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Zack Kassian

#44 · Right wing · Arizona Coyotes

Born Jan 24, 1991 in Windsor, Ontario, CAN · 6'3", 211 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 13th overall in 2009 by BUF (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

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

Jack Skille FLA · 10 P in 46 GP Louis Leblanc MTL · 10 P in 42 GP Tomas Vincour DAL · 10 P in 47 GP Patrick Kaleta BUF · 10 P in 63 GP Brad Winchester SJS · 10 P in 67 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.

01020302011-12: 10 points1011-122012-13: 11 points1112-132013-14: 29 points2913-142014-15: 16 points1614-152015-16: 8 points815-162016-17: 24 points2416-172017-18: 19 points1917-182018-19: 26 points2618-192019-20: 34 points3419-202020-21: 5 points520-212021-22: 19 points1921-222022-23: 2 points222-23

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2011-12 BUF 27 3 4 7 -1 20 36 39 0.26
2011-12 VAN 17 1 2 3 -1 31 18 40 0.18
2012-13 VAN 39 7 4 11 -7 51 49 70 0.28 $870K
2013-14 VAN 73 14 15 29 -4 124 91 91 0.40 $870K
2014-15 VAN 42 10 6 16 -5 81 55 88 0.38 $1.75M
2015-16 EDM 36 3 5 8 -7 114 42 95 0.22 $1.75M
2016-17 EDM 79 7 17 24 4 101 110 201 0.30 $1.5M
2017-18 EDM 74 7 12 19 -8 92 86 129 0.26 $1.95M
2018-19 EDM 79 15 11 26 -6 102 111 191 0.33 $1.95M
2019-20 EDM 59 15 19 34 0 69 99 157 0.58 $1.95M
2020-21 EDM 27 2 3 5 -4 15 18 73 0.19 $3.2M
2021-22 EDM 58 6 13 19 2 63 58 154 0.33 $3.2M
2022-23 ARI 51 2 0 2 -18 50 25 32 0.04 $3.2M
12 seasons Career 661 92 111 203 -55 913 798 1360 0.31

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2011-12 VAN 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 0.00
2012-13 VAN 4 0 0 0 -1 4 4 9 0.00
2016-17 EDM 13 3 0 3 1 27 19 30 0.23
2019-20 EDM 4 0 0 0 -4 2 5 3 0.00
2020-21 EDM 4 1 1 2 0 0 3 14 0.50
2021-22 EDM 16 2 2 4 -2 12 17 52 0.25
6 seasons Playoffs 45 6 3 9 -5 47 49 113 0.20

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
44 4 6 10 -2 51 54 79 0.23 7.4 11:18

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2020-21 to 2022-23 $3.2M
2018-19 to 2019-20 $1.95M
2017-18 to 2017-18 $1.95M
2016-17 to 2016-17 $1.5M
2014-15 to 2015-16 $1.75M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $870K

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

-0.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.1Even-strength defence-0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.2

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.

-8-6-4-2022011-122013-142015-162017-182019-202021-22Goals 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

41.5Corsi for %17 attempts for, 24 against
-18.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
34.4Expected goals for %0.5 expected for, 1.0 against
-13.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
39.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
100.0Goals for %1 for, 0 against
108.3PDO8.3% shooting + 100.0% saves
2Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Manny Malhotra · Andrew Ebbett · Zack Kassian14:1037.545.70-0
Manny Malhotra · Maxim Lapierre · Zack Kassian13:2620.017.80-0
Samuel Pahlsson · Mason Raymond · Zack Kassian22:4080.069.51-0
Manny Malhotra · Byron Bitz · Zack Kassian12:360.00.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.1Expected goalsfrom 2 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.39 expected goals per 60 minutes11th
Shot quality 6.3% chance per attempt20th
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected57thOne 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.

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 3, 2012 vs ANA W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:42
Mar 31, 2012 vs CGY W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 11:54
Mar 30, 2012 vs DAL W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 10:47
Mar 28, 2012 vs COL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:26
Mar 26, 2012 vs LAK W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:02
Mar 24, 2012 @ COL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:50
Mar 22, 2012 @ DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 10:29
Mar 21, 2012 @ CHI L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 12 2 3 10:17
Mar 19, 2012 @ MIN L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:58
Mar 17, 2012 vs CBJ W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:22
Mar 14, 2012 vs PHX L 4-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 09:00
Mar 10, 2012 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 15 0 3 08:06
Mar 8, 2012 vs WPG W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 06:52
Mar 6, 2012 vs DAL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:55
Mar 3, 2012 vs BUF L 3-5 1 1 2 0 0 3 7 10:40
Mar 1, 2012 vs STL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 11:04
Feb 28, 2012 @ PHX L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 12:27
Feb 25, 2012 @ NYR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:17
Feb 24, 2012 vs BOS W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:05
Feb 21, 2012 vs NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 08:35
Feb 19, 2012 vs PIT W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 11:35
Feb 17, 2012 vs MTL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:38
Feb 16, 2012 @ PHI L 2-7 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 12:58
Feb 14, 2012 vs NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 07:32
Feb 11, 2012 vs TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 09:44
Feb 1, 2012 vs NYR L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 15:11
Jan 6, 2012 @ CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 06:53
Jan 3, 2012 vs EDM W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11:25
Dec 30, 2011 @ WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 16:18
Dec 28, 2011 @ NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 12:19
Dec 26, 2011 vs WSH W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11:10
Dec 22, 2011 @ TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:50
Dec 20, 2011 @ OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:07
Dec 17, 2011 @ PIT L 3-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:56
Dec 16, 2011 vs TOR W 5-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 15:22
Dec 13, 2011 vs OTT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 12:52
Dec 10, 2011 vs NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 14:13
Dec 9, 2011 vs FLA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:19
Dec 7, 2011 vs PHI L 4-5 (OT) 1 1 2 -1 0 3 2 15:36
Dec 3, 2011 @ NSH W 3-2 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 11:00
Dec 2, 2011 vs DET L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 13:20
Nov 29, 2011 vs NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 7 0 2 09:34
Nov 26, 2011 vs WSH W 5-1 1 0 1 1 2 3 5 11:35
Nov 25, 2011 @ CBJ L 1-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 11:43