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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 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jon Merrill VGK · 3 P in 34 GP Rob O'Gara NYR · 3 P in 30 GP Marc Methot DAL · 3 P in 36 GP Noah Juulsen MTL · 3 P in 23 GP Kyle Quincey MIN · 3 P in 18 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

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
32 1 2 3 -1 27 25 40 0.09 4.0 13:26

Contract

$613KCap hit2017-18
$204KCap dollars per point3 points in 32 games
$123KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$490KValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. 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
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 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

-0.8Goals above replacement576th of 691 skaters, 187th of 240 defencemen
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.2Goals 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-1.9 27th percentileEven-strength defence+0.7 60th percentilePower play0.0 72nd percentilePenalty kill+0.0 48th percentilePenalties-1.0 36th 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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

44.0Corsi for %346 attempts for, 441 against
-7.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.0Expected goals for %13.3 expected for, 15.6 against
-2.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
48.1Goals for %13 for, 14 against
100.8PDO6.9% shooting + 93.9% saves
52Attempts 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
Matt Irwin · Anthony Bitetto19216:1547.045.89-8
Yannick Weber · Anthony Bitetto993:5841.444.81-2
Roman Josi · Anthony Bitetto1143:4143.048.11-1
Mattias Ekholm · Anthony Bitetto1627:5834.028.61-0

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
0.9Expected goalsfrom 38 unblocked attempts
+0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.13 expected goals per 60 minutes19th
Shot quality 2.5% chance per attempt21st
Finishing +0.1 goals above expected50thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Game 20Goals 1Expected 0.9

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
Apr 1, 2018 @ TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 13:46
Mar 31, 2018 vs BUF L 4-7 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 15:08
Mar 25, 2018 @ WPG L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 10:46
Mar 24, 2018 @ MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:45
Mar 19, 2018 @ BUF W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:15
Mar 15, 2018 @ ARI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 13:16
Mar 8, 2018 vs ANA W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 09:18
Mar 2, 2018 @ VAN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:33
Feb 17, 2018 vs DET L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:18
Jan 20, 2018 vs FLA W 4-3 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 16:08
Jan 2, 2018 @ VGK L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 16:23
Dec 30, 2017 vs MIN W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:52
Dec 23, 2017 @ DAL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:17
Dec 16, 2017 @ CGY W 2-0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 12:08
Dec 14, 2017 @ EDM W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 15:04
Dec 8, 2017 vs VGK L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 10:39
Dec 5, 2017 @ DAL W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 5 0 1 16:38
Dec 2, 2017 vs ANA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:16
Nov 30, 2017 vs VAN L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:07
Nov 28, 2017 vs CHI W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 12:59
Nov 26, 2017 @ CAR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 13:47
Nov 24, 2017 @ STL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:56
Nov 22, 2017 vs MTL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:08
Nov 20, 2017 vs WPG W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:36
Nov 18, 2017 vs COL W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 14:49
Nov 16, 2017 @ MIN L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:28
Nov 14, 2017 vs WSH W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 16:48
Oct 28, 2017 vs NYI L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 16:48
Oct 19, 2017 @ PHI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 11:49
Oct 17, 2017 vs COL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:22
Oct 14, 2017 @ CHI L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 10:44
Oct 7, 2017 @ PIT L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:13