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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 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ben Jones MIN · 0 P in 26 GP Kurtis MacDermid NJD · 0 P in 23 GP Jere Innala COL · 0 P in 17 GP Givani Smith COL · 0 P in 13 GP Jonas Rondbjerg VGK · 0 P in 13 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

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
25 0 0 0 -2 24 14 73 0.00 0.0 5:56

Contract

$813KCap hitends in 2025, then UFA
$419KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$394KValueworth 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 698 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Montreal Canadiens on Jun 2, 2023, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $1.625M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2024-25, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $813K $800K $0 $800K
2024-25 $813K $825K $0 $825K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

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 2024-25 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.

2024-25 analytics

Rating

-0.4Goals above replacement558th of 698 skaters, 373rd of 456 forwards
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 456 ranked forwards: 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-1.5 30th percentileEven-strength defence+1.6 77th percentilePower play0.0 64th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 46th percentilePenalties-1.0 8th 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 forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player.

-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

51.1Corsi for %135 attempts for, 129 against
+3.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.3Expected goals for %4.7 expected for, 4.1 against
+7.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.0Goals for %4 for, 6 against
96.0PDO6.9% shooting + 89.1% saves
31Attempts 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
Joel Armia · Jake Evans · Michael Pezzetta1454:0844.643.90-1
Christian Dvorak · Michael Pezzetta · Emil Heineman320:5561.951.50-3
Brendan Gallagher · Christian Dvorak · Michael Pezzetta616:0650.051.80-1
Michael Pezzetta · Kirby Dach · Alex Newhook412:5247.167.60-1

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
1.0Expected goalsfrom 26 unblocked attempts
-1.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.39 expected goals per 60 minutes4th
Shot quality 3.7% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -1.0 goals above expected43rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 428 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Game 20Expected 1.0Goals 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 12, 2025 @ TOR L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 04:54
Apr 11, 2025 @ OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 1 5 1 2 07:45
Apr 8, 2025 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 05:14
Apr 6, 2025 @ NSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 7 1 2 04:39
Apr 5, 2025 vs PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 05:36
Apr 3, 2025 vs BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 07:47
Apr 1, 2025 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 05:54
Mar 30, 2025 @ FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:43
Mar 12, 2025 @ SEA L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:25
Mar 11, 2025 @ VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 07:48
Mar 8, 2025 @ CGY L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 04:57
Feb 2, 2025 @ ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 06:00
Jan 28, 2025 vs WPG L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 05:15
Jan 25, 2025 vs NJD L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 07:01
Jan 23, 2025 @ DET L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:06
Jan 18, 2025 vs TOR L 3-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 02:58
Jan 16, 2025 @ DAL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 04:31
Jan 14, 2025 @ UTA W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 03:50
Jan 10, 2025 @ WSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 03:05
Jan 6, 2025 vs VAN W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 03:58
Jan 4, 2025 @ COL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 04:32
Jan 3, 2025 @ CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 05:49
Oct 27, 2024 @ PHI W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 10:45
Oct 26, 2024 vs STL W 5-2 0 0 0 1 4 0 4 08:51
Oct 22, 2024 vs NYR L 2-7 0 0 0 -3 0 0 2 07:58