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Cal Foote

#52 · Defence · New Jersey Devils

Born Dec 13, 1998 in Denver, Colorado, USA · 6'5", 224 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 14th overall in 2017 by TBL (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2020-21

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.

Niko Mikkola STL · 3 P in 30 GP Olli Juolevi VAN · 3 P in 23 GP Matt Tennyson NJD · 3 P in 21 GP Trevor van Riemsdyk WSH · 3 P in 21 GP Alexandre Carrier NSH · 3 P in 19 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.

024682020-21: 3 points320-212021-22: 9 points921-222022-23: 7 points722-232023-24: 1 points123-24

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2020-21 TBL 35 1 2 3 9 29 40 39 0.09 $925K
2021-22 TBL 56 2 7 9 6 29 49 83 0.16 $850K
2022-23 TBL 26 1 2 3 3 28 21 40 0.12 $850K
2022-23 NSH 24 1 3 4 3 35 18 18 0.17
2023-24 NJD 4 0 1 1 3 16 0 3 0.25
4 seasons Career 145 5 15 20 24 137 128 183 0.14

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2021-22 TBL 13 0 2 2 1 6 8 24 0.15
1 season Playoffs 13 0 2 2 1 6 8 24 0.15

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
35 1 2 3 9 29 40 39 0.09 2.5 12:53

Contract

$925KCap hit2020-21
$308KCap dollars per point3 points in 35 games
-$110KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1MValueworth 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 633 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 2022-23 $925K

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

-0.8Goals above replacement545th of 643 skaters, 172nd of 213 defencemen
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 213 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-1.2 36th percentileEven-strength defence-0.9 29th percentilePower play0.0 64th percentilePenalty kill+0.3 79th percentilePenalties-0.5 51st 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.

-3-2-1012020-212021-222022-232023-24Goals 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

48.8Corsi for %352 attempts for, 369 against
-4.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.7Expected goals for %16.1 expected for, 17.0 against
-5.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
64.7Goals for %22 for, 12 against
104.8PDO10.5% shooting + 94.3% saves
77Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 579 skaters who played enough to be ranked: 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. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mikhail Sergachev · Cal Foote33225:3345.649.714-4
Victor Hedman · Cal Foote30102:2059.353.15-4
Ryan McDonagh · Cal Foote2666:5748.446.33-3
Cal Foote · Andreas Borgman720:4736.742.50-0

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
1.6Expected goalsfrom 61 unblocked attempts
-0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.22 expected goals per 60 minutes60th
Shot quality 2.7% chance per attempt34th
Finishing -0.6 goals above expected36thOne 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.

00.511.5Game 20Expected 1.6Goals 1

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 27, 2021 @ CHI W 7-4 0 0 0 1 4 1 3 08:59
Apr 10, 2021 @ NSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:08
Apr 8, 2021 @ CBJ W 6-4 0 0 0 1 17 2 1 07:48
Apr 6, 2021 @ CBJ L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:50
Apr 4, 2021 vs DET L 1-5 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 18:23
Apr 3, 2021 vs DET W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20:20
Apr 1, 2021 vs CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 15:31
Mar 30, 2021 vs CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 22:46
Mar 27, 2021 @ CAR L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 19:02
Mar 25, 2021 @ DAL L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 23:52
Mar 23, 2021 @ DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:52
Mar 21, 2021 vs FLA W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:20
Mar 20, 2021 vs CHI W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 14:17
Mar 18, 2021 vs CHI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:27
Mar 16, 2021 @ DAL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 2 2 3 2 10:57
Mar 15, 2021 vs NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:01
Mar 13, 2021 vs NSH W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:17
Mar 11, 2021 @ DET L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 11:54
Mar 9, 2021 @ DET W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:24
Mar 7, 2021 @ CHI W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 16:46
Mar 5, 2021 @ CHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 10:45
Mar 4, 2021 @ CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:52
Mar 2, 2021 @ DAL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 07:41
Feb 27, 2021 vs DAL W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12:52
Feb 25, 2021 vs CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:21
Feb 24, 2021 vs CAR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 12:03
Feb 13, 2021 @ FLA W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 08:32
Feb 11, 2021 @ FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:26
Feb 5, 2021 vs DET W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 08:23
Feb 3, 2021 vs DET W 5-1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 12:28
Feb 1, 2021 vs NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:45
Jan 30, 2021 vs NSH W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 08:44
Jan 28, 2021 @ CAR L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:55
Jan 23, 2021 @ CBJ L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:27
Jan 13, 2021 vs CHI W 5-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10:59