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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

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The defencemen closest to him in points in 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Aaron Ekblad FLA · 38 P in 82 GP Josh Manson ANA · 37 P in 80 GP Zach Werenski CBJ · 37 P in 77 GP Jared Spurgeon MIN · 37 P in 61 GP Tyler Myers WPG · 36 P in 82 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

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 13 25 38 0 63 214 93 0.46 6.1 24:47

Contract

$6.75MCap hit2017-18
$178KCap dollars per point38 points in 82 games
$553KCap dollars per goal above replacement12.2 goals above replacement
$8.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.6MValueworth 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 691 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
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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Rating

+12.2Goals above replacement33rd of 691 skaters, 4th of 240 defencemen
+2.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+5.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 240 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+3.2 94th percentileEven-strength defence+5.0 99th percentilePower play-1.7 1st percentilePenalty kill-0.6 10th percentilePenalties-0.3 61st 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.

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

57.9Corsi for %1701 attempts for, 1238 against
+7.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.9Expected goals for %69.0 expected for, 50.1 against
+7.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
51.8Goals for %58 for, 54 against
98.5PDO6.5% shooting + 92.0% saves
337Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 600 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 · Dougie Hamilton821258:2858.558.853-48
Mark Giordano · Michael Stone5477:1156.761.11-1
Mark Giordano · Travis Hamonic5958:5855.150.94-2
Mark Giordano · Rasmus Andersson68:2164.764.20-1

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.

13Goalsnot counting empty-netters
10.0Expected goalsfrom 309 unblocked attempts
+3.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.30 expected goals per 60 minutes84th
Shot quality 3.2% chance per attempt62nd
Finishing +3.0 goals above expected90thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 242 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Goals 13Expected 10.0

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 7, 2018 vs VGK W 7-1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 19:41
Apr 5, 2018 @ WPG L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 24:30
Apr 3, 2018 vs ARI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 27:53
Mar 31, 2018 vs EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 25:22
Mar 29, 2018 vs CBJ L 1-5 0 1 1 -1 2 3 0 26:53
Mar 26, 2018 @ LAK L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 23:12
Mar 24, 2018 @ SJS L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 22:53
Mar 21, 2018 vs ANA L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 2 4 0 24:44
Mar 19, 2018 @ ARI L 2-5 0 1 1 -2 0 1 2 25:09
Mar 18, 2018 @ VGK L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 24:44
Mar 16, 2018 vs SJS L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 22:47
Mar 13, 2018 vs EDM W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 26:23
Mar 11, 2018 vs NYI L 2-5 1 0 1 -2 0 6 2 25:50
Mar 9, 2018 @ OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 23:29
Mar 7, 2018 @ BUF W 5-1 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 21:26
Mar 5, 2018 @ PIT L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 7 3 27:18
Mar 2, 2018 vs NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 28:06
Feb 28, 2018 @ COL L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 27:38
Feb 27, 2018 @ DAL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 29:04
Feb 24, 2018 vs COL W 5-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 20:58
Feb 22, 2018 @ ARI W 5-2 0 2 2 4 0 0 5 24:30
Feb 21, 2018 @ VGK L 3-7 0 1 1 -1 0 3 3 23:21
Feb 19, 2018 vs BOS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 23:03
Feb 17, 2018 vs FLA L 3-6 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 26:23
Feb 15, 2018 @ NSH W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 28:20
Feb 13, 2018 @ BOS L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 4 2 26:35
Feb 11, 2018 @ NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 27:17
Feb 9, 2018 @ NYR L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 28:24
Feb 8, 2018 @ NJD W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 23:28
Feb 6, 2018 @ CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 26:49
Feb 3, 2018 vs CHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 25:46
Feb 1, 2018 vs TBL L 4-7 0 0 0 1 2 5 2 22:16
Jan 30, 2018 vs VGK L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 23:28
Jan 25, 2018 @ EDM L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 6 2 27:55
Jan 24, 2018 vs LAK L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 4 2 0 26:27
Jan 22, 2018 vs BUF L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 25:32
Jan 20, 2018 vs WPG L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 26:35
Jan 14, 2018 @ CAR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 15 0 1 15:33
Jan 12, 2018 @ FLA W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 26:39
Jan 11, 2018 @ TBL W 5-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 22:10
Jan 9, 2018 @ MIN W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 28:35
Jan 6, 2018 vs ANA W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 26:41
Jan 4, 2018 vs LAK W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 2 7 0 24:52
Dec 31, 2017 vs CHI W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 23:28
Dec 29, 2017 @ ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 25:38
Dec 28, 2017 @ SJS L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 28:59
Dec 22, 2017 vs MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 23:54
Dec 20, 2017 vs STL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 26:47
Dec 17, 2017 @ VAN W 6-1 2 0 2 2 0 5 2 21:22
Dec 16, 2017 vs NSH L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 26:23
Dec 14, 2017 vs SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 25:27
Dec 12, 2017 @ MIN L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 24:48
Dec 9, 2017 vs VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 26:46
Dec 7, 2017 @ MTL W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 22:54
Dec 6, 2017 @ TOR L 1-2 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 2 6 2 24:39
Dec 4, 2017 vs PHI L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 27:19
Dec 2, 2017 vs EDM L 5-7 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 28:37
Nov 30, 2017 vs ARI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 22:13
Nov 28, 2017 vs TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 25:52
Nov 25, 2017 @ COL W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 28:46
Nov 24, 2017 @ DAL L 4-6 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 23:31
Nov 22, 2017 @ CBJ L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 20:58
Nov 20, 2017 @ WSH W 4-1 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 22:04
Nov 18, 2017 @ PHI W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 22:10
Nov 15, 2017 @ DET L 2-8 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 24:22
Nov 13, 2017 vs STL W 7-4 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 23:16
Nov 9, 2017 vs DET W 6-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 23:35
Nov 7, 2017 vs VAN L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 24:04
Nov 5, 2017 vs NJD W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 24:49
Nov 2, 2017 vs PIT W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 27:22
Oct 29, 2017 vs WSH W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 22:29
Oct 27, 2017 vs DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 23:28
Oct 25, 2017 @ STL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 25:18
Oct 24, 2017 @ NSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 23:24
Oct 21, 2017 vs MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22:16
Oct 19, 2017 vs CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 26:34
Oct 14, 2017 @ VAN W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 24:34
Oct 13, 2017 vs OTT L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 25:33
Oct 11, 2017 @ LAK W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 5 2 22:46
Oct 9, 2017 @ ANA W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 22:22
Oct 7, 2017 vs WPG W 6-3 0 1 1 1 4 2 1 22:32
Oct 4, 2017 @ EDM L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 22:37