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Vinnie Hinostroza

#24 · Centre · Colorado Avalanche

Born Apr 3, 1994 in Chicago, Illinois, USA (age 32) · 5'10", 183 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 169th overall in 2012 by CHI (round 6)

Compare with a similar player

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

Ben Street COL · 0 P in 7 GP Alexandre Grenier VAN · 0 P in 6 GP Andrew Miller EDM · 0 P in 6 GP Brody Sutter CAR · 0 P in 8 GP Bryan Lerg SJS · 0 P in 6 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.

01020302015-16: 0 points015-162016-17: 14 points1416-172017-18: 25 points2517-182018-19: 39 points3918-192019-20: 22 points2219-202020-21: 12 points1220-212021-22: 25 points2521-222022-23: 11 points1122-232023-24: 3 points323-242024-25: 10 points1024-252025-26: 18 points1825-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 CHI 7 0 0 0 -1 6 6 2 0.00 $718K
2016-17 CHI 49 6 8 14 -1 17 76 31 0.29 $718K
2017-18 CHI 50 7 18 25 5 10 86 26 0.50 $718K
2018-19 ARI 72 16 23 39 -4 14 152 69 0.54 $1.5M
2019-20 ARI 68 5 17 22 1 14 132 51 0.32 $1.5M
2020-21 FLA 9 0 0 0 -2 0 6 3 0.00 $1M
2020-21 CHI 17 4 8 12 2 8 27 34 0.71
2021-22 BUF 62 13 12 25 -11 24 92 25 0.40 $1.05M
2022-23 BUF 26 2 9 11 -1 6 38 1 0.42 $1.7M
2023-24 PIT 14 1 2 3 -3 4 27 11 0.21 $775K
2024-25 NSH 13 0 2 2 0 6 11 13 0.15 $775K
2024-25 MIN 25 5 3 8 2 4 37 28 0.32
2025-26 MIN 48 3 7 10 -8 15 46 30 0.21 $775K
2025-26 FLA 17 3 5 8 -4 16 19 11 0.47
11 seasons Career 477 65 114 179 -25 144 755 335 0.38

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2016-17 CHI 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 0.00
2019-20 ARI 7 0 2 2 1 2 4 4 0.29
2024-25 MIN 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.00
3 seasons Playoffs 9 0 2 2 -1 4 5 6 0.22

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
7 0 0 0 -1 6 6 2 0.00 0.0 8:41

Contract

$718KCap hitends in 2018

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.

The contract

Signed by the Chicago Blackhawks on Mar 22, 2015, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.775M, beginning in 2015-16. It runs through 2017-18, with 2 seasons left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2015-16 $718K $575K $93K $258K $668K
2016-17 $718K $575K $93K $258K $668K
2017-18 $718K $725K $93K $108K $818K

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
Jul 1, 2026 Colorado Avalanche New contract 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $1.75M $875K
Jul 1, 2024 Nashville Predators New contract 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $1.55M $775K
Jul 7, 2023 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Jul 12, 2022 Buffalo Sabres Extension 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $1.7M $1.7M
Jul 28, 2021 Buffalo Sabres New contract 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $1.05M $1.05M
Oct 9, 2020 Florida Panthers New contract 2020-21 to 2020-21 1 $1M $1M
Jun 15, 2018 Chicago Blackhawks Extension 2018-19 to 2019-20 2 $3M $1.5M
Mar 22, 2015 Chicago Blackhawks Entry-level 2015-16 to 2017-18 3 $2.775M $718K

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

0.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.6Even-strength defence+0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.2

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-505102015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

43.8Corsi for %42 attempts for, 54 against
-9.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
34.7Expected goals for %1.1 expected for, 2.1 against
-11.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %1 for, 2 against
97.7PDO4.3% shooting + 93.3% saves
10Attempts 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
Ryan Garbutt · Teuvo Teravainen · Vinnie Hinostroza429:1868.352.20-0
Brandon Mashinter · Vinnie Hinostroza · Dennis Rasmussen316:3128.646.31-0
Brandon Mashinter · Phillip Danault · Vinnie Hinostroza12:3660.04.60-1
Andrew Desjardins · Phillip Danault · Vinnie Hinostroza21:060.00.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.5Expected goalsfrom 9 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.48 expected goals per 60 minutes15th
Shot quality 5.4% chance per attempt3rd
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected52ndOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.5Goals 0

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
Feb 21, 2016 @ MIN L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:32
Feb 17, 2016 @ NYR W 5-3 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 06:34
Feb 15, 2016 vs TOR W 7-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:37
Oct 26, 2015 vs ANA W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:15
Oct 24, 2015 vs TBL W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:23
Oct 22, 2015 vs FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:42
Oct 17, 2015 vs CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 09:47