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Tom Sestito

#25 · Left wing · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Sep 28, 1987 in Rome, New York, USA · 6'5", 228 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 85th overall in 2006 by CBJ (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Oscar Moller LAK · 4 P in 13 GP Scott Parse LAK · 4 P in 5 GP Zac Dalpe CAR · 4 P in 15 GP Trent Hunter NYI · 4 P in 17 GP Luke Adam BUF · 4 P in 19 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.

024682007-08: 0 points007-082009-10: 0 points009-102010-11: 4 points410-112011-12: 1 points111-122012-13: 3 points312-132013-14: 9 points913-142014-15: 1 points114-152015-16: 1 points115-162016-17: 2 points216-17

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2007-08 CBJ 1 0 0 0 0 17 0 1 0.00
2009-10 CBJ 3 0 0 0 0 7 0 3 0.00
2010-11 CBJ 9 2 2 4 -4 40 7 31 0.44 $578K
2011-12 PHI 14 0 1 1 -3 83 4 37 0.07 $550K
2012-13 PHI 7 2 0 2 1 12 3 9 0.29 $605K
2012-13 VAN 23 1 0 1 -3 53 11 30 0.04
2013-14 VAN 77 5 4 9 -14 213 31 121 0.12 $750K
2014-15 VAN 3 0 1 1 1 7 1 10 0.33 $750K
2015-16 PIT 4 0 1 1 1 19 1 13 0.25 $575K
2016-17 PIT 13 0 2 2 0 48 3 19 0.15 $575K
9 seasons Career 154 10 11 21 -21 499 61 274 0.14

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2012-13 VAN 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.00
1 season Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.00

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
9 2 2 4 -4 40 7 31 0.44 28.6 9:32

Contract

$578KCap hitends in 2011, then RFA
$144KCap dollars per point4 points in 9 games
$3.327MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.2 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2010-11, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2010-11 $578K

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
2016-17 to 2016-17 $575K
2015-16 to 2015-16 $575K
2014-15 to 2014-15 $750K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $750K
2012-13 to 2012-13 $605K
2011-12 to 2011-12 $550K
2010-11 to 2010-11 $578K

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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 analytics

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.2Even-strength defence-0.4Power play+0.4Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.2

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.

-6-4-2022010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-17Goals 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

46.0Corsi for %58 attempts for, 68 against
-7.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.7Expected goals for %2.6 expected for, 3.2 against
-11.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.0Goals for %2 for, 6 against
89.8PDO6.9% shooting + 82.9% saves
14Attempts 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
Antoine Vermette · R.J. Umberger · Tom Sestito219:0353.658.20-1
Kyle Wilson · Jared Boll · Tom Sestito417:2539.457.32-2
Andrew Murray · Jared Boll · Tom Sestito16:3464.742.40-0
R.J. Umberger · Tom Sestito · Derick Brassard16:1842.961.20-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.6Expected goalsfrom 15 unblocked attempts
+0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.11 expected goals per 60 minutes93rd
Shot quality 10.6% chance per attempt99th
Finishing +0.4 goals above expected57thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 406 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Goals 2Expected 1.6

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
Dec 27, 2010 vs MIN W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 5 1 4 09:16
Dec 26, 2010 @ CHI L 1-4 0 1 1 -2 0 1 2 09:53
Dec 23, 2010 vs VAN L 3-7 1 0 1 -1 4 1 4 10:35
Dec 21, 2010 vs CGY W 3-1 0 1 1 1 5 0 2 07:51
Dec 18, 2010 vs DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 19 0 4 04:59
Dec 16, 2010 @ EDM L 3-6 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 11:25
Dec 15, 2010 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 07:38
Dec 13, 2010 @ CGY L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 11:28
Dec 11, 2010 vs NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 12:40