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Zach Hamill

#52 · Centre · Boston Bruins

Born Sep 23, 1988 in Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN · 5'11", 180 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 8th overall in 2007 by BOS (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Zach Boychuk CAR · 2 P in 16 GP Rob Klinkhammer OTT · 2 P in 15 GP Pierre-Cedric Labrie TBL · 2 P in 14 GP Ben Smith CHI · 2 P in 13 GP Niclas Bergfors NSH · 2 P in 11 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

00.511.522009-10: 1 points109-102010-11: 1 points110-112011-12: 2 points211-12

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2009-10 BOS 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1.00
2010-11 BOS 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0.33
2011-12 BOS 16 0 2 2 3 4 13 13 0.13
3 seasons Career 20 0 4 4 5 4 15 13 0.20

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
16 0 2 2 3 4 13 13 0.13 0.0 10:59

2011-12 analytics

Rating

+0.9Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.6Even-strength defence+0.5Power play-0.1Penalty kill+0.1Penalties+0.5

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.

00.20.40.60.812010-112011-12Goals 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

49.4Corsi for %129 attempts for, 132 against
-2.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.1Expected goals for %5.7 expected for, 5.0 against
-1.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
70.0Goals for %7 for, 3 against
105.0PDO9.0% shooting + 96.1% saves
24Attempts 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
Chris Kelly · Benoit Pouliot · Zach Hamill855:0857.850.50-1
Chris Kelly · Rich Peverley · Zach Hamill322:0541.963.32-0
Chris Kelly · Zach Hamill · Jordan Caron320:5145.743.71-1
Shawn Thornton · Daniel Paille · Zach Hamill515:5843.258.02-0

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
1.6Expected goalsfrom 19 unblocked attempts
-1.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.53 expected goals per 60 minutes24th
Shot quality 8.2% chance per attempt77th
Finishing -1.6 goals above expected37thOne 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.

00.511.5Expected 1.6Goals 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
Feb 4, 2012 vs PIT L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:19
Feb 2, 2012 vs CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:25
Jan 31, 2012 vs OTT W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:45
Jan 24, 2012 @ WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:36
Jan 17, 2012 @ TBL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:35
Jan 16, 2012 @ FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 09:58
Jan 10, 2012 vs WPG W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:32
Jan 5, 2012 vs CGY W 9-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12:14
Dec 28, 2011 @ PHX W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:06
Dec 23, 2011 vs FLA W 8-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:19
Dec 19, 2011 vs MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 13:48
Dec 17, 2011 @ PHI W 6-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11:30
Dec 14, 2011 @ OTT W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 12:48
Dec 13, 2011 vs LAK W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 09:48
Nov 12, 2011 vs BUF W 6-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 08:39
Nov 10, 2011 vs EDM W 6-3 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 09:27