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Anthony Bitetto

#22 · Defence · New York Rangers

Born Jul 15, 1990 in Island Park, New York, USA · 6'1", 222 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 168th overall in 2010 by NSH (round 6)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Gabriel Carlsson CBJ · 4 P in 14 GP Josh Mahura ANA · 4 P in 13 GP Zac Jones NYR · 4 P in 10 GP Rasmus Sandin TOR · 4 P in 9 GP Michael Stone CGY · 4 P in 21 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.

024682014-15: 0 points014-152015-16: 6 points615-162016-17: 7 points716-172017-18: 3 points317-182018-19: 3 points318-192019-20: 8 points819-202020-21: 4 points420-21

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2014-15 NSH 7 0 0 0 -1 7 2 9 0.00 $605K
2015-16 NSH 28 1 5 6 0 19 19 62 0.21 $666K
2016-17 NSH 29 0 7 7 -1 25 17 43 0.24 $613K
2017-18 NSH 32 1 2 3 -1 27 25 40 0.09 $613K
2018-19 NSH 18 0 3 3 1 8 15 40 0.17 $650K
2018-19 MIN 18 0 0 0 -8 4 15 40 0.00
2019-20 WPG 51 0 8 8 3 32 54 145 0.16 $700K
2020-21 NYR 14 1 3 4 -8 20 12 21 0.29 $738K
7 seasons Career 197 3 28 31 -15 142 159 400 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
2015-16 NSH 14 0 0 0 1 6 10 35 0.00
1 season Playoffs 14 0 0 0 1 6 10 35 0.00

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
14 1 3 4 -8 20 12 21 0.29 8.3 14:26

Contract

$738KCap hitends in 2022, then UFA
$184KCap dollars per point4 points in 14 games

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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2021-22, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2020-21 $738K
2021-22 $738K

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
2020-21 to 2021-22 $738K
2019-20 to 2019-20 $700K
2015-16 to 2018-19 $666K
2014-15 to 2014-15 $605K

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 2020-21 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.

2020-21 analytics

Rating

-1.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.0Even-strength defence-1.3Power play-0.1Penalty kill+0.1Penalties-0.3

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.

-4-3-2-1012014-152015-162016-172017-182018-192019-202020-21Goals 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

41.1Corsi for %151 attempts for, 216 against
-2.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.2Expected goals for %8.0 expected for, 10.0 against
-3.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %7 for, 14 against
97.2PDO8.5% shooting + 88.6% saves
22Attempts 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
Anthony Bitetto · Libor Hajek1091:5139.545.63-3
Brendan Smith · Anthony Bitetto839:3538.733.72-5
Anthony Bitetto · Tarmo Reunanen114:0737.528.11-0
Anthony Bitetto · Ryan Lindgren710:5663.270.30-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.6Expected goalsfrom 17 unblocked attempts
+0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.17 expected goals per 60 minutes45th
Shot quality 3.5% chance per attempt69th
Finishing +0.4 goals above expected67thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 218 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.6

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
May 8, 2021 @ BOS W 5-4 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 17:46
May 6, 2021 @ BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 18:22
May 5, 2021 vs WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 5 0 1 12:16
Apr 20, 2021 @ NYI L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 2 3 16:25
Apr 18, 2021 @ NJD W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:50
Feb 24, 2021 @ PHI L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 18:15
Feb 20, 2021 @ WSH W 4-1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 14:23
Feb 18, 2021 @ PHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 15:50
Feb 16, 2021 vs NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 19:13
Feb 12, 2021 vs BOS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:30
Feb 10, 2021 vs BOS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 7 0 1 09:58
Feb 8, 2021 vs NYI L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 13:01
Feb 4, 2021 vs WSH W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 09:30
Feb 1, 2021 vs PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 14:51