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Zack MacEwen

#19 · Right wing · Toronto Maple Leafs

Born Jul 8, 1996 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, CAN (age 30) · 6'4", 226 lb · Shoots right

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

James Hamblin EDM · 3 P in 31 GP Brock McGinn ANA · 3 P in 24 GP Ben Meyers ANA · 3 P in 23 GP Mitchell Stephens MTL · 3 P in 23 GP Rourke Chartier OTT · 3 P in 37 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.

02468102018-19: 1 points118-192019-20: 6 points619-202020-21: 2 points220-212021-22: 9 points921-222022-23: 10 points1022-232023-24: 3 points323-242024-25: 3 points324-252025-26: 0 points025-262026-27: 0 points026-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2018-19 VAN 4 0 1 1 -4 5 2 4 0.25 $848K
2019-20 VAN 17 5 1 6 6 20 17 41 0.35 $848K
2020-21 VAN 34 1 1 2 -2 44 31 65 0.06 $825K
2021-22 PHI 75 3 6 9 -15 110 82 159 0.12 $825K
2022-23 PHI 46 4 5 9 -9 54 63 130 0.20 $925K
2022-23 LAK 10 0 1 1 -2 12 10 20 0.10
2023-24 OTT 30 2 1 3 -4 57 17 55 0.10 $775K
2024-25 OTT 21 2 1 3 0 21 26 49 0.14 $775K
2025-26 NJD 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 0.00 $775K
2026-27 TOR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 $875K
9 seasons Career 241 17 17 34 -30 323 252 529 0.14

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2019-20 VAN 6 0 0 0 1 9 7 12 0.00
2022-23 LAK 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 7 0 0 0 1 11 7 15 0.00

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
30 2 1 3 -4 57 17 55 0.10 11.8 6:24

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2026, then UFA
$258KCap dollars per point3 points in 30 games
$529KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$246KValueworth 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 718 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Ottawa Senators on Jul 6, 2023, as a new contract: 3 years and $2.325M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2025-26, with 2 seasons 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
2023-24 $775K $775K $0 $775K
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 Toronto Maple Leafs New contract 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $1.75M $875K
Jul 6, 2023 Ottawa Senators New contract 2023-24 to 2025-26 3 $2.325M $775K
Aug 2, 2022 Philadelphia Flyers New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $925K $925K
Oct 6, 2020 Vancouver Canucks Extension 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $1.65M $825K
Mar 3, 2017 Vancouver Canucks Entry-level 2017-18 to 2019-20 3 $2.988M $848K

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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Rating

-0.3Goals above replacement546th of 721 skaters, 369th of 469 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 469 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-1.3 37th percentileEven-strength defence+1.1 66th percentilePower play0.0 54th percentilePenalty kill0.0 37th percentilePenalties-0.6 14th 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.

-6-4-2022018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

47.5Corsi for %174 attempts for, 192 against
-5.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.2Expected goals for %5.7 expected for, 5.9 against
-2.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
38.9Goals for %7 for, 11 against
97.1PDO9.2% shooting + 87.9% saves
34Attempts 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
Zack MacEwen · Mark Kastelic · Parker Kelly931:3257.748.30-4
Rourke Chartier · Zack MacEwen · Parker Kelly828:3948.946.70-2
Bokondji Imama · Zack MacEwen · Jiri Smejkal420:4450.057.60-0
Dominik Kubalik · Zack MacEwen · Mark Kastelic811:4850.082.90-1

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.3Expected goalsfrom 28 unblocked attempts
+0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.40 expected goals per 60 minutes4th
Shot quality 4.6% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +0.7 goals above expected60thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 438 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Game 20Goals 2Expected 1.3

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 16, 2024 @ BOS W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 10:42
Apr 15, 2024 @ NYR L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:58
Apr 13, 2024 vs MTL W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 06:12
Apr 11, 2024 @ TBL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 06:55
Apr 9, 2024 @ FLA L 0-2 0 0 0 0 5 1 4 06:27
Apr 7, 2024 @ WSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:14
Mar 2, 2024 @ PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:18
Mar 1, 2024 vs ARI L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 4 0 2 02:42
Jan 23, 2024 @ MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 09:15
Jan 21, 2024 @ PHI W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 08:09
Jan 18, 2024 vs MTL W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 5 1 2 08:24
Jan 16, 2024 vs COL L 4-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:41
Jan 13, 2024 vs SJS W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 07:38
Jan 11, 2024 @ BUF L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 06:15
Jan 9, 2024 @ CGY L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:01
Jan 6, 2024 @ EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 05:40
Jan 2, 2024 @ VAN L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 12 1 2 06:54
Dec 31, 2023 vs BUF W 5-1 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 11:31
Dec 17, 2023 @ VGK L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 07:28
Dec 15, 2023 @ DAL L 4-5 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 06:59
Dec 7, 2023 vs TOR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:34
Dec 5, 2023 vs NYR W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 02:38
Dec 2, 2023 vs SEA W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 03:23
Dec 1, 2023 @ CBJ L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 04:52
Nov 27, 2023 vs FLA L 0-5 0 0 0 0 15 1 5 03:59
Nov 18, 2023 vs MIN W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 03:33
Nov 8, 2023 @ TOR W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:18
Nov 4, 2023 vs TBL L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 5 0 3 05:02
Oct 15, 2023 vs TBL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:32
Oct 14, 2023 vs PHI W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 06:45