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Zack Stortini

#21 · Right wing · Nashville Predators

Born Sep 11, 1985 in Elliot Lake, Ontario, CAN · 6'2", 219 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 94th overall in 2003 by EDM (round 3)

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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.

Jon Sim NYI · 4 P in 34 GP Ryan Reaves STL · 4 P in 28 GP John McCarthy SJS · 4 P in 37 GP Vladimir Zharkov NJD · 4 P in 38 GP Ryan Stoa COL · 4 P in 25 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.

05102006-07: 1 points106-072007-08: 12 points1207-082008-09: 11 points1108-092009-10: 13 points1309-102010-11: 4 points410-112011-12: 0 points011-12

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2006-07 EDM 29 1 0 1 -7 105 17 45 0.03
2007-08 EDM 66 3 9 12 3 201 38 99 0.18
2008-09 EDM 52 6 5 11 -3 181 23 95 0.21
2009-10 EDM 77 4 9 13 3 155 46 144 0.17 $700K
2010-11 EDM 32 0 4 4 -2 76 16 46 0.13 $700K
2011-12 NSH 1 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 0.00 $550K
6 seasons Career 257 14 27 41 -6 725 141 430 0.16

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
32 0 4 4 -2 76 16 46 0.13 0.0 7:06

Contract

$700KCap hitends in 2012, then UFA
$175KCap dollars per point4 points in 32 games
$322KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.2 goals above replacement
$1.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$719KValueworth 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 315 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 2011-12, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2010-11 $700K
2011-12 $700K

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
2011-12 to 2011-12 $550K
2009-10 to 2011-12 $700K

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

+2.2Goals above replacement345th of 672 skaters, 249th of 439 forwards
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.5Goals 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-0.4 40th percentileEven-strength defence+1.1 73rd percentilePower play0.0 59th percentilePenalty kill0.0 40th percentilePenalties+0.9 67th 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.

-0.500.511.522.52010-112011-12Goals 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

43.1Corsi for %158 attempts for, 209 against
-2.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.5Expected goals for %7.5 expected for, 7.4 against
+6.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
43.8Goals for %7 for, 9 against
99.7PDO8.5% shooting + 91.2% saves
36Attempts 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
Jean-Francois Jacques · Colin Fraser · Zack Stortini1574:3147.558.52-2
Colin Fraser · Zack Stortini · Ryan Jones1664:1742.448.83-6
Colin Fraser · Zack Stortini · Steve MacIntyre518:2420.712.60-0
Colin Fraser · Zack Stortini · Magnus Paajarvi66:4242.914.50-0

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
2.0Expected goalsfrom 25 unblocked attempts
-2.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.54 expected goals per 60 minutes19th
Shot quality 8.2% chance per attempt76th
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.

00.511.52Game 20Expected 2.0Goals 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
Jan 26, 2011 @ DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 07:42
Jan 25, 2011 @ PHX W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 04:52
Jan 23, 2011 vs NSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 02:00
Jan 20, 2011 vs DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 07:36
Jan 18, 2011 vs MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 15 1 2 07:35
Jan 7, 2011 @ VAN L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 07:58
Jan 1, 2011 vs CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:51
Dec 30, 2010 vs COL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:08
Dec 26, 2010 @ VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 03:19
Dec 23, 2010 @ LAK L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 08:50
Dec 21, 2010 @ SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 08:23
Dec 16, 2010 vs CBJ W 6-3 0 0 0 -2 5 0 0 07:15
Dec 14, 2010 vs TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 05:26
Dec 7, 2010 vs ANA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05:41
Dec 4, 2010 vs STL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:24
Dec 2, 2010 @ TOR W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 03:27
Nov 29, 2010 @ OTT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 04:53
Nov 27, 2010 vs SJS L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:23
Nov 25, 2010 vs COL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 09:01
Nov 19, 2010 vs PHX L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:41
Nov 14, 2010 @ NYR L 2-8 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 05:04
Nov 12, 2010 @ NJD L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 2 5 0 1 08:48
Nov 11, 2010 @ DET L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:12
Nov 9, 2010 @ CAR L 1-7 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 11:00
Nov 7, 2010 @ CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 06:55
Nov 5, 2010 vs DET L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 06:02
Nov 2, 2010 vs VAN L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 07:40
Oct 29, 2010 @ CHI W 7-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 07:32
Oct 23, 2010 vs SJS L 1-6 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 07:03
Oct 21, 2010 vs MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:58
Oct 14, 2010 @ MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:16
Oct 10, 2010 vs FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:04