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Cody Ceci

#5 · Defence · Los Angeles Kings

Born Dec 21, 1993 in Ottawa, Ontario, CAN (age 32) · 6'3", 210 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 15th overall in 2012 by OTT (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

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

Joshua Brown FLA · 8 P in 56 GP Andrej Sekera DAL · 8 P in 57 GP Dan Hamhuis NSH · 8 P in 60 GP Anthony Bitetto WPG · 8 P in 51 GP Brendan Smith NYR · 8 P in 62 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.

010202013-14: 9 points913-142014-15: 21 points2114-152015-16: 26 points2615-162016-17: 17 points1716-172017-18: 19 points1917-182018-19: 26 points2618-192019-20: 8 points819-202020-21: 17 points1720-212021-22: 28 points2821-222022-23: 15 points1522-232023-24: 25 points2523-242024-25: 24 points2424-252025-26: 9 points925-262026-27: 1 points126-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2013-14 OTT 49 3 6 9 -5 14 82 45 0.18 $894K
2014-15 OTT 81 5 16 21 -4 6 130 89 0.26 $894K
2015-16 OTT 75 10 16 26 9 18 116 70 0.35 $894K
2016-17 OTT 79 2 15 17 -11 20 143 111 0.22 $2.8M
2017-18 OTT 82 5 14 19 -27 12 143 163 0.23 $2.8M
2018-19 OTT 74 7 19 26 -22 18 132 120 0.35 $4.3M
2019-20 TOR 56 1 7 8 7 20 48 92 0.14 $4.5M
2020-21 PIT 53 4 13 17 18 10 58 74 0.32 $1.25M
2021-22 EDM 78 5 23 28 8 14 102 117 0.36 $3.25M
2022-23 EDM 80 1 14 15 11 24 88 139 0.19 $3.25M
2023-24 EDM 79 5 20 25 12 14 97 91 0.32 $3.25M
2024-25 SJS 54 4 11 15 -9 14 60 52 0.28 $3.25M
2024-25 DAL 31 0 9 9 15 10 30 24 0.29
2025-26 LAK 82 1 8 9 -10 16 59 37 0.11 $4.5M
2026-27 LAK 4 0 1 1 3 0 3 1 0.25 $4.5M
14 seasons Career 957 53 192 245 -5 210 1291 1225 0.26

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2014-15 OTT 6 0 2 2 0 0 5 11 0.33
2016-17 OTT 19 0 1 1 -7 2 23 25 0.05
2019-20 TOR 5 1 0 1 0 4 5 8 0.20
2020-21 PIT 6 0 2 2 -3 0 13 10 0.33
2021-22 EDM 16 1 6 7 4 12 23 19 0.44
2022-23 EDM 12 0 1 1 -5 2 14 26 0.08
2023-24 EDM 24 2 3 5 -5 0 24 36 0.21
2024-25 DAL 18 0 3 3 -6 2 19 22 0.17
2025-26 LAK 4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 3 0.00
9 seasons Playoffs 110 4 18 22 -24 22 129 160 0.20

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
56 1 7 8 7 20 48 92 0.14 2.1 20:32

Contract

$4.5MCap hitends in 2020, then UFA
$563KCap dollars per point8 points in 56 games
$641KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$3.9MValueworth 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. 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 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs on Jul 4, 2019, as a new contract: 1 year and $4.5M, beginning in 2019-20. It runs through 2019-20, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2019-20 $4.5M $4.5M $0 $4.5M

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
Jul 1, 2025 Los Angeles Kings New contract 2025-26 to 2028-29 4 $18M $4.5M
Jul 28, 2021 Edmonton Oilers New contract 2021-22 to 2024-25 4 $13M $3.25M
Oct 17, 2020 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2020-21 to 2020-21 1 $1.25M $1.25M
Jul 4, 2019 Toronto Maple Leafs New contract 2019-20 to 2019-20 1 $4.5M $4.5M
Aug 3, 2018 Ottawa Senators New contract 2018-19 to 2018-19 1 $4.3M $4.3M
Aug 23, 2016 Ottawa Senators New contract 2016-17 to 2017-18 2 $5.6M $2.8M
Aug 23, 2012 Ottawa Senators Entry-level 2013-14 to 2015-16 signed for 2012-13, slid 3 $4.2M $894K

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

-0.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.7Even-strength defence-0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.2Penalties-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.

-10-5052013-142015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

45.5Corsi for %85 attempts for, 102 against
-11.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.0Expected goals for %2.6 expected for, 2.9 against
-11.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.0Goals for %1 for, 3 against
95.7PDO2.4% shooting + 93.3% saves
13Attempts 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
Morgan Rielly · Cody Ceci572:5747.148.60-2
Cody Ceci · Travis Dermott36:1233.341.31-0
Justin Holl · Cody Ceci35:5730.817.60-0
Tyson Barrie · Cody Ceci32:4672.795.30-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.2Expected goalsfrom 10 unblocked attempts
+0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.10 expected goals per 60 minutes17th
Shot quality 1.8% chance per attempt7th
Finishing +0.8 goals above expected74thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 70 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.2

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 1 2 21:06
Mar 6, 2020 @ ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:38
Feb 5, 2020 @ NYR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:30
Feb 3, 2020 vs FLA L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 13:54
Feb 1, 2020 vs OTT W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21:58
Jan 29, 2020 @ DAL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 19:28
Jan 27, 2020 @ NSH W 5-2 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 18:33
Jan 18, 2020 vs CHI L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 18:37
Jan 16, 2020 vs CGY L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 21:30
Jan 14, 2020 vs NJD W 7-4 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 19:15
Jan 12, 2020 @ FLA L 4-8 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 17:46
Jan 8, 2020 vs WPG L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 18:28
Jan 6, 2020 vs EDM L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 20:04
Jan 4, 2020 vs NYI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 20:17
Jan 2, 2020 @ WPG W 6-3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 20:29
Dec 31, 2019 @ MIN W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 21:13
Dec 28, 2019 vs NYR L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 14:36
Dec 27, 2019 @ NJD W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:45
Dec 23, 2019 vs CAR W 8-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:56
Dec 21, 2019 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 20:06
Dec 20, 2019 @ NYR W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 19:56
Dec 17, 2019 vs BUF W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:14
Dec 14, 2019 @ EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 22:56
Dec 12, 2019 @ CGY L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16:28
Dec 10, 2019 @ VAN W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 16:36
Dec 7, 2019 @ STL W 5-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 20:19
Dec 4, 2019 vs COL L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 17:31
Dec 3, 2019 @ PHI L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:53
Nov 30, 2019 vs BUF W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 22:54
Nov 29, 2019 @ BUF L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 22:34
Nov 27, 2019 @ DET W 6-0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 19:48
Nov 23, 2019 @ COL W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 26:52
Nov 21, 2019 @ ARI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22:54
Nov 19, 2019 @ VGK L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:24
Nov 16, 2019 @ PIT L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 21:35
Nov 15, 2019 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:50
Nov 13, 2019 @ NYI L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:42
Nov 10, 2019 @ CHI L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 18:08
Nov 9, 2019 vs PHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 23:24
Nov 7, 2019 vs VGK W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 21:56
Nov 5, 2019 vs LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 20:32
Nov 2, 2019 @ PHI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 7 28:03
Oct 29, 2019 vs WSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 24:15
Oct 26, 2019 @ MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 22:15
Oct 25, 2019 vs SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 21:31
Oct 22, 2019 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:19
Oct 21, 2019 vs CBJ L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 24:22
Oct 19, 2019 vs BOS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21:03
Oct 16, 2019 @ WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 22:54
Oct 15, 2019 vs MIN W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 24:03
Oct 12, 2019 @ DET W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 22:42
Oct 10, 2019 vs TBL L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:52
Oct 7, 2019 vs STL L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 20:13
Oct 5, 2019 vs MTL L 5-6 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 22:26
Oct 4, 2019 @ CBJ W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 24:44
Oct 2, 2019 vs OTT W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 22:01