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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 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brett Berard NYR · 10 P in 35 GP Adam Klapka CGY · 10 P in 31 GP Jesse Puljujarvi FLA · 10 P in 31 GP Connor Dewar PIT · 10 P in 48 GP Nathan Bastian NJD · 10 P in 59 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

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
38 5 5 10 2 10 48 41 0.26 10.4 13:01

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2026, then UFA
$78KCap dollars per point10 points in 38 games
$1.294MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.6 goals above replacement
$1.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$457KValueworth 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 698 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Nashville Predators on Jul 1, 2024, as a new contract: 2 years and $1.55M, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2025-26, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2024-25 $775K $775K $0 $775K
2025-26 $775K $775K $0 $775K

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 2024-25 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.

2024-25 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.6Goals above replacement483rd of 698 skaters, 325th of 456 forwards
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 456 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-1.5 30th percentileEven-strength defence+0.4 56th percentilePower play+0.2 75th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 40th percentilePenalties+0.2 48th 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.

-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

50.0Corsi for %436 attempts for, 436 against
+1.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.4Expected goals for %18.5 expected for, 16.2 against
+4.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
53.3Goals for %16 for, 14 against
101.0PDO8.1% shooting + 92.9% saves
84Attempts 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 lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Gustav Nyquist · Ryan O'Reilly · Vinnie HinostrozaNSH1389:0554.758.83-2
Vinnie Hinostroza · Ryan Hartman · Yakov TreninMIN857:0148.243.42-0
Marcus Foligno · Vinnie Hinostroza · Ryan HartmanMIN945:3145.041.12-1
Vinnie Hinostroza · Matt Boldy · Marco RossiMIN534:3432.947.31-2

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.

5Goalsnot counting empty-netters
5.6Expected goalsfrom 82 unblocked attempts
-0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.68 expected goals per 60 minutes35th
Shot quality 6.8% chance per attempt20th
Finishing -0.6 goals above expected48thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 428 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

024Game 20Expected 5.6Goals 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 11, 2025 @ CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 09:27
Apr 6, 2025 vs DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 11:00
Apr 4, 2025 @ NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:41
Apr 2, 2025 @ NYR L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:19
Mar 31, 2025 @ NJD L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 11:25
Mar 29, 2025 vs NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13:31
Mar 27, 2025 vs WSH W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 13:54
Mar 25, 2025 vs VGK L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:24
Mar 24, 2025 @ DAL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14:44
Mar 22, 2025 vs BUF W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 14:48
Mar 19, 2025 vs SEA W 4-0 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 15:24
Mar 17, 2025 vs LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:01
Mar 15, 2025 vs STL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 13:06
Mar 13, 2025 vs NYR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 17:10
Mar 11, 2025 vs COL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 13:49
Mar 9, 2025 vs PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:28
Mar 7, 2025 @ VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:19
Mar 4, 2025 @ SEA W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 13:13
Mar 2, 2025 vs BOS W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:48
Feb 28, 2025 @ COL L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 18:12
Feb 27, 2025 @ UTA L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:29
Feb 25, 2025 vs DET L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:40
Feb 22, 2025 @ DET W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 13:01
Feb 8, 2025 vs NYI W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:41
Feb 6, 2025 vs CAR W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 11:03
Feb 3, 2025 vs OTT L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 12:07
Jan 29, 2025 vs VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:48
Jan 23, 2025 @ SJS W 6-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:38
Jan 21, 2025 vs SJS W 7-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 08:38
Jan 18, 2025 vs MIN W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:58
Jan 16, 2025 vs CHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:17
Jan 14, 2025 vs VGK W 5-3 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 13:24
Jan 11, 2025 vs WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:14
Jan 7, 2025 @ WPG L 2-5 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 12:04
Jan 4, 2025 @ CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:33
Jan 3, 2025 @ VAN W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:09
Dec 31, 2024 @ MIN L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 11:44
Dec 30, 2024 @ WPG L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:27