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Michael Leighton

G · ONT
+ 4 other teams
Status
Retired 6 yrs ago
Career
2004–2020 (11 yrs)
Age
45 (39 in 2020)
Vitals
6'3" · 186 lb
Drafted
Undrafted

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP W L T OTL GAA Sv% SO GA SA MP GS
2004-05 CHI 19 2 8 1 - 3.20 .888 1 39 349 731 -
2005-06 CHI 6 1 3 0 - 4.40 .816 0 16 87 218 -
2010-11 SJS 23 13 7 - 0 2.83 .875 0 59 472 1250 -
2011-12 SJS 11 2 7 - 1 3.44 .890 0 34 309 592 9
2012-13 EDM 15 8 4 - 0 2.86 .897 2 38 368 796 11
2017-18 TBL 23 10 10 - 3 2.47 .914 0 56 650 1360 22
2019-20 ARI 1 0 0 - 0 0.00 1.000 0 0 5 12 0
Career 7 yrs 98 36 39 1 4 2.93 .892 3 242 2240 4960 42
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP W L OTL GAA Sv% SO GA SA MP GS
2010-11 SJS 2 0 0 0 2.79 .889 0 2 18 43 -
Career 1 app. 2 0 0 0 2.79 .889 0 2 18 43 -
NHL Career Stats
Season Team GP GS W L OT GAA Sv% SO GA SA A PiM MP
2002-03 CHI 8 6 2 3 - 2.82 .913 1 21 241 0 - 446
2003-04 CHI 34 33 6 18 - 2.99 .900 2 99 987 2 2 1987
2006-07 NSH 1 0 0 0 0 6.07 .800 0 2 10 0 - 19
2006-07 PHL 4 4 2 2 0 3.70 .882 0 12 102 0 - 194
2007-08 CAR 3 3 1 1 0 2.66 .897 0 7 68 0 - 158
2008-09 CAR 19 14 6 7 2 2.92 .901 0 50 507 0 4 1028
2009-10 CAR 7 5 1 4 0 4.28 .848 0 25 164 0 - 350
2009-10 PHL 27 26 16 5 2 2.48 .918 1 60 735 1 - 1449
2010-11 PHL 1 1 1 0 0 4.01 .889 0 4 36 0 - 59
2012-13 PHL 1 1 0 1 0 5.07 .808 0 5 26 0 - 59
2015-16 CHI 1 0 0 0 0 1.52 .941 0 1 17 0 - 39
2016-17 CAR 4 3 2 2 0 3.42 .870 0 12 92 1 - 210
Career NHL 110 96 37 43 4 2.98 .900 4 298 2985 4 6 6003

History

Overall, season by season

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

OV Goalies, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team SK DU EN SZ AG RB SC HS RT PH PS EX LD OV
2004-05 23 G CHI 75 84 79 - - - - - - - - 40 44 72
2005-06 24 G CHI 75 84 79 - - - - - - - - 40 44 72
2008-09 27 G CHI 78 55 - 84 80 80 79 79 78 - - 66 62 -
2009-10 28 G SJS 71 46 - 84 71 71 71 40 71 - - 68 64 57
2010-11 29 G SJS 83 72 - 84 85 81 86 86 86 - - 70 66 69
2011-12 30 G SJS 88 80 80 84 87 86 87 86 86 86 86 53 53 79
2012-13 31 G EDM 64 62 72 77 73 64 68 70 70 67 64 74 77 68
2016-17 35 G EDM 70 99 71 70 64 78 59 73 67 65 70 44 44 66
2017-18 36 G TBL 66 67 84 76 65 72 68 74 72 71 30 44 44 67
2018-19 37 G ARI 48 54 68 76 45 49 50 54 49 49 30 44 44 52
2019-20 38 G ARI 50 53 66 76 48 49 51 55 49 49 30 44 44 53
Season Age Pos Team SK DU EN SZ AG RB SC HS RT PH PS EX LD OV
2004-05 23 G CHI 75 84 79 - - - - - - - - 40 44 72
2005-06 24 G CHI · · · - - - - - - - - · · ·
2008-09 27 G CHI +3 −29 - 84 80 80 79 79 78 - - +26 +18 -
2009-10 28 G SJS −7 −9 - · −9 −9 −8 −39 −7 - - +2 +2 57
2010-11 29 G SJS +12 +26 - · +14 +10 +15 +46 +15 - - +2 +2 +12
2011-12 30 G SJS +5 +8 80 · +2 +5 +1 · · 86 86 −17 −13 +10
2012-13 31 G EDM −24 −18 −8 −7 −14 −22 −19 −16 −16 −19 −22 +21 +24 −11
2016-17 35 G EDM +6 +37 −1 −7 −9 +14 −9 +3 −3 −2 +6 −30 −33 −2
2017-18 36 G TBL −4 −32 +13 +6 +1 −6 +9 +1 +5 +6 −40 · · +1
2018-19 37 G ARI −18 −13 −16 · −20 −23 −18 −20 −23 −22 · · · −15
2019-20 38 G ARI +2 −1 −2 · +3 · +1 +1 · · · · · +1
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2004-05 CHI $575,000 1 yr 1.2% 23 RFA
2005-06 CHI $600,000 3 yr 1.2% 24 RFA
2008-09 CHI $650,000 1 yr 1.1% 27 RFA
2009-10 SJS $800,000 2 yr 1.4% 28 RFA
2011-12 SJS $1,200,000 1 yr 1.9% 30 UFA
2012-13 EDM $900,000 2 yr 1.3% 31 UFA
2016-17 EDM $575,000 1 yr 0.8% 35 UFA
2017-18 TBL $750,000 1 yr 1.0% 36 UFA
2018-19 ARI $650,000 2 yr 0.8% 37 UFA
2009-10
Oct 11 2009
2009-10
to SHARKS
to BLACKHAWKS

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