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Patrick Kaleta

#36 · Right wing · Buffalo Sabres

Born Jun 8, 1986 in Buffalo, New York, USA · 6'1", 198 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 176th overall in 2004 by BUF (round 6)

Compare with a similar player

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

Brett Bulmer MIN · 0 P in 5 GP Patrick Holland MTL · 0 P in 5 GP Arron Asham NYR · 0 P in 6 GP Brandon Mashinter NYR · 0 P in 6 GP Brett Gallant NYI · 0 P in 4 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.

0510152006-07: 2 points206-072007-08: 5 points507-082008-09: 9 points908-092009-10: 15 points1509-102010-11: 9 points910-112011-12: 10 points1011-122012-13: 1 points112-132013-14: 0 points013-142014-15: 3 points314-15

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2006-07 BUF 7 0 2 2 3 21 6 19 0.29
2007-08 BUF 40 3 2 5 1 41 26 112 0.13
2008-09 BUF 51 4 5 9 1 89 35 137 0.18
2009-10 BUF 55 10 5 15 2 89 64 148 0.27
2010-11 BUF 51 4 5 9 -4 78 65 126 0.18
2011-12 BUF 63 5 5 10 -5 116 69 139 0.16
2012-13 BUF 34 1 0 1 -4 67 34 86 0.03 $1.25M
2013-14 BUF 5 0 0 0 -1 5 0 11 0.00
2014-15 BUF 42 0 3 3 -11 36 25 88 0.07 $1.25M
9 seasons Career 348 27 27 54 -18 542 324 866 0.16

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2009-10 BUF 6 1 1 2 4 22 5 22 0.33
2010-11 BUF 6 1 2 3 -1 6 8 21 0.50
2 seasons Playoffs 12 2 3 5 3 28 13 43 0.42

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
5 0 0 0 -1 5 0 11 0.00 0.0 8:21

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2014-15 to 2014-15 $1.25M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $1.25M

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

-0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.5Even-strength defence+0.3Power play0.0Penalty kill-0.1Penalties+0.0

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-20242010-112011-122012-132013-142014-15Goals 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

32.4Corsi for %11 attempts for, 23 against
-9.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
16.7Expected goals for %0.2 expected for, 0.8 against
-23.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
26.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 1 against
93.8PDO0.0% shooting + 93.8% saves
1Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Cody McCormick · Kevin Porter · Patrick Kaleta211:0622.215.00-0
Cody McCormick · Patrick Kaleta · Johan Larsson14:0566.754.50-0
Patrick Kaleta · John Scott · Johan Larsson13:360.00.00-0
Kevin Porter · Patrick Kaleta · John Scott23:11100.0100.00-0

The lines 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 lines 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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.0Expected goalsfrom 1 unblocked attempts
0.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.04 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 2.8% chance per attempt1st
Finishing 0.0 goals above expected54thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 403 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.0Goals 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. 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
Oct 10, 2013 vs CBJ L 1-4 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 07:20
Oct 8, 2013 vs TBL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 08:14
Oct 5, 2013 @ PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:45
Oct 4, 2013 vs OTT L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:20
Oct 2, 2013 @ DET L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:04