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Jeff Zatkoff

#35 · Goalie · Columbus Blue Jackets

Born Jun 9, 1987 in Detroit, Michigan, USA · 6'2", 186 lb · Catches left · Drafted 74th overall in 2006 by LAK (round 3)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2015-16

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dan Ellis FLA · 20 GP, 0.879 Cam Talbot NYR · 21 GP, 0.941 Justin Peters CAR · 21 GP, 0.919 Niklas Backstrom MIN · 21 GP, 0.899 Anders Nilsson NYI · 19 GP, 0.896

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.

051015202013-14: 20 games2013-142014-15: 1 games114-152015-16: 14 games1415-162016-17: 13 games1316-17

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Cap hit
2013-14 PIT 20 12621 582 531 51 2.61 0.912 $538K
2014-15 PIT 1 0100 17 16 1 1.63 0.941 $600K
2015-16 PIT 14 4710 408 374 34 2.79 0.917 $600K
2016-17 LAK 13 2710 223 196 27 2.94 0.879 $900K
4 seasons Career 48 182141 1230 1117 113 2.72 0.908

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2015-16 PIT 2 1100 65 59 6 3.07 0.908
1 season Playoffs 2 1100 65 59 6 3.07 0.908

2013-14 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
20 18 12621 582 531 51 2.61 0.912

Contract

$538KCap hitends in 2014, then UFA
$205KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.6 goals above replacement
$1.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$528KValueworth 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 51 ranked goalies 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 2013-14, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2013-14 $538K

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
2016-17 to 2017-18 $900K
2014-15 to 2015-16 $600K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $538K

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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 analytics

Rating

+2.6Goals above replacement43rd of 61 goalies
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.3Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 61 ranked goalies: 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. Goals above average is coloured as it is under Shots faced below, where it is taken per 60 minutes.

The goals he saved for his team, compared with a spare-part goalie facing the same shots. A goalie's season is about one-third the goalie and two-thirds chance, so read one year lightly. 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.

-8-6-4-20242013-142014-152015-162016-17Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

Shots faced

Expected goals adds up how likely each shot he faced was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. A goalie who lets in fewer than that has saved goals above expected. Only shots taken while he was in net count, and the league's goalies as a whole come out at zero. 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. What these numbers mean

-2.3Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
48.7Expected goals againstfrom 817 unblocked attempts
51Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.912Save %0.916 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 63 goalies 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. The two goals against tiles are left plain, since they follow how much he played.

Goals saved -0.12 above expected per 60 minutes35th
Shot difficulty 6.0% chance per attempt faced24thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 63 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

02040Game 10Game 20Allowed 51Expected 48.7

The goals he was expected to let in and the goals he did, as the season went on. When the allowed line runs below the expected line, he is saving more than his shots were worth.

Where he was shot at

Every unblocked attempt he faced this season, with his 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 Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 13, 2014 vs OTT L 2-3 (SO) OTL 33 31 2 0.939 65:00
Apr 5, 2014 @ MIN L 0-4 L 20 16 4 0.800 59:51
Mar 27, 2014 vs LAK L 2-3 L 32 29 3 0.906 58:34
Mar 22, 2014 vs TBL W 4-3 (OT) W 24 21 3 0.875 60:34
Mar 18, 2014 vs DAL W 5-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Mar 16, 2014 vs PHI L 3-4 L 20 19 1 0.950 44:55
Mar 10, 2014 @ WSH W 3-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 59:58
Mar 6, 2014 @ SJS L 3-5 L 46 42 4 0.913 58:36
Jan 30, 2014 @ LAK W 4-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 59:59
Jan 23, 2014 @ NYI W 6-4 W 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Jan 10, 2014 @ EDM L 3-4 (OT) OTL 31 27 4 0.871 61:01
Dec 29, 2013 @ CBJ W 5-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 59:34
Dec 19, 2013 vs MIN W 5-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Dec 14, 2013 @ DET W 4-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Nov 30, 2013 @ FLA W 5-1 W 40 39 1 0.975 60:00
Nov 27, 2013 vs TOR W 6-5 (SO) W 13 11 2 0.846 44:47
Nov 22, 2013 vs NYI W 4-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Nov 2, 2013 @ CBJ W 3-0 W, SO 19 19 0 1.000 59:59
Oct 25, 2013 vs NYI L 3-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 59:01
Oct 11, 2013 @ FLA L 3-6 L 30 24 6 0.800 59:33