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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 2002-03. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Scott Niedermayer NJD · 39 P in 81 GP Kim Johnsson PHI · 39 P in 82 GP Kimmo Timonen NSH · 40 P in 72 GP Brian Rafalski NJD · 40 P in 79 GP Bryan Berard BOS · 38 P in 80 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

2002-03 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
74 9 30 39 29 116 168 74 0.53 5.4 24:57

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 2002-03 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 5, 2003 @ TOR W 3-1 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 23:10
Apr 3, 2003 @ WSH W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 24:54
Apr 1, 2003 vs BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 17 1 2 16:53
Mar 29, 2003 @ MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 22:10
Mar 28, 2003 vs WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 27:48
Mar 25, 2003 vs COL T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 2 4 26:39
Mar 22, 2003 @ FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 25:16
Mar 21, 2003 @ ATL W 5-1 0 0 0 0 12 1 0 22:33
Mar 18, 2003 @ CAR W 6-5 0 2 2 2 2 0 2 28:22
Mar 16, 2003 @ DET L 2-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 3 18:42
Mar 15, 2003 vs NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 23:07
Mar 13, 2003 vs NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 3 2 23:02
Mar 11, 2003 vs BOS W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 2 5 23:35
Mar 9, 2003 vs PIT W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 3 24:50
Mar 8, 2003 @ PIT W 5-1 0 2 2 2 0 2 4 24:58
Feb 15, 2003 @ TOR L 1-2 1 0 1 -1 2 3 4 26:21
Feb 13, 2003 vs EDM W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 24:03
Feb 12, 2003 @ PIT W 3-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 25:29
Feb 8, 2003 vs ATL W 3-1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 26:44
Feb 6, 2003 vs PHI T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 7 0 28:30
Feb 5, 2003 @ NYR W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 29:11
Jan 30, 2003 @ LAK L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 24:01
Jan 29, 2003 @ ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 27:45
Jan 27, 2003 @ DAL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 28:21
Jan 25, 2003 vs BUF W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 24:25
Jan 23, 2003 @ ATL T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 27:06
Jan 22, 2003 @ FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 28:34
Jan 20, 2003 @ TBL L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23:38
Jan 18, 2003 vs WSH W 5-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 23:40
Jan 16, 2003 vs ANA W 3-1 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 26:19
Jan 14, 2003 vs TBL W 7-0 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 21:40
Jan 11, 2003 @ EDM W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 24:11
Jan 9, 2003 @ CGY W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 26:55
Jan 8, 2003 @ VAN L 4-6 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 27:42
Jan 6, 2003 @ NYR W 5-2 0 2 2 1 5 3 0 20:42
Jan 4, 2003 vs BUF L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 25:51
Jan 2, 2003 vs ATL W 8-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 21:25
Dec 31, 2002 @ TBL W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 21:56
Dec 30, 2002 @ NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 26:21
Dec 27, 2002 vs MTL W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 5 2 24:06
Dec 26, 2002 @ BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:14
Dec 23, 2002 vs PHI T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 3 3 24:20
Dec 21, 2002 @ PHI W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21:20
Dec 19, 2002 vs SJS W 9-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 22:12
Dec 18, 2002 @ NJD W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 23:58
Dec 16, 2002 vs MTL L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 2 5 0 26:10
Dec 14, 2002 vs NJD W 4-3 (OT) 0 2 2 -1 2 1 0 27:37
Dec 12, 2002 @ BOS W 5-2 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 22:26
Dec 10, 2002 @ BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 24:36
Dec 7, 2002 vs CAR W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 23:58
Dec 5, 2002 @ STL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 29:29
Dec 4, 2002 @ CHI L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 23:36
Nov 30, 2002 vs NYI W 4-2 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 26:29
Nov 29, 2002 @ WSH W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 26:23
Nov 27, 2002 @ NYI T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 24:34
Nov 25, 2002 vs TOR W 2-0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 24:06
Nov 23, 2002 vs CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23:26
Nov 21, 2002 vs MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 26:36
Nov 19, 2002 @ CAR T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 32:28
Nov 16, 2002 vs BUF W 4-1 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 26:30
Nov 14, 2002 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 7 3 0 29:01
Nov 12, 2002 @ NYI W 5-3 2 1 3 2 0 4 0 30:15
Nov 9, 2002 @ BOS L 1-7 0 1 1 -1 17 4 0 24:31
Nov 8, 2002 vs LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 5 2 23:30
Nov 6, 2002 @ COL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 23:13
Nov 2, 2002 vs DET W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 22:38
Oct 30, 2002 vs PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 22:51
Oct 29, 2002 @ PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 24:49
Oct 26, 2002 @ MTL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 6 3 1 24:39
Oct 24, 2002 @ BOS T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 27:13
Oct 23, 2002 vs CAR W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 24:23
Oct 15, 2002 vs PHX W 2-1 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 22:14
Oct 12, 2002 @ TOR W 2-1 0 1 1 0 2 5 1 26:43
Oct 10, 2002 vs NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 27:23