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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 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Guillaume Latendresse MIN · 6 P in 11 GP Mike Comrie PIT · 6 P in 21 GP Ales Kotalik CGY · 6 P in 26 GP Ryan Johnson CHI · 6 P in 34 GP Ethan Moreau CBJ · 6 P in 37 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

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
13 3 3 6 -1 6 49 13 0.46 6.1 19:51

Contract

$3.125MCap hitends in 2011, then RFA
$521KCap dollars per point6 points in 13 games
$2.023MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.5 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2010-11, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2010-11 $3.125M

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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 analytics

Rating

+1.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+1.4Even-strength defence-0.2Power play-0.6Penalty kill-0.2Penalties+0.4

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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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

53.2Corsi for %205 attempts for, 180 against
+3.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.1Expected goals for %9.3 expected for, 7.3 against
+8.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
53.3Goals for %8 for, 7 against
99.5PDO6.4% shooting + 93.1% saves
53Attempts 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
Ilya Kovalchuk · Zach Parise · Travis Zajac767:3552.249.13-1
Dainius Zubrus · Zach Parise · Travis Zajac549:0768.775.93-3
Jamie Langenbrunner · Zach Parise · Travis Zajac826:4040.042.10-1
Zach Parise · David Clarkson · Travis Zajac78:5342.936.51-0

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
5.0Expected goalsfrom 58 unblocked attempts
-2.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.15 expected goals per 60 minutes96th
Shot quality 8.6% chance per attempt84th
Finishing -2.0 goals above expected27thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 406 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

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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 2, 2011 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:05
Oct 30, 2010 @ LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 13:45
Oct 29, 2010 @ ANA W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 15:28
Oct 27, 2010 @ SJS L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 6 0 20:27
Oct 24, 2010 @ NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 22:03
Oct 23, 2010 vs BUF L 1-6 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 20:40
Oct 21, 2010 @ MTL W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 18:55
Oct 16, 2010 vs BOS L 1-4 0 1 1 1 2 5 1 19:39
Oct 15, 2010 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 24:06
Oct 13, 2010 @ BUF W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 23:54
Oct 11, 2010 vs PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 2 2 2 20:08
Oct 9, 2010 @ WSH L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 2 4 3 22:50
Oct 8, 2010 vs DAL L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 20:09