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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 2000-01. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Aaron Ward DET · 9 P in 73 GP Cory Sarich TBL · 9 P in 73 GP Curtis Leschyshyn OTT · 9 P in 65 GP Jere Karalahti LAK · 9 P in 56 GP Frantisek Kucera PIT · 9 P in 55 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

2000-01 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 2 7 9 -27 157 83 373 0.11 2.4 22:20

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 2000-01 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 7, 2001 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 19:40
Apr 6, 2001 vs OTT L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 4 1 12 20:00
Apr 4, 2001 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 19:41
Apr 2, 2001 vs PIT W 4-1 0 1 1 2 5 1 4 19:24
Mar 31, 2001 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23:45
Mar 29, 2001 vs NYR L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 18:57
Mar 28, 2001 @ NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 2 4 2 2 19:10
Mar 25, 2001 @ PHX T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 25:03
Mar 23, 2001 @ DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 22:09
Mar 20, 2001 @ STL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 23:26
Mar 18, 2001 @ CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 24:24
Mar 17, 2001 @ CBJ T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 30:31
Mar 14, 2001 @ PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 31:18
Mar 11, 2001 vs FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 22:32
Mar 9, 2001 vs MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 22:58
Mar 6, 2001 vs WSH L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 4 0 3 22:54
Mar 5, 2001 @ NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 3 2 0 6 24:46
Mar 3, 2001 vs TBL L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 20 1 5 17:27
Mar 1, 2001 vs CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 5 23:03
Feb 27, 2001 vs NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 2 2 10 21:18
Feb 25, 2001 @ PIT L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 20:39
Feb 24, 2001 vs FLA W 5-4 0 1 1 1 5 2 4 22:20
Feb 22, 2001 vs PHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -3 0 1 10 26:05
Feb 18, 2001 @ VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 6 23:11
Feb 16, 2001 @ EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 1 6 0 2 20:39
Feb 14, 2001 vs PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 8 21:07
Feb 12, 2001 @ OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 22:09
Feb 10, 2001 @ MTL L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 23:00
Feb 9, 2001 vs PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 24:09
Feb 7, 2001 @ BUF L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 23:47
Feb 1, 2001 @ PHI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 20:43
Jan 31, 2001 vs NJD W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 24:05
Jan 27, 2001 vs BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 8 20:40
Jan 26, 2001 @ NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 23:41
Jan 23, 2001 vs OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 4 2 6 20:15
Jan 21, 2001 @ ATL T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 26:05
Jan 19, 2001 @ MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 21:58
Jan 16, 2001 @ COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 22:10
Jan 13, 2001 vs PIT W 6-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 24:26
Jan 12, 2001 @ PIT L 3-4 1 0 1 2 5 2 1 26:15
Jan 9, 2001 vs CHI L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 17:12
Jan 7, 2001 @ CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 20:58
Jan 6, 2001 vs PHX L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 5 24:05
Jan 4, 2001 @ NJD L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 17:30
Jan 2, 2001 vs MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 4 2 7 24:39
Dec 30, 2000 vs BUF L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 23:09
Dec 29, 2000 vs ATL W 5-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 6 25:22
Dec 27, 2000 vs BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 7 21:14
Dec 23, 2000 vs CBJ L 5-7 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 27:21
Dec 21, 2000 vs DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 28:24
Dec 19, 2000 vs CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 2 3 12 26:35
Dec 16, 2000 @ OTT L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 9 0 4 21:38
Dec 15, 2000 vs TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 23:27
Dec 12, 2000 vs WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 22:36
Dec 10, 2000 @ PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 3 15:41
Dec 9, 2000 vs ATL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 19:48
Dec 6, 2000 @ FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 20:07
Dec 3, 2000 vs NJD T 1-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 6 24:02
Dec 1, 2000 @ NJD T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 24:41
Nov 30, 2000 vs TOR L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 2 2 8 22:22
Nov 27, 2000 vs TBL W 7-4 0 1 1 0 2 1 4 21:51
Nov 25, 2000 vs DET L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 18:04
Nov 24, 2000 @ WSH L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 21:33
Nov 22, 2000 vs NYR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 21:40
Nov 19, 2000 @ ANA L 1-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 6 24:39
Nov 18, 2000 @ SJS L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 20:30
Nov 16, 2000 @ LAK L 1-5 0 0 0 -4 0 4 2 20:39
Nov 11, 2000 vs SJS L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 6 1 6 20:29
Nov 9, 2000 @ BUF L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 21:11
Nov 7, 2000 vs NSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 25:16
Nov 5, 2000 vs LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 18:50
Nov 3, 2000 @ TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 21:10
Nov 1, 2000 @ FLA W 3-0 0 0 0 1 10 1 4 17:30
Oct 31, 2000 vs BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 22:29
Oct 28, 2000 @ MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 24:20
Oct 27, 2000 vs MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 6 24:01
Oct 21, 2000 @ WSH T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 29:06
Oct 20, 2000 @ ATL W 5-3 1 0 1 2 6 2 4 19:41
Oct 17, 2000 vs ANA L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 19:11
Oct 14, 2000 vs CGY L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 4 1 4 18:53
Oct 11, 2000 @ TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 7 22:17
Oct 6, 2000 @ TBL T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 0 7 17:47