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Zac Dalpe

#22 · Centre · Florida Panthers

Born Nov 1, 1989 in Paris, Ontario, CAN · 6'1", 194 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 45th overall in 2008 by CAR (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jesper Froden SEA · 4 P in 14 GP Joe Snively WSH · 4 P in 12 GP Alexander Holtz NJD · 4 P in 19 GP Matt Luff DET · 4 P in 19 GP Fredrik Olofsson DAL · 4 P in 28 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.

02462010-11: 4 points410-112011-12: 3 points311-122012-13: 3 points312-132013-14: 7 points713-142014-15: 3 points314-152015-16: 1 points115-162016-17: 3 points316-172017-18: 0 points017-182018-19: 1 points118-192020-21: 3 points320-212021-22: 0 points021-222022-23: 4 points422-23

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2010-11 CAR 15 3 1 4 0 0 16 10 0.27 $704K
2011-12 CAR 16 1 2 3 -3 4 20 16 0.19 $704K
2012-13 CAR 10 1 2 3 -7 0 18 14 0.30 $704K
2013-14 VAN 55 4 3 7 -7 6 52 36 0.13 $550K
2014-15 BUF 21 1 2 3 -11 4 29 15 0.14 $700K
2015-16 MIN 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0.50 $600K
2016-17 MIN 9 1 2 3 0 9 8 5 0.33 $600K
2017-18 CBJ 12 0 0 0 -3 13 18 6 0.00 $725K
2018-19 CBJ 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1.00 $725K
2020-21 CBJ 12 2 1 3 -2 0 22 11 0.25 $750K
2021-22 FLA 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0.00 $750K
2022-23 FLA 14 2 2 4 -4 2 17 15 0.29 $750K
12 seasons Career 168 16 16 32 -37 38 204 133 0.19

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2015-16 MIN 3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0.00
2022-23 FLA 13 1 0 1 -8 2 15 10 0.08
2 seasons Playoffs 16 1 0 1 -9 2 15 12 0.06

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
14 2 2 4 -4 2 17 15 0.29 11.8 8:24

Contract

$750KCap hitends in 2023, then extended to 2025
$188KCap dollars per point4 points in 14 games

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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.

The contract

Signed by the Florida Panthers on Jul 30, 2021, as a new contract: 2 years and $1.5M, beginning in 2021-22. It runs through 2022-23, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Florida Panthers on Mar 27, 2023, 2 years and $1.55M at $775K a season, beginning in 2023-24.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2021-22 $750K $750K $0 $750K
2022-23 $750K $750K $0 $750K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Mar 27, 2023 Florida Panthers Extension not begun 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $1.55M $775K
Jul 30, 2021 Florida Panthers New contract 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $1.5M $750K
Feb 27, 2019 Columbus Blue Jackets Extension 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $1.5M $750K
Jun 9, 2017 Columbus Blue Jackets Extension 2017-18 to 2018-19 2 $1.45M $725K
Jun 30, 2016 Minnesota Wild Extension 2016-17 to 2016-17 1 $600K $600K
Jul 1, 2015 Minnesota Wild New contract 2015-16 to 2015-16 1 $600K $600K
Jul 15, 2014 Buffalo Sabres New contract 2014-15 to 2014-15 1 $700K $700K
Jul 23, 2013 Carolina Hurricanes New contract 2013-14 to 2013-14 1 $550K $550K
Mar 18, 2010 Carolina Hurricanes Entry-level 2010-11 to 2012-13 3 $2.625M $704K

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 2022-23 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.

2022-23 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.7Even-strength defence0.0Power play0.0Penalty kill-0.1Penalties-0.2

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.

-2-1012010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192021-22Goals 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

47.6Corsi for %101 attempts for, 111 against
-7.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
39.3Expected goals for %3.4 expected for, 5.3 against
-15.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.0Goals for %6 for, 9 against
94.3PDO10.3% shooting + 83.9% saves
25Attempts 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
Zac Dalpe · Chris Tierney · Ryan Lomberg520:0051.629.81-1
Zac Dalpe · Sam Bennett · Eetu Luostarinen217:4344.757.00-0
Eric Staal · Zac Dalpe · Ryan Lomberg611:3659.344.61-2
Zac Dalpe · Colin White · Grigori Denisenko29:0387.553.80-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.1Expected goalsfrom 21 unblocked attempts
+0.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.57 expected goals per 60 minutes16th
Shot quality 5.4% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +0.9 goals above expected66thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 446 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Goals 2Expected 1.1

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
Mar 2, 2023 vs NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 04:05
Feb 28, 2023 @ TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 03:40
Feb 24, 2023 vs BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:10
Jan 1, 2023 vs NYR L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 06:39
Dec 23, 2022 @ NYI L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:29
Dec 21, 2022 vs NJD L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 06:06
Dec 19, 2022 @ BOS L 3-7 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 08:00
Dec 17, 2022 @ NJD W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 09:07
Dec 15, 2022 vs PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:35
Dec 13, 2022 vs CBJ W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:19
Dec 11, 2022 vs SEA L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 09:40
Dec 10, 2022 @ TBL L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 08:54
Dec 8, 2022 vs DET W 5-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 12:50
Dec 6, 2022 @ WPG L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 09:03