Michael Leighton

Born May 19, 1981 in Petrolia, Ontario, CAN · 6'3", 186 lb · Catches left · Drafted 165th overall in 1999 by CHI (round 6)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2006-07. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Craig Anderson FLA · 5 GP, 0.931

David Leneveu PHX · 6 GP, 0.894

Scott Clemmensen NJD · 6 GP, 0.889

Frederic Cassivi WSH · 4 GP, 0.897

Michael Wall ANA · 4 GP, 0.877

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.

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season	Team	GP	W	L	T	OTL	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %	Cap hit
2002-03	CHI	8	2	3	2	0	1	241	220	21	2.82	0.913
2003-04	CHI	34	6	18	8	0	2	987	888	99	2.99	0.900
2006-07	NSH	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	8	2	6.07	0.800	$450K
2006-07	PHI	4	2	2	0	0	0	102	90	12	3.70	0.882
2007-08	CAR	3	1	1	0	0	0	68	61	7	2.66	0.897	$550K
2008-09	CAR	19	6	7	0	2	0	507	457	50	2.92	0.901	$600K
2009-10	CAR	7	1	4	0	0	0	164	139	25	4.28	0.848	$600K
2009-10	PHI	27	16	5	0	2	1	735	675	60	2.48	0.918
2010-11	PHI	1	1	0	0	0	0	36	32	4	4.01	0.889	$1.55M
2012-13	PHI	1	0	1	0	0	0	26	21	5	5.07	0.808	$900K
2015-16	CHI	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	16	1	1.52	0.941	$575K
2016-17	CAR	4	2	2	0	0	0	92	80	12	3.42	0.870	$700K
10 seasons	Career	110	37	43	10	4	4	2985	2687	298	2.98	0.900

Playoffs

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

Season	Team	GP	W	L	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %
2009-10	PHI	14	8	3	3	371	340	31	2.46	0.916
2010-11	PHI	2	0	1	0	29	25	4	3.44	0.862
2 seasons	Playoffs	16	8	4	3	400	365	35	2.54	0.913

2006-07 season totals

GP	Starts	W	L	OTL	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %
5	4	2	2	0	0	112	98	14	3.92	0.875

Contract

$450KCap hitends in 2007, then RFA

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2006-07, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season	Cap hit
2006-07	$450K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed	Signed by	Kind	Seasons	Years	In all	Cap hit
			2016-17 to 2016-17			$700K
			2015-16 to 2015-16			$575K
			2012-13 to 2012-13			$900K
			2010-11 to 2011-12			$1.55M
			2008-09 to 2009-10			$600K
			2007-08 to 2007-08			$550K
			2006-07 to 2006-07			$450K

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 2006-07 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	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save %	TOI
Feb 24, 2007	vs TOR	L 2-5	L	30	25	5	0.833	60:00
Feb 15, 2007	vs TOR	L 2-4	L	12	9	3	0.750	14:10
Feb 12, 2007	vs DET	W 6-1	W	32	31	1	0.969	59:56
Feb 10, 2007	vs STL	W 4-3 (OT)	W	28	25	3	0.893	60:27
Dec 21, 2006	vs BUF	L 2-7		10	8	2	0.800	19:47