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Michael Del Zotto

D · ONT
+ 7 other teams
Status
Retired 3 yrs ago
Career
2010–2023 (13 yrs)
Age
36 (33 in 2023)
Vitals
6'0" · 195 lb
Drafted
2008 Rd 1 (#27) MIN

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2010-11 CHI 73 10 26 36 0.49 -11 152 1 9 0 91 11.0% 161
2011-12 CHI / DET 49 3 20 23 0.47 -6 66 1 2 0 59 5.1% 105
2012-13 DET 82 7 37 44 0.54 -2 87 0 6 0 130 5.4% 184
2013-14 DET 82 8 34 42 0.51 +4 39 1 5 0 84 9.5% 86
2014-15 DET 44 1 3 4 0.09 -3 24 0 0 0 26 3.8% 34
2015-16 DET 82 12 20 32 0.39 -16 89 2 2 0 112 10.7% 151
2016-17 DET / NYR / BUF 79 13 36 49 0.62 +7 131 2 6 0 142 9.2% 206
2017-18 BUF 55 4 17 21 0.38 +8 41 2 1 1 58 6.9% 87
2018-19 BUF / NSH / EDM 69 7 15 22 0.32 -11 67 2 2 1 71 9.9% 180
2019-20 EDM / PIT 65 2 12 14 0.22 -9 60 0 0 0 47 4.3% 169
2020-21 BUF 78 4 18 22 0.28 -2 50 0 1 0 58 6.9% 105
2021-22 BUF 82 7 18 25 0.30 +19 19 2 3 0 63 11.1% 110
2022-23 SJS 82 6 29 35 0.43 +9 50 2 2 0 57 10.5% 122
CAREER 13 yrs 922 84 285 369 0.40 -13 875 15 39 2 -- 8.4% 1700
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2011-12 DET 4 0 1 1 0.25 -1 2 0 0 0 5 0.0% 8
2012-13 DET 19 6 6 12 0.63 +1 25 3 6 0 24 25.0% 43
2013-14 DET 12 0 2 2 0.17 -2 15 0 0 0 10 0.0% 15
2016-17 BUF 16 0 7 7 0.44 +4 10 0 0 0 10 0.0% 28
2017-18 BUF 16 1 3 4 0.25 +2 15 0 0 0 9 11.1% 28
2020-21 BUF 7 1 1 2 0.29 +3 0 0 1 0 9 11.1% 28
2021-22 BUF 6 0 1 1 0.17 -2 0 0 0 0 8 0.0% 11
CAREER 7 app. 80 8 21 29 0.36 +5 67 3 7 0 -- 10.7% 161
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2009-10 NYR 80 9 28 37 0.46 -20 32 1 4 22 11.1% 18:58
2010-11 NYR 47 2 9 11 0.23 -5 20 0 2 7 3.4% 19:29
2011-12 NYR 77 10 31 41 0.53 20 36 2 1 14 8.8% 22:26
2012-13 NYR 46 3 18 21 0.46 6 18 0 0 8 3.7% 23:10
2013-14 NYR 42 2 9 11 0.26 -5 10 0 1 5 3.1% 17:45
2013-14 NSH 25 1 4 5 0.20 -4 8 0 0 0 3.8% 16:18
2014-15 PHL 64 10 22 32 0.50 -5 34 4 1 8 8.4% 21:55
2015-16 PHL 52 4 9 13 0.25 -8 16 1 0 1 4.1% 23:25
2016-17 PHL 51 6 12 18 0.35 -5 28 0 0 1 6.5% 19:30
2017-18 VAN 82 6 16 22 0.27 -8 48 0 0 5 4.7% 20:48
2018-19 VAN 23 1 3 4 0.17 3 8 0 0 0 4.8% 17:57
2018-19 ANH 12 0 3 3 0.25 -3 0 0 0 0 0.0% 17:36
2018-19 STL 7 0 3 3 0.43 -2 0 0 0 0 0.0% 13:02
2019-20 ANH 49 2 13 15 0.31 5 14 0 0 1 3.5% 18:43
2020-21 CLB 53 4 9 13 0.25 5 8 0 0 0 5.2% 17:53
2021-22 OTT 26 3 10 13 0.50 -4 4 0 1 2 8.6% 18:15
Career NHL 736 63 199 262 0.36 -30 284 8 10 74 5.9% -

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Defensemen, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2010-11 20 D CHI 91 40 84 78 75 - 82 75 40 77 69 57 - 51 51 69
2011-12 21 D DET 88 40 79 79 73 86 95 75 40 79 68 69 60 59 59 72
2012-13 22 D DET 68 41 79 77 69 77 81 65 30 64 61 71 64 56 61 68
2013-14 23 D DET 64 40 81 74 69 84 88 61 30 65 55 76 59 58 61 68
2014-15 24 D DET 63 39 80 72 69 64 76 56 30 59 52 67 55 60 61 63
2015-16 25 D DET 68 41 79 76 69 73 73 61 30 60 59 74 58 62 61 67
2016-17 26 D BUF 92 46 90 85 71 84 75 72 25 57 52 88 25 71 73 74
2017-18 27 D BUF 99 47 84 85 71 78 69 67 25 59 53 77 25 72 74 71
2018-19 28 D EDM 95 46 83 84 71 81 84 65 25 55 49 84 25 75 77 73
2019-20 29 D PIT 96 47 93 78 71 71 79 60 25 56 47 74 25 73 75 68
2020-21 30 D BUF 86 45 90 78 71 76 63 65 25 61 48 74 25 75 77 68
2021-22 31 D BUF 89 45 94 78 71 74 81 63 25 52 49 73 25 76 78 69
2022-23 32 D SJS 81 44 94 78 71 75 78 72 25 68 53 76 25 77 77 70
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2010-11 20 D CHI 91 40 84 78 75 - 82 75 40 77 69 57 - 51 51 69
2011-12 21 D DET −3 · −5 +1 −2 86 +13 · · +2 −1 +12 60 +8 +8 +3
2012-13 22 D DET −20 +1 · −2 −4 −9 −14 −10 −10 −15 −7 +2 +4 −3 +2 −4
2013-14 23 D DET −4 −1 +2 −3 · +7 +7 −4 · +1 −6 +5 −5 +2 · ·
2014-15 24 D DET −1 −1 −1 −2 · −20 −12 −5 · −6 −3 −9 −4 +2 · −5
2015-16 25 D DET +5 +2 −1 +4 · +9 −3 +5 · +1 +7 +7 +3 +2 · +4
2016-17 26 D BUF +24 +5 +11 +9 +2 +11 +2 +11 −5 −3 −7 +14 −33 +9 +12 +7
2017-18 27 D BUF +7 +1 −6 · · −6 −6 −5 · +2 +1 −11 · +1 +1 −3
2018-19 28 D EDM −4 −1 −1 −1 · +3 +15 −2 · −4 −4 +7 · +3 +3 +2
2019-20 29 D PIT +1 +1 +10 −6 · −10 −5 −5 · +1 −2 −10 · −2 −2 −5
2020-21 30 D BUF −10 −2 −3 · · +5 −16 +5 · +5 +1 · · +2 +2 ·
2021-22 31 D BUF +3 · +4 · · −2 +18 −2 · −9 +1 −1 · +1 +1 +1
2022-23 32 D SJS −8 −1 · · · +1 −3 +9 · +16 +4 +3 · +1 −1 +1
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2010-11 CHI $875,000 3 yr 1.5% 20 ELC Rookie
2012-13 DET $1,875,000 1 yr 2.7% 22 ELC
2013-14 DET $3,300,000 3 yr 5.1% 23 RFA
2016-17 DET $3,700,000 1 yr 5.1% 26 RFA
2017-18 BUF $3,000,000 2 yr 4.0% 27 RFA
2019-20 EDM $1,500,000 3 yr 1.8% 29 UFA
2022-23 SJS $850,000 1 yr 1.0% 32 UFA
2009-10
Feb 21 2010
2009-10
to BLUES
Mar 29 2010
2009-10
to BLACKHAWKS
  • Michael Del Zotto P
to BLUES
2011-12
Dec 16 2011
2011-12
to RED WINGS
to BLACKHAWKS
2016-17
Feb 9 2017
2016-17
to RANGERS
  • Michael Del Zotto 74
  • Gustav Possler P
to RED WINGS
Mar 3 2017
2016-17
to SABRES
to RANGERS
2018-19
Jan 7 2019
2018-19
to PREDATORS
to SABRES
Mar 3 2019
2018-19
to OILERS
  • Michael Del Zotto 73
to PREDATORS
2020-21
Oct 10 2020
2020-21
to SABRES
  • Michael Del Zotto 68
to PENGUINS

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