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Mark Giordano

#55 · Defence · Toronto Maple Leafs

Born Oct 3, 1983 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN · 6'0", 202 lb · Shoots left

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Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award Leadership and Growing the Game 2019-20

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Colin Miller WPG · 9 P in 46 GP Jarred Tinordi CHI · 9 P in 52 GP Nikita Okhotiuk CGY · 9 P in 52 GP Ryker Evans SEA · 9 P in 36 GP Jonas Siegenthaler NJD · 9 P in 57 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.

02040602005-06: 1 points105-062006-07: 15 points152008-09: 19 points1908-092009-10: 30 points302010-11: 43 points4310-112011-12: 27 points272012-13: 15 points1512-132013-14: 47 points472014-15: 48 points4814-152015-16: 56 points562016-17: 39 points3916-172017-18: 38 points382018-19: 74 points7418-192019-20: 31 points312020-21: 26 points2620-212021-22: 35 points352022-23: 24 points2422-232023-24: 9 points9

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2005-06 CGY 7 0 1 1 2 8 5 8 0.14
2006-07 CGY 48 7 8 15 7 36 49 33 0.31
2008-09 CGY 58 2 17 19 2 59 82 55 0.33 $892K
2009-10 CGY 82 11 19 30 17 81 111 153 0.37 $892K
2010-11 CGY 82 8 35 43 -8 67 165 140 0.52 $892K
2011-12 CGY 61 9 18 27 0 75 125 84 0.44 $4.02M
2012-13 CGY 47 4 11 15 -7 40 58 65 0.32 $4.02M
2013-14 CGY 64 14 33 47 12 63 180 73 0.73 $4.02M
2014-15 CGY 61 11 37 48 13 37 157 59 0.79 $4.02M
2015-16 CGY 82 21 35 56 -5 54 212 65 0.68 $4.02M
2016-17 CGY 81 12 27 39 22 59 151 78 0.48 $6.75M
2017-18 CGY 82 13 25 38 0 63 214 93 0.46 $6.75M
2018-19 CGY 78 17 57 74 39 69 221 58 0.95 $6.75M
2019-20 CGY 60 5 26 31 2 34 157 42 0.52 $6.75M
2020-21 CGY 56 9 17 26 5 14 142 51 0.46 $6.75M
2021-22 SEA 55 6 17 23 -21 47 123 46 0.42 $6.75M
2021-22 TOR 20 2 10 12 12 10 28 29 0.60
2022-23 TOR 78 4 20 24 27 53 107 60 0.31 $800K
2023-24 TOR 46 3 6 9 10 49 59 51 0.20 $800K
18 seasons Career 1148 158 419 577 129 918 2346 1243 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
2006-07 CGY 4 1 0 1 -1 0 3 4 0.25
2016-17 CGY 4 0 1 1 -2 2 6 11 0.25
2018-19 CGY 5 0 2 2 -3 0 13 9 0.40
2019-20 CGY 10 0 3 3 -1 12 24 10 0.30
2021-22 TOR 7 0 2 2 0 6 10 6 0.29
2022-23 TOR 11 0 2 2 -7 7 14 9 0.18
6 seasons Playoffs 41 1 10 11 -14 27 70 49 0.27

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
46 3 6 9 10 49 59 51 0.20 5.1 16:37

Contract

$800KCap hitends in 2024
$89KCap dollars per point9 points in 46 games
$487KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.6 goals above replacement
$2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.2MValueworth less cap hit

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 718 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2023-24, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit
2023-24 $800K

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
2022-23 to 2023-24 $800K
2020-21 to 2021-22 $6.75M
2018-19 to 2021-22 $6.75M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $6.75M
2012-13 to 2015-16 $4.02M
2011-12 to 2015-16 $4.02M
2008-09 to 2010-11 $892K

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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Rating

+1.6Goals above replacement382nd of 721 skaters, 112th of 252 defencemen
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 252 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-0.2 65th percentileEven-strength defence+1.0 75th percentilePower play-0.4 26th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 33rd percentilePenalties-1.3 26th 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.

0510152010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-23Goals 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

53.8Corsi for %712 attempts for, 611 against
+4.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.7Expected goals for %31.6 expected for, 24.1 against
+4.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
56.9Goals for %33 for, 25 against
100.3PDO9.4% shooting + 90.9% saves
126Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 616 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
Mark Giordano · Timothy Liljegren24205:5449.654.49-6
Mark Giordano · Jake McCabe2999:4851.654.98-5
Mark Giordano · John Klingberg1380:1152.650.74-5
Mark Giordano · TJ Brodie3059:2448.148.63-2

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.9Expected goalsfrom 83 unblocked attempts
+1.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.15 expected goals per 60 minutes32nd
Shot quality 2.3% chance per attempt15th
Finishing +1.1 goals above expected73rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 250 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Game 40Goals 3Expected 1.9

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 17, 2024 @ TBL L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:41
Apr 11, 2024 vs NJD L 5-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:56
Apr 9, 2024 @ NJD W 5-2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 17:36
Apr 8, 2024 vs PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 14:30
Apr 6, 2024 @ MTL W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 17:22
Apr 1, 2024 vs FLA W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 13:05
Mar 30, 2024 @ BUF W 3-0 0 0 0 1 10 2 1 15:39
Mar 28, 2024 vs WSH W 5-1 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 17:19
Feb 29, 2024 vs ARI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 03:09
Feb 27, 2024 vs VGK L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:04
Feb 15, 2024 vs PHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 4 15:41
Feb 13, 2024 vs STL W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 16:38
Feb 7, 2024 vs DAL W 5-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 14:33
Feb 5, 2024 vs NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:42
Jan 27, 2024 @ WPG W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:24
Jan 20, 2024 @ VAN L 4-6 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 16:46
Jan 18, 2024 @ CGY W 4-3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 14:38
Jan 16, 2024 @ EDM L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:47
Jan 13, 2024 vs COL L 3-5 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 14:06
Jan 11, 2024 @ NYI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:59
Jan 9, 2024 vs SJS W 7-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:08
Jan 6, 2024 @ SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 19:31
Jan 3, 2024 @ ANA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:53
Jan 2, 2024 @ LAK W 3-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 15:37
Dec 30, 2023 vs CAR L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 17:29
Dec 29, 2023 @ CBJ L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:49
Nov 28, 2023 vs FLA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 06:31
Nov 25, 2023 @ PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 15:30
Nov 24, 2023 @ CHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 19:56
Nov 19, 2023 @ MIN W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 19:54
Nov 17, 2023 @ DET W 3-2 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 21:13
Nov 11, 2023 vs VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 0 19 0 2 17:12
Nov 10, 2023 vs CGY W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 20:34
Nov 8, 2023 vs OTT L 3-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 2 19:34
Nov 6, 2023 vs TBL W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 18:50
Nov 4, 2023 vs BUF L 4-6 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 22:19
Nov 2, 2023 @ BOS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 21:34
Oct 31, 2023 vs LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 20:44
Oct 28, 2023 @ NSH L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 20:29
Oct 26, 2023 @ DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:09
Oct 24, 2023 @ WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 16:04
Oct 21, 2023 @ TBL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 14:10
Oct 19, 2023 @ FLA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:47
Oct 16, 2023 vs CHI L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 17:10
Oct 14, 2023 vs MIN W 7-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:51
Oct 11, 2023 vs MTL W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 15:50