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Libor Hajek

#25 · Defence · San Jose Sharks

Born Feb 4, 1998 in Smrcek, CZE (age 28) · 6'3", 210 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 37th overall in 2016 by TBL (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jacob Bernard-Docker OTT · 1 P in 19 GP Cale Fleury SEA · 1 P in 12 GP Nikolai Knyzhov SJS · 1 P in 12 GP Parker Wotherspoon NYI · 1 P in 12 GP Travis Dermott VAN · 1 P in 11 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.

0123452018-19: 1 points118-192019-20: 5 points519-202020-21: 4 points420-212021-22: 1 points121-222022-23: 1 points122-23

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2018-19 NYR 5 1 0 1 1 6 10 5 0.20 $833K
2019-20 NYR 28 0 5 5 -4 12 23 24 0.18 $833K
2020-21 NYR 44 2 2 4 2 10 33 26 0.09 $833K
2021-22 NYR 17 0 1 1 -10 8 12 7 0.06 $874K
2022-23 NYR 16 1 0 1 2 4 13 17 0.06 $800K
5 seasons Career 110 4 8 12 -9 40 91 79 0.11

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
16 1 0 1 2 4 13 17 0.06 7.7 13:16

Contract

$800KCap hitends in 2023
$800KCap dollars per point1 points in 16 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 2022-23, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit
2022-23 $800K

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
Jul 8, 2026 San Jose Sharks New contract (two-way) 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $850K $850K
2022-23 to 2022-23 $800K
2021-22 to 2021-22 $874K
2020-21 to 2020-21 $833K
2018-19 to 2020-21 $833K

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 2022-23 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.

2022-23 analytics

Rating

-0.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.4Even-strength defence+0.5Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties-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.

-6-4-2022018-192019-202020-212021-222022-23Goals 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

42.5Corsi for %162 attempts for, 219 against
-9.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.9Expected goals for %6.3 expected for, 8.0 against
-4.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
58.3Goals for %7 for, 5 against
103.2PDO8.0% shooting + 95.2% saves
25Attempts 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
Libor Hajek · Braden Schneider15140:0238.936.35-4
Jacob Trouba · Libor Hajek832:5440.746.61-1
Adam Fox · Libor Hajek1223:3358.873.31-0
Libor Hajek · K'Andre Miller84:5650.043.60-0

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
0.2Expected goalsfrom 15 unblocked attempts
+0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.07 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 1.6% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +0.8 goals above expected70thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 233 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.2

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 12, 2022 vs NJD W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 12:24
Dec 9, 2022 @ COL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 12:43
Dec 7, 2022 @ VGK W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:47
Dec 5, 2022 vs STL W 6-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14:28
Dec 3, 2022 vs CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:37
Dec 2, 2022 vs OTT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:23
Nov 26, 2022 vs EDM L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:33
Nov 17, 2022 @ SEA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:02
Nov 13, 2022 vs ARI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:54
Nov 12, 2022 @ NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 11:47
Nov 10, 2022 @ DET W 8-2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 16:21
Nov 8, 2022 vs NYI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:53
Nov 6, 2022 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 15:13
Oct 26, 2022 @ NYI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:08
Oct 25, 2022 vs COL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:11
Oct 14, 2022 @ WPG L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:45