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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)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Cody Hodgson NSH · 8 P in 39 GP Richard Panik CHI · 8 P in 30 GP Rene Bourque CBJ · 8 P in 49 GP Patrik Elias NJD · 8 P in 16 GP Oliver Bjorkstrand CBJ · 8 P in 12 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

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
36 3 5 8 -7 114 42 95 0.22 7.1 12:27

Contract

$1.75MCap hit2015-16
$219KCap dollars per point8 points in 36 games
-$1.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.9MValueworth 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 668 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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Rating

-2.7Goals above replacement645th of 675 skaters, 428th of 445 forwards
-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 445 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-1.9 21st percentileEven-strength defence-0.5 35th percentilePower play-0.1 43rd percentilePenalty kill+0.2 78th percentilePenalties-1.6 3rd 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

45.5Corsi for %350 attempts for, 419 against
-4.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.1Expected goals for %13.9 expected for, 17.0 against
-6.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
34.6Goals for %9 for, 17 against
97.3PDO5.2% shooting + 92.1% saves
74Attempts 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
Mark Letestu · Zack Kassian · Nail Yakupov1590:1443.044.61-5
Zack Kassian · Taylor Hall · Leon Draisaitl1578:4044.145.52-1
Matt Hendricks · Mark Letestu · Zack Kassian840:0943.242.21-0
Lauri Korpikoski · Mark Letestu · Zack Kassian931:2844.629.01-4

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.4Expected goalsfrom 56 unblocked attempts
-1.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.59 expected goals per 60 minutes32nd
Shot quality 7.9% chance per attempt63rd
Finishing -1.4 goals above expected39thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 412 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Expected 4.4Goals 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 9, 2016 @ VAN L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 11:23
Apr 6, 2016 vs VAN W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 12:57
Apr 2, 2016 vs CGY L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:05
Mar 28, 2016 vs ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 09:32
Mar 26, 2016 @ LAK L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 11:23
Mar 24, 2016 @ SJS W 6-3 0 0 0 1 24 0 1 09:56
Mar 22, 2016 @ ARI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:29
Mar 20, 2016 vs COL L 2-3 0 1 1 0 2 1 7 12:23
Mar 18, 2016 vs VAN W 2-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 10:46
Mar 16, 2016 vs STL W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 08:33
Mar 14, 2016 vs NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 10:00
Mar 12, 2016 vs ARI L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 12 0 3 09:54
Mar 10, 2016 @ MIN W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 15:54
Mar 8, 2016 vs SJS L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 11:03
Mar 6, 2016 @ WPG W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:30
Mar 4, 2016 @ CBJ L 3-6 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 12:54
Mar 3, 2016 @ PHI W 4-0 0 0 0 0 20 0 2 11:27
Mar 1, 2016 @ BUF W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:37
Feb 28, 2016 vs NYI W 3-1 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 16:15
Feb 26, 2016 @ ANA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 17:58
Feb 25, 2016 @ LAK L 1-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 17:47
Feb 23, 2016 vs OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:46
Feb 20, 2016 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 06:07
Feb 13, 2016 vs WPG L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 12:21
Feb 11, 2016 vs TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:52
Feb 9, 2016 @ NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:17
Feb 7, 2016 @ NYI L 1-8 0 0 0 -1 21 2 3 09:41
Feb 6, 2016 @ MTL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 4 0 4 14:28
Feb 4, 2016 @ OTT W 7-2 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 14:17
Feb 2, 2016 vs CBJ W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 08:22
Jan 23, 2016 vs NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 12:37
Jan 21, 2016 @ DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12:33
Jan 19, 2016 @ TBL L 4-6 1 1 2 0 2 2 4 14:46
Jan 18, 2016 @ FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 16:07
Jan 16, 2016 vs CGY W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 15:53
Jan 14, 2016 @ SJS L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 14:23