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Jason Spezza

#19 · Centre · Toronto Maple Leafs

Born Jun 13, 1983 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN · 6'3", 219 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 2nd overall in 2001 by OTT (round 1)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2002-03. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Scott Thornton SJS · 21 P in 41 GP Andy McDonald ANA · 21 P in 46 GP Lasse Pirjeta CBJ · 21 P in 51 GP Andrei Nikolishin CHI · 21 P in 60 GP Ville Nieminen PIT · 21 P in 75 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.

0204060802002-03: 21 points2102-032003-04: 55 points552005-06: 90 points9005-062006-07: 87 points872007-08: 92 points9207-082008-09: 73 points732009-10: 57 points5709-102010-11: 57 points572011-12: 84 points8411-122012-13: 5 points52013-14: 66 points6613-142014-15: 62 points622015-16: 63 points6315-162016-17: 50 points502017-18: 26 points2617-182018-19: 27 points272019-20: 25 points2519-202020-21: 30 points302021-22: 25 points2521-22

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2002-03 OTT 33 7 14 21 -3 8 65 5 0.64
2003-04 OTT 78 22 33 55 22 71 142 13 0.71
2005-06 OTT 68 19 71 90 23 33 156 12 1.32 $1.1M
2006-07 OTT 67 34 53 87 19 45 162 18 1.30 $4.5M
2007-08 OTT 76 34 58 92 26 66 210 18 1.21 $4.5M
2008-09 OTT 82 32 41 73 -14 79 246 26 0.89 $7M
2009-10 OTT 60 23 34 57 0 20 165 23 0.95 $7M
2010-11 OTT 62 21 36 57 -7 28 188 14 0.92 $7M
2011-12 OTT 80 34 50 84 11 36 232 28 1.05 $7M
2012-13 OTT 5 2 3 5 3 2 12 0 1.00 $7M
2013-14 OTT 75 23 43 66 -26 46 223 17 0.88 $7M
2014-15 DAL 82 17 45 62 -7 28 204 16 0.76 $7M
2015-16 DAL 75 33 30 63 4 22 202 9 0.84 $7.5M
2016-17 DAL 68 15 35 50 -18 29 149 13 0.74 $7.5M
2017-18 DAL 78 8 18 26 -12 12 138 16 0.33 $7.5M
2018-19 DAL 76 8 19 27 -13 29 121 16 0.36 $7.5M
2019-20 TOR 58 9 16 25 -3 18 73 13 0.43 $700K
2020-21 TOR 54 10 20 30 3 6 81 26 0.56 $700K
2021-22 TOR 71 12 13 25 -3 26 97 31 0.35 $750K
19 seasons Career 1248 363 632 995 5 604 2866 314 0.80

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2002-03 OTT 3 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 0.67
2003-04 OTT 3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 0.00
2005-06 OTT 10 5 9 14 -1 2 23 4 1.40
2006-07 OTT 20 7 15 22 5 10 49 17 1.10
2007-08 OTT 4 0 1 1 -4 0 10 2 0.25
2009-10 OTT 6 1 6 7 -3 4 24 6 1.17
2011-12 OTT 7 3 2 5 2 8 21 8 0.71
2012-13 OTT 3 0 1 1 -1 0 6 2 0.33
2015-16 DAL 13 5 8 13 0 2 34 3 1.00
2018-19 DAL 11 3 2 5 -1 0 16 6 0.45
2019-20 TOR 5 0 0 0 0 9 7 7 0.00
2020-21 TOR 7 3 2 5 3 4 12 10 0.71
2021-22 TOR 5 0 1 1 -2 2 6 8 0.20
13 seasons Playoffs 97 28 48 76 -2 43 212 76 0.78

2002-03 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
33 7 14 21 -3 8 65 5 0.64 10.8 12:40

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2020-21 to 2021-22 $700K
2019-20 to 2019-20 $700K
2015-16 to 2018-19 $7.5M
2013-14 to 2014-15 $7M
2008-09 to 2014-15 $7M
2006-07 to 2007-08 $4.5M
2005-06 to 2005-06 $1.1M

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 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 16:30
Apr 3, 2003 @ WSH W 5-1 0 3 3 3 0 1 0 15:27
Apr 1, 2003 vs BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:04
Mar 29, 2003 @ MTL W 3-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 11:49
Mar 28, 2003 vs WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:02
Mar 25, 2003 vs COL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 07:35
Mar 22, 2003 @ FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14:07
Mar 18, 2003 @ CAR W 6-5 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 18:24
Mar 16, 2003 @ DET L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 14:17
Mar 13, 2003 vs NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 15:48
Mar 11, 2003 vs BOS W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 14:00
Mar 9, 2003 vs PIT W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:07
Mar 8, 2003 @ PIT W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 11:21
Feb 20, 2003 vs FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:40
Feb 15, 2003 @ TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 10:57
Feb 13, 2003 vs EDM W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11:42
Nov 30, 2002 vs NYI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:12
Nov 29, 2002 @ WSH W 6-2 1 1 2 0 2 3 0 09:19
Nov 25, 2002 vs TOR W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:15
Nov 23, 2002 vs CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 06:54
Nov 21, 2002 vs MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:23
Nov 19, 2002 @ CAR T 4-4 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 05:48
Nov 16, 2002 vs BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:02
Nov 14, 2002 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 08:50
Nov 12, 2002 @ NYI W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 13:01
Nov 9, 2002 @ BOS L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 15:56
Nov 8, 2002 vs LAK L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 19:24
Nov 6, 2002 @ COL W 5-2 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 14:24
Nov 2, 2002 vs DET W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:25
Oct 30, 2002 vs PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:47
Oct 29, 2002 @ PHI L 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 17:32
Oct 26, 2002 @ MTL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 16:02
Oct 24, 2002 @ BOS T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 13:58