Zdeno Chara

New York Islanders

49 y.o.

Defense

🏒Left Shot

Slovakia

Drafted56th Overallby

New York Islandersin1996

Career Summary

Zdeno Chara played 24 NHL SEASONS from 1997-98 to 2021-22 for the Islanders, Senators, Bruins, and Capitals. Across his NHL career, Chara recorded 209 GOALS and 471 ASSISTS for 680 CAREER POINTS. In the playoffs, Chara added 18 GOALS and 70 POINTS in 200 games. A 1-TIME STANLEY CUP champion, 1-TIME NORRIS TROPHY winner and 1-TIME MARK MESSIER NHL LEADERSHIP AWARD winner. Chara was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Statistics

Per game

International

Regular Season Stats


1994-95	Svk-U18	Trencin U18	30	22	22	44	-	-	-	113
1994-95	Slovak-Jr.	Trencin Jr.	2	0	0	0	-	-	-	0
1995-96	Slovak-Jr.	Trencin Jr.	22	1	13	14	-	-	-	80
1995-96	Slovak-2	Piestany	10	1	3	4	-	-	-	10
1995-96	CzRep-Jr.	Sparta Jr.	15	1	2	3	-	-	-	42
1995-96	CzRep	Sparta	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0
1996-97	WHL	Prince George	49	3	19	22	-	-	-	120
1997-98	NHL	New York Islanders	25	0	1	1	1	10	0.0%	50
1997-98	AHL	Kentucky	48	4	9	13	0	64	6.3%	125
1998-99	NHL	New York Islanders	59	2	6	8	-8	56	3.6%	83
1998-99	AHL	Lowell	23	2	2	4	5	38	5.3%	47
1999-00	NHL	New York Islanders	65	2	9	11	-27	47	4.3%	57
2000-01	NHL	New York Islanders	82	2	7	9	-27	83	2.4%	157
2001-02	NHL	Ottawa Senators	75	10	13	23	30	105	9.5%	156
2001-02	Slovakia	Trencin	8	2	2	4	-	-	-	32
2002-03	NHL	Ottawa Senators	74	9	30	39	29	168	5.4%	116
2003-04	NHL	Ottawa Senators	79	16	25	41	33	185	8.6%	147
2004-05	Sweden	Farjestad	33	10	15	25	-	-	-	132
2005-06	NHL	Ottawa Senators	71	16	27	43	17	212	7.6%	135
2006-07	NHL	Boston Bruins	80	11	32	43	-21	204	5.4%	100
2007-08	NHL	Boston Bruins	77	17	34	51	14	207	8.2%	114
2008-09	NHL	Boston Bruins	80	19	31	50	23	216	8.8%	95
2009-10	NHL	Boston Bruins	80	7	37	44	19	242	2.9%	87
2010-11	NHL	Boston Bruins	81	14	30	44	33	264	5.3%	88
2011-12	NHL	Boston Bruins	79	12	40	52	33	224	5.4%	86
2012-13	NHL	Boston Bruins	48	7	12	19	14	119	5.9%	70
2012-13	KHL	Lev Praha	25	4	6	10	-	-	-	24
2013-14	NHL	Boston Bruins	77	17	23	40	25	168	10.1%	66
2014-15	NHL	Boston Bruins	63	8	12	20	0	138	5.8%	42
2015-16	NHL	Boston Bruins	80	9	28	37	12	158	5.7%	71
2016-17	NHL	Boston Bruins	75	10	19	29	18	136	7.4%	59
2016-17	WCup	Team Europe	6	2	0	2	0	-	-	6
2017-18	NHL	Boston Bruins	73	7	17	24	22	144	4.9%	60
2018-19	NHL	Boston Bruins	62	5	9	14	22	99	5.1%	57
2019-20	NHL	Boston Bruins	68	5	9	14	26	86	5.8%	60
2020-21	NHL	Washington Capitals	55	2	8	10	5	67	3.0%	44
2021-22	NHL	New York Islanders	72	2	12	14	8	81	2.5%	85

NHL Totals	–	1680	209	471	680	301	3419	6.1%	2085
AHL Totals	–	71	6	11	17	5	102	5.9%	172

Juniors Totals	–	49	3	19	22	-	-	-	120

Scores a goal every 36.0 games

Records an assist every 6.0 games

Earns a point every 5.1 games

Takes 1.1 shots per game

Gets at least 2 PIMs every 1.7 games

Playoff Stats


1996-97	WHL	Prince George	15	1	7	8	-	-	-	45
1997-98	AHL	Kentucky	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	4
2001-02	NHL	Ottawa Senators	10	0	1	1	4	17	0.0%	12
2002-03	NHL	Ottawa Senators	18	1	6	7	3	32	3.1%	14
2003-04	NHL	Ottawa Senators	7	1	1	2	3	12	8.3%	8
2004-05	Sweden	Farjestad	13	3	5	8	-	-	-	82
2005-06	NHL	Ottawa Senators	10	1	3	4	0	17	5.9%	23
2007-08	NHL	Boston Bruins	7	1	1	2	-1	14	7.1%	12
2008-09	NHL	Boston Bruins	11	1	3	4	1	28	3.6%	12
2009-10	NHL	Boston Bruins	13	2	5	7	1	34	5.9%	29
2010-11	NHL	Boston Bruins	24	2	7	9	16	62	3.2%	34
2011-12	NHL	Boston Bruins	7	1	2	3	-1	21	4.8%	8
2012-13	NHL	Boston Bruins	22	3	12	15	7	55	5.5%	20
2013-14	NHL	Boston Bruins	12	2	2	4	4	22	9.1%	14
2016-17	NHL	Boston Bruins	6	0	1	1	-3	8	0.0%	2
2017-18	NHL	Boston Bruins	12	1	2	3	7	26	3.9%	4
2018-19	NHL	Boston Bruins	23	2	4	6	11	21	9.5%	16
2019-20	NHL	Boston Bruins	13	0	2	2	-4	13	0.0%	8
2020-21	NHL	Washington Capitals	5	0	0	0	1	5	0.0%	2

NHL Totals	–	200	18	52	70	49	387	4.7%	218
AHL Totals	–	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	4

Juniors Totals	–	15	1	7	8	-	-	-	45

Takes a shot every 1.0 games

Gets at least 2 PIMs every 5.0 games

Last 5 Games

Season	Opponent	Date	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	Shifts	TOI
Regular	vs TBL	Apr 29	1	0	1	1	0	2	26	19:24
Regular	vs WSH	Apr 28	0	0	0	1	0	1	27	20:58
Regular	vs CAR	Apr 24	0	0	0	-2	2	0	22	18:05
Regular	@ BUF	Apr 23	0	1	1	0	2	0	23	20:27
Regular	vs NYR	Apr 21	0	1	1	0	0	1	24	20:47

Awards

Year	Award
2010-11	Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award
2010-11	Stanley Cup
2008-09	James Norris Memorial Trophy