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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 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Robert Hagg DET · 7 P in 38 GP Joshua Brown ARI · 7 P in 68 GP Connor Mackey ARI · 7 P in 30 GP Riley Stillman BUF · 8 P in 50 GP Nikita Zaitsev CHI · 8 P in 46 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

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
50 2 5 7 6 63 39 58 0.14 5.1 15:07

Contract

$850KCap hit2022-23
$121KCap dollars per point7 points in 50 games
-$1.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.3MValueworth 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 695 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 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

-3.0Goals above replacement645th of 696 skaters, 205th of 235 defencemen
-0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-5.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 235 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-2.5 27th percentileEven-strength defence-0.8 37th percentilePower play-0.1 42nd percentilePenalty kill+0.2 68th percentilePenalties-2.3 6th 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. 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

46.3Corsi for %579 attempts for, 672 against
+0.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.7Expected goals for %23.9 expected for, 32.0 against
-3.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
56.6Goals for %30 for, 23 against
103.4PDO10.0% shooting + 93.4% saves
79Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 613 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 pairTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jeremy Lauzon · Cal FooteNSH16123:2047.544.27-7
Mikhail Sergachev · Cal FooteTBL25114:1545.744.56-4
Kevin Gravel · Cal FooteNSH997:3042.235.02-4
Victor Hedman · Cal FooteTBL2289:4248.142.33-2

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.7Expected goalsfrom 58 unblocked attempts
+0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.13 expected goals per 60 minutes19th
Shot quality 2.9% chance per attempt29th
Finishing +0.3 goals above expected61stOne 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.

00.511.52Game 20Game 40Goals 2Expected 1.7

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 14, 2023 vs COL L 3-4 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 18:36
Apr 13, 2023 vs MIN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 17:00
Apr 10, 2023 @ CGY W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12:55
Apr 8, 2023 @ WPG L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:25
Apr 6, 2023 vs CAR W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20:31
Apr 4, 2023 vs VGK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 16:16
Apr 3, 2023 @ DAL L 1-5 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 17:28
Apr 1, 2023 vs STL W 6-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 18:20
Mar 30, 2023 @ PIT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 17:15
Mar 28, 2023 @ BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 12:40
Mar 26, 2023 vs TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 16:15
Mar 25, 2023 vs SEA L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 16:36
Mar 23, 2023 vs SEA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17:41
Mar 21, 2023 @ BUF W 7-3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 18:15
Mar 19, 2023 @ NYR L 0-7 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 20:04
Mar 18, 2023 vs WPG L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 17 0 0 17:39
Mar 16, 2023 vs CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:18
Mar 14, 2023 vs DET W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 15:07
Mar 12, 2023 @ ANA W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 16:03
Mar 11, 2023 @ LAK W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:49
Mar 9, 2023 @ ARI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:25
Mar 6, 2023 @ VAN L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 13:58
Mar 4, 2023 @ CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:05
Feb 28, 2023 vs PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 12:14
Feb 25, 2023 @ DET W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 14:23
Feb 18, 2023 @ VGK L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:44
Feb 14, 2023 @ COL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:06
Feb 11, 2023 @ DAL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:21
Feb 9, 2023 vs COL W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:42
Jan 21, 2023 @ CGY L 3-6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 13:36
Jan 18, 2023 @ VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16:18
Jan 6, 2023 @ WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 10:43
Jan 4, 2023 @ MIN L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10:56
Dec 21, 2022 @ DET L 4-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 15:00
Dec 17, 2022 @ MTL W 5-1 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 14:35
Dec 13, 2022 vs SEA W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 7 1 2 13:11
Dec 10, 2022 vs FLA W 4-1 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 17:17
Dec 8, 2022 vs NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 14:51
Nov 28, 2022 @ BUF W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 07:35
Nov 25, 2022 vs STL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 17:03
Nov 11, 2022 @ WSH L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 05:02
Nov 3, 2022 vs CAR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:47
Nov 1, 2022 vs OTT W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 15:26
Oct 29, 2022 @ SJS W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:10
Oct 25, 2022 @ LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:25
Oct 22, 2022 vs NYI W 5-3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 16:35
Oct 18, 2022 vs PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 16:51
Oct 15, 2022 @ PIT L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 19:25
Oct 14, 2022 @ CBJ W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 19:58
Oct 11, 2022 @ NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:12