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Matt Taormina

#20 · Defence · Tampa Bay Lightning

Born Oct 20, 1986 in Warren, Michigan, USA · 5'10", 188 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

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

Clay Wilson FLA · 5 P in 15 GP Ty Wishart NYI · 5 P in 20 GP David Hale OTT · 5 P in 25 GP Jeff Petry EDM · 5 P in 35 GP Davis Drewiske LAK · 5 P in 38 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.

02462010-11: 5 points510-112011-12: 7 points711-122012-13: 0 points012-132013-14: 0 points013-142015-16: 0 points015-16

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2010-11 NJD 17 3 2 5 -2 2 38 12 0.29
2011-12 NJD 30 1 6 7 6 4 33 18 0.23
2012-13 TBL 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 0.00 $550K
2013-14 TBL 7 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0.00 $650K
2015-16 TBL 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.00 $600K
5 seasons Career 59 4 8 12 3 6 79 41 0.20

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2015-16 TBL 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.00
1 season Playoffs 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.00

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
17 3 2 5 -2 2 38 12 0.29 7.9 20:40

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2015-16 to 2015-16 $600K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $650K
2012-13 to 2012-13 $550K

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

+2.8Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.2Even-strength defence+1.3Power play-0.4Penalty kill+0.1Penalties+0.8

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.

-1012342010-112011-122012-132013-142015-16Goals 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

52.5Corsi for %235 attempts for, 213 against
+0.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.8Expected goals for %9.9 expected for, 8.8 against
+2.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
44.4Goals for %8 for, 10 against
97.0PDO5.5% shooting + 91.5% saves
42Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Colin White · Matt Taormina15130:4151.753.14-3
Henrik Tallinder · Matt Taormina1640:4550.954.11-2
Olivier Magnan · Matt Taormina940:3151.449.41-2
Andy Greene · Matt Taormina1540:1259.453.31-2

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. 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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.0Expected goalsfrom 54 unblocked attempts
+1.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.35 expected goals per 60 minutes96th
Shot quality 3.8% chance per attempt77th
Finishing +1.0 goals above expected76thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 232 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Goals 3Expected 2.0

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
Nov 12, 2010 vs EDM W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 20:13
Nov 10, 2010 vs BUF L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:56
Nov 5, 2010 vs NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:46
Nov 3, 2010 @ CHI W 5-3 0 0 0 3 2 3 1 21:51
Nov 1, 2010 @ VAN L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 20:22
Oct 30, 2010 @ LAK L 1-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 21:29
Oct 29, 2010 @ ANA W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 22:43
Oct 27, 2010 @ SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 19:08
Oct 24, 2010 @ NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:02
Oct 23, 2010 vs BUF L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 20:39
Oct 21, 2010 @ MTL W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 20:49
Oct 16, 2010 vs BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 21:48
Oct 15, 2010 vs COL L 2-3 1 1 2 0 0 6 0 24:42
Oct 13, 2010 @ BUF W 1-0 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 20:56
Oct 11, 2010 vs PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:23
Oct 9, 2010 @ WSH L 2-7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:58
Oct 8, 2010 vs DAL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 21:38