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Michael Pezzetta

Position	Left Wing / Right Wing	Current Team	Toronto Maple Leafs
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	2 years
Height	6'1"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	219	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	29
Age	27 (Mar 13, 1998)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2016, Round 6, Overall 160 (MTL)

News and Opinions

Michael Pezzetta Among Maple Leafs Spotted As Guest At Team's Hockey School This Summer at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sat Jul 26, 2025)
Canadiens Still Have Room for Beck But He Faces Uphill Battle at The Hockey Writers (Thu Jul 24, 2025)
Structuring the Maple Leafs’ 2025-26 Lineup by Salary at The Hockey Writers (Wed Jul 23, 2025)
Evaluating the Maple Leafs’ offseason so far: The current roster picture vs. the what-if-Marner-stayed scenario at Maple Leeafs Hot Stove (Mon Jul 14, 2025)
Maple Leafs offload Ryan Reaves, add defensive depth option in Henry Thrun at Maple Leeafs Hot Stove (Fri Jul 11, 2025)
A Farewell to Michael Pezzetta: The Embers of A Dying Flame at A Winning Habit (Thu Jul 3, 2025)
Brad Treliving on whether he would’ve handled the Mitch Marner situation differently in hindsight: “At the end of the day, there wasn’t a path to a different outcome” at Maple Leeafs Hot Stove (Wed Jul 2, 2025)
Michael Pezzetta on joining his hometown Maple Leafs: “I am insanely fired up… It’s surreal that I’ll get to put the Leafs sweater on” at Maple Leeafs Hot Stove (Wed Jul 2, 2025)
Maple Leafs smartly avoid overspending in free agency at Editor in Leaf (Wed Jul 2, 2025)
Brad Treliving on the remaining holes in the Leafs’ roster after day one of FA: “The top six of our lineup is the area we’re focused on right now… We will see how things play out from here” at Maple Leeafs Hot Stove (Wed Jul 2, 2025)
Instant Analysis: Maple Leafs sign depth forward Michael Pezzetta to two-year contract at Maple Leeafs Hot Stove (Tue Jul 1, 2025)
5 players who might have played their final games with the Montreal Canadiens at A Winning Habit (Sat May 10, 2025)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jul 1, 2025	Toronto Maple Leafs	Signed 2 years @ $812K AAV starting in 2025-26
Jun 2, 2024	Montreal Canadiens	Signed 1 year @ $750K AAV starting in 2022-23
Jun 2, 2023	Montreal Canadiens	Signed 2 years @ $812K AAV starting in 2023-24
Aug 5, 2021	Montreal Canadiens	Signed 1 year @ $750K AAV starting in 2021-22
Mar 7, 2018	Montreal Canadiens	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2012-13	Big Nickel Bantam	Toronto Nationals Bantam AAA										5	4	1	5		10
2013-14	GTHL	Miss. Senators	29	11	15	26		10				10	4	7	11		18
2013-14	Other	Miss. Senators										5	3	2	5		26
2014-15	OHL	Sudbury	61	5	7	12	-28	56
2015-16	OHL	Sudbury	64	10	18	28	-44	98	129	780.0
2016-17	OHL	Sudbury Wolves	54	10	9	19	-21	88				5	2		2	-2	17
2017-18	OHL	Sudbury Wolves	35	15	16	31	-17	53
2017-18	OHL	Sarnia Sting	27	8	13	21	+1	26				12	1	1	2	-3	15
2018-19	AHL	Laval Rocket	55	6	4	10	-13	77
2018-19	ECHL	Maine Mariners	3	0	0	0	-3	6
2019-20	AHL	Laval Rocket	32	2	2	4	-2	63
2020-21	AHL	Laval Rocket	20	2	3	5	+3	30
2021-22	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	51	5	6	11	-7	81	49	10.2	7:50
2021-22	AHL	Laval Rocket	8	3	3	6	+7	16
2022-23	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	63	7	8	15	-4	77	70	10.0	9:19
2023-24	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	61	3	9	12	+4	59	42	7.1	7:48
2024-25	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	25	0	0	0	-2	24	14	0.0	5:56
NHL Career			200	15	23	38	-9	241	175	8.6	8:03

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2021-22	MTL	51	388:08	0.77	0.93	1.70	0.74	0.04	10.20	9.70	0.50	3.12	12.50
2022-23	MTL	63	547:16	0.77	0.77	1.53	0.68	0.09	10.61	9.39	1.22	3.61	6.02
2023-24	MTL	61	454:46	0.40	1.19	1.58	0.44	-0.05	7.32	8.21	-0.90	5.00	8.33
2024-25	MTL	25	147:19	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.58	-0.58	0.00	10.16	-10.16	0.00	16.00

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2021-22	MTL	51	388:08	38.65	2.47	2.37	41.43	3.40	2.69	42.11	46.87	-0.04	-0.18	1.17
2022-23	MTL	63	547:16	33.11	2.85	2.15	42.54	3.29	2.57	46.43	45.55	-0.16	-0.40	1.79
2023-24	MTL	61	454:46	30.48	2.51	1.55	42.22	1.98	2.40	55.88	39.23	-0.96	-0.54	-6.82
2024-25	MTL	25	147:19	39.10	1.63	2.09	33.80	2.44	1.72	40.00	54.88	-0.30	-1.17	9.63

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
2021-22	51	22.4	1.0	4.7	5.1	83.3	46.0	27.0	27.0	45.9	42.6	19.0	38.4
2022-23	63	22.7	1.0	10.0	10.1	93.1	50.6	10.5	47.4	42.1	44.5	18.1	37.4
2023-24	61	22.5	0.6	10.0	10.1	88.4	57.3	32.0	48.0	20.0	43.7	17.4	38.9
2024-25	25	21.8	1.4	10.1	10.1	87.4	59.2	55.6	11.1	33.3	39.8	18.1	42.1

Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2024-25	Armia, J	Evans, J	MTL	54:46	0.00	1.10	0.00	1.57	1.94	44.66	-0.83	-0.75	-2.38
2024-25	Dvorak, C	Heineman, E	MTL	21:02	0.00	8.56	0.00	2.14	1.74	55.12	0.07	-1.89	18.79
2023-24	Stephens, M	Ylonen, J	MTL	57:18	4.19	0.00	100.00	1.56	2.43	39.00	-0.90	-0.34	-7.91
2023-24	Evans, J	Ylonen, J	MTL	55:56	4.29	3.22	57.14	1.80	3.06	36.99	-0.54	0.18	-7.77
2023-24	White, C	Harvey-Pinard, R	MTL	52:48	0.00	0.00	-	0.74	1.99	27.16	-1.93	-0.79	-21.89
2023-24	Armia, J	Stephens, M	MTL	46:52	2.56	3.84	40.00	1.95	3.47	35.91	-0.50	0.69	-10.95
2023-24	Armia, J	Evans, J	MTL	34:36	1.73	0.00	100.00	2.02	0.82	71.23	-0.27	-2.16	27.67
2022-23	Belzile, A	Tierney, C	MTL	78:47	3.81	3.05	55.56	1.66	2.70	38.12	-0.89	0.04	-10.91
2022-23	Evans, J	Slafkovský, J	MTL	46:23	1.29	5.17	20.00	1.75	1.59	52.37	-0.64	-1.43	8.28
2022-23	Belzile, A	Harvey-Pinard, R	MTL	38:53	4.63	1.54	75.00	2.82	2.37	54.34	0.96	-0.72	16.77
2022-23	Armia, J	Evans, J	MTL	32:30	0.00	1.85	0.00	2.00	3.14	38.95	-0.00	0.23	-1.87
2022-23	Belzile, A	Ylonen, J	MTL	32:05	5.61	0.00	100.00	2.27	2.99	43.14	0.08	0.22	-1.00
2022-23	Evans, J	Pitlick, R	MTL	30:21	1.98	5.93	25.00	1.20	2.90	29.26	-1.33	0.24	-19.50
2021-22	Byron, P	Evans, J	MTL	32:56	5.47	0.00	100.00	2.09	3.26	39.12	-0.18	0.94	-10.44
2021-22	Armia, J	Poehling, R	MTL	23:22	0.00	0.00	-	0.79	2.90	21.37	-1.76	0.29	-28.06
2021-22	Lehkonen, A	Poehling, R	MTL	23:17	2.58	7.73	25.00	2.27	4.06	35.89	0.14	1.17	-6.50

Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	27	$812,500	$812,500	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$775,000	UFA
2026-27	28	$812,500	$812,500	-	-	$850,000	$850,000	$850,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$1,625,000	$1,625,000	$1,625,000

Signed: July 1, 2025

Team: Toronto Maple Leafs

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.85

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	25	$812,500	$812,500	-	-	$800,000	$800,000	$800,000	RFA-arb
2024-25	26	$812,500	$812,500	-	-	$825,000	$825,000	$825,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,625,000	$1,625,000	$1,625,000

Signed: June 2, 2023

Team: Montreal Canadiens

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.97

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	24		$750,000	$750,000	-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$750,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$750,000

Signed: June 2, 2024

Team: Montreal Canadiens

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.91

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	23		$750,000	$750,000	-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$82,500	RFA
Total					-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$82,500

Signed: Aug 5, 2021

Team: Montreal Canadiens

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.92

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	20	$743,333	$743,333	-	$70,000	$650,000	$720,000	$67,500	ELC
2019-20	21	$743,333	$743,333	-	$60,000	$700,000	$760,000	$67,500	ELC
2020-21	22	$743,333	$743,333	-	$50,000	$700,000	$750,000	$67,500	ELC
Total				-	$180,000	$2,050,000	$2,230,000	$202,500

Signed: Mar 7, 2018

Team: Montreal Canadiens

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA

*Age is as of September 15