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Zach Redmond

#38 · Defence · Buffalo Sabres

Born Jul 26, 1988 in Traverse City, Michigan, USA · 6'2", 212 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 184th overall in 2008 by ATL (round 7)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Carson Soucy MIN · 0 P in 3 GP Zach Trotman PIT · 0 P in 3 GP Christian Jaros OTT · 0 P in 2 GP Dalton Prout NJD · 0 P in 4 GP Keegan Lowe EDM · 0 P in 2 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.

051015202012-13: 4 points412-132013-14: 3 points313-142014-15: 20 points2014-152015-16: 6 points615-162016-17: 5 points516-172017-18: 0 points017-18

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2012-13 WPG 8 1 3 4 0 12 13 12 0.50
2013-14 WPG 10 1 2 3 1 0 10 7 0.30 $715K
2014-15 COL 59 5 15 20 -1 24 93 59 0.34 $750K
2015-16 COL 37 2 4 6 5 10 22 47 0.16 $750K
2016-17 MTL 16 0 5 5 6 2 12 25 0.31 $613K
2017-18 BUF 3 0 0 0 1 2 7 4 0.00 $613K
6 seasons Career 133 9 29 38 12 50 157 154 0.29

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
3 0 0 0 1 2 7 4 0.00 0.0 14:29

Contract

$613KCap hit2017-18

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

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
2016-17 to 2017-18 $613K
2014-15 to 2015-16 $750K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $715K

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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Rating

-0.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.2Even-strength defence-0.3Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties-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.

-1012342012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-18Goals 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

47.9Corsi for %34 attempts for, 37 against
-1.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
38.0Expected goals for %1.1 expected for, 1.9 against
-12.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
60.0Goals for %3 for, 2 against
103.3PDO12.0% shooting + 91.3% saves
9Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zach Redmond · Jake McCabe319:3558.340.21-1
Zach Redmond · Victor Antipin318:3936.737.72-1
Marco Scandella · Zach Redmond22:2633.331.10-0
Justin Falk · Zach Redmond10:4950.00.00-0

The pairs 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 pairs 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
0.2Expected goalsfrom 7 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.25 expected goals per 60 minutes74th
Shot quality 2.6% chance per attempt31st
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected46thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 242 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.2Goals 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
Nov 7, 2017 vs WSH W 3-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 14:12
Oct 28, 2017 vs SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:50
Oct 25, 2017 @ CBJ L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 5 1 17:24