
$203KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.4 goals above replacement
$3.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.8MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2019-20, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2019-20 $700K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2020-21 to 2021-22 $700K
2019-20 to 2019-20 $700K
2015-16 to 2018-19 $7.5M
2013-14 to 2014-15 $7M
2008-09 to 2014-15 $7M
2006-07 to 2007-08 $4.5M
2005-06 to 2005-06 $1.1M

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2019-20 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2019-20 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.2Even-strength defence+0.2Power play-0.1Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.3

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

02468102010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-21Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

54.5Corsi for %42 attempts for, 35 against
+1.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
58.8Expected goals for %1.3 expected for, 0.9 against
+4.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 0 against
100.0PDO0.0% shooting + 100.0% saves
11Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jason Spezza · Kyle Clifford · Pierre Engvall428:2864.875.00-0
Jason Spezza · Kyle Clifford · Frederik Gauthier13:020.00.00-0
Jason Spezza · Alexander Kerfoot · Andreas Johnsson11:4240.019.70-0
Jason Spezza · Kasperi Kapanen · Pierre Engvall10:370.00.00-0

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.5Expected goalsfrom 10 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.70 expected goals per 60 minutes40th
Shot quality 4.9% chance per attempt3rd
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected45thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 106 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.5Goals 0

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 10, 2020 vs TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 08:59
Mar 6, 2020 @ ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:29
Mar 5, 2020 @ LAK L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:04
Mar 3, 2020 @ SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:55
Feb 29, 2020 vs VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:05
Feb 27, 2020 @ FLA W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:08
Feb 25, 2020 @ TBL W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 09:04
Feb 22, 2020 vs CAR L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:40
Feb 20, 2020 vs PIT W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:18
Feb 18, 2020 @ PIT L 2-5 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 15:00
Feb 16, 2020 @ BUF L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 10:01
Feb 15, 2020 @ OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:52
Feb 13, 2020 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:38
Feb 11, 2020 vs ARI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:00
Feb 8, 2020 @ MTL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 10:30
Feb 7, 2020 vs ANA W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 15:34
Feb 5, 2020 @ NYR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:11
Feb 3, 2020 vs FLA L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 07:09
Feb 1, 2020 vs OTT W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 10:33
Jan 29, 2020 @ DAL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 08:42
Jan 27, 2020 @ NSH W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 11:52
Jan 18, 2020 vs CHI L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:37
Jan 16, 2020 vs CGY L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:24
Jan 14, 2020 vs NJD W 7-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 08:58
Jan 12, 2020 @ FLA L 4-8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:10
Jan 8, 2020 vs WPG L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:38
Jan 6, 2020 vs EDM L 4-6 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 10:33
Jan 4, 2020 vs NYI W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:58
Jan 2, 2020 @ WPG W 6-3 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 13:56
Dec 31, 2019 @ MIN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:47
Dec 28, 2019 vs NYR L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:32
Dec 27, 2019 @ NJD W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 06:34
Dec 23, 2019 vs CAR W 8-6 1 1 2 -1 0 1 0 08:50
Dec 20, 2019 @ NYR W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:27
Dec 17, 2019 vs BUF W 5-3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 07:20
Dec 14, 2019 @ EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 07:45
Dec 12, 2019 @ CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:31
Dec 10, 2019 @ VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:51
Dec 7, 2019 @ STL W 5-2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 09:40
Dec 4, 2019 vs COL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:27
Dec 3, 2019 @ PHI L 1-6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12:07
Nov 29, 2019 @ BUF L 4-6 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 08:29
Nov 27, 2019 @ DET W 6-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15:12
Nov 23, 2019 @ COL W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 08:40
Nov 21, 2019 @ ARI W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:37
Nov 19, 2019 @ VGK L 2-4 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 11:58
Nov 16, 2019 @ PIT L 1-6 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 13:58
Nov 15, 2019 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 12:31
Nov 10, 2019 @ CHI L 4-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 09:00
Nov 2, 2019 @ PHI W 4-3 (SO) 1 1 2 1 4 2 1 12:55
Oct 29, 2019 vs WSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:53
Oct 26, 2019 @ MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:01
Oct 25, 2019 vs SJS W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 12:26
Oct 21, 2019 vs CBJ L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 11:44
Oct 19, 2019 vs BOS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:11
Oct 10, 2019 vs TBL L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 10:24
Oct 7, 2019 vs STL L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 08:41
Oct 4, 2019 @ CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:36