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Casey Cizikas

#53 · Centre · New York Islanders

Born Feb 27, 1991 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN (age 35) · 5'11", 190 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 92nd overall in 2009 by NYI (round 4)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

James Sheppard NYR · 18 P in 71 GP Calle Jarnkrok NSH · 18 P in 74 GP Tomas Jurco DET · 18 P in 63 GP Nate Thompson ANA · 18 P in 80 GP Max Talbot BOS · 18 P in 81 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.

01020302011-12: 4 points411-122012-13: 15 points152013-14: 16 points1613-142014-15: 18 points182015-16: 29 points2915-162016-17: 25 points252017-18: 17 points1717-182018-19: 33 points332019-20: 14 points1419-202020-21: 14 points142021-22: 16 points1621-222022-23: 21 points212023-24: 23 points2323-242024-25: 17 points172025-26: 18 points1825-262026-27: 2 points2

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2011-12 NYI 15 0 4 4 1 6 12 26 0.27 $793K
2012-13 NYI 45 6 9 15 0 14 45 75 0.33 $793K
2013-14 NYI 80 6 10 16 -12 30 79 128 0.20 $793K
2014-15 NYI 70 9 9 18 -2 24 90 144 0.26 $1M
2015-16 NYI 80 8 21 29 4 31 84 158 0.36 $1M
2016-17 NYI 59 8 17 25 9 30 82 144 0.42 $3.35M
2017-18 NYI 64 7 10 17 -12 23 74 128 0.27 $3.35M
2018-19 NYI 73 20 13 33 22 36 111 129 0.45 $3.35M
2019-20 NYI 48 10 4 14 12 41 67 133 0.29 $3.35M
2020-21 NYI 56 7 7 14 -2 27 72 112 0.25 $3.35M
2021-22 NYI 74 10 6 16 -3 48 91 138 0.22 $2.5M
2022-23 NYI 81 6 15 21 0 54 111 188 0.26 $2.5M
2023-24 NYI 70 10 13 23 -2 22 82 135 0.33 $2.5M
2024-25 NYI 82 7 10 17 -13 51 97 202 0.21 $2.5M
2025-26 NYI 81 10 8 18 -3 20 80 153 0.22 $2.5M
2026-27 NYI 5 1 1 2 2 2 6 7 0.40 $2.5M
16 seasons Career 983 125 157 282 1 459 1183 2000 0.29

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 NYI 6 2 2 4 1 12 8 15 0.67
2014-15 NYI 7 1 0 1 1 0 11 16 0.14
2015-16 NYI 11 0 3 3 -1 16 12 30 0.27
2018-19 NYI 8 0 0 0 -6 6 10 20 0.00
2019-20 NYI 18 0 2 2 0 8 16 54 0.11
2020-21 NYI 19 2 3 5 0 2 32 55 0.26
2022-23 NYI 6 1 2 3 -2 16 7 19 0.50
2023-24 NYI 5 1 1 2 -1 14 5 12 0.40
8 seasons Playoffs 80 7 13 20 -8 74 101 221 0.25

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
70 9 9 18 -2 24 90 144 0.26 10.0 12:31

Contract

$1MCap hitends in 2016
$56KCap dollars per point18 points in 70 games
$479KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.1 goals above replacement
$1.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$806KValueworth 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 649 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the New York Islanders on Jul 15, 2014, as a new contract: 2 years and $2M, beginning in 2014-15. It runs through 2015-16, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2014-15 $1M $800K $0 $800K
2015-16 $1M $1.2M $0 $1.2M

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Sep 1, 2021 New York Islanders New contract 2021-22 to 2026-27 6 $15M $2.5M
Jun 2, 2016 New York Islanders Extension 2016-17 to 2020-21 5 $16.75M $3.35M
Jul 15, 2014 New York Islanders New contract 2014-15 to 2015-16 2 $2M $1M
May 31, 2011 New York Islanders Entry-level 2011-12 to 2013-14 3 $2.7M $793K

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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 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
+0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.1Even-strength defence+0.9Power play0.0Penalty kill-0.1Penalties+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.

-202468102011-122013-142015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

58.4Corsi for %90 attempts for, 64 against
+11.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
61.0Expected goals for %3.1 expected for, 2.0 against
+14.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
61.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
66.7Goals for %2 for, 1 against
101.0PDO4.3% shooting + 96.8% saves
24Attempts 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
Cal Clutterbuck · Matt Martin · Casey Cizikas764:3364.771.81-0
Kyle Okposo · Josh Bailey · Casey Cizikas53:3075.042.00-0
Matt Martin · Casey Cizikas · Ryan Strome32:0828.623.60-0
Colin McDonald · Matt Martin · Casey Cizikas11:430.00.00-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.1Expected goalsfrom 19 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.68 expected goals per 60 minutes51st
Shot quality 5.8% chance per attempt19th
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected54thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 63 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.51Expected 1.1Goals 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
Apr 11, 2015 vs CBJ L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 11:24
Apr 10, 2015 @ PIT W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 09:47
Apr 7, 2015 @ PHI L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:09
Apr 4, 2015 vs BUF W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 11:50
Apr 2, 2015 @ CBJ L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 12:15
Mar 29, 2015 vs DET W 5-4 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 13:48
Mar 28, 2015 vs ANA L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 11:01
Mar 26, 2015 vs LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:50
Mar 24, 2015 vs MIN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:27
Mar 21, 2015 @ NJD W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:19
Mar 17, 2015 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:38
Mar 14, 2015 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:28
Mar 13, 2015 vs OTT L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:38
Mar 10, 2015 vs NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 11:33
Mar 9, 2015 @ TOR W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 13:41
Mar 7, 2015 @ FLA L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 09:37
Mar 5, 2015 @ NSH W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 07:22
Feb 16, 2015 vs NYR L 5-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 10:39
Feb 14, 2015 vs CBJ W 6-3 0 0 0 -2 2 0 3 14:29
Feb 12, 2015 vs TOR W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 14:07
Feb 10, 2015 vs EDM W 3-2 1 0 1 2 0 2 5 12:56
Feb 8, 2015 @ BUF W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 12:22
Feb 7, 2015 @ BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 11:46
Feb 5, 2015 @ PHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:10
Feb 3, 2015 vs FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 11:40
Jan 31, 2015 @ DET L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 13:48
Jan 29, 2015 vs BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:54
Jan 27, 2015 vs NYR W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 14:06
Jan 19, 2015 vs PHI W 7-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 14:19
Jan 17, 2015 @ MTL L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 12:09
Jan 16, 2015 vs PIT W 6-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 13:30
Jan 13, 2015 @ NYR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:48
Jan 10, 2015 @ CBJ W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 15:36
Jan 9, 2015 @ NJD W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 13:14
Jan 6, 2015 @ VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 10:01
Jan 4, 2015 @ EDM L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 4 2 13:41
Jan 2, 2015 @ CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:28
Dec 31, 2014 @ WPG W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:33
Dec 29, 2014 vs WSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 6 12:30
Dec 27, 2014 @ BUF L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:12
Dec 23, 2014 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:02
Dec 20, 2014 vs TBL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 12:36
Dec 19, 2014 @ DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:25
Dec 15, 2014 vs NJD W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 13:51
Dec 6, 2014 vs STL L 4-6 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 09:21
Dec 4, 2014 @ OTT W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 14:44
Dec 2, 2014 vs OTT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12:41
Nov 29, 2014 vs NJD W 3-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 12:48
Nov 28, 2014 @ WSH L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 13:13
Nov 26, 2014 vs WSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 13:20
Nov 24, 2014 vs PHI W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:08
Nov 22, 2014 vs PIT W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 13:21
Nov 21, 2014 @ PIT W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 11:16
Nov 18, 2014 vs TBL W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 5 12:24
Nov 15, 2014 @ TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 10:10
Nov 14, 2014 @ FLA W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:55
Nov 11, 2014 vs COL W 6-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 10:47
Nov 8, 2014 @ ARI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10:23
Nov 6, 2014 @ LAK W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:19
Nov 1, 2014 @ SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11:21
Oct 30, 2014 @ COL L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:24
Oct 28, 2014 vs WPG L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:18
Oct 25, 2014 vs DAL W 7-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 16:14
Oct 23, 2014 @ BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 15:14
Oct 21, 2014 vs TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 13:40
Oct 18, 2014 @ PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 12:00
Oct 16, 2014 vs SJS W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:58
Oct 14, 2014 @ NYR W 6-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 13:06
Oct 11, 2014 vs CAR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 13:51
Oct 10, 2014 @ CAR W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:36