Zdeno Chara

Position: D ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-9 ▪ Weight: 255 lbs.
Born: March 18, 1977 in Trencin, Czechoslovakia
Draft: NY Islanders, 3rd round (56th overall), 1996 NHL Entry
Contract: 7 years/$45,500,000
2012-13 Cap Hit: $6,500,000.00 (full contract info at capgeek.com)

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Skater Rank: #100. Bernie Geoffrion… #101. Jacques Lemaire… #102. Dave Taylor… #103. ZDENO CHARA… #104. Gary Roberts… #105. Daniel Alfredsson… #106. Bernie Federko…

Skater Rank: #100. Bernie Geoffrion… #101. Jacques Lemaire… #102. Dave Taylor… #103. ZDENO CHARA… #104. Gary Roberts… #105. Daniel Alfredsson… #106. Bernie Federko…

NHL Standard

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					Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1997-98	20	NYI	NHL	25	0	1	1	0	1	50	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	0.0
1998-99	21	NYI	NHL	59	2	6	8	3	-8	83	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	56	3.6	1115	18:54
1999-00	22	NYI	NHL	65	2	9	11	4	-27	57	2	0	0	1	8	1	0	47	4.3	1486	22:52
2000-01	23	NYI	NHL	82	2	7	9	3	-27	157	1	0	1	0	5	2	0	83	2.4	1832	22:20
2001-02	24	OTT	NHL	75	10	13	23	9	30	156	5	4	1	2	10	2	1	105	9.5	1670	22:16
2002-03	25	OTT	NHL	74	9	30	39	13	29	116	6	3	0	2	14	2	14	168	5.4	1847	24:57
2003-04	26	OTT	NHL	79	16	25	41	16	33	147	9	7	0	3	15	3	7	185	8.6	1946	24:38
2005-06	28	OTT	NHL	71	16	27	43	16	17	135	5	10	1	3	13	2	12	212	7.5	1930	27:11
2006-07	29	BOS	NHL	80	11	32	43	15	-21	100	2	9	0	3	14	1	17	204	5.4	2237	27:58
2007-08	30	BOS	NHL	77	17	34	51	18	14	114	7	9	1	0	17	1	16	207	8.2	2067	26:50
2008-09	31	BOS	NHL	80	19	31	50	19	23	95	8	11	0	3	12	2	17	216	8.8	2085	26:04
2009-10	32	BOS	NHL	80	7	37	44	14	19	87	3	4	0	1	24	1	12	242	2.9	2030	25:22
2010-11	33	BOS	NHL	81	14	30	44	16	33	88	5	8	1	2	22	1	7	264	5.3	2060	25:26
2011-12	34	BOS	NHL	79	12	40	52	18	33	86	4	8	0	0	29	1	10	224	5.4	1975	25:00
2012-13	35	BOS	NHL	48	7	12	19	7	14	70	4	3	0	2	10	1	1	119	5.9	1197	24:56
Career			NHL	1055	144	334	478	168	163	1541	62	76	6	22	200	20	114	2342	6.1	25478	24:44

NHL Miscellaneous

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					Per Game						Adjusted				Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	PIM	S	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS
1997-98	20	NYI	NHL	25	0.00	0.04	0.04	0.01	2.00	0.40	0	1	1	0	10	0	12	3	1	-0.4	1.4	0.9
1998-99	21	NYI	NHL	59	0.03	0.10	0.14	0.05	1.41	0.95	2	7	9	3	37	0	64	19	-8	-0.1	1.9	1.8
1999-00	22	NYI	NHL	65	0.03	0.14	0.17	0.06	0.88	0.72	2	10	12	4	33	0	102	42	-27	-0.2	0.9	0.6
2000-01	23	NYI	NHL	82	0.02	0.09	0.11	0.04	1.91	1.01	2	7	9	3	53	1	123	44	-27	-0.8	2.0	1.2
2001-02	24	OTT	NHL	75	0.13	0.17	0.31	0.12	2.08	1.40	11	15	26	10	86	9	69	22	30	2.0	5.5	7.5
2002-03	25	OTT	NHL	74	0.12	0.41	0.53	0.17	1.57	2.27	10	33	43	14	108	35	65	21	29	3.2	6.1	9.3
2003-04	26	OTT	NHL	79	0.20	0.32	0.52	0.20	1.86	2.34	19	29	48	18	109	24	79	27	33	4.3	6.1	10.3
2005-06	28	OTT	NHL	71	0.23	0.38	0.61	0.23	1.90	2.99	16	26	42	16	114	40	94	37	17	3.6	4.5	8.1
2006-07	29	BOS	NHL	80	0.14	0.40	0.54	0.18	1.25	2.55	11	32	43	15	114	57	127	49	-21	3.0	3.5	6.5
2007-08	30	BOS	NHL	77	0.22	0.44	0.66	0.24	1.48	2.69	19	36	55	20	120	46	86	26	14	5.1	5.4	10.5
2008-09	31	BOS	NHL	80	0.24	0.39	0.63	0.23	1.19	2.70	20	31	51	19	126	42	86	25	23	4.8	5.7	10.5
2009-10	32	BOS	NHL	80	0.09	0.46	0.55	0.17	1.09	3.03	8	39	47	15	93	24	72	22	19	3.1	7.2	10.2
2010-11	33	BOS	NHL	81	0.17	0.37	0.54	0.19	1.09	3.26	15	32	47	17	113	27	81	28	33	4.0	6.0	10.0
2011-12	34	BOS	NHL	79	0.15	0.51	0.66	0.22	1.09	2.84	14	44	58	20	115	23	85	26	33	5.1	5.9	10.9
2012-13	35	BOS	NHL	48	0.15	0.25	0.40	0.15	1.46	2.48									14	1.5	3.7	5.2
Career			NHL	1055	0.14	0.32	0.45	0.16	1.46	2.22	149	342	491	175	1231	328	1145	391	163	38.0	65.7	103.7

NHL Playoffs

						Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg		GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
2001-02	24	OTT	NHL		10	0	1	1	0	4	12	0	0	0	0	17	0.0	261	26:07
2002-03	25	OTT	NHL		18	1	6	7	2	3	14	1	0	0	0	32	3.1	452	25:07
2003-04	26	OTT	NHL		7	1	1	2	1	3	8	1	0	0	0	12	8.3	172	24:38
2005-06	28	OTT	NHL		10	1	3	4	1	0	23	0	1	0	0	17	5.9	275	27:32
2007-08	30	BOS	NHL		7	1	1	2	1	-1	12	0	1	0	0	14	7.1	181	25:52
2008-09	31	BOS	NHL		11	1	3	4	1	1	12	0	1	0	1	28	3.6	277	25:11
2009-10	32	BOS	NHL		13	2	5	7	2	1	29	2	0	0	1	34	5.9	366	28:08
2010-11	33	BOS	NHL	SC	24	2	7	9	3	16	34	1	1	0	0	62	3.2	664	27:39
2011-12	34	BOS	NHL		7	1	2	3	1	-1	8	1	0	0	1	21	4.8	191	27:21
2012-13	35	BOS	NHL		8	2	8	10	3	8	12	2	0	0	0	34	5.9	240	30:03
Career			NHL	1	115	12	37	49	16	34	164	8	4	0	3	271	4.4	3080	26:47

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1994-95	17	Dukla Trencin U18	Svk-U18	30	22	22	44			113
1994-95	17	Dukla Trencin Jr.	Slovak-Jr.	2	0	0	0			0
1995-96	18	Dukla Trencin Jr.	Slovak-Jr.	22	1	13	14			80
1995-96	18	HK VTJ Piestany	Slovak-2	10	1	3	4			10
1995-96	18	HC Sparta Praha Jr.	CzRep-Jr.	15	1	2	3			42
1995-96	18	HC Sparta Praha	CzRep	1	0	0	0			0
1996-97	19	Prince George Cougars	WHL	49	3	19	22		-5	120	2	0	1	0
1997-98	20	Kentucky Thoroughblades	AHL	48	4	9	13		0	125	4	0	0	0	64	6.3
1998-99	21	Lowell Lock Monsters	AHL	23	2	2	4		5	47	2	0	0	0	38	5.3
1998-99	21	Slovakia	WC-A	6	1	0	1			6
1999-00	22	Slovakia	WC-A	9	0	0	0		1	12	0	0	0	0
2000-01	23	Slovakia	WC-A	7	0	1	1		1	10	0	0	0	0
2001-02	24	Dukla Trencin	Slovakia	8	2	2	4			32
2003-04	26	Slovakia	WC-A	9	2	0	2		6	2	1	1	0	1
2004-05	27	Slovakia	W-Cup	4	0	2	2		-5	8
2004-05	27	Farjestads BK Karlstad	Sweden	33	10	15	25			132
2004-05	27	Slovakia	WC-A	7	0	2	2		1	2	0	0	0	0
2005-06	28	Slovakia	Olympics	6	1	1	2		6	2	1	0	0	0
2006-07	29	Slovakia	WC-A	7	3	1	4			4
2009-10	32	Slovakia	Olympics	7	0	3	3		0	6	0	0	0	0
2011-12	34	Slovakia	WC-A	10	2	2	4		4	4	1	1	0	0
Career		2 Seasons	AHL	71	6	11	17		5	172	6	0	0	0	102	5.9
Career		1 Season	CzRep	1	0	0	0			0
Career		1 Season	CzRep-Jr.	15	1	2	3			42
Career		2 Seasons	Olympics	13	1	4	5		6	8	1	0	0	0
Career		1 Season	Slovak-2	10	1	3	4			10
Career		2 Seasons	Slovak-Jr.	24	1	13	14			80
Career		1 Season	Slovakia	8	2	2	4			32
Career		1 Season	Svk-U18	30	22	22	44			113
Career		1 Season	Sweden	33	10	15	25			132
Career		1 Season	W-Cup	4	0	2	2		-5	8
Career		7 Seasons	WC-A	55	8	6	14		13	40	2	2	0	1
Career		1 Season	WHL	49	3	19	22		-5	120	2	0	1	0

Other Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1996-97	19	Prince George Cougars	WHL	15	1	7	8		6	45	1	0	0	0
1997-98	20	Kentucky Thoroughblades	AHL	1	0	0	0			4	0	0	0	0
2004-05	27	Farjestads BK Karlstad	Sweden	13	3	5	8			82
Career		1 Season	AHL	1	0	0	0			4	0	0	0	0
Career		1 Season	Sweden	13	3	5	8			82
Career		1 Season	WHL	15	1	7	8		6	45	1	0	0	0

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 15 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Zdeno Chara		10.9	10.5	10.5	10.3	10.2	10.0	9.3	8.1	7.5	6.5	5.2	1.8	1.2	0.9	0.6
George Boucher	89.9	8.6	7.9	7.6	7.2	6.7	6.5	5.8	5.1	5.0	4.8	3.7	2.7	1.4	0.9
Flash Hollett	89.9	8.4	8.1	7.9	7.8	7.2	7.2	6.3	6.0	5.5	4.6	3.6	3.2	2.5
Brian Rafalski	89.4	11.7	10.4	9.7	9.7	9.4	9.4	8.7	8.5	7.4	7.2	6.8
Dan Boyle	88.8	10.6	10.4	10.2	9.9	9.4	8.5	8.3	8.2	4.9	4.3	2.9	1.9	1.5	0.4
Sergei Gonchar	88.3	11.5	11.1	11.1	10.6	10.4	9.8	9.6	8.8	7.1	7.0	5.6	5.3	3.4	2.4
Gary Suter	88.0	11.1	10.0	9.9	9.4	9.2	8.9	8.3	8.1	7.1	6.5	5.7	5.3	2.4	0.0
Chris Pronger	85.3	14.8	11.7	10.8	10.4	10.3	9.6	9.0	8.6	8.4	7.9	5.3	4.8	2.3	0.4
Sandis Ozolinsh	84.9	11.2	11.1	10.4	8.9	8.6	7.3	7.3	6.5	5.3	3.8	3.2	2.9	2.7	0.2
Chris Chelios	84.2	11.5	11.3	11.1	10.2	9.8	9.7	9.0	8.9	8.9	6.9	6.8	6.0	4.7	0.4
Steve Duchesne	84.1	10.4	9.9	9.7	9.0	8.6	8.0	7.6	7.0	6.9	6.6	5.7	5.2	4.9	4.7

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Zdeno Chara		10.9	10.5	10.5	10.3	10.2	10.0	9.3	8.1	7.5	6.5	5.2	1.8	1.2	0.9	0.6
Flash Hollett	89.9	8.4	8.1	7.9	7.8	7.2	7.2	6.3	6.0	5.5	4.6	3.6	3.2	2.5
Brian Rafalski	89.4	11.7	10.4	9.7	9.7	9.4	9.4	8.7	8.5	7.4	7.2	6.8
Dan Boyle	88.8	10.6	10.4	10.2	9.9	9.4	8.5	8.3	8.2	4.9	4.3	2.9	1.9	1.5	0.4
George Boucher	87.9	8.6	7.9	7.6	7.2	6.7	6.5	5.8	5.1	5.0	4.8	3.7	3.4	2.7	1.4	0.9
Sandis Ozolinsh	84.3	11.2	11.1	10.4	8.9	8.6	7.3	7.3	6.5	5.3	3.8	3.2	2.9	2.7	2.3	0.2
Sergei Gonchar	82.8	11.5	11.1	11.1	10.6	10.4	9.8	9.6	8.8	7.4	7.1	7.0	5.6	5.3	5.3	5.0	5.0	3.4	2.4
Guy Lapointe	81.8	13.6	13.3	12.5	11.0	9.2	9.1	8.4	8.2	8.0	3.8	3.3	3.2	3.0	1.6	0.2	0.0
Doug Wilson	81.4	10.4	10.0	9.7	9.5	8.6	8.3	8.0	7.5	7.4	7.0	6.7	6.7	4.6	2.7	2.1	1.4
Steve Duchesne	81.3	10.4	9.9	9.7	9.0	8.6	8.0	7.6	7.0	6.9	6.6	5.7	5.2	5.0	4.9	4.7	3.5
Gary Suter	80.6	11.1	10.0	9.9	9.4	9.2	8.9	8.3	8.1	7.1	6.9	6.5	6.5	6.4	5.7	5.3	2.4	0.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games 2003 NHL 2007 NHL 2008 NHL 2009 NHL 2011 NHL 2012 NHL	Awards 2008-09 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy	Honors 2003-04 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st) 2005-06 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd) 2007-08 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd) 2008-09 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st) 2010-11 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd) 2011-12 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)	Championships (Minimum 1 playoff game) 2011 Boston Bruins (NHL)
Games Played 2000-01 NHL 82 (3) 2012-13 NHL 48 (1)	Plus/Minus 2001-02 NHL 30 (5) 2002-03 NHL 29 (10) 2003-04 NHL 33 (3) 2010-11 NHL 33 (1) 2011-12 NHL 33 (3) Active 163 (7) Career NHL 163 (97)	Penalties in Minutes Active 1541 (2)	Total Goals On-Ice For 2008-09 NHL 126 (10)
Total Goals On-Ice Against 1999-00 NHL 102 (4) 2000-01 NHL 123 (2) 2006-07 NHL 127 (2) Active 1145 (3)	Power Play Goals On-Ice Against 1999-00 NHL 42 (2) 2000-01 NHL 44 (2) 2006-07 NHL 49 (4) Active 391 (1) Career NHL 391 (47)	Defensive Point Shares 2002-03 NHL 6.1 (5) 2003-04 NHL 6.1 (3) 2007-08 NHL 5.4 (9) 2008-09 NHL 5.7 (8) 2009-10 NHL 7.2 (1) 2010-11 NHL 6.0 (4) 2011-12 NHL 5.9 (9) 2012-13 NHL 3.7 (5) Active 65.7 (2) Career NHL 65.7 (36)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

June 23, 2001: Traded to Ottawa by NY Islanders with Bill Muckalt and NY Islanders' 1st round choice (Jason Spezza) in 2001 Entry Draft for Alexei Yashin, June 23, 2001.

September 24, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Farjestad (Sweden), September 24, 2004.

July 1, 2006: Signed as a free agent by Boston, July 1, 2006.

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