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Zac Jones

#6 · Defence · Utah Mammoth

Born Oct 18, 2000 in Richmond, Virginia, USA (age 25) · 5'11", 190 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 68th overall in 2019 by NYR (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Greg Pateryn ANA · 2 P in 10 GP Matt Kiersted FLA · 2 P in 10 GP Alex Vlasic CHI · 2 P in 15 GP Christian Wolanin LAK · 2 P in 9 GP Juuso Välimäki CGY · 2 P in 9 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.

05102020-21: 4 points420-212021-22: 2 points221-222022-23: 2 points222-232023-24: 9 points923-242024-25: 11 points1124-25

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2020-21 NYR 10 0 4 4 -2 2 12 8 0.40 $925K
2021-22 NYR 12 0 2 2 -7 0 8 4 0.17 $925K
2022-23 NYR 16 1 1 2 -2 4 15 5 0.13 $925K
2023-24 NYR 31 2 7 9 1 8 42 22 0.29 $813K
2024-25 NYR 46 1 10 11 0 24 51 28 0.24 $813K
5 seasons Career 115 4 24 28 -10 38 128 67 0.24

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
12 0 2 2 -7 0 8 4 0.17 0.0 15:10

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2023, then RFA
$463KCap dollars per point2 points in 12 games
$1.087MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.9 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Signed by the New York Rangers on Apr 13, 2021, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.775M, beginning in 2020-21. It runs through 2022-23, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2020-21 $925K $833K $93K $925K
2021-22 $925K $833K $93K $925K
2022-23 $925K $833K $93K $925K

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 Utah Mammoth New contract (two-way) 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $1.75M $875K
2025-26 to 2025-26 $900K
Jun 16, 2023 New York Rangers Extension 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $1.625M $813K
Apr 13, 2021 New York Rangers Entry-level 2020-21 to 2022-23 3 $2.775M $925K

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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 analytics

Rating

+0.9Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.6Even-strength defence+0.8Power play-0.2Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+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.

-2-1012020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25Goals 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

39.9Corsi for %112 attempts for, 169 against
-5.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.8Expected goals for %6.7 expected for, 7.6 against
-0.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.0Goals for %3 for, 9 against
94.8PDO4.2% shooting + 90.5% saves
14Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Libor Hajek · Zac Jones771:4535.147.11-7
Zac Jones · Braden Schneider766:1745.049.21-1
Nils Lundkvist · Zac Jones19:0229.432.51-0
K'Andre Miller · Zac Jones75:5944.420.50-0

The pairs 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 pairs 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 14 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.17 expected goals per 60 minutes41st
Shot quality 3.8% chance per attempt73rd
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected39thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 241 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
Apr 27, 2022 vs MTL L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 22:55
Feb 27, 2022 vs VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 17:49
Feb 26, 2022 @ PIT L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:51
Feb 24, 2022 vs WSH W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13:17
Feb 17, 2022 vs DET L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:25
Feb 15, 2022 vs BOS W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16:15
Feb 1, 2022 vs FLA W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:04
Jan 30, 2022 vs SEA W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12:25
Jan 28, 2022 vs MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:14
Jan 6, 2022 @ VGK L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 16:18
Jan 3, 2022 vs EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:00
Jan 2, 2022 vs TBL W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:32