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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 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Johnny Boychuk BOS · 6 P in 44 GP Douglas Murray PIT · 6 P in 43 GP Matt Hunwick COL · 6 P in 43 GP Deryk Engelland PIT · 6 P in 42 GP Ryan O'Byrne TOR · 6 P in 42 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

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
44 0 6 6 -16 28 40 65 0.14 0.0 19:20

Contract

$2.25MCap hit2012-13
$375KCap dollars per point6 points in 44 games
-$2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$4.2MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. 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. When it ends is not known.

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 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

-2.9Goals above replacement593rd of 605 skaters, 202nd of 208 defencemen
-0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-5.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 208 ranked defencemen: 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-3.1 1st percentileEven-strength defence-0.3 43rd percentilePower play-0.1 54th percentilePenalty kill-0.6 10th percentilePenalties-1.7 7th 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 defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. 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

45.6Corsi for %606 attempts for, 724 against
-3.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.6Expected goals for %23.0 expected for, 29.8 against
-6.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
32.6Goals for %15 for, 31 against
96.4PDO4.8% shooting + 91.6% saves
84Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Greg Zanon · Tyson Barrie25256:0349.042.14-10
Greg Zanon · Erik Johnson20111:0545.541.12-4
Greg Zanon · Matt Hunwick2781:4149.758.51-3
Greg Zanon · Stefan Elliott1581:2443.545.42-3

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
1.1Expected goalsfrom 60 unblocked attempts
-1.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.08 expected goals per 60 minutes9th
Shot quality 1.9% chance per attempt2nd
Finishing -1.1 goals above expected17thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 210 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Game 20Game 40Expected 1.1Goals 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 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 vs MIN L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 24:32
Apr 26, 2013 @ PHX W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 24:14
Apr 23, 2013 @ STL L 1-3 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 21:42
Apr 21, 2013 vs STL W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 22:44
Apr 19, 2013 vs EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 2 1 2 19:29
Apr 15, 2013 vs CBJ L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 24:22
Apr 13, 2013 vs VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 21:31
Apr 11, 2013 @ LAK L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 5 2 27:23
Apr 10, 2013 @ ANA W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 19:59
Apr 8, 2013 vs CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 20:16
Apr 6, 2013 @ PHX L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:16
Apr 5, 2013 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 19:43
Apr 2, 2013 @ NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 21:48
Apr 1, 2013 @ DET L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:09
Mar 30, 2013 vs NSH W 1-0 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 18:33
Mar 28, 2013 @ VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:34
Mar 27, 2013 @ CGY L 3-4 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 19:41
Mar 24, 2013 vs VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17:57
Mar 20, 2013 vs DAL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 16:09
Mar 18, 2013 vs CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 21:51
Mar 16, 2013 vs MIN L 4-6 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 17:32
Mar 14, 2013 @ MIN L 3-5 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 18:07
Mar 8, 2013 vs CHI W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:32
Mar 6, 2013 @ CHI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:15
Mar 3, 2013 @ CBJ L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17:11
Feb 28, 2013 vs CGY W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:58
Feb 26, 2013 @ SJS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 18:26
Feb 24, 2013 @ ANA L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 16:16
Feb 23, 2013 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:40
Feb 20, 2013 vs STL W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20:44
Feb 18, 2013 vs NSH W 6-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:52
Feb 16, 2013 @ EDM L 4-6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:08
Feb 14, 2013 @ MIN W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 14:53
Feb 11, 2013 vs PHX L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -3 2 0 2 23:18
Feb 6, 2013 vs ANA L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 23:20
Feb 4, 2013 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 21:21
Feb 2, 2013 vs EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16:49
Jan 31, 2013 @ CGY W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:57
Jan 30, 2013 @ VAN L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:56
Jan 28, 2013 @ EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 16:03
Jan 26, 2013 @ SJS L 0-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 20:58
Jan 24, 2013 vs CBJ W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:25
Jan 22, 2013 vs LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 19:13
Jan 19, 2013 @ MIN L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 17:45