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Mika Zibanejad

#93 · Centre · New York Rangers

Born Apr 18, 1993 in Stockholm, SWE (age 33) · 6'2", 207 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 6th overall in 2011 by OTT (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.

Carl Soderberg COL · 51 P in 82 GP Jeff Skinner CAR · 51 P in 82 GP Lee Stempniak BOS · 51 P in 82 GP Mikkel Boedker COL · 51 P in 80 GP Patric Hornqvist PIT · 51 P in 82 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.

0204060802011-12: 1 points111-122012-13: 20 points202013-14: 33 points3313-142014-15: 46 points462015-16: 51 points5115-162016-17: 37 points372017-18: 47 points4717-182018-19: 74 points742019-20: 75 points7519-202020-21: 50 points502021-22: 81 points8121-222022-23: 91 points912023-24: 72 points7223-242024-25: 62 points622025-26: 78 points7825-262026-27: 5 points5

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 OTT 9 0 1 1 -3 2 12 15 0.11 $925K
2012-13 OTT 42 7 13 20 9 6 90 82 0.48 $894K
2013-14 OTT 69 16 17 33 -15 18 153 118 0.48 $894K
2014-15 OTT 80 20 26 46 0 20 150 149 0.58 $894K
2015-16 OTT 81 21 30 51 -2 18 184 111 0.63 $2.625M
2016-17 NYR 56 14 23 37 9 16 119 23 0.66 $2.625M
2017-18 NYR 72 27 20 47 -23 14 212 92 0.65 $5.35M
2018-19 NYR 82 30 44 74 -12 47 236 134 0.90 $5.35M
2019-20 NYR 57 41 34 75 9 14 208 51 1.32 $5.35M
2020-21 NYR 56 24 26 50 2 18 171 75 0.89 $5.35M
2021-22 NYR 81 29 52 81 30 12 219 67 1.00 $5.35M
2022-23 NYR 82 39 52 91 25 20 251 71 1.11 $8.5M
2023-24 NYR 81 26 46 72 15 30 221 49 0.89 $8.5M
2024-25 NYR 82 20 42 62 -22 22 183 44 0.76 $8.5M
2025-26 NYR 81 34 44 78 -20 14 215 105 0.96 $8.5M
2026-27 NYR 6 1 4 5 3 0 11 12 0.83 $8.5M
16 seasons Career 1017 349 474 823 5 271 2635 1198 0.81

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2012-13 OTT 10 1 3 4 -3 0 21 20 0.40
2014-15 OTT 6 1 3 4 0 0 14 13 0.67
2016-17 NYR 12 2 7 9 4 0 34 20 0.75
2019-20 NYR 3 1 1 2 -1 0 9 8 0.67
2021-22 NYR 20 10 14 24 0 4 63 21 1.20
2022-23 NYR 7 1 3 4 -1 6 16 13 0.57
2023-24 NYR 16 3 13 16 1 2 40 12 1.00
7 seasons Playoffs 74 19 44 63 0 12 197 107 0.85

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
81 21 30 51 -2 18 184 111 0.63 11.4 17:46

Contract

$2.625MCap hitends in 2017
$51KCap dollars per point51 points in 81 games
$341KCap dollars per goal above replacement7.7 goals above replacement
$5.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.8MValueworth 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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Ottawa Senators on Jun 25, 2015, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $5.25M, beginning in 2015-16. It runs through 2016-17, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2015-16 $2.625M $1.8M $200K $2M
2016-17 $2.625M $3.25M $0 $3.25M

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Oct 10, 2021 New York Rangers Extension 2022-23 to 2029-30 8 $68M $8.5M
Jul 25, 2017 New York Rangers New contract 2017-18 to 2021-22 5 $26.75M $5.35M
Jun 25, 2015 Ottawa Senators Extension 2015-16 to 2016-17 2 $5.25M $2.625M
Jul 13, 2011 Ottawa Senators Entry-level 2012-13 to 2014-15 signed for 2011-12, slid 3 $5.325M $894K

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

+7.7Goals above replacement116th of 675 skaters, 82nd of 445 forwards
+1.3Wins 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 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+5.1 93rd percentileEven-strength defence-2.7 7th percentilePower play-1.0 4th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 26th percentilePenalties+2.3 94th 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.

-5051015202011-122013-142015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

48.1Corsi for %977 attempts for, 1053 against
+0.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.1Expected goals for %42.6 expected for, 44.2 against
+3.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
54.4Goals for %49 for, 41 against
102.4PDO9.4% shooting + 93.0% saves
208Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 561 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
Bobby Ryan · Mike Hoffman · Mika Zibanejad35221:5049.951.014-8
Mike Hoffman · Alex Chiasson · Mika Zibanejad2077:2753.558.04-3
Milan Michalek · Bobby Ryan · Mika Zibanejad1064:0057.561.02-5
Bobby Ryan · Mika Zibanejad · Matt Puempel953:4836.651.71-2

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.

20Goalsnot counting empty-netters
19.8Expected goalsfrom 261 unblocked attempts
+0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.83 expected goals per 60 minutes75th
Shot quality 7.6% chance per attempt57th
Finishing +0.2 goals above expected59thOne 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.

05101520Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Goals 20Expected 19.8

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, 2016 @ BOS W 6-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 19:25
Apr 7, 2016 vs FLA W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 15:37
Apr 5, 2016 vs PIT L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 8 0 20:59
Apr 2, 2016 @ PHI L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 7 2 17:53
Mar 31, 2016 @ MIN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 20:01
Mar 30, 2016 @ WPG W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:09
Mar 26, 2016 vs ANA L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 18:51
Mar 23, 2016 @ NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:36
Mar 22, 2016 vs WSH L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 18:35
Mar 19, 2016 vs MTL W 5-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 5 16:13
Mar 18, 2016 @ BUF L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18:43
Mar 15, 2016 vs MIN W 3-2 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 4 3 21:39
Mar 12, 2016 vs TOR W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 17:31
Mar 10, 2016 @ FLA L 2-6 0 0 0 -3 0 2 2 19:47
Mar 8, 2016 @ CAR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 15:48
Mar 6, 2016 vs DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20:09
Mar 5, 2016 @ TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17:59
Mar 3, 2016 vs TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 19:27
Mar 1, 2016 vs STL L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 25:50
Feb 27, 2016 @ CGY W 6-4 3 0 3 2 0 3 0 16:15
Feb 25, 2016 @ VAN L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:08
Feb 23, 2016 @ EDM W 4-1 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 17:39
Feb 20, 2016 vs DET W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 20:25
Feb 18, 2016 vs CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 16:20
Feb 16, 2016 vs BUF W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:32
Feb 13, 2016 @ CBJ L 2-4 0 2 2 0 2 5 1 14:47
Feb 11, 2016 vs COL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 17:20
Feb 10, 2016 @ DET L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:15
Feb 8, 2016 vs TBL W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 5 1 17:03
Feb 6, 2016 vs TOR W 6-1 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 15:22
Feb 4, 2016 vs EDM L 2-7 0 0 0 -3 0 5 1 19:36
Feb 2, 2016 @ PIT L 5-6 0 0 0 -2 4 2 0 15:39
Jan 26, 2016 vs BUF L 2-3 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 20:52
Jan 24, 2016 vs NYR W 3-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 19:31
Jan 22, 2016 vs NYI L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 19:11
Jan 21, 2016 @ NJD L 3-6 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 18:59
Jan 18, 2016 @ SJS W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -2 0 1 3 20:01
Jan 16, 2016 @ LAK W 5-3 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 18:34
Jan 13, 2016 @ ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 18:02
Jan 10, 2016 @ WSH L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 15:46
Jan 9, 2016 vs BOS W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 5 5 18:27
Jan 7, 2016 vs FLA L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 17:48
Jan 4, 2016 @ STL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 01:16
Jan 3, 2016 @ CHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 6 15:06
Dec 30, 2015 vs NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 17:54
Dec 29, 2015 @ BOS L 3-7 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 16:06
Dec 27, 2015 vs BOS W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 17:11
Dec 22, 2015 @ FLA L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 20:47
Dec 20, 2015 @ TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 18:58
Dec 18, 2015 vs SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 17:35
Dec 16, 2015 @ WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:48
Dec 14, 2015 vs LAK W 5-3 1 2 3 3 0 1 1 14:41
Dec 12, 2015 @ MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16:11
Dec 10, 2015 @ TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 19:51
Dec 8, 2015 @ FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:27
Dec 6, 2015 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 18:51
Dec 5, 2015 vs NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 19:11
Dec 1, 2015 vs PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 13:19
Nov 28, 2015 @ ARI L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:07
Nov 25, 2015 @ COL W 5-3 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 18:01
Nov 24, 2015 @ DAL W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:15
Nov 21, 2015 vs PHI W 4-0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 19:20
Nov 19, 2015 vs CBJ W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 20:00
Nov 16, 2015 vs DET L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:18
Nov 14, 2015 vs NYR L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 19:58
Nov 12, 2015 vs VAN W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 16:16
Nov 10, 2015 @ NSH L 5-7 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 18:39
Nov 7, 2015 @ CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 19:42
Nov 5, 2015 vs WPG W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 19:09
Nov 3, 2015 @ MTL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:31
Oct 31, 2015 vs DET L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 19:22
Oct 30, 2015 @ DET W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 18:19
Oct 28, 2015 vs CGY W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:52
Oct 24, 2015 vs ARI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 16:42
Oct 22, 2015 vs NJD L 4-5 (SO) 1 1 2 0 0 5 1 19:17
Oct 17, 2015 vs NSH L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 16:19
Oct 15, 2015 @ PIT L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 15:25
Oct 14, 2015 @ CBJ W 7-3 1 2 3 1 0 3 0 15:44
Oct 11, 2015 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 16:15
Oct 10, 2015 @ TOR W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 -2 2 3 1 16:02
Oct 8, 2015 @ BUF W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 15:06