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Zach Parise

#9 · Left wing · Colorado Avalanche

Born Jul 28, 1984 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA · 5'11", 195 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 17th overall in 2003 by NJD (round 1)

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

Henrik Zetterberg DET · 69 P in 82 GP Matt Moulson NYI · 69 P in 82 GP Patrick Sharp CHI · 69 P in 74 GP Eric Staal CAR · 70 P in 82 GP Loui Eriksson DAL · 71 P in 82 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.

0204060802005-06: 32 points3205-062006-07: 62 points622007-08: 65 points6507-082008-09: 94 points942009-10: 82 points8209-102010-11: 6 points62011-12: 69 points6911-122012-13: 38 points382013-14: 56 points5613-142014-15: 62 points622015-16: 53 points5315-162016-17: 42 points422017-18: 24 points2417-182018-19: 61 points612019-20: 46 points4619-202020-21: 18 points182021-22: 35 points3521-222022-23: 34 points342023-24: 10 points1023-24

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 NJD 81 14 18 32 -1 28 133 11 0.40
2006-07 NJD 82 31 31 62 -3 30 247 37 0.76
2007-08 NJD 81 32 33 65 13 25 266 76 0.80 $3.125M
2008-09 NJD 82 45 49 94 30 24 364 65 1.15 $3.125M
2009-10 NJD 81 38 44 82 24 32 347 108 1.01 $3.125M
2010-11 NJD 13 3 3 6 -1 6 49 13 0.46 $3.125M
2011-12 NJD 82 31 38 69 -5 32 293 65 0.84 $6M
2012-13 MIN 48 18 20 38 2 16 182 59 0.79 $7.538M
2013-14 MIN 67 29 27 56 10 30 245 70 0.84 $7.538M
2014-15 MIN 74 33 29 62 21 41 259 86 0.84 $7.538M
2015-16 MIN 70 25 28 53 -3 36 234 71 0.76 $7.538M
2016-17 MIN 69 19 23 42 -3 30 194 46 0.61 $7.538M
2017-18 MIN 42 15 9 24 0 14 119 26 0.57 $7.538M
2018-19 MIN 74 28 33 61 -2 26 229 49 0.82 $7.538M
2019-20 MIN 69 25 21 46 -11 8 155 27 0.67 $7.538M
2020-21 MIN 45 7 11 18 7 6 90 18 0.40 $7.538M
2021-22 NYI 82 15 20 35 -2 28 138 60 0.43 $750K
2022-23 NYI 82 21 13 34 7 24 182 89 0.41 $750K
2023-24 COL 30 5 5 10 -7 8 50 20 0.33 $820K
19 seasons Career 1254 434 455 889 76 444 3776 996 0.71

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2005-06 NJD 9 1 2 3 0 2 21 6 0.33
2006-07 NJD 11 7 3 10 4 8 45 18 0.91
2007-08 NJD 5 1 4 5 -5 2 20 11 1.00
2008-09 NJD 7 3 3 6 2 2 29 17 0.86
2009-10 NJD 5 1 3 4 0 0 20 4 0.80
2011-12 NJD 24 8 7 15 -8 4 87 56 0.63
2012-13 MIN 5 1 0 1 -7 2 17 12 0.20
2013-14 MIN 13 4 10 14 -3 6 49 20 1.08
2014-15 MIN 10 4 6 10 0 4 20 22 1.00
2016-17 MIN 5 2 1 3 -4 8 19 5 0.60
2017-18 MIN 3 3 0 3 0 2 5 1 1.00
2019-20 MIN 4 0 3 3 2 2 6 8 0.75
2020-21 MIN 4 2 1 3 -3 0 5 7 0.75
2022-23 NYI 6 0 0 0 -2 2 11 11 0.00
2023-24 COL 11 2 1 3 -1 0 19 30 0.27
15 seasons Playoffs 122 39 44 83 -25 44 373 228 0.68

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 31 38 69 -5 32 293 65 0.84 10.6 21:29

Contract

$6MCap hitends in 2012, then UFA
$87KCap dollars per point69 points in 82 games
$372KCap dollars per goal above replacement16.1 goals above replacement
$7.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.8MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 367 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2011-12, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2011-12 $6M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2023-24 to 2023-24 $820K
2022-23 to 2022-23 $750K
2021-22 to 2021-22 $750K
2020-21 to 2020-21 $7.538M
2018-19 to 2024-25 $7.538M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $7.538M
2012-13 to 2024-25 $7.538M
2011-12 to 2011-12 $6M
2007-08 to 2010-11 $3.125M

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

+3.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+1.3Even-strength defence-0.8Power play+0.8Penalty kill-0.2Penalties+0.8

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.

051015202010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-23Goals 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

53.1Corsi for %323 attempts for, 285 against
+0.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.9Expected goals for %14.2 expected for, 12.6 against
-2.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
38.5Goals for %10 for, 16 against
95.3PDO5.9% shooting + 89.4% saves
85Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 136 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ilya Kovalchuk · Zach Parise · Travis Zajac20163:1851.850.42-7
Dainius Zubrus · Zach Parise · Travis Zajac1060:5743.739.02-5
Patrik Elias · Zach Parise · David Clarkson645:5166.773.93-2
Patrik Elias · Dainius Zubrus · Zach Parise414:2952.248.71-0

The lines 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 lines 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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
11.8Expected goalsfrom 118 unblocked attempts
-5.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.42 expected goals per 60 minutes98th
Shot quality 10.0% chance per attempt95th
Finishing -5.8 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 83 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

0510Game 20Expected 11.8Goals 6

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 OTT W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 6 2 21:05
Apr 5, 2012 @ DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:39
Apr 3, 2012 vs NYI W 3-1 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 21:25
Mar 31, 2012 @ CAR W 5-0 1 0 1 1 2 5 0 16:36
Mar 29, 2012 vs TBL W 6-4 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 18:56
Mar 27, 2012 vs CHI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 21:02
Mar 25, 2012 @ PIT L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 18:41
Mar 23, 2012 vs TOR L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 22:12
Mar 20, 2012 @ OTT W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 23:57
Mar 19, 2012 @ NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 20:40
Mar 17, 2012 vs PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:46
Mar 15, 2012 vs COL W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 18:39
Mar 13, 2012 @ PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 18:25
Mar 11, 2012 vs PHI W 4-1 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 20:08
Mar 10, 2012 @ NYI W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 6 4 20:45
Mar 8, 2012 vs NYI W 5-1 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 19:07
Mar 6, 2012 vs NYR W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 20:26
Mar 4, 2012 @ NYI L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 22:14
Mar 2, 2012 @ WSH W 5-0 3 0 3 2 0 3 1 09:36
Mar 1, 2012 @ BOS L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 22:02
Feb 27, 2012 @ NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:29
Feb 26, 2012 vs TBL L 3-4 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 21:47
Feb 24, 2012 vs VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 23:16
Feb 21, 2012 @ TOR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 5 2 21:59
Feb 19, 2012 @ MTL W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 19:36
Feb 17, 2012 vs ANA W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 22:58
Feb 14, 2012 @ BUF W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 7 0 22:59
Feb 11, 2012 vs FLA L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 2 23:48
Feb 9, 2012 vs STL L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 -2 0 5 0 22:43
Feb 7, 2012 @ NYR W 1-0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 20:14
Feb 5, 2012 vs PIT W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 19:32
Feb 4, 2012 @ PHI W 6-4 1 0 1 -1 2 4 0 22:12
Feb 2, 2012 vs MTL W 5-3 2 0 2 0 0 3 3 21:29
Jan 31, 2012 vs NYR W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 21:47
Jan 24, 2012 vs BUF L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 25:03
Jan 21, 2012 vs PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 21:06
Jan 19, 2012 vs BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 20:59
Jan 17, 2012 vs WPG W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 23:15
Jan 14, 2012 @ WPG W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 24:04
Jan 11, 2012 @ EDM W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 0 4 5 0 23:39
Jan 10, 2012 @ CGY L 3-6 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 22:45
Jan 7, 2012 @ PIT W 3-1 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 18:25
Jan 6, 2012 vs FLA W 5-2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 21:58
Jan 4, 2012 vs BOS L 1-6 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 18:18
Jan 2, 2012 @ OTT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 22:42
Dec 31, 2011 vs PIT W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 20:01
Dec 28, 2011 vs BUF W 3-1 1 0 1 1 2 4 1 19:13
Dec 26, 2011 @ CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 2 1 2 20:45
Dec 23, 2011 vs WSH W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 24:25
Dec 20, 2011 vs NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 23:30
Dec 17, 2011 @ MTL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 24:08
Dec 16, 2011 vs DAL W 6-3 1 3 4 3 2 6 0 18:21
Dec 13, 2011 @ FLA W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 21:58
Dec 12, 2011 @ TBL W 5-4 1 2 3 2 0 4 0 20:44
Dec 10, 2011 vs MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 23:22
Dec 8, 2011 vs OTT W 5-4 (SO) 1 1 2 1 0 7 2 25:07
Dec 6, 2011 @ TOR W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 22:48
Dec 3, 2011 @ WPG L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 23:50
Dec 2, 2011 @ MIN L 2-4 1 1 2 -1 0 8 0 22:41
Nov 30, 2011 @ COL L 1-6 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 21:16
Nov 26, 2011 vs NYI L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 20:31
Nov 25, 2011 @ NYI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 21:39
Nov 23, 2011 vs CBJ W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 7 0 20:35
Nov 21, 2011 @ FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 23:16
Nov 19, 2011 @ TBL W 4-2 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 21:14
Nov 16, 2011 @ BUF W 5-3 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 21:04
Nov 15, 2011 @ BOS L 3-4 0 1 1 1 2 3 4 22:17
Nov 12, 2011 @ WSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 27:30
Nov 11, 2011 vs WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -3 0 6 1 23:22
Nov 8, 2011 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 24:16
Nov 5, 2011 vs WPG W 3-2 (OT) 0 2 2 2 0 5 0 24:30
Nov 3, 2011 @ PHI W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 24:48
Nov 2, 2011 vs TOR L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 21:26
Oct 29, 2011 @ DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 3 23:36
Oct 27, 2011 @ PHX L 3-5 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 19:02
Oct 25, 2011 @ LAK W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 22:38
Oct 22, 2011 @ PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 17:59
Oct 21, 2011 vs SJS L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 23:31
Oct 15, 2011 @ NSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 24:05
Oct 13, 2011 vs LAK W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 20:53
Oct 10, 2011 vs CAR W 4-2 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 23:45
Oct 8, 2011 vs PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:17