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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 2003-04. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brent Sopel VAN · 42 P in 80 GP Kim Johnsson PHI · 42 P in 80 GP Paul Mara PHX · 42 P in 81 GP Sergei Zubov DAL · 42 P in 77 GP Dan Boyle TBL · 39 P in 78 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

2003-04 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
79 16 25 41 33 147 185 239 0.52 8.6 24:38

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 2003-04 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 3, 2004 vs TOR L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 21:06
Apr 2, 2004 @ PHI W 3-1 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 25:12
Mar 31, 2004 @ FLA W 5-4 0 1 1 0 4 5 1 22:48
Mar 29, 2004 @ TBL W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 24:59
Mar 27, 2004 @ TOR T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 23:06
Mar 25, 2004 @ MTL W 4-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 25:11
Mar 23, 2004 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 26:56
Mar 20, 2004 vs CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 27:03
Mar 18, 2004 vs COL W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 25:06
Mar 16, 2004 @ MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 22:22
Mar 14, 2004 @ EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 21:35
Mar 13, 2004 @ VAN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 29:18
Mar 11, 2004 @ CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 24:46
Mar 8, 2004 @ WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 25:39
Mar 5, 2004 @ PHI L 3-5 1 0 1 -2 27 2 0 27:35
Mar 3, 2004 @ BUF L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 2 26:53
Feb 28, 2004 vs BUF W 7-1 1 1 2 5 0 1 2 25:14
Feb 26, 2004 vs PHI T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 29:13
Feb 24, 2004 @ MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 24:27
Feb 22, 2004 @ PIT W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21:00
Feb 21, 2004 vs CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 23:08
Feb 19, 2004 vs ATL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 2 2 2 6 23:58
Feb 17, 2004 @ WSH T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 29:06
Feb 16, 2004 @ NYR W 4-1 1 1 2 0 5 5 0 21:16
Feb 14, 2004 vs MTL W 5-2 1 2 3 4 4 3 3 25:14
Feb 12, 2004 vs BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 24:48
Feb 10, 2004 vs STL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 21:51
Jan 31, 2004 @ TOR L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 4 0 4 27:05
Jan 29, 2004 @ PHX W 4-1 0 0 0 1 4 1 6 25:13
Jan 28, 2004 @ DAL L 3-5 0 1 1 0 2 4 4 27:21
Jan 24, 2004 vs NYR W 9-1 2 0 2 5 0 4 4 24:34
Jan 22, 2004 vs PIT W 6-5 0 1 1 2 5 3 6 20:54
Jan 20, 2004 @ CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 25:41
Jan 19, 2004 @ NYI L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 3 7 22:43
Jan 17, 2004 vs BOS W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 26:02
Jan 15, 2004 vs NYI T 4-4 (OT) 1 1 2 -1 4 8 6 25:34
Jan 13, 2004 @ NJD W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 25:20
Jan 11, 2004 @ CAR T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 7 1 27:46
Jan 9, 2004 @ BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 22:36
Jan 8, 2004 @ TOR W 7-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 26:16
Jan 6, 2004 vs TBL W 5-2 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 21:43
Jan 3, 2004 vs WSH W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 30:03
Jan 1, 2004 vs NYI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 24:32
Dec 30, 2003 @ BOS W 3-0 0 0 0 1 5 2 0 26:44
Dec 28, 2003 vs ATL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 25:06
Dec 26, 2003 vs PIT T 3-3 (OT) 1 1 2 2 4 7 1 23:59
Dec 23, 2003 @ BUF T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 3 22:06
Dec 22, 2003 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 6 2 24:18
Dec 20, 2003 vs NYR W 3-1 0 1 1 1 9 2 4 20:34
Dec 18, 2003 vs CHI W 6-1 0 1 1 0 2 4 4 22:02
Dec 13, 2003 vs BOS L 2-3 1 0 1 -1 4 4 4 24:52
Dec 11, 2003 vs TBL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 22:58
Dec 8, 2003 @ BOS T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 29:47
Dec 6, 2003 vs NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 20:32
Dec 4, 2003 @ TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 5 1 1 23:53
Dec 3, 2003 @ FLA W 4-0 1 2 3 3 0 4 2 23:31
Dec 1, 2003 vs PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 24:16
Nov 29, 2003 vs TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 24:56
Nov 27, 2003 vs VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 24:48
Nov 25, 2003 @ ATL W 6-3 0 0 0 3 2 2 3 25:08
Nov 23, 2003 @ NYR L 2-6 0 0 0 -4 0 1 1 17:10
Nov 22, 2003 @ PIT L 1-2 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 5 3 2 25:35
Nov 20, 2003 vs CAR W 6-1 0 2 2 3 0 1 3 25:07
Nov 17, 2003 vs BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 23:19
Nov 15, 2003 vs MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 25:12
Nov 13, 2003 vs CBJ W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 26:42
Nov 11, 2003 @ ATL W 5-3 0 0 0 1 5 0 3 27:51
Nov 8, 2003 vs NJD L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 26:00
Nov 6, 2003 vs EDM T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 3 11 31:21
Nov 3, 2003 @ NYI L 3-6 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 26:56
Nov 1, 2003 vs BUF T 1-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 26:12
Oct 30, 2003 vs FLA L 2-3 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 21:22
Oct 25, 2003 @ MTL W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 21:06
Oct 23, 2003 vs WSH W 5-1 1 0 1 2 0 3 7 23:20
Oct 18, 2003 @ SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 23:37
Oct 17, 2003 @ ANA W 3-0 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 22:10
Oct 15, 2003 @ LAK L 3-4 1 0 1 -1 4 2 2 22:20
Oct 11, 2003 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 4 4 24:49
Oct 9, 2003 vs MTL W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 23:59