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Leo Komarov

#47 · Right wing · New York Islanders

Born Jan 23, 1987 in Narva, EST · 5'11", 205 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 180th overall in 2006 by TOR (round 6)

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.

Casey Cizikas NYI · 14 P in 48 GP Austin Watson NSH · 14 P in 53 GP Nikolai Prokhorkin LAK · 14 P in 43 GP Michael Frolik BUF · 14 P in 57 GP Riley Nash CBJ · 14 P in 64 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.

01020302012-13: 9 points912-132014-15: 26 points2614-152015-16: 36 points3615-162016-17: 32 points3216-172017-18: 19 points1917-182018-19: 26 points2618-192019-20: 14 points1419-202020-21: 8 points820-212021-22: 0 points021-22

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2012-13 TOR 42 4 5 9 -1 18 51 176 0.21 $850K
2014-15 TOR 62 8 18 26 0 18 84 250 0.42 $2.95M
2015-16 TOR 67 19 17 36 -12 40 130 283 0.54 $2.95M
2016-17 TOR 82 14 18 32 6 31 114 232 0.39 $2.95M
2017-18 TOR 74 7 12 19 0 31 114 219 0.26 $2.95M
2018-19 NYI 82 6 20 26 18 42 78 203 0.32 $3M
2019-20 NYI 48 4 10 14 2 10 46 123 0.29 $3M
2020-21 NYI 33 1 7 8 7 15 27 83 0.24 $3M
2021-22 NYI 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0.00 $3M
9 seasons Career 491 63 107 170 20 207 644 1572 0.35

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2012-13 TOR 7 0 0 0 0 17 5 22 0.00
2016-17 TOR 6 0 1 1 -1 2 10 30 0.17
2017-18 TOR 2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 6 0.00
2018-19 NYI 8 1 1 2 1 8 12 36 0.25
2019-20 NYI 17 1 2 3 1 4 18 79 0.18
2020-21 NYI 19 0 3 3 -1 14 13 73 0.16
6 seasons Playoffs 59 2 7 9 -1 45 60 246 0.15

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
48 4 10 14 2 10 46 123 0.29 8.7 12:36

Contract

$3MCap hitends in 2022, then UFA
$214KCap dollars per point14 points in 48 games
$6.339MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.5 goals above replacement
$1.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.9MValueworth 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 2021-22, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2019-20 $3M
2020-21 $3M
2021-22 $3M

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
2021-22 to 2021-22 $3M
2020-21 to 2020-21 $3M
2018-19 to 2021-22 $3M
2014-15 to 2017-18 $2.95M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $850K

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

+1.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.2Even-strength defence+1.6Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.3Penalties-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.

-4-2024682012-132015-162017-182019-202021-22Goals 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

43.8Corsi for %128 attempts for, 164 against
-3.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.0Expected goals for %5.1 expected for, 4.9 against
-0.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %5 for, 5 against
99.5PDO7.7% shooting + 91.8% saves
23Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 192 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Leo Komarov · Derick Brassard · Jean-Gabriel Pageau1269:5549.665.92-2
Leo Komarov · Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Ross Johnston215:5130.850.51-0
Leo Komarov · Matt Martin · Casey Cizikas614:5846.770.40-0
Leo Komarov · Derick Brassard · Mathew Barzal88:2240.925.91-1

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.4Expected goalsfrom 22 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.41 expected goals per 60 minutes8th
Shot quality 6.4% chance per attempt24th
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected47thOne 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.

00.51Expected 1.4Goals 1

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 @ VAN L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 14:38
Mar 7, 2020 vs CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 4 0 4 08:31
Mar 3, 2020 vs MTL L 2-6 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 10:56
Feb 29, 2020 vs BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 10:16
Feb 27, 2020 @ STL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 06:50
Feb 25, 2020 vs NYR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 07:09
Feb 23, 2020 vs SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 12:57
Feb 21, 2020 vs DET W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 4 10:18
Feb 19, 2020 @ COL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:49
Feb 17, 2020 @ ARI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:13
Feb 15, 2020 @ VGK L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 11:28
Feb 13, 2020 @ NSH L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 12:27
Feb 11, 2020 vs PHI W 5-3 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 13:03
Feb 10, 2020 @ WSH W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 19:24
Feb 8, 2020 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:28
Feb 6, 2020 vs LAK W 5-3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 15:07
Feb 4, 2020 vs DAL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:50
Feb 1, 2020 vs VAN L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:32
Jan 21, 2020 @ NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:25
Jan 19, 2020 @ CAR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 17:18
Jan 18, 2020 vs WSH L 4-6 0 1 1 -1 2 1 4 16:01
Jan 16, 2020 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 13:38
Jan 14, 2020 vs DET W 8-2 1 1 2 2 0 3 4 14:39
Jan 13, 2020 @ NYR L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:53
Jan 11, 2020 vs BOS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 13:14
Jan 7, 2020 @ NJD W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 16:02
Jan 6, 2020 vs COL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:45
Jan 4, 2020 @ TOR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 12:58
Jan 2, 2020 vs NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 12:45
Dec 31, 2019 @ WSH W 4-3 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 15:35
Dec 29, 2019 @ MIN W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14:58
Dec 21, 2019 vs ANA L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10:43
Dec 17, 2019 vs NSH L 3-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:37
Dec 7, 2019 @ DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:16
Dec 5, 2019 vs VGK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 17:29
Dec 3, 2019 @ MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 09:58
Dec 2, 2019 @ DET W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 08:48
Nov 30, 2019 vs CBJ W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:49
Nov 27, 2019 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 11:01
Nov 19, 2019 @ PIT W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 11:10
Nov 13, 2019 vs TOR W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 10:50
Oct 17, 2019 @ WPG W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14:12
Oct 14, 2019 vs STL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:27
Oct 12, 2019 vs FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 09:07
Oct 11, 2019 @ CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:06
Oct 8, 2019 vs EDM L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 14:01
Oct 6, 2019 vs WPG W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14:53
Oct 4, 2019 vs WSH L 1-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 13:04