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Zac Rinaldo

#36 · Centre · Calgary Flames

Born Jun 15, 1990 in Mississauga, Ontario, CAN · 5'10", 192 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 178th overall in 2008 by PHI (round 6)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

B.J. Crombeen ARI · 6 P in 58 GP Michael Latta WSH · 6 P in 53 GP Tanner Glass NYR · 6 P in 66 GP Jeremy Morin CBJ · 6 P in 43 GP Jacob de la Rose MTL · 6 P in 33 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.

024682011-12: 9 points911-122012-13: 5 points512-132013-14: 4 points413-142014-15: 6 points614-152015-16: 3 points315-162017-18: 7 points717-182018-19: 3 points318-192019-20: 5 points519-202020-21: 0 points020-21

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2011-12 PHI 66 2 7 9 -1 232 54 175 0.14
2012-13 PHI 32 3 2 5 -7 85 15 143 0.16 $540K
2013-14 PHI 67 2 2 4 -13 153 54 231 0.06 $750K
2014-15 PHI 58 1 5 6 -9 102 45 216 0.10 $750K
2015-16 BOS 52 1 2 3 -5 83 38 154 0.06 $850K
2017-18 ARI 53 5 2 7 -7 44 56 188 0.13 $700K
2018-19 NSH 23 1 2 3 1 20 11 47 0.13 $650K
2019-20 CGY 19 3 2 5 -1 34 19 69 0.26 $700K
2020-21 CGY 4 0 0 0 -1 5 1 13 0.00 $700K
9 seasons Career 374 18 24 42 -43 758 293 1236 0.11

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2010-11 PHI 2 0 0 0 -1 12 0 5 0.00
2011-12 PHI 5 0 0 0 -2 48 2 15 0.00
2013-14 PHI 7 0 0 0 -2 4 7 17 0.00
2019-20 CGY 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 22 0.00
4 seasons Playoffs 19 0 0 0 -5 68 9 59 0.00

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
58 1 5 6 -9 102 45 216 0.10 2.2 8:55

Contract

$750KCap hit2014-15
$125KCap dollars per point6 points in 58 games
-$885KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.6MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 649 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2020-21 to 2020-21 $700K
2019-20 to 2019-20 $700K
2018-19 to 2018-19 $650K
2017-18 to 2017-18 $700K
2013-14 to 2015-16 $750K
2012-13 to 2012-13 $540K

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

-2.4Goals above replacement621st of 665 skaters, 410th of 432 forwards
-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 432 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-3.3 10th percentileEven-strength defence+0.5 56th percentilePower play-0.1 49th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 59th percentilePenalties-1.0 10th 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. 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.

-6-4-2022011-122013-142015-162018-192020-21Goals 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

44.6Corsi for %373 attempts for, 464 against
-5.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.9Expected goals for %12.8 expected for, 17.8 against
-7.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
36.7Goals for %11 for, 19 against
97.8PDO5.6% shooting + 92.2% saves
73Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 585 skaters 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. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris VandeVelde · Zac Rinaldo · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare29121:2944.047.81-2
Ryan White · Zac Rinaldo · Nick Cousins1158:4848.654.83-0
Ryan White · Zac Rinaldo · Michael Raffl532:0646.029.01-2
Zac Rinaldo · Jason Akeson · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare631:5247.556.71-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.0Expected goalsfrom 63 unblocked attempts
-2.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.35 expected goals per 60 minutes2nd
Shot quality 4.7% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -2.0 goals above expected33rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

012Game 20Game 40Expected 3.0Goals 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
Apr 11, 2015 vs OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 10:31
Apr 9, 2015 vs CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 11:00
Apr 7, 2015 vs NYI W 5-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 09:54
Apr 5, 2015 vs PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 08:20
Apr 4, 2015 @ CAR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 08:55
Apr 1, 2015 @ PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 4 2 2 09:19
Mar 28, 2015 vs SJS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 8 08:21
Mar 25, 2015 vs CHI W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 10:59
Mar 21, 2015 @ EDM L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 08:46
Mar 19, 2015 @ CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 09:25
Mar 17, 2015 @ VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 10:18
Mar 15, 2015 @ OTT L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 08:49
Mar 14, 2015 vs DET W 7-2 1 1 2 2 0 3 7 12:00
Mar 12, 2015 @ STL L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:21
Mar 10, 2015 vs DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 2 2 7 09:36
Mar 8, 2015 @ NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 10:07
Mar 7, 2015 @ BOS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:33
Mar 5, 2015 vs STL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 08:20
Feb 26, 2015 @ TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 07:11
Feb 24, 2015 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 09:52
Feb 22, 2015 vs WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 7 1 0 06:01
Feb 21, 2015 vs NSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 10 0 6 07:59
Jan 20, 2015 vs PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 17 0 2 03:53
Jan 19, 2015 @ NYI L 4-7 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 09:43
Jan 17, 2015 @ BUF W 4-3 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 13:41
Jan 15, 2015 vs VAN L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 12 1 9 13:03
Jan 3, 2015 @ NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 0 7 0 4 11:33
Dec 20, 2014 @ TOR W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 03:22
Dec 18, 2014 vs FLA L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 09:58
Dec 16, 2014 vs TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 06:48
Dec 13, 2014 vs CAR W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 13:01
Dec 11, 2014 vs NJD W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 09:04
Dec 9, 2014 @ CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 07:20
Dec 6, 2014 @ LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 08:04
Dec 3, 2014 @ ANA L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 08:11
Dec 2, 2014 @ SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11:05
Nov 29, 2014 @ NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 07:10
Nov 28, 2014 vs NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 4 0 2 08:50
Nov 26, 2014 @ DET L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 6 10:55
Nov 24, 2014 @ NYI L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:35
Nov 22, 2014 vs CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 0 7 0 5 08:02
Nov 20, 2014 vs MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 07:55
Nov 19, 2014 @ NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:31
Nov 15, 2014 @ MTL L 3-6 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 07:11
Nov 14, 2014 vs CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 06:55
Nov 8, 2014 vs COL W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 09:36
Nov 6, 2014 vs FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 11:01
Nov 4, 2014 vs EDM W 4-1 0 1 1 0 5 2 2 08:51
Nov 1, 2014 @ FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 09:32
Oct 30, 2014 @ TBL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 06:56
Oct 28, 2014 vs LAK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:41
Oct 22, 2014 @ PIT W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 05:17
Oct 21, 2014 @ CHI L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 09:24
Oct 18, 2014 @ DAL W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 08:17
Oct 14, 2014 vs ANA L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 08:10
Oct 11, 2014 vs MTL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 08:41
Oct 9, 2014 vs NJD L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 09:51
Oct 8, 2014 @ BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 08:31