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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 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brett Ritchie DAL · 24 P in 78 GP Colton Sceviour FLA · 24 P in 80 GP Alex Chiasson CGY · 24 P in 81 GP Trevor Lewis LAK · 24 P in 82 GP Pavel Zacha NJD · 24 P in 70 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

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
79 7 17 24 4 101 110 201 0.30 6.4 12:18

Contract

$1.5MCap hit2016-17
$63KCap dollars per point24 points in 79 games
-$1.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$3.1MValueworth 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 664 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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-3.3Goals above replacement651st of 664 skaters, 428th of 435 forwards
-0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-6.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 435 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-1.6 26th percentileEven-strength defence-1.4 21st percentilePower play-0.1 39th percentilePenalty kill-0.9 2nd percentilePenalties-2.0 1st 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.

-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

47.7Corsi for %720 attempts for, 790 against
-2.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.4Expected goals for %30.2 expected for, 34.9 against
-5.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
53.6Goals for %37 for, 32 against
101.5PDO9.0% shooting + 92.5% saves
156Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 565 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
Benoit Pouliot · David Desharnais · Zack Kassian15130:5344.742.76-4
Matt Hendricks · Mark Letestu · Zack Kassian24129:1747.449.85-3
Benoit Pouliot · Zack Kassian · Ryan Nugent-Hopkins19104:5651.349.54-2
Mark Letestu · Zack Kassian · Drake Caggiula1750:4149.346.01-0

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
9.3Expected goalsfrom 137 unblocked attempts
-2.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.58 expected goals per 60 minutes24th
Shot quality 6.8% chance per attempt26th
Finishing -2.3 goals above expected27thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 421 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 9.3Goals 7

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 9, 2017 vs VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 15:47
Apr 8, 2017 @ VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 14:54
Apr 6, 2017 @ SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12:49
Apr 4, 2017 @ LAK L 4-6 0 1 1 -1 2 0 1 10:19
Apr 1, 2017 vs ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 15:13
Mar 30, 2017 vs SJS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 14:07
Mar 28, 2017 vs LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 12:20
Mar 25, 2017 vs COL W 4-1 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 14:56
Mar 23, 2017 @ COL W 7-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 12:57
Mar 22, 2017 @ ANA L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:33
Mar 20, 2017 vs LAK W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 13:35
Mar 18, 2017 vs VAN W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12:40
Mar 16, 2017 vs BOS W 7-4 0 0 0 1 5 0 5 12:42
Mar 14, 2017 vs DAL W 7-1 0 2 2 4 0 0 3 14:06
Mar 12, 2017 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 12:40
Mar 10, 2017 vs PIT L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 6 11:31
Mar 7, 2017 vs NYI L 1-4 1 0 1 -1 0 5 2 11:39
Mar 4, 2017 vs DET W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 12:07
Feb 28, 2017 @ STL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:42
Feb 26, 2017 @ NSH L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 13:49
Feb 24, 2017 @ WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:19
Feb 22, 2017 @ FLA W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 11:22
Feb 21, 2017 @ TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 14:24
Feb 18, 2017 @ CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 13:07
Feb 16, 2017 vs PHI W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 14:46
Feb 14, 2017 vs ARI W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 6 12:12
Feb 11, 2017 vs CHI L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 10 1 6 11:09
Feb 5, 2017 @ MTL W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 09:45
Feb 3, 2017 @ CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 09:19
Feb 2, 2017 @ NSH L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 09:26
Jan 31, 2017 vs MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:27
Jan 26, 2017 @ SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:37
Jan 25, 2017 @ ANA W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 11:08
Jan 21, 2017 @ CGY W 7-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 13:18
Jan 20, 2017 vs NSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 09:00
Jan 18, 2017 vs FLA W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 10:55
Jan 16, 2017 vs ARI W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 12:07
Jan 14, 2017 vs CGY W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:25
Jan 12, 2017 vs NJD W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 4 2 5 08:16
Jan 10, 2017 vs SJS L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 13:43
Jan 8, 2017 @ OTT L 3-5 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 13:40
Jan 7, 2017 @ NJD W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:08
Jan 5, 2017 @ BOS W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 18:05
Jan 3, 2017 @ CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:21
Dec 31, 2016 vs VAN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 07:33
Dec 29, 2016 vs LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 10:17
Dec 23, 2016 @ SJS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 06:41
Dec 21, 2016 @ ARI W 3-2 0 2 2 2 12 2 4 12:49
Dec 19, 2016 @ STL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:49
Dec 17, 2016 vs TBL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 14:08
Dec 13, 2016 vs CBJ L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 14:07
Dec 11, 2016 vs WPG W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 7 1 4 08:04
Dec 9, 2016 @ MIN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 10:20
Dec 8, 2016 @ PHI L 5-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 09:51
Dec 6, 2016 @ BUF L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 08:43
Dec 4, 2016 vs MIN L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 7 3 2 12:05
Dec 3, 2016 vs ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 14:10
Dec 1, 2016 @ WPG W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13:57
Nov 29, 2016 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 10:02
Nov 27, 2016 vs ARI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:03
Nov 25, 2016 @ ARI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:21
Nov 23, 2016 @ COL W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:22
Nov 21, 2016 vs CHI W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13:18
Nov 19, 2016 @ DAL W 5-2 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 10:04
Nov 17, 2016 @ LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:54
Nov 15, 2016 @ ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 9 3 2 12:07
Nov 13, 2016 vs NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 7 14:39
Nov 5, 2016 @ NYI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 02:11
Nov 3, 2016 @ NYR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:12
Nov 1, 2016 @ TOR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 14:15
Oct 30, 2016 vs OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 5 3 6 13:01
Oct 28, 2016 @ VAN W 2-0 0 0 0 0 5 5 4 15:20
Oct 26, 2016 vs WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:24
Oct 23, 2016 @ WPG W 3-0 1 1 2 2 0 3 2 11:13
Oct 20, 2016 vs STL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:30
Oct 18, 2016 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:10
Oct 16, 2016 vs BUF L 2-6 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 12:43
Oct 14, 2016 @ CGY W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:45
Oct 12, 2016 vs CGY W 7-4 1 0 1 1 2 1 3 10:22