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Greg Zanon

#4 · Defence · Colorado Avalanche

Born Jun 5, 1980 in Burnaby, British Columbia, CAN · 5'11", 201 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 156th overall in 2000 by OTT (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Steve Staios NYI · 8 P in 65 GP Erik Gudbranson FLA · 8 P in 72 GP Brayden McNabb BUF · 8 P in 25 GP Stu Bickel NYR · 9 P in 51 GP Sean O'Donnell CHI · 7 P in 51 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

0510152005-06: 2 points205-062006-07: 8 points806-072007-08: 5 points507-082008-09: 11 points1108-092009-10: 15 points1509-102010-11: 7 points710-112011-12: 8 points811-122012-13: 6 points612-13

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2005-06 NSH 4 0 2 2 0 6 3 7 0.50
2006-07 NSH 66 3 5 8 16 32 43 91 0.12
2007-08 NSH 78 0 5 5 -5 24 38 160 0.06
2008-09 NSH 82 4 7 11 8 38 54 153 0.13
2009-10 MIN 81 2 13 15 -10 36 59 183 0.19
2010-11 MIN 82 0 7 7 -5 48 55 169 0.09
2011-12 MIN 39 2 4 6 -1 14 27 77 0.15
2011-12 BOS 17 1 1 2 4 4 14 39 0.12
2012-13 COL 44 0 6 6 -16 28 40 65 0.14 $2.25M
8 seasons Career 493 12 50 62 -9 230 333 944 0.13

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2006-07 NSH 5 0 2 2 -2 2 7 6 0.40
2007-08 NSH 6 0 2 2 2 4 1 15 0.33
2011-12 BOS 7 0 1 1 0 0 3 15 0.14
3 seasons Playoffs 18 0 5 5 0 6 11 36 0.28

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
56 3 5 8 3 18 41 116 0.14 7.3 17:48

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2012-13 to 2012-13 $2.25M

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2011-12 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2011-12 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.1Even-strength defence-0.4Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.0

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-4-202462010-112011-122012-13Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

53.3Corsi for %89 attempts for, 78 against
-5.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.8Expected goals for %3.2 expected for, 2.8 against
-4.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %5 for, 5 against
100.7PDO11.4% shooting + 89.4% saves
10Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Joe Corvo · Greg Zanon555:1854.854.54-1
Mike Mottau · Greg Zanon219:5351.656.30-2
Greg Zanon · Johnny Boychuk57:1250.058.61-1
Greg Zanon · Dennis Seidenberg34:4270.079.40-0

The pairs he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.1Expected goalsfrom 6 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.06 expected goals per 60 minutes2nd
Shot quality 1.5% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected52ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 56 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.1Goals 0

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 7, 2012 vs BUF W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:50
Apr 5, 2012 @ OTT W 3-1 1 0 1 3 0 2 2 21:47
Apr 1, 2012 @ NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:39
Mar 31, 2012 @ NYI W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 18:53
Mar 29, 2012 vs WSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 21:59
Mar 27, 2012 vs TBL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:35
Mar 25, 2012 @ ANA W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 15:07
Mar 24, 2012 @ LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 15:40
Mar 22, 2012 @ SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:33
Mar 19, 2012 vs TOR W 8-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 19:41
Mar 17, 2012 vs PHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 13:20
Mar 13, 2012 @ TBL L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 17:01
Mar 10, 2012 vs WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 13:15
Mar 6, 2012 @ TOR W 5-4 0 1 1 -1 0 0 4 14:59
Mar 4, 2012 @ NYR L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 12:36
Mar 3, 2012 vs NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:30
Mar 1, 2012 vs NJD W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14:58
Feb 26, 2012 vs SJS W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 17:28
Feb 24, 2012 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 17:04
Feb 23, 2012 @ FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 18:33
Feb 19, 2012 vs BOS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 22:18
Feb 18, 2012 @ STL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 23:56
Feb 16, 2012 vs WPG L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 22:10
Feb 14, 2012 vs ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 5 16:18
Feb 11, 2012 vs CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 21:01
Feb 9, 2012 vs VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 20:29
Feb 7, 2012 @ CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 20:37
Feb 4, 2012 @ DAL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:20
Feb 2, 2012 @ COL W 1-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 19:08
Jan 31, 2012 vs NSH L 4-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 19:26
Jan 24, 2012 @ COL W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 18:34
Jan 21, 2012 vs DAL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 19:17
Jan 19, 2012 @ TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 20:29
Jan 12, 2012 @ CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 18:58
Jan 10, 2012 vs SJS W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 22:22
Jan 7, 2012 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:21
Dec 31, 2011 vs PHX L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 17:43
Dec 29, 2011 vs EDM W 4-3 0 2 2 1 0 1 4 19:22
Dec 28, 2011 @ NSH L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21:03
Dec 20, 2011 @ CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:44
Dec 17, 2011 vs NYI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:18
Dec 13, 2011 @ WPG L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 17:27
Dec 10, 2011 @ PHX W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 17:51
Dec 8, 2011 @ LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:33
Dec 6, 2011 @ SJS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:12
Dec 4, 2011 @ ANA W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 12:53
Dec 2, 2011 vs NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 19:45
Nov 30, 2011 @ EDM W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 15:42
Nov 28, 2011 vs TBL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14:41
Oct 20, 2011 @ EDM W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:06
Oct 18, 2011 vs PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:23
Oct 15, 2011 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 22:48
Oct 13, 2011 vs EDM W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 19:15
Oct 11, 2011 @ OTT L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 25:04
Oct 10, 2011 @ NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:30
Oct 8, 2011 vs CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 23:07