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Carlo Colaiacovo

#25 · Defence · Buffalo Sabres

Born Jan 27, 1983 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN · 6'1", 202 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 17th overall in 2001 by TOR (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ed Jovanovski FLA · 1 P in 6 GP Marco Scandella MIN · 1 P in 6 GP Anton Babchuk CGY · 1 P in 7 GP Dmitry Orlov WSH · 1 P in 5 GP Jared Cowen OTT · 1 P in 7 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.

01020302002-03: 1 points102-032003-04: 1 points103-042005-06: 7 points705-062006-07: 17 points1706-072007-08: 6 points607-082008-09: 30 points3008-092009-10: 32 points3209-102010-11: 26 points2610-112011-12: 19 points1911-122012-13: 1 points112-132013-14: 4 points413-142014-15: 8 points814-152015-16: 5 points515-16

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 TOR 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.50
2003-04 TOR 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 8 0.50
2005-06 TOR 21 2 5 7 0 17 21 41 0.33
2006-07 TOR 48 8 9 17 5 22 60 96 0.35
2007-08 TOR 28 2 4 6 -4 10 30 57 0.21 $1.283M
2008-09 TOR 10 0 1 1 -2 6 9 10 0.10 $1.283M
2008-09 STL 63 3 26 29 2 29 78 54 0.46
2009-10 STL 67 7 25 32 8 60 74 52 0.48 $1.283M
2010-11 STL 65 6 20 26 -4 23 81 75 0.40 $2.125M
2011-12 STL 64 2 17 19 7 22 68 73 0.30 $2.125M
2012-13 DET 6 0 1 1 -4 2 12 12 0.17 $2.5M
2013-14 STL 25 1 3 4 -4 18 18 29 0.16 $750K
2014-15 PHI 33 2 6 8 0 10 42 46 0.24 $625K
2015-16 BUF 36 1 4 5 -11 10 29 36 0.14 $900K
13 seasons Career 470 34 123 157 -6 231 523 590 0.33

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2008-09 STL 4 0 0 0 0 2 11 6 0.00
2011-12 STL 7 0 3 3 2 16 12 9 0.43
2012-13 DET 9 0 1 1 3 2 4 12 0.11
3 seasons Playoffs 20 0 4 4 5 20 27 27 0.20

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
6 0 1 1 -4 2 12 12 0.17 0.0 18:55

Contract

$2.5MCap hitends in 2014, then UFA
$2.5MCap dollars per point1 points in 6 games
$4.895MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.5 goals above replacement

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 2013-14, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2012-13 $2.5M
2013-14 $2.5M

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
2015-16 to 2015-16 $900K
2014-15 to 2014-15 $625K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $750K
2012-13 to 2013-14 $2.5M
2010-11 to 2011-12 $2.125M
2007-08 to 2009-10 $1.283M

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 2012-13 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.

2012-13 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.0Even-strength defence-0.2Power play+0.1Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.2

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

0123452010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

55.1Corsi for %92 attempts for, 75 against
+3.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.7Expected goals for %3.6 expected for, 3.1 against
+1.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.0Goals for %1 for, 3 against
95.2PDO2.0% shooting + 93.2% saves
21Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Carlo Colaiacovo · Brendan Smith432:2254.458.00-1
Carlo Colaiacovo · Ian White224:1460.052.80-0
Carlo Colaiacovo · Danny DeKeyser111:1044.024.10-0
Carlo Colaiacovo · Jakub Kindl39:2052.473.30-0

The pairs he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.7Expected goalsfrom 17 unblocked attempts
-0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.39 expected goals per 60 minutes97th
Shot quality 4.3% chance per attempt93rd
Finishing -0.7 goals above expected30thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 210 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.7Goals 0

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 14, 2013 @ NSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 17:42
Apr 12, 2013 @ CHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 21:41
Apr 4, 2013 @ PHX L 2-4 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 19:25
Apr 1, 2013 vs COL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:46
Jan 21, 2013 @ CBJ W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 16:21
Jan 19, 2013 @ STL L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:32