DefenseRetired·Stay-at-Home Defenseman

Zdeno Chara

Born March 18, 1977 · Trencin, SVK

Draft 1996 · NYI round 3 #56

PTS

Career

209G 471A 680P

Bio

Position: Defense
Height: 6'9"
Weight: 250 lb
Shoots: L
Number: #33

Drafted 1996 by NYI · Round 3, #56 overall

67OVR

Depth

Stay-at-Home Defenseman

Production26

Points per game vs. elite D ceiling

Playmaking30

Assists per game vs. elite D

Deployment34

Average ice time per game

Power Play0

Power play points per game

Skating34

Skating speed and stamina

Shot Gen.21

Shots on goal per game

Season projections

72 GP played · paced to 82 GP

Proj. Goals

at 82 GP

Proj. Assists

at 82 GP

Proj. Points

at 82 GP

Proj. Shots

at 82 GP

Proj. PPG

at 82 GP

Proj. PPP

at 82 GP

Points/Game

0.19

current rate

Goals/Game

0.03

current rate

TOI/Game

—

avg ice time

Shooting %

2.5%

current season

Points/game trend (last 5 seasons)

0.33

2017–18

0.23

2018–19

0.21

2019–20

0.18

2020–21

0.19

2021–22

Recent games

GS = Luszczyszyn game score · 5-game avg 0.45

Click date for box score · opponent for team

Date	Opp	G	A	P	S	+/-	GS
2022-04-29	TBL	1	0	1	2	1	1.05
2022-04-28	WSH	0	0	0	1	1	0.22
2022-04-24	CAR	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.30
2022-04-23	BUF	0	1	1	0	0	0.60
2022-04-21	NYR	0	1	1	1	0	0.68

Tendencies

Full profile

Archetype

Bottom-six contributor

Source: NHL API (volume only)

Sample: 72 GP · confidence 50%

Limited view. Scores below are volume-only production indices, not population percentiles. Connect a warehouse with on-ice 5v5 data to see true possession, chance-creation, and zone-deployment percentiles.

Goal-scoring index0.03 · 4 index
Volume-only: goals per game from NHL API. Not adjusted for ice time, deployment, or quality of competition.
Playmaking index0.17 · 22 index
Volume-only: assists per game from NHL API. Not on-ice; doesn't separate primary vs secondary.
Point-production index0.19 · 16 index
Volume-only: points per game from NHL API. Treat as a star-power proxy, not a process measure.

Career totals (regular season)

Games: 1680
Goals: 209
Assists: 471
Points: 680
+/-: 301
PIM: 2085
Shots: 3419

Career totals (playoffs)

Games: 200
Goals: 18
Assists: 52
Points: 70
+/-: 49
PIM: 218
Shots: 387

Season history

NHL regular season · click team for franchise profile

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-
2021–22	New York Islanders	72	2	12	14	8
2020–21	Washington Capitals	55	2	8	10	5
2019–20	Boston Bruins	68	5	9	14	26
2018–19	Boston Bruins	62	5	9	14	22
2017–18	Boston Bruins	73	7	17	24	22
2016–17	Boston Bruins	75	10	19	29	18
2016–17	Team Europe	6	2	0	2	0
2015–16	Boston Bruins	80	9	28	37	12
2014–15	Boston Bruins	63	8	12	20	0
2013–14	Boston Bruins	77	17	23	40	25
2013–14	Slovakia	4	0	1	1	-1
2012–13	Boston Bruins	48	7	12	19	14
2012–13	Lev Praha	25	4	6	10
2011–12	Boston Bruins	79	12	40	52	33
2011–12	Slovakia	10	2	2	4	4
2010–11	Boston Bruins	81	14	30	44	33
2009–10	Boston Bruins	80	7	37	44	19
2009–10	Slovakia	7	0	3	3
2008–09	Boston Bruins	80	19	31	50	23
2007–08	Boston Bruins	77	17	34	51	14
2006–07	Boston Bruins	80	11	32	43	-21
2006–07	Slovakia	7	3	1	4
2005–06	Ottawa Senators	71	16	27	43	17
2005–06	Slovakia	6	1	1	2
2004–05	Farjestad	33	10	15	25
2004–05	Slovakia	7	0	2	2
2003–04	Ottawa Senators	79	16	25	41	33
2003–04	Slovakia	9	2	0	2
2002–03	Ottawa Senators	74	9	30	39	29
2001–02	Ottawa Senators	75	10	13	23	30
2001–02	Trencin	8	2	2	4
2000–01	New York Islanders	82	2	7	9	-27
2000–01	Slovakia	7	0	1	1
1999–00	New York Islanders	65	2	9	11	-27
1999–00	Slovakia	9	0	0	0
1998–99	New York Islanders	59	2	6	8	-8
1998–99	Lowell	23	2	2	4	5
1998–99	Slovakia	6	1	0	1
1997–98	New York Islanders	25	0	1	1	1
1997–98	Kentucky	48	4	9	13	0
1996–97	Prince George	49	3	19	22
1995–96	Trencin Jr.	22	1	13	14
1995–96	Piestany	10	1	3	4
1995–96	Sparta Jr.	15	1	2	3
1995–96	Sparta	1	0	0	0
1994–95	Trencin U18	30	22	22	44
1994–95	Trencin Jr.	2	0	0	0