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Zack Mitchell

#59 · Right wing · Minnesota Wild

Born Jan 7, 1993 in Orangeville, Ontario, CAN · 6'1", 196 lb · Shoots right

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Reid Boucher VAN · 5 P in 20 GP Vinni Lettieri NYR · 5 P in 19 GP David Booth DET · 5 P in 28 GP Max McCormick OTT · 5 P in 30 GP Matthew Peca TBL · 5 P in 10 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.

0123452016-17: 0 points016-172017-18: 5 points517-18

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2016-17 MIN 11 0 0 0 -1 0 10 14 0.00 $615K
2017-18 MIN 23 3 2 5 -2 4 17 26 0.22 $660K
2 seasons Career 34 3 2 5 -3 4 27 40 0.15

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
23 3 2 5 -2 4 17 26 0.22 17.6 10:32

Contract

$660KCap hit2017-18
$132KCap dollars per point5 points in 23 games
$17.098MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.0 goals above replacement
$637KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$23KValueworth 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 691 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
2016-17 to 2017-18 $615K

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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Rating

+0.0Goals above replacement518th of 691 skaters, 351st of 451 forwards
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 451 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 38th percentileEven-strength defence-0.1 41st percentilePower play+0.2 73rd percentilePenalty kill+0.1 73rd percentilePenalties+0.2 46th 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.

-0.500.512016-172017-18Goals 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

34.0Corsi for %131 attempts for, 254 against
-10.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.8Expected goals for %6.2 expected for, 8.9 against
-12.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
36.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
46.7Goals for %7 for, 8 against
102.8PDO9.6% shooting + 93.2% saves
20Attempts 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
Matt Cullen · Marcus Foligno · Zack Mitchell832:1938.636.81-1
Matt Cullen · Tyler Ennis · Zack Mitchell727:4632.646.81-0
Matt Cullen · Daniel Winnik · Zack Mitchell725:1031.539.42-2
Daniel Winnik · Marcus Foligno · Zack Mitchell317:3448.653.11-1

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
1.8Expected goalsfrom 18 unblocked attempts
+1.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.45 expected goals per 60 minutes6th
Shot quality 10.2% chance per attempt98th
Finishing +1.2 goals above expected65thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 423 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Goals 3Expected 1.8

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. 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
Mar 25, 2018 vs BOS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:23
Mar 16, 2018 @ VGK W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 07:57
Dec 30, 2017 @ NSH L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:51
Dec 29, 2017 vs NSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 09:22
Dec 27, 2017 vs DAL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:02
Dec 23, 2017 @ TBL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:20
Dec 17, 2017 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 10:49
Dec 14, 2017 vs TOR W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:16
Dec 12, 2017 vs CGY W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:09
Dec 10, 2017 @ SJS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 11:26
Dec 8, 2017 @ ANA W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 10:48
Dec 5, 2017 @ LAK L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 12:55
Dec 2, 2017 vs STL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:57
Nov 30, 2017 vs VGK W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:25
Nov 27, 2017 @ WPG L 2-7 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 13:26
Nov 25, 2017 @ STL L 3-6 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 13:10
Nov 24, 2017 vs COL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:22
Nov 22, 2017 @ BUF W 5-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 08:54
Oct 28, 2017 vs PIT W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 08:56
Oct 26, 2017 vs NYI W 6-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 10:13
Oct 21, 2017 @ CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:17
Oct 20, 2017 @ WPG L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:40
Oct 14, 2017 vs CBJ L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 04:46