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Dainius Zubrus

#9 · Centre · San Jose Sharks

Born Jun 16, 1978 in Elektrenai, LTU · 6'5", 225 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 15th overall in 1996 by PHI (round 1)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Derek Dorsett CBJ · 9 P in 24 GP Aaron Palushaj COL · 9 P in 25 GP Richard Panik TBL · 9 P in 25 GP Tuomo Ruutu CAR · 9 P in 17 GP Wojtek Wolski WSH · 9 P in 27 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.

02040601996-97: 21 points2196-971997-98: 33 points331998-99: 16 points1698-991999-00: 42 points422000-01: 26 points2600-012001-02: 43 points432002-03: 35 points3502-032003-04: 27 points272005-06: 57 points5705-062006-07: 60 points602007-08: 38 points3807-082008-09: 40 points402009-10: 27 points2709-102010-11: 30 points302011-12: 44 points4411-122012-13: 9 points92013-14: 26 points2613-142014-15: 10 points102015-16: 7 points715-16

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
1996-97 PHI 68 8 13 21 3 22 71 0 0.31
1997-98 PHI 69 8 25 33 29 42 101 73 0.48
1998-99 PHI 63 3 5 8 -5 25 49 54 0.13
1998-99 MTL 17 3 5 8 -3 4 31 15 0.47
1999-00 MTL 73 14 28 42 -1 54 139 99 0.58
2000-01 MTL 49 12 12 24 -7 30 70 58 0.49
2000-01 WSH 12 1 1 2 -4 7 13 15 0.17
2001-02 WSH 71 17 26 43 5 38 138 98 0.61
2002-03 WSH 63 13 22 35 15 43 104 22 0.56
2003-04 WSH 54 12 15 27 -16 38 115 35 0.50
2005-06 WSH 71 23 34 57 3 84 181 93 0.80 $1.85M
2006-07 WSH 60 20 32 52 -16 50 127 80 0.87 $1.85M
2006-07 BUF 19 4 4 8 -3 12 31 33 0.42
2007-08 NJD 82 13 25 38 2 38 128 77 0.46 $3.4M
2008-09 NJD 82 15 25 40 6 69 130 98 0.49 $3.4M
2009-10 NJD 51 10 17 27 4 28 86 61 0.53 $3.4M
2010-11 NJD 79 13 17 30 -11 53 115 107 0.38 $3.4M
2011-12 NJD 82 17 27 44 7 34 109 102 0.54 $3.4M
2012-13 NJD 22 2 7 9 -3 12 22 31 0.41 $3.4M
2013-14 NJD 82 13 13 26 1 46 121 107 0.32 $3.1M
2014-15 NJD 74 4 6 10 -9 42 72 99 0.14 $3.1M
2015-16 SJS 50 3 4 7 4 20 33 68 0.14 $600K
19 seasons Career 1293 228 363 591 1 791 1986 1425 0.46

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1996-97 PHI 19 5 4 9 3 12 28 0 0.47
1997-98 PHI 5 0 1 1 2 2 6 9 0.20
2000-01 WSH 6 0 0 0 1 2 7 21 0.00
2002-03 WSH 6 2 2 4 -2 4 9 11 0.67
2006-07 BUF 15 0 8 8 1 8 25 46 0.53
2007-08 NJD 5 0 1 1 -3 8 5 18 0.20
2008-09 NJD 7 0 1 1 -2 10 14 21 0.14
2009-10 NJD 5 1 0 1 0 8 14 9 0.20
2011-12 NJD 24 3 7 10 0 18 40 85 0.42
2015-16 SJS 14 1 1 2 1 6 11 64 0.14
10 seasons Playoffs 106 12 25 37 1 78 159 284 0.35

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
22 2 7 9 -3 12 22 31 0.41 9.1 16:47

Contract

$3.4MCap hitends in 2013, then UFA
$378KCap dollars per point9 points in 22 games
$9.966MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.3 goals above replacement
$820KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.6MValueworth 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 558 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 2012-13, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2012-13 $3.4M

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
2015-16 to 2015-16 $600K
2013-14 to 2014-15 $3.1M
2007-08 to 2012-13 $3.4M
2005-06 to 2006-07 $1.85M

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 2012-13 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.

2012-13 analytics

Rating

+0.3Goals above replacement425th of 605 skaters, 290th of 397 forwards
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 397 ranked forwards: 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.

Even-strength offence-0.8 34th percentileEven-strength defence+0.4 60th percentilePower play-0.3 23rd percentilePenalty kill+0.2 82nd percentilePenalties-0.3 20th percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-10-5052010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16Goals 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

55.4Corsi for %246 attempts for, 198 against
-1.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
60.9Expected goals for %12.0 expected for, 7.7 against
+2.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %7 for, 14 against
91.9PDO5.3% shooting + 86.7% saves
32Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 578 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
Dainius Zubrus · Ilya Kovalchuk · Travis Zajac735:0548.172.22-0
Dainius Zubrus · Ilya Kovalchuk · Adam Henrique534:5243.844.50-3
Dainius Zubrus · David Clarkson · Adam Henrique834:4769.079.91-0
Patrik Elias · Dainius Zubrus · David Clarkson433:3666.068.91-1

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.7Expected goalsfrom 32 unblocked attempts
-0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.44 expected goals per 60 minutes8th
Shot quality 8.4% chance per attempt80th
Finishing -0.7 goals above expected43rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 355 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

012Game 20Expected 2.7Goals 2

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 this season, 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 27, 2013 @ NYR L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 15:04
Apr 25, 2013 vs PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:49
Apr 23, 2013 vs MTL W 3-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 14:49
Apr 21, 2013 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:09
Apr 20, 2013 vs FLA W 6-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 18:55
Apr 18, 2013 @ PHI W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 17:04
Apr 15, 2013 @ TOR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:26
Apr 12, 2013 vs OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:59
Apr 10, 2013 vs BOS L 4-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 14:50
Apr 7, 2013 @ BUF L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 16:00
Apr 6, 2013 vs TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:08
Apr 4, 2013 @ BOS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:21
Apr 1, 2013 vs NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 14:14
Feb 5, 2013 vs NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 15:58
Feb 3, 2013 @ NYI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 16:12
Feb 2, 2013 @ PIT L 1-5 0 1 1 -2 0 0 1 18:36
Jan 31, 2013 vs NYI L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 18:37
Jan 29, 2013 @ BOS L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 19:36
Jan 27, 2013 @ MTL L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 17:50
Jan 25, 2013 vs WSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:35
Jan 22, 2013 vs PHI W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 16:40
Jan 19, 2013 @ NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 20:24