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Dennis Seidenberg

#4 · Defence · New York Islanders

Born Jul 18, 1981 in Schwenningen, DEU · 6'0", 199 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 172nd overall in 2001 by PHI (round 6)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2010-11

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Steve Oleksy WSH · 10 P in 33 GP Erik Gustafsson PHI · 10 P in 31 GP Stephane Robidas ANA · 10 P in 38 GP Joe Corvo OTT · 10 P in 25 GP Mark Barberio TBL · 10 P in 49 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: 13 points1302-032003-04: 0 points02005-06: 18 points1805-062006-07: 8 points82007-08: 15 points1507-082008-09: 30 points302009-10: 32 points3209-102010-11: 32 points322011-12: 23 points2311-122012-13: 17 points172013-14: 10 points1013-142014-15: 14 points142015-16: 12 points1215-162016-17: 22 points222017-18: 5 points517-18

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 PHI 58 4 9 13 8 20 123 16 0.22
2003-04 PHI 5 0 0 0 -4 2 14 6 0.00
2005-06 PHI 29 2 5 7 -4 4 34 23 0.24
2005-06 PHX 34 1 10 11 -9 14 49 71 0.32
2006-07 PHX 32 1 1 2 -4 16 36 67 0.06 $800K
2006-07 CAR 20 1 5 6 -12 2 47 38 0.30
2007-08 CAR 47 0 15 15 6 18 80 110 0.32 $800K
2008-09 CAR 70 5 25 30 -9 37 129 146 0.43 $1.2M
2009-10 FLA 62 2 21 23 -3 33 116 133 0.37 $2.25M
2009-10 BOS 17 2 7 9 9 6 37 33 0.53
2010-11 BOS 81 7 25 32 3 41 166 161 0.40 $3.25M
2011-12 BOS 80 5 18 23 15 39 174 154 0.29 $3.25M
2012-13 BOS 46 4 13 17 18 10 83 115 0.37 $3.25M
2013-14 BOS 34 1 9 10 11 10 53 61 0.29 $3.25M
2014-15 BOS 82 3 11 14 -1 34 103 212 0.17 $4M
2015-16 BOS 61 1 11 12 -1 24 66 127 0.20 $4M
2016-17 NYI 73 5 17 22 25 32 89 154 0.30 $1M
2017-18 NYI 28 0 5 5 -9 17 31 65 0.18 $1.25M
15 seasons Career 859 44 207 251 39 359 1430 1692 0.29

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2003-04 PHI 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0.00
2008-09 CAR 16 1 5 6 -5 16 18 59 0.38
2010-11 BOS 25 1 10 11 12 31 63 57 0.44
2011-12 BOS 7 1 2 3 1 2 17 29 0.43
2012-13 BOS 18 0 1 1 1 4 30 51 0.06
5 seasons Playoffs 70 3 18 21 10 53 130 198 0.30

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
34 1 9 10 11 10 53 61 0.29 1.9 21:50

Contract

$3.25MCap hit2013-14
$325KCap dollars per point10 points in 34 games
-$234KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$3.5MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 641 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
2017-18 to 2017-18 $1.25M
2016-17 to 2016-17 $1M
2014-15 to 2015-16 $4M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $3.25M
2010-11 to 2013-14 $3.25M
2009-10 to 2009-10 $2.25M
2008-09 to 2008-09 $1.2M
2006-07 to 2007-08 $800K

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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 analytics

Rating

-1.3Goals above replacement581st of 672 skaters, 200th of 234 defencemen
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 234 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-0.7 55th percentileEven-strength defence-2.9 9th percentilePower play-0.1 51st percentilePenalty kill+0.4 85th percentilePenalties-0.6 52nd 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.

-6-4-202462010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-18Goals 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

49.7Corsi for %583 attempts for, 589 against
-5.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.8Expected goals for %21.4 expected for, 24.3 against
-9.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
57.1Goals for %28 for, 21 against
103.4PDO9.6% shooting + 93.8% saves
102Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 567 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
Dennis Seidenberg · Dougie Hamilton19193:5753.653.111-2
Dennis Seidenberg · Torey Krug22141:4350.844.25-7
Dennis Seidenberg · Matt Bartkowski14106:3443.236.61-5
Dennis Seidenberg · Johnny Boychuk2775:5450.352.15-2

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.4Expected goalsfrom 72 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.11 expected goals per 60 minutes19th
Shot quality 1.9% chance per attempt2nd
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected43rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 232 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Game 20Expected 1.4Goals 1

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
Dec 27, 2013 vs OTT W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 18:45
Dec 23, 2013 @ NSH W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 23:16
Dec 21, 2013 vs BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 23:20
Dec 19, 2013 @ BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 23:17
Dec 17, 2013 vs CGY W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 22:14
Dec 14, 2013 @ VAN L 2-6 0 1 1 -2 0 2 1 22:10
Dec 12, 2013 @ EDM W 4-2 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 22:04
Dec 10, 2013 @ CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:42
Dec 8, 2013 @ TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 2 4 2 26:52
Dec 7, 2013 vs PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 26:40
Dec 5, 2013 @ MTL L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 25:15
Nov 30, 2013 vs CBJ W 3-1 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 19:40
Nov 29, 2013 vs NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 24:43
Nov 19, 2013 @ NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01:01
Nov 18, 2013 @ CAR W 4-1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 21:11
Nov 15, 2013 @ OTT L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 20:22
Nov 14, 2013 vs CBJ W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 22:11
Nov 11, 2013 vs TBL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 20:26
Nov 9, 2013 vs TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 4 5 24:15
Nov 7, 2013 vs FLA W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 20:32
Nov 5, 2013 vs DAL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 21:49
Nov 2, 2013 @ NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 22:28
Oct 31, 2013 vs ANA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 25:25
Oct 30, 2013 @ PIT L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 21:56
Oct 26, 2013 vs NJD L 3-4 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 20:17
Oct 24, 2013 vs SJS W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 23:22
Oct 23, 2013 @ BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 19:44
Oct 19, 2013 @ TBL W 5-0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 22:31
Oct 17, 2013 @ FLA W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 20:13
Oct 14, 2013 vs DET L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 22:56
Oct 12, 2013 @ CBJ W 3-1 0 0 0 2 2 3 3 22:54
Oct 10, 2013 vs COL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 22:59
Oct 5, 2013 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 24:18
Oct 3, 2013 vs TBL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 22:41