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

Cam Fowler ANA · 34 P in 80 GP Kris Russell CGY · 34 P in 79 GP Hampus Lindholm ANA · 34 P in 78 GP James Wisniewski ANA · 34 P in 69 GP Johnny Boychuk NYI · 35 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

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
84 7 27 34 -9 56 130 95 0.40 5.4 20:57

Contract

$3MCap hit2014-15
$88KCap dollars per point34 points in 84 games
$958KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.1 goals above replacement
$2.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$566KValueworth 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 $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 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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+3.1Goals above replacement301st of 665 skaters, 91st of 233 defencemen
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.7Goals 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-0.7 52nd percentileEven-strength defence-0.7 38th percentilePower play+0.5 92nd percentilePenalty kill+0.0 51st percentilePenalties-1.8 15th 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

50.5Corsi for %1146 attempts for, 1125 against
+3.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.0Expected goals for %51.5 expected for, 49.5 against
+2.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
51.7Goals for %45 for, 42 against
101.0PDO7.3% shooting + 93.7% saves
185Attempts 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 pairTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marek Zidlicky · Jon MerrillNJD47443:0046.647.310-10
Marek Zidlicky · Brendan SmithDET20246:3556.754.87-7
Marek Zidlicky · Eric GelinasNJD37172:5852.855.49-3
Bryce Salvador · Marek ZidlickyNJD15168:3047.148.83-9

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.

7Goalsnot counting empty-netters
7.3Expected goalsfrom 188 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.25 expected goals per 60 minutes74th
Shot quality 3.9% chance per attempt84th
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected47thOne 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.

0246Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Expected 7.3Goals 7

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 11, 2015 @ CAR W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:54
Apr 9, 2015 @ MTL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:36
Apr 7, 2015 vs CAR W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 15:58
Apr 5, 2015 vs WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 20:33
Apr 4, 2015 @ MIN W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:07
Apr 2, 2015 vs BOS L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 18:12
Mar 31, 2015 vs OTT L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:16
Mar 29, 2015 @ NYI L 4-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 17:29
Mar 28, 2015 vs TBL W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 18:10
Mar 26, 2015 vs SJS L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 18:09
Mar 24, 2015 vs ARI L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 4 0 2 20:10
Mar 22, 2015 vs STL W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 18:47
Mar 20, 2015 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:49
Mar 19, 2015 @ FLA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:07
Mar 15, 2015 @ PIT W 5-1 1 2 3 2 0 4 1 17:37
Mar 14, 2015 @ PHI L 2-7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 16:50
Mar 12, 2015 vs CBJ L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 22:15
Mar 9, 2015 vs EDM W 5-2 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 18:38
Mar 8, 2015 @ BOS L 3-5 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 17:01
Mar 6, 2015 vs CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 16:16
Mar 4, 2015 vs NYR W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 17:44
Feb 28, 2015 @ CBJ W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 19:06
Feb 27, 2015 vs BOS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:04
Feb 25, 2015 vs CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 20:08
Feb 23, 2015 vs ARI W 3-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 18:47
Feb 21, 2015 vs CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 17:49
Feb 20, 2015 vs VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 22:18
Feb 17, 2015 vs BUF W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 20:19
Feb 14, 2015 @ NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:58
Feb 13, 2015 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 20:34
Feb 9, 2015 vs EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 21:31
Feb 7, 2015 @ MTL L 2-6 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 19:58
Feb 6, 2015 vs TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 21:10
Feb 3, 2015 vs OTT W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 20:10
Jan 31, 2015 vs FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 20:43
Jan 30, 2015 vs PIT L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 22:13
Jan 28, 2015 vs TOR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 22:40
Jan 19, 2015 @ SJS W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 21:25
Jan 16, 2015 @ ANA L 1-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 22:56
Jan 14, 2015 @ LAK W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18:51
Jan 9, 2015 vs NYI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 21:21
Jan 8, 2015 @ BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 24:57
Jan 6, 2015 vs BUF W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 22:38
Jan 3, 2015 vs PHI W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 17:41
Jan 2, 2015 vs MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 4 2 2 27:00
Dec 31, 2014 @ DET L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 24:56
Dec 29, 2014 vs PIT W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 22:23
Dec 27, 2014 @ NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 23:12
Dec 23, 2014 vs CAR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 28:24
Dec 20, 2014 vs WSH L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 22:16
Dec 19, 2014 vs TBL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 23:14
Dec 17, 2014 vs OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 27:33
Dec 15, 2014 @ NYI L 2-3 (SO) 1 1 2 1 0 2 4 26:41
Dec 13, 2014 @ DAL L 3-4 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 22:47
Dec 11, 2014 @ PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 19:20
Dec 9, 2014 vs CHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 23:45
Dec 8, 2014 @ CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 24:16
Dec 6, 2014 vs WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 24:12
Dec 4, 2014 @ TOR W 5-3 0 2 2 1 0 3 2 20:43
Dec 2, 2014 @ PIT L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 22:21
Nov 29, 2014 @ NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 21:09
Nov 28, 2014 vs DET L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 2 2 1 23:20
Nov 25, 2014 @ VAN L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 22:22
Nov 22, 2014 @ CGY L 4-5 (SO) 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 19:58
Nov 21, 2014 @ EDM W 2-0 0 0 0 2 4 1 2 20:23
Nov 18, 2014 @ WPG L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 21:22
Nov 15, 2014 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 18:07
Nov 14, 2014 @ WSH W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 22:57
Nov 11, 2014 vs MIN W 3-1 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 22:36
Nov 10, 2014 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 24:38
Nov 7, 2014 @ DET L 2-4 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 22:42
Nov 6, 2014 @ STL L 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 22:02
Nov 4, 2014 vs STL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 20:21
Nov 1, 2014 vs CBJ W 3-2 1 1 2 -1 2 3 1 18:34
Oct 30, 2014 vs WPG W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 24:51
Oct 28, 2014 @ PIT L 3-8 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:11
Oct 25, 2014 @ OTT W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 21:17
Oct 24, 2014 vs DAL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 25:29
Oct 21, 2014 vs NYR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 23:37
Oct 18, 2014 vs SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 23:35
Oct 16, 2014 @ WSH L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:45
Oct 14, 2014 @ TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:01
Oct 11, 2014 @ FLA W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 18:53
Oct 9, 2014 @ PHI W 6-4 0 2 2 2 0 1 3 22:11