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Michael Pezzetta

#61 · Left wing · Toronto Maple Leafs

Born Mar 13, 1998 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN (age 28) · 6'1", 222 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 160th overall in 2016 by MTL (round 6)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Carter Mazur DET · 0 P in 8 GP Hayden Hodgson OTT · 0 P in 10 GP Marc McLaughlin NJD · 0 P in 7 GP Nikita Chibrikov WPG · 0 P in 11 GP Brett Leason WSH · 0 P in 6 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.

0510152021-22: 11 points1121-222022-23: 15 points1522-232023-24: 12 points1223-242024-25: 0 points024-252025-26: 0 points025-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2021-22 MTL 51 5 6 11 -7 81 49 156 0.22 $750K
2022-23 MTL 63 7 8 15 -4 77 70 239 0.24 $750K
2023-24 MTL 61 3 9 12 4 59 42 242 0.20 $813K
2024-25 MTL 25 0 0 0 -2 24 14 73 0.00 $813K
2025-26 TOR 9 0 0 0 -4 35 2 30 0.00 $813K
5 seasons Career 209 15 23 38 -13 276 177 740 0.18

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
9 0 0 0 -4 35 2 30 0.00 0.0 6:28

Contract

$813KCap hitends in 2027

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

Signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs on Jul 1, 2025, as a new contract: 2 years and $1.625M, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2026-27, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $813K
2026-27 $813K

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 1, 2025 Toronto Maple Leafs New contract 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $1.625M $813K
Jun 2, 2023 Montreal Canadiens Extension 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $1.625M $813K
Jul 11, 2022 Montreal Canadiens Extension 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $750K $750K
Aug 5, 2021 Montreal Canadiens New contract 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $750K $750K
Mar 7, 2018 Montreal Canadiens Entry-level 2018-19 to 2020-21 3 $2.23M $743K

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 2025-26 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.

2025-26 analytics

Rating

-0.6Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.5Even-strength defence+0.4Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.7

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.

-1-0.500.511.522021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26Goals 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

37.6Corsi for %35 attempts for, 58 against
-3.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.8Expected goals for %1.9 expected for, 2.3 against
+6.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 4 against
82.6PDO0.0% shooting + 82.6% saves
4Attempts 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
Calle Jarnkrok · Michael Pezzetta · Jacob Quillan623:5631.628.70-2
Michael Pezzetta · Ryan Tverberg · Jacob Quillan19:2635.338.00-0
Calle Jarnkrok · Steven Lorentz · Michael Pezzetta25:5937.536.10-1
Steven Lorentz · Michael Pezzetta · Jacob Quillan35:2250.00.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.2Expected goalsfrom 4 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.24 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 5.8% chance per attempt2nd
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected59thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 444 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.2Goals 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
Apr 15, 2026 @ OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:02
Apr 11, 2026 vs FLA L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 09:37
Apr 9, 2026 @ NYI L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 06:24
Apr 4, 2026 @ LAK L 6-7 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 05:05
Mar 30, 2026 @ ANA W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 22 0 4 03:06
Mar 28, 2026 @ STL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 08:49
Mar 24, 2026 @ BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 05:00
Mar 14, 2026 @ BUF L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 06:29
Mar 12, 2026 vs ANA W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 5 0 3 03:43