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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 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Andrey Makarov BUF · 1 GP, 0.917 Chris Driedger OTT · 1 GP, 1.000 Kevin Poulin NYI · 1 GP, 0.885 Laurent Brossoit EDM · 1 GP, 0.961 Malcolm Subban BOS · 1 GP, 0.500

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

2014-15 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1 0 0100 17 16 1 1.63 0.941

Contract

$600KCap hitends in 2016, then UFA
$1.74MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.3 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 2015-16, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2014-15 $600K
2015-16 $600K

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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Rating

+0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.2Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

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. 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.

-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

+0.2Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
1.2Expected goals againstfrom 27 unblocked attempts
1Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.941Save %0.928 expected from his shots
Goals saved +0.36 above expected per 60 minutes90th
Shot difficulty 4.5% chance per attempt faced1stA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 49 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

Where he was shot at

Every unblocked attempt he faced this season, with his 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 Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Dec 23, 2014 @ TBL L 3-4 L 17 16 1 0.941 36:45