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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)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dominik Kubalik CHI · 46 P in 68 GP Pavel Buchnevich NYR · 46 P in 68 GP William Karlsson VGK · 46 P in 63 GP Evgenii Dadonov FLA · 47 P in 69 GP Tanner Pearson VAN · 45 P in 69 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

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
69 25 21 46 -11 8 155 27 0.67 16.1 17:12

Contract

$7.538MCap hitends in 2025, then UFA
$164KCap dollars per point46 points in 69 games
$1.196MCap dollars per goal above replacement6.3 goals above replacement
$5.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.6MValueworth 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 668 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 2024-25, with 5 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2019-20 $7.538M
2020-21 $7.538M
2021-22 $7.538M
2022-23 $7.538M
2023-24 $7.538M
2024-25 $7.538M

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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+6.3Goals above replacement131st of 670 skaters, 99th of 439 forwards
+1.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+3.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 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+1.4 69th percentileEven-strength defence-1.9 8th percentilePower play+1.5 95th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 74th percentilePenalties+1.9 94th 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. 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

49.4Corsi for %854 attempts for, 873 against
-0.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.2Expected goals for %37.4 expected for, 34.3 against
-0.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
46.3Goals for %38 for, 44 against
99.3PDO8.2% shooting + 91.1% saves
157Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 583 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
Mikko Koivu · Zach Parise · Kevin Fiala23191:2150.852.15-4
Eric Staal · Zach Parise · Mats Zuccarello18163:3350.053.37-8
Eric Staal · Zach Parise · Kevin Fiala2090:4850.350.65-7
Mikko Koivu · Zach Parise · Jason Zucker959:0750.063.71-4

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.

23Goalsnot counting empty-netters
21.7Expected goalsfrom 203 unblocked attempts
+1.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.10 expected goals per 60 minutes92nd
Shot quality 10.7% chance per attempt98th
Finishing +1.3 goals above expected70thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

05101520Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 23Expected 21.7

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 8, 2020 @ ANA W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 17:21
Mar 7, 2020 @ LAK L 3-7 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 15:36
Mar 5, 2020 @ SJS W 3-2 1 1 2 2 0 5 0 16:17
Mar 3, 2020 vs NSH W 3-1 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 17:06
Mar 1, 2020 vs WSH L 3-4 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 18:22
Feb 28, 2020 @ CBJ W 5-0 1 2 3 3 0 2 0 17:12
Feb 27, 2020 @ DET W 7-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 18:01
Feb 25, 2020 vs CBJ W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 16:46
Feb 23, 2020 vs STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:13
Feb 21, 2020 @ EDM W 5-3 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 16:43
Feb 19, 2020 @ VAN W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:06
Feb 15, 2020 vs SJS L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 19:40
Feb 13, 2020 vs NYR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:48
Feb 11, 2020 vs VGK W 4-0 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 17:09
Feb 9, 2020 vs COL L 2-3 0 1 1 -2 0 2 2 19:37
Feb 7, 2020 @ DAL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:54
Feb 6, 2020 vs VAN W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 17:48
Feb 4, 2020 vs CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:48
Feb 1, 2020 vs BOS L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:09
Jan 22, 2020 vs DET W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 16:54
Jan 20, 2020 vs FLA L 4-5 1 0 1 -2 0 3 0 16:56
Jan 18, 2020 vs DAL W 7-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 14:21
Jan 16, 2020 vs TBL W 3-2 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 16:07
Jan 14, 2020 @ PIT L 3-7 2 0 2 -1 0 4 1 13:31
Jan 12, 2020 vs VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:24
Jan 9, 2020 @ CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 17:26
Jan 5, 2020 vs CGY L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 17:38
Jan 4, 2020 vs WPG W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 20:38
Dec 31, 2019 vs TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:56
Dec 29, 2019 vs NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:09
Dec 27, 2019 @ COL W 6-4 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 16:20
Dec 23, 2019 vs CGY W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:36
Dec 21, 2019 vs WPG L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 16:36
Dec 19, 2019 @ ARI W 8-5 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 20:10
Dec 17, 2019 @ VGK L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 19:25
Dec 15, 2019 @ CHI L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:54
Dec 14, 2019 vs PHI W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 16:27
Dec 12, 2019 vs EDM W 6-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:23
Dec 10, 2019 vs ANA L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 20:10
Dec 7, 2019 @ CAR L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 17:37
Dec 5, 2019 @ TBL W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:20
Dec 3, 2019 @ FLA W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 15:25
Dec 1, 2019 vs DAL W 3-2 (SO) 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 17:40
Nov 29, 2019 vs OTT W 7-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 15:34
Nov 26, 2019 @ NJD W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 16:07
Nov 25, 2019 @ NYR L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 16:54
Nov 23, 2019 @ BOS L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 19:09
Nov 21, 2019 vs COL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:47
Nov 19, 2019 @ BUF W 4-1 2 0 2 1 2 4 0 18:19
Nov 16, 2019 vs CAR L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 15:38
Nov 14, 2019 vs ARI W 3-2 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 17:17
Nov 12, 2019 @ LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 19:16
Nov 9, 2019 @ ARI W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 19:45
Nov 7, 2019 @ SJS L 5-6 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 18:59
Nov 5, 2019 @ ANA W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 15:32
Nov 2, 2019 vs STL L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 18:12
Oct 30, 2019 @ STL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 17:46
Oct 29, 2019 @ DAL L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 17:37
Oct 26, 2019 vs LAK W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:56
Oct 24, 2019 @ NSH L 0-4 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 16:01
Oct 22, 2019 vs EDM W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:00
Oct 20, 2019 vs MTL W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 18:29
Oct 17, 2019 @ MTL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 18:13
Oct 15, 2019 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 16:54
Oct 14, 2019 @ OTT W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 16:29
Oct 12, 2019 vs PIT L 4-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 16:20
Oct 10, 2019 @ WPG L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 17:26
Oct 5, 2019 @ COL L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 17:20
Oct 3, 2019 @ NSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 13:56