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Zack Kassian

#44 · Right wing · Arizona Coyotes

Born Jan 24, 1991 in Windsor, Ontario, CAN · 6'3", 211 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 13th overall in 2009 by BUF (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Lauri Korpikoski PHX · 11 P in 36 GP Matt Halischuk NSH · 11 P in 36 GP Bobby Butler NSH · 11 P in 34 GP Scott Hartnell PHI · 11 P in 32 GP Tyler Kennedy PIT · 11 P in 46 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.

01020302011-12: 10 points1011-122012-13: 11 points1112-132013-14: 29 points2913-142014-15: 16 points1614-152015-16: 8 points815-162016-17: 24 points2416-172017-18: 19 points1917-182018-19: 26 points2618-192019-20: 34 points3419-202020-21: 5 points520-212021-22: 19 points1921-222022-23: 2 points222-23

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2011-12 BUF 27 3 4 7 -1 20 36 39 0.26
2011-12 VAN 17 1 2 3 -1 31 18 40 0.18
2012-13 VAN 39 7 4 11 -7 51 49 70 0.28 $870K
2013-14 VAN 73 14 15 29 -4 124 91 91 0.40 $870K
2014-15 VAN 42 10 6 16 -5 81 55 88 0.38 $1.75M
2015-16 EDM 36 3 5 8 -7 114 42 95 0.22 $1.75M
2016-17 EDM 79 7 17 24 4 101 110 201 0.30 $1.5M
2017-18 EDM 74 7 12 19 -8 92 86 129 0.26 $1.95M
2018-19 EDM 79 15 11 26 -6 102 111 191 0.33 $1.95M
2019-20 EDM 59 15 19 34 0 69 99 157 0.58 $1.95M
2020-21 EDM 27 2 3 5 -4 15 18 73 0.19 $3.2M
2021-22 EDM 58 6 13 19 2 63 58 154 0.33 $3.2M
2022-23 ARI 51 2 0 2 -18 50 25 32 0.04 $3.2M
12 seasons Career 661 92 111 203 -55 913 798 1360 0.31

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2011-12 VAN 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 0.00
2012-13 VAN 4 0 0 0 -1 4 4 9 0.00
2016-17 EDM 13 3 0 3 1 27 19 30 0.23
2019-20 EDM 4 0 0 0 -4 2 5 3 0.00
2020-21 EDM 4 1 1 2 0 0 3 14 0.50
2021-22 EDM 16 2 2 4 -2 12 17 52 0.25
6 seasons Playoffs 45 6 3 9 -5 47 49 113 0.20

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
39 7 4 11 -7 51 49 70 0.28 14.3 13:29

Contract

$870KCap hit2012-13
$79KCap dollars per point11 points in 39 games
-$1.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.6MValueworth 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 558 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 2022-23 $3.2M
2018-19 to 2019-20 $1.95M
2017-18 to 2017-18 $1.95M
2016-17 to 2016-17 $1.5M
2014-15 to 2015-16 $1.75M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $870K

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 2012-13 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.

2012-13 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-2.5Goals above replacement590th of 605 skaters, 391st of 397 forwards
-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 397 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-1.0 28th percentileEven-strength defence-3.4 1st percentilePower play-0.1 43rd percentilePenalty kill0.0 37th percentilePenalties+0.5 68th 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.

-8-6-4-2022011-122013-142015-162017-182019-202021-22Goals 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

48.2Corsi for %394 attempts for, 424 against
-4.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.6Expected goals for %16.9 expected for, 21.0 against
-8.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
41.0Goals for %16 for, 23 against
99.4PDO8.3% shooting + 91.1% saves
88Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 578 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
Daniel Sedin · Henrik Sedin · Zack Kassian34108:0861.063.45-3
Mason Raymond · Andrew Ebbett · Zack Kassian749:3344.333.90-3
Maxim Lapierre · David Booth · Zack Kassian639:4362.559.70-1
Chris Higgins · Maxim Lapierre · Zack Kassian1135:4950.837.21-0

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.

7Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.3Expected goalsfrom 74 unblocked attempts
+0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.72 expected goals per 60 minutes56th
Shot quality 8.6% chance per attempt85th
Finishing +0.7 goals above expected61stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 355 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Goals 7Expected 6.3

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 27, 2013 @ EDM L 2-7 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 15:18
Apr 25, 2013 vs ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:23
Apr 22, 2013 vs CHI W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 08:44
Apr 20, 2013 vs DET W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:19
Apr 18, 2013 @ DAL L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 09:10
Apr 16, 2013 @ STL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 12:04
Apr 15, 2013 @ NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 14 1 2 12:18
Apr 13, 2013 @ COL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:39
Apr 10, 2013 @ CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:53
Apr 8, 2013 vs PHX W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12:57
Apr 6, 2013 vs CGY W 5-2 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 13:10
Apr 4, 2013 vs EDM W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 5 15:36
Mar 19, 2013 vs STL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 02:48
Mar 14, 2013 vs NSH W 7-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 11:44
Mar 12, 2013 @ CBJ W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 4 15:01
Mar 10, 2013 @ MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:22
Mar 7, 2013 @ CBJ L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 16:05
Mar 5, 2013 vs SJS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:17
Mar 3, 2013 @ CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:24
Mar 2, 2013 vs LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:31
Feb 26, 2013 vs PHX L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 06:52
Feb 24, 2013 @ DET L 3-8 0 0 0 -2 6 2 0 14:47
Feb 22, 2013 @ NSH W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11:49
Feb 21, 2013 @ DAL W 4-3 0 1 1 0 5 0 4 09:08
Feb 19, 2013 @ CHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 10:04
Feb 17, 2013 vs STL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:03
Feb 15, 2013 vs DAL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:52
Feb 12, 2013 vs MIN W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 15:38
Feb 9, 2013 vs CGY W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:33
Feb 7, 2013 @ MIN W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:01
Feb 4, 2013 @ EDM W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:30
Feb 1, 2013 vs CHI W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 19:02
Jan 30, 2013 vs COL W 3-0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 17:37
Jan 28, 2013 @ LAK L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 19:20
Jan 27, 2013 @ SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 5 3 3 14:42
Jan 25, 2013 @ ANA W 5-0 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 16:47
Jan 23, 2013 vs CGY W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 0 2 3 4 19:14
Jan 20, 2013 vs EDM L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 5 4 2 12:42
Jan 19, 2013 vs ANA L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:20