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Zach Sill

#23 · Centre · Washington Capitals

Born May 24, 1988 in Truro, Nova Scotia, CAN · 6'0", 214 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jerred Smithson TOR · 0 P in 18 GP Adam Burish SJS · 0 P in 15 GP Mike Sislo NJD · 0 P in 14 GP Frazer McLaren TOR · 0 P in 27 GP Pierre-Cedric Labrie TBL · 0 P in 13 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.

012342013-14: 0 points013-142014-15: 4 points414-152015-16: 1 points115-16

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2013-14 PIT 20 0 0 0 -4 12 14 57 0.00 $550K
2014-15 PIT 42 1 2 3 -3 60 26 114 0.07 $550K
2014-15 TOR 21 0 1 1 -2 24 17 59 0.05
2015-16 WSH 10 1 0 1 0 2 13 20 0.10 $575K
3 seasons Career 93 2 3 5 -9 98 70 250 0.05

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
20 0 0 0 -4 12 14 57 0.00 0.0 10:48

Contract

$550KCap hitends in 2014, then UFA
-$583KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.1MValueworth 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 641 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2013-14, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2013-14 $550K

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
2015-16 to 2015-16 $575K
2014-15 to 2014-15 $550K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $550K

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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 analytics

Rating

-2.0Goals above replacement614th of 672 skaters, 405th of 438 forwards
-0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 438 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-2.6 16th percentileEven-strength defence+0.2 50th percentilePower play0.0 50th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 59th percentilePenalties-0.1 30th 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-2-1012013-142014-152015-16Goals 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

33.9Corsi for %95 attempts for, 185 against
-14.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
22.4Expected goals for %2.0 expected for, 6.8 against
-29.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
34.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
16.7Goals for %1 for, 5 against
96.2PDO2.1% shooting + 94.1% 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
Craig Adams · Chuck Kobasew · Zach Sill930:2747.927.00-1
Craig Adams · Tanner Glass · Zach Sill728:1622.97.90-1
Craig Adams · Joe Vitale · Zach Sill712:1450.029.80-0
Craig Adams · Zach Sill · Harry Zolnierczyk35:1728.60.00-0

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
0.7Expected goalsfrom 20 unblocked attempts
-0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.20 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 3.6% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.7 goals above expected47thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 403 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Game 20Expected 0.7Goals 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
Jan 20, 2014 vs FLA L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 07:30
Jan 15, 2014 vs WSH W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 09:17
Jan 11, 2014 @ CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 11:37
Jan 5, 2014 vs WPG W 6-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:09
Jan 3, 2014 vs NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 10:17
Dec 31, 2013 @ NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:08
Dec 29, 2013 @ CBJ W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 13:53
Dec 27, 2013 @ CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:06
Dec 23, 2013 @ OTT L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 12:34
Dec 21, 2013 vs CGY W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 13:12
Dec 19, 2013 vs MIN W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:46
Dec 18, 2013 @ NYR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 12:50
Dec 16, 2013 vs TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 09:44
Dec 14, 2013 @ DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14:50
Dec 13, 2013 vs NJD W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 09:45
Dec 9, 2013 vs CBJ W 2-1 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 10:21
Dec 7, 2013 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 10:25
Dec 3, 2013 @ NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 08:17
Nov 25, 2013 @ BOS L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:02
Nov 16, 2013 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:10