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Marek Zidlicky

#28 · Defence · New York Islanders

Born Feb 3, 1977 in Most, CZE · 5'11", 190 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 176th overall in 2001 by NYR (round 6)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jeff Petry MTL · 16 P in 51 GP Colin Miller BOS · 16 P in 42 GP Brett Pesce CAR · 16 P in 69 GP Calvin de Haan NYI · 16 P in 72 GP Luke Schenn LAK · 16 P in 72 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.

020402003-04: 53 points5303-042005-06: 49 points4905-062006-07: 30 points3006-072007-08: 43 points4307-082008-09: 42 points4208-092009-10: 43 points4309-102010-11: 24 points2410-112011-12: 22 points2211-122012-13: 19 points1912-132013-14: 42 points4213-142014-15: 34 points3414-152015-16: 16 points1615-16

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2003-04 NSH 82 14 39 53 -16 82 143 76 0.65
2005-06 NSH 67 12 37 49 8 82 113 76 0.73 $570K
2006-07 NSH 79 4 26 30 8 72 114 81 0.38 $3.35M
2007-08 NSH 79 5 38 43 -5 63 122 83 0.54 $3.35M
2008-09 MIN 76 12 30 42 -12 76 147 74 0.55 $3.35M
2009-10 MIN 78 6 37 43 -16 67 116 80 0.55 $3.35M
2010-11 MIN 46 7 17 24 -6 30 53 66 0.52 $4M
2011-12 MIN 41 0 14 14 -6 24 50 34 0.34 $4M
2011-12 NJD 22 2 6 8 0 10 20 28 0.36
2012-13 NJD 48 4 15 19 -12 38 101 52 0.40 $4M
2013-14 NJD 81 12 30 42 -3 60 128 124 0.52 $3M
2014-15 NJD 63 4 19 23 -7 42 103 76 0.37 $3M
2014-15 DET 21 3 8 11 -2 14 27 19 0.52
2015-16 NYI 53 4 12 16 5 20 48 39 0.30 $1.5M
12 seasons Career 836 89 328 417 -64 680 1285 908 0.50

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2005-06 NSH 2 0 1 1 0 2 7 1 0.50
2006-07 NSH 5 0 2 2 -1 4 8 4 0.40
2007-08 NSH 6 0 3 3 -2 8 11 5 0.50
2011-12 NJD 24 1 8 9 -2 22 43 52 0.38
2014-15 DET 6 0 0 0 0 4 8 9 0.00
2015-16 NYI 5 0 1 1 2 4 4 7 0.20
6 seasons Playoffs 48 1 15 16 -3 44 81 78 0.33

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
53 4 12 16 5 20 48 39 0.30 8.3 15:35

Contract

$1.5MCap hit2015-16
$94KCap dollars per point16 points in 53 games
$1.678MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.9 goals above replacement
$1.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$372KValueworth 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 668 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 $1.5M
2013-14 to 2014-15 $3M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $4M
2010-11 to 2012-13 $4M
2006-07 to 2009-10 $3.35M
2005-06 to 2005-06 $570K

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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.9Goals above replacement447th of 675 skaters, 142nd of 230 defencemen
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 230 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-1.0 33rd percentilePower play-0.5 23rd percentilePenalty kill+0.0 53rd percentilePenalties-1.2 31st 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. 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.

-202462010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16Goals 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

49.4Corsi for %642 attempts for, 658 against
-2.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.8Expected goals for %29.1 expected for, 28.2 against
+0.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
60.0Goals for %27 for, 18 against
103.1PDO8.3% shooting + 94.9% saves
64Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 561 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
Marek Zidlicky · Thomas Hickey34345:1450.654.514-7
Marek Zidlicky · Brian Strait24231:1247.643.37-7
Marek Zidlicky · Nick Leddy2939:4539.038.40-1
Marek Zidlicky · Travis Hamonic3222:4449.054.33-1

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.2Expected goalsfrom 64 unblocked attempts
+0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.23 expected goals per 60 minutes70th
Shot quality 5.0% chance per attempt99th
Finishing +0.8 goals above expected72ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 230 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Game 40Goals 4Expected 3.2

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 10, 2016 vs PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:42
Apr 7, 2016 @ NYR W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:17
Apr 4, 2016 vs TBL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 17:20
Apr 2, 2016 vs PIT L 0-5 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 14:57
Mar 6, 2016 @ NYR W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:51
Feb 25, 2016 @ CGY W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:12
Feb 23, 2016 @ MIN W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 15:28
Feb 19, 2016 @ NJD W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:45
Feb 18, 2016 vs WSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:31
Feb 15, 2016 vs DET W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17:24
Feb 6, 2016 @ DET L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:34
Feb 4, 2016 @ WSH L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 13:24
Feb 2, 2016 vs MIN W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 13:39
Jan 25, 2016 vs DET L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:52
Jan 22, 2016 @ OTT W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16:49
Jan 17, 2016 vs VAN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 21:09
Jan 14, 2016 vs NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:23
Jan 12, 2016 vs CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:06
Jan 7, 2016 vs WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:37
Jan 3, 2016 vs DAL W 6-5 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 15:23
Jan 2, 2016 @ PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:51
Dec 31, 2015 @ BUF W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:15
Dec 29, 2015 @ TOR W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:45
Dec 19, 2015 @ ARI L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:47
Dec 17, 2015 @ COL L 1-2 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 15:15
Dec 15, 2015 vs FLA L 1-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 16:04
Dec 13, 2015 vs NJD W 4-0 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 18:11
Dec 8, 2015 @ PHI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 14:43
Dec 5, 2015 @ OTT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:08
Dec 4, 2015 vs STL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:53
Dec 2, 2015 vs NYR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 15:00
Nov 30, 2015 vs COL W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 11:14
Nov 28, 2015 @ TBL W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13:57
Nov 27, 2015 @ FLA L 2-3 (SO) 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 13:01
Nov 25, 2015 vs PHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:07
Nov 20, 2015 vs MTL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:30
Nov 16, 2015 vs ARI W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 20:10
Nov 12, 2015 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:58
Nov 10, 2015 @ SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:21
Nov 8, 2015 vs BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14:19
Nov 5, 2015 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 16:46
Nov 3, 2015 vs NJD W 2-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 15:32
Nov 1, 2015 vs BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 15:21
Oct 31, 2015 @ NJD L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 17:27
Oct 29, 2015 vs CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:02
Oct 26, 2015 vs CGY W 4-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 17:16
Oct 23, 2015 vs BOS L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:59
Oct 20, 2015 @ CBJ W 4-0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 14:05
Oct 17, 2015 vs SJS W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 18:54
Oct 15, 2015 vs NSH W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:22
Oct 12, 2015 vs WPG W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16:47
Oct 10, 2015 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 16:16
Oct 9, 2015 vs CHI L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 15:16