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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 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jamie Oleksiak DAL · 8 P in 36 GP Matt Tennyson SJS · 8 P in 27 GP Ben Chiarot WPG · 8 P in 40 GP Dylan Olsen FLA · 8 P in 44 GP Robert Bortuzzo STL · 8 P in 51 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

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
33 2 6 8 0 10 42 46 0.24 4.8 16:29

Contract

$625KCap hit2014-15
$78KCap dollars per point8 points in 33 games
$152KCap dollars per goal above replacement4.1 goals above replacement
$3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.4MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 649 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Rating

+4.1Goals above replacement257th of 665 skaters, 72nd of 233 defencemen
+0.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+2.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 233 ranked defencemen: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence+0.8 77th percentileEven-strength defence+2.2 86th percentilePower play+0.0 79th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 56th percentilePenalties-0.8 43rd percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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

55.2Corsi for %502 attempts for, 408 against
+8.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.9Expected goals for %17.9 expected for, 15.9 against
+7.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
56.0Goals for %14 for, 11 against
100.3PDO5.4% shooting + 95.0% saves
98Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 585 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Carlo Colaiacovo · Luke Schenn20145:0756.751.85-4
Carlo Colaiacovo · Andrew MacDonald20130:4055.447.33-3
Carlo Colaiacovo · Brandon Manning880:1554.050.04-1
Mark Streit · Carlo Colaiacovo2947:2656.358.00-3

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.6Expected goalsfrom 72 unblocked attempts
-0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.29 expected goals per 60 minutes85th
Shot quality 3.6% chance per attempt74th
Finishing -0.6 goals above expected36thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 231 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

012Game 20Expected 2.6Goals 2

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 11, 2015 vs OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:13
Apr 9, 2015 vs CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:46
Apr 7, 2015 vs NYI W 5-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 15:13
Apr 5, 2015 vs PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:38
Apr 4, 2015 @ CAR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:36
Apr 1, 2015 @ PIT W 4-1 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 14:30
Mar 25, 2015 vs CHI W 4-1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 16:49
Mar 21, 2015 @ EDM L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:54
Mar 19, 2015 @ CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 18:34
Mar 17, 2015 @ VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 21:13
Mar 15, 2015 @ OTT L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:31
Mar 14, 2015 vs DET W 7-2 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 17:05
Mar 12, 2015 @ STL L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 23:04
Mar 10, 2015 vs DAL L 1-2 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 18:43
Mar 8, 2015 @ NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 20:41
Mar 7, 2015 @ BOS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:09
Mar 5, 2015 vs STL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 17:37
Mar 3, 2015 vs CGY L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:18
Feb 13, 2015 @ CBJ L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:48
Feb 10, 2015 @ MTL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:57
Jan 31, 2015 vs TOR W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:16
Jan 29, 2015 vs WPG W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:01
Jan 27, 2015 vs ARI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:35
Jan 20, 2015 vs PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:30
Jan 19, 2015 @ NYI L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:10
Jan 17, 2015 @ BUF W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 15:13
Jan 15, 2015 vs VAN L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 14:23
Jan 14, 2015 @ WSH L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:08
Nov 19, 2014 @ NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:33
Nov 15, 2014 @ MTL L 3-6 0 1 1 0 2 1 3 17:32
Nov 14, 2014 vs CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:34
Nov 6, 2014 vs FLA W 4-1 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 16:56
Nov 4, 2014 vs EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 16:50