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Zdeno Chara

#33 · Defence · New York Islanders · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Mar 18, 1977 in Trencin, SVK · 6'9", 250 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 56th overall in 1996 by NYI (round 3)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2010-11
Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award Leadership and Growing the Game 2010-11
James Norris Memorial Trophy Top Defenseman 2008-09

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 1998-99. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Bryan Marchment SJS · 8 P in 59 GP Rhett Warrener BUF · 8 P in 61 GP Brad Bombardir NJD · 8 P in 56 GP Brad Brown CHI · 8 P in 66 GP David Harlock NYI · 8 P in 70 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.

020401997-98: 1 points197-981998-99: 8 points81999-00: 11 points1199-002000-01: 9 points92001-02: 23 points2301-022002-03: 39 points392003-04: 41 points4103-042005-06: 43 points432006-07: 43 points4306-072007-08: 51 points512008-09: 50 points5008-092009-10: 44 points442010-11: 44 points4410-112011-12: 52 points522012-13: 19 points1912-132013-14: 40 points402014-15: 20 points2014-152015-16: 37 points372016-17: 29 points2916-172017-18: 24 points242018-19: 14 points1418-192019-20: 14 points142020-21: 10 points1020-212021-22: 14 points14

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
1997-98 NYI 25 0 1 1 1 50 10 52 0.04
1998-99 NYI 59 2 6 8 -8 83 56 214 0.14
1999-00 NYI 65 2 9 11 -27 57 47 309 0.17
2000-01 NYI 82 2 7 9 -27 157 83 373 0.11
2001-02 OTT 75 10 13 23 30 156 105 299 0.31
2002-03 OTT 74 9 30 39 29 116 168 74 0.53
2003-04 OTT 79 16 25 41 33 147 185 239 0.52
2005-06 OTT 71 16 27 43 17 135 212 224 0.61 $1.862M
2006-07 BOS 80 11 32 43 -21 100 204 203 0.54 $7.5M
2007-08 BOS 77 17 34 51 14 114 207 223 0.66 $7.5M
2008-09 BOS 80 19 31 50 23 95 216 169 0.63 $7.5M
2009-10 BOS 80 7 37 44 19 87 242 151 0.55 $7.5M
2010-11 BOS 81 14 30 44 33 88 264 153 0.54 $7.5M
2011-12 BOS 79 12 40 52 33 86 224 166 0.66 $6.5M
2012-13 BOS 48 7 12 19 14 70 119 101 0.40 $6.917M
2013-14 BOS 77 17 23 40 25 66 168 163 0.52 $6.917M
2014-15 BOS 63 8 12 20 0 42 138 125 0.32 $6.917M
2015-16 BOS 80 9 28 37 12 71 158 134 0.46 $6.917M
2016-17 BOS 75 10 19 29 18 59 136 130 0.39 $6.917M
2017-18 BOS 73 7 17 24 22 60 144 141 0.33 $4M
2018-19 BOS 62 5 9 14 22 57 99 81 0.23 $5M
2019-20 BOS 68 5 9 14 26 60 86 78 0.21 $2M
2020-21 WSH 55 2 8 10 5 44 67 88 0.18 $795K
2021-22 NYI 72 2 12 14 8 85 81 125 0.19 $750K
24 seasons Career 1680 209 471 680 301 2085 3419 4015 0.40

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2001-02 OTT 10 0 1 1 4 12 17 40 0.10
2002-03 OTT 18 1 6 7 3 14 32 52 0.39
2003-04 OTT 7 1 1 2 3 8 12 26 0.29
2005-06 OTT 10 1 3 4 0 23 17 29 0.40
2007-08 BOS 7 1 1 2 -1 12 14 21 0.29
2008-09 BOS 11 1 3 4 1 12 28 37 0.36
2009-10 BOS 13 2 5 7 1 29 34 39 0.54
2010-11 BOS 24 2 7 9 16 34 62 56 0.38
2011-12 BOS 7 1 2 3 -1 8 21 26 0.43
2012-13 BOS 22 3 12 15 7 20 55 72 0.68
2013-14 BOS 12 2 2 4 4 14 22 45 0.33
2016-17 BOS 6 0 1 1 -3 2 8 36 0.17
2017-18 BOS 12 1 2 3 7 4 26 36 0.25
2018-19 BOS 23 2 4 6 11 16 21 57 0.26
2019-20 BOS 10 0 1 1 -2 8 11 24 0.10
2020-21 WSH 5 0 0 0 1 2 5 10 0.00
16 seasons Playoffs 197 18 51 69 51 218 385 606 0.35

1998-99 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
59 2 6 8 -8 83 56 214 0.14 3.6 18:54

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2020-21 to 2021-22 $795K
2019-20 to 2019-20 $2M
2018-19 to 2018-19 $5M
2017-18 to 2017-18 $4M
2012-13 to 2016-17 $6.917M
2011-12 to 2017-18 $6.5M
2006-07 to 2010-11 $7.5M
2005-06 to 2005-06 $1.862M

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 1998-99 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.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 17, 1999 @ PIT W 7-2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 25:34
Apr 14, 1999 @ TOR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 19:06
Apr 12, 1999 @ NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 21:35
Apr 10, 1999 vs CAR L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 20:18
Apr 8, 1999 vs MTL W 3-1 0 1 1 2 7 1 3 19:06
Apr 6, 1999 vs BUF L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 14:17
Apr 3, 1999 vs ANA T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 23:29
Mar 31, 1999 @ FLA W 5-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 5 21:50
Mar 29, 1999 @ NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 7 23:07
Mar 27, 1999 vs OTT L 3-7 1 0 1 -1 0 1 4 24:37
Mar 24, 1999 @ CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 13 22:49
Mar 21, 1999 @ CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 19:38
Mar 19, 1999 @ VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 22:20
Mar 15, 1999 @ BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:29
Mar 14, 1999 vs NYR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 18:40
Mar 11, 1999 vs TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 16:29
Mar 9, 1999 vs PHI T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 17:11
Mar 7, 1999 vs NJD L 2-4 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 17:44
Mar 6, 1999 @ PHI T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 21:39
Mar 4, 1999 vs DAL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 23:30
Mar 2, 1999 vs OTT L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 15:56
Feb 27, 1999 vs DET W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 16:02
Feb 25, 1999 vs TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 12:02
Feb 21, 1999 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 18:11
Feb 20, 1999 @ NJD W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 20:19
Feb 17, 1999 vs PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 19:24
Feb 15, 1999 vs TBL T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17:55
Feb 13, 1999 @ BUF T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 19:51
Feb 12, 1999 vs NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 17:16
Feb 9, 1999 vs WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 18:09
Feb 7, 1999 vs VAN T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 25:32
Feb 4, 1999 @ BOS W 5-4 0 1 1 -1 2 1 11 25:43
Feb 3, 1999 @ DET L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 4 0 0 19:53
Jan 30, 1999 @ OTT L 2-9 0 0 0 0 4 1 7 19:43
Jan 29, 1999 vs PHX T 4-4 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 4 3 21:44
Jan 26, 1999 vs BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 10:04
Jan 21, 1999 @ PIT W 5-2 0 0 0 4 2 1 7 23:25
Jan 20, 1999 vs FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 17 1 3 16:55
Jan 16, 1999 @ FLA L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 23:08
Jan 13, 1999 @ NYR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 8 22:17
Jan 11, 1999 @ WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 19:27
Jan 9, 1999 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:43
Jan 7, 1999 @ PHI L 0-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 22:12
Jan 5, 1999 vs CHI T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 4 1 4 16:07
Jan 2, 1999 vs SJS L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 4 0 2 17:58
Dec 31, 1998 @ CHI L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 17:27
Dec 29, 1998 @ TBL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 16:16
Dec 28, 1998 @ FLA L 1-5 0 0 0 1 9 0 6 13:54
Dec 26, 1998 vs BOS W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 21:12
Dec 22, 1998 vs STL T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 18:20
Dec 20, 1998 @ PHX L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:53
Dec 17, 1998 @ LAK W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 16:55
Dec 15, 1998 @ SJS W 1-0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 14:24
Dec 12, 1998 vs TBL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 19:22
Dec 8, 1998 vs COL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:39
Dec 5, 1998 vs NJD L 5-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 15:25
Dec 4, 1998 @ WSH L 1-5 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 15:41
Dec 2, 1998 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 09:55
Nov 28, 1998 vs CAR L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 18:29