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Andrej Meszaros

#41 · Defence · Buffalo Sabres

Born Oct 13, 1985 in Považská Bystrica, SVK · 6'2", 223 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 23rd overall in 2004 by OTT (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alec Martinez LAK · 22 P in 61 GP Tyler Myers BUF · 22 P in 62 GP Alexander Edler VAN · 22 P in 63 GP Kris Letang PIT · 22 P in 37 GP Radko Gudas TBL · 22 P in 73 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.

01020302005-06: 39 points3905-062006-07: 35 points3506-072007-08: 36 points3607-082008-09: 16 points1608-092009-10: 17 points1709-102010-11: 32 points3210-112011-12: 25 points2511-122012-13: 2 points212-132013-14: 22 points2213-142014-15: 14 points1414-15

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2005-06 OTT 82 10 29 39 34 61 137 128 0.48
2006-07 OTT 82 7 28 35 -15 102 147 124 0.43
2007-08 OTT 82 9 27 36 5 50 160 101 0.44
2008-09 TBL 52 2 14 16 -4 36 87 68 0.31
2009-10 TBL 81 6 11 17 -14 50 145 112 0.21
2010-11 PHI 81 8 24 32 30 42 144 189 0.40
2011-12 PHI 62 7 18 25 6 38 114 144 0.40
2012-13 PHI 11 0 2 2 -9 2 18 18 0.18
2013-14 PHI 38 5 12 17 1 34 62 54 0.45 $4M
2013-14 BOS 14 2 3 5 4 6 22 13 0.36
2014-15 BUF 60 7 7 14 -13 36 67 67 0.23 $4.125M
10 seasons Career 645 63 175 238 25 457 1103 1018 0.37

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2005-06 OTT 10 1 0 1 0 18 17 13 0.10
2006-07 OTT 20 1 6 7 5 12 26 31 0.35
2007-08 OTT 4 0 1 1 -4 6 3 4 0.25
2010-11 PHI 11 2 4 6 -3 8 21 20 0.55
2011-12 PHI 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.00
2013-14 BOS 4 0 2 2 1 2 5 1 0.50
6 seasons Playoffs 50 4 13 17 -1 46 74 72 0.34

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
52 7 15 22 5 40 84 67 0.42 8.3 17:47

Contract

$4MCap hit2013-14
$182KCap dollars per point22 points in 52 games
$1.647MCap dollars per goal above replacement2.4 goals above replacement
$1.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.1MValueworth 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 641 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2014-15 to 2014-15 $4.125M
2013-14 to 2013-14 $4M

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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.1Even-strength defence-0.4Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.2Penalties-0.2

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.

-202462010-112011-122012-132013-142014-15Goals 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

45.0Corsi for %49 attempts for, 60 against
-4.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
38.4Expected goals for %1.4 expected for, 2.3 against
-14.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %2 for, 2 against
100.4PDO6.5% shooting + 93.9% 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Johnny Boychuk · Andrej Meszaros447:2646.939.21-2
Andrej Meszaros · Kevan Miller24:5933.345.70-0
Andrej Meszaros · Dougie Hamilton23:5033.34.80-0
Zdeno Chara · Andrej Meszaros21:1050.065.60-0

The pairs 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 pairs 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
0.1Expected goalsfrom 9 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.10 expected goals per 60 minutes21st
Shot quality 1.3% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected50thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 42 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.1Goals 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
Apr 13, 2014 @ NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:42
Apr 10, 2014 @ WPG L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:20
Apr 8, 2014 @ MIN L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:06
Apr 5, 2014 vs PHI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:01
Apr 2, 2014 @ DET L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 20:51
Mar 30, 2014 @ PHI W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 20:21
Mar 29, 2014 @ WSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 21:09
Mar 22, 2014 @ PHX W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 16:52
Mar 21, 2014 @ COL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 18:40
Mar 18, 2014 @ NJD W 4-2 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 21:07
Mar 17, 2014 vs MIN W 4-1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 16:55
Mar 13, 2014 vs PHX W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:33
Mar 12, 2014 @ MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 17:28
Mar 9, 2014 @ FLA W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 20:36
Mar 2, 2014 @ WSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 20:11
Mar 1, 2014 vs NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 6 2 21:54
Feb 27, 2014 vs SJS L 3-7 1 0 1 0 0 5 3 17:12
Feb 8, 2014 vs CGY W 2-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 21:24
Feb 3, 2014 @ SJS W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 19:21
Feb 1, 2014 @ LAK W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:45
Jan 23, 2014 @ CBJ L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 2 1 1 15:06
Jan 22, 2014 vs CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 5 17:34
Jan 20, 2014 @ NYI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20:16
Jan 18, 2014 vs NYI W 6-4 2 0 2 1 2 4 2 18:53
Jan 16, 2014 vs NSH L 3-4 (SO) 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 18:45
Jan 14, 2014 @ BUF W 4-3 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 15:54
Jan 12, 2014 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:55
Jan 11, 2014 vs TBL L 3-6 0 1 1 -1 0 5 0 20:48
Jan 8, 2014 vs MTL W 3-1 0 3 3 3 0 2 0 15:52
Jan 7, 2014 @ NJD W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 16:18
Jan 4, 2014 @ PHX W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 14:28
Jan 2, 2014 @ COL L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 16:29
Dec 31, 2013 @ CGY W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16:41
Dec 30, 2013 @ VAN W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 18:43
Dec 28, 2013 @ EDM W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 19:03
Dec 23, 2013 vs MIN W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 16:07
Dec 11, 2013 @ CHI L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 14:42
Dec 9, 2013 @ OTT L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 17:19
Dec 7, 2013 @ DAL L 1-5 1 0 1 -1 0 1 1 17:12
Dec 4, 2013 @ DET W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:07
Dec 2, 2013 @ MIN L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 16:14
Nov 30, 2013 @ NSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 13:30
Nov 29, 2013 vs WPG W 2-1 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 12:47
Nov 7, 2013 vs NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 13:10
Nov 5, 2013 @ CAR L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:59
Nov 2, 2013 @ NJD W 1-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16:56
Oct 29, 2013 vs ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 18:11
Oct 11, 2013 vs PHX L 1-2 0 0 0 0 14 1 0 18:17
Oct 8, 2013 vs FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 21:31
Oct 6, 2013 @ CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 18:06
Oct 5, 2013 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 19:35
Oct 2, 2013 vs TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:56