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Joe Vitale

#14 · Centre · Arizona Coyotes

Born Aug 20, 1985 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA · 5'11", 205 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 195th overall in 2005 by PIT (round 7)

Compare with a similar player

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

Michael Bournival MTL · 14 P in 60 GP Chris Neil OTT · 14 P in 76 GP Matt Martin NYI · 14 P in 79 GP Brandon Bollig CHI · 14 P in 82 GP Anders Lee NYI · 14 P in 22 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.

05102010-11: 2 points210-112011-12: 14 points1411-122012-13: 5 points512-132013-14: 14 points1413-142014-15: 9 points914-152015-16: 0 points015-16

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2010-11 PIT 9 1 1 2 -1 13 13 18 0.22 $513K
2011-12 PIT 68 4 10 14 -5 56 70 106 0.21 $513K
2012-13 PIT 33 2 3 5 -7 17 26 45 0.15 $550K
2013-14 PIT 53 1 13 14 -1 29 42 89 0.26 $550K
2014-15 ARI 70 3 6 9 -11 36 55 104 0.13 $1.117M
2015-16 ARI 1 0 0 0 1 5 1 1 0.00 $1.117M
6 seasons Career 234 11 33 44 -24 156 207 363 0.19

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2011-12 PIT 4 0 0 0 -2 12 1 2 0.00
2012-13 PIT 6 0 1 1 -1 6 5 12 0.17
2013-14 PIT 13 0 0 0 0 4 13 35 0.00
3 seasons Playoffs 23 0 1 1 -3 22 19 49 0.04

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
53 1 13 14 -1 29 42 89 0.26 2.4 10:58

Contract

$550KCap hit2013-14
$39KCap dollars per point14 points in 53 games
$500KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$50KValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. 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
2015-16 to 2016-17 $1.117M
2014-15 to 2014-15 $1.117M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $550K
2010-11 to 2011-12 $513K

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

-1.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.2Even-strength defence+0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill-0.2Penalties-0.1

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.

-1012342010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16Goals 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

47.9Corsi for %90 attempts for, 98 against
-8.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
38.7Expected goals for %2.5 expected for, 3.9 against
-19.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %1 for, 1 against
100.1PDO2.2% shooting + 98.0% saves
18Attempts 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
Craig Adams · Joe Vitale · Brian Gibbons621:2256.063.70-0
Craig Adams · Tanner Glass · Joe Vitale720:3039.534.00-0
Lee Stempniak · Joe Vitale · Beau Bennett912:3647.654.90-0
Joe Vitale · Brandon Sutter · Beau Bennett611:0345.020.30-0

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
0.9Expected goalsfrom 15 unblocked attempts
-0.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.45 expected goals per 60 minutes9th
Shot quality 6.0% chance per attempt24th
Finishing -0.9 goals above expected32ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 68 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.9Goals 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 20, 2014 @ DET L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:00
Mar 18, 2014 vs DAL W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 13:19
Mar 16, 2014 vs PHI L 3-4 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 12:36
Mar 15, 2014 @ PHI L 0-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:55
Mar 10, 2014 @ WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 08:42
Mar 7, 2014 @ ANA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10:31
Mar 4, 2014 @ NSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:12
Mar 1, 2014 @ CHI L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 11:42
Feb 27, 2014 vs MTL L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 10:46
Jan 10, 2014 @ EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 09:42
Jan 7, 2014 @ VAN W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 10:47
Jan 5, 2014 vs WPG W 6-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 08:46
Jan 3, 2014 vs NYR W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 14:36
Dec 31, 2013 @ NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 11:44
Dec 29, 2013 @ CBJ W 5-3 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 13:01
Dec 27, 2013 @ CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:22
Dec 23, 2013 @ OTT L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:16
Dec 21, 2013 vs CGY W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 12:03
Dec 19, 2013 vs MIN W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13:43
Dec 18, 2013 @ NYR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:27
Dec 16, 2013 vs TOR W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 12:45
Dec 14, 2013 @ DET W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 12:44
Dec 13, 2013 vs NJD W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 7 15:45
Dec 9, 2013 vs CBJ W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:56
Dec 7, 2013 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 08:34
Dec 5, 2013 vs SJS W 5-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 14:28
Dec 3, 2013 @ NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 08:41
Nov 30, 2013 @ FLA W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 4 10:54
Nov 29, 2013 @ TBL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 11:48
Nov 27, 2013 vs TOR W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:08
Nov 25, 2013 @ BOS L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 07:47
Nov 23, 2013 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 07:58
Nov 22, 2013 vs NYI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:48
Nov 20, 2013 @ WSH W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:59
Nov 18, 2013 vs ANA W 3-1 0 1 1 0 2 0 4 10:09
Nov 15, 2013 vs NSH W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 10:21
Nov 13, 2013 vs PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:08
Nov 9, 2013 @ STL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:57
Nov 6, 2013 @ NYR L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 10:41
Nov 2, 2013 @ CBJ W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 09:54
Nov 1, 2013 vs CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:03
Oct 30, 2013 vs BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 08:06
Oct 28, 2013 @ CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 10:17
Oct 26, 2013 @ TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 09:48
Oct 25, 2013 vs NYI L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 09:16
Oct 21, 2013 vs COL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:20
Oct 19, 2013 vs VAN W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 09:29
Oct 17, 2013 @ PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 10:06
Oct 15, 2013 vs EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:29
Oct 12, 2013 @ TBL W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:52
Oct 11, 2013 @ FLA L 3-6 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 10:30
Oct 8, 2013 vs CAR W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 08:50
Oct 5, 2013 vs BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 11:57