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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 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Derek Stepan CAR · 19 P in 58 GP Sam Carrick ANA · 19 P in 64 GP Derick Brassard EDM · 19 P in 46 GP Kieffer Bellows NYI · 19 P in 45 GP Evgeny Svechnikov WPG · 19 P in 72 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

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
58 6 13 19 2 63 58 154 0.33 10.3 11:47

Contract

$3.2MCap hit2021-22
$168KCap dollars per point19 points in 58 games
-$608KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$3.8MValueworth 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 716 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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-1.8Goals above replacement642nd of 723 skaters, 441st of 481 forwards
-0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 481 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-2.1 23rd percentileEven-strength defence-0.8 29th percentilePower play+0.2 77th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 23rd percentilePenalties-1.0 9th 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

51.3Corsi for %609 attempts for, 577 against
-1.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.9Expected goals for %27.5 expected for, 28.7 against
-2.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.8Goals for %30 for, 29 against
100.5PDO9.1% shooting + 91.3% saves
95Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 636 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
Zack Kassian · Warren Foegele · Derek Ryan1684:2552.350.63-6
Zack Kassian · Warren Foegele · Ryan McLeod2184:0064.264.22-4
Zack Kassian · Leon Draisaitl · Connor McDavid1239:4853.258.02-1
Zack Kassian · Devin Shore · Warren Foegele1233:4334.529.11-4

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.

5Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.6Expected goalsfrom 83 unblocked attempts
-1.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.58 expected goals per 60 minutes18th
Shot quality 8.0% chance per attempt43rd
Finishing -1.6 goals above expected37thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 451 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Expected 6.6Goals 5

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 29, 2022 vs VAN W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 12:32
Apr 28, 2022 vs SJS W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:58
Apr 26, 2022 @ PIT W 5-1 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 10:12
Apr 24, 2022 @ CBJ L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 12 0 2 06:29
Apr 22, 2022 vs COL W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:39
Apr 20, 2022 vs DAL W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 09:41
Apr 16, 2022 vs VGK W 4-0 0 1 1 1 2 1 5 10:55
Apr 14, 2022 @ NSH W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 11:57
Apr 12, 2022 @ MIN L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:17
Apr 9, 2022 vs COL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 09:30
Apr 7, 2022 @ LAK W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 07:39
Apr 5, 2022 @ SJS W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:02
Apr 3, 2022 @ ANA W 6-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 14:15
Apr 1, 2022 vs STL W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 11:59
Mar 26, 2022 @ CGY L 5-9 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 13:37
Mar 24, 2022 vs SJS W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 11:13
Mar 22, 2022 @ DAL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 07:07
Mar 21, 2022 @ COL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 06:27
Mar 19, 2022 vs NJD W 6-3 0 0 0 0 7 1 3 09:16
Mar 17, 2022 vs BUF W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 14:01
Mar 15, 2022 vs DET W 7-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:26
Mar 12, 2022 vs TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 07:11
Mar 9, 2022 vs WSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 08:05
Feb 9, 2022 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 04:52
Feb 8, 2022 vs VGK L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 15:03
Feb 2, 2022 @ WSH W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 09:12
Jan 31, 2022 @ OTT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:48
Jan 29, 2022 @ MTL W 7-2 0 1 1 3 7 0 2 12:37
Jan 27, 2022 vs NSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 12:53
Jan 25, 2022 @ VAN W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 11:38
Jan 20, 2022 vs FLA L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 13:48
Jan 15, 2022 vs OTT L 4-6 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 19:02
Jan 5, 2022 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 12:30
Dec 18, 2021 @ SEA W 5-3 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 16:07
Dec 16, 2021 vs CBJ W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 4 12:59
Dec 14, 2021 vs TOR L 1-5 0 1 1 0 2 2 4 12:54
Dec 11, 2021 vs CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 13:43
Dec 9, 2021 vs BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:14
Dec 7, 2021 vs MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:11
Dec 5, 2021 vs LAK L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:41
Dec 3, 2021 @ SEA L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 08:48
Dec 1, 2021 vs PIT W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 14:49
Nov 27, 2021 @ VGK W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 18:30
Nov 24, 2021 @ ARI W 5-3 1 2 3 2 0 5 0 16:46
Nov 23, 2021 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:55
Nov 20, 2021 vs CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 15:51
Nov 18, 2021 vs WPG W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 12:16
Nov 16, 2021 @ WPG L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 11:11
Nov 9, 2021 @ DET L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 03:20
Nov 5, 2021 vs NYR W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 2 3 15:07
Nov 3, 2021 vs NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:42
Nov 1, 2021 vs SEA W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 13:13
Oct 30, 2021 @ VAN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:17
Oct 27, 2021 vs PHI L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 12:33
Oct 22, 2021 @ VGK W 5-3 1 0 1 -1 2 1 7 14:03
Oct 21, 2021 @ ARI W 5-1 0 1 1 1 14 0 5 12:31
Oct 19, 2021 vs ANA W 6-5 2 0 2 1 0 3 5 12:56
Oct 16, 2021 vs CGY W 5-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 6 14:02