- Age
- 48
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 196 cm
- Weight
- 102 kg
- Born
- Elektrenai, LTU
- Draft
- 1996, round 1, #15 (PHI)
Career · 2009–10 to 2015–16
- Games
- 440
- Goals
- 62
- Points
- 153
- TOI per game
- 16:22
- xGF% (5v5)
- 52.1%
- Goals above expected
- −0.8
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2009–10 |   NJD | 51 | 10 | 17 | 27 | +4 | 16:29 | 86 | 11.6% | 3 | 9.8 | – |
| 2010–11 | NJD | 79 | 13 | 17 | 30 | −11 | 17:09 | 115 | 11.3% | 3 | 14.0 | 55.0% |
| 2011–12 | NJD | 82 | 17 | 27 | 44 | +7 | 18:41 | 109 | 15.6% | 6 | 12.9 | 51.1% |
| 2012–13 | NJD | 22 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −3 | 16:47 | 22 | 9.1% | 0 | 2.8 | 59.1% |
| 2013–14 | NJD | 82 | 13 | 13 | 26 | +1 | 17:33 | 121 | 10.7% | 0 | 13.3 | 54.5% |
| 2014–15 | NJD | 74 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −9 | 14:40 | 72 | 5.6% | 1 | 6.6 | 43.6% |
| 2015–16 |   SJS | 50 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +4 | 11:35 | 33 | 9.1% | 0 | 3.4 | 54.9% |
| Total | 2 teams | 440 | 62 | 91 | 153 | −7 | 16:22 | 558 | 11.1% | 13 | 62.8 | 52.1% |
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 2009–10 to 2015–16 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
3rd line
50th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
4th line- Goals /600.5233rd pct
- Assists /600.7638th pct
- ixG /600.5221st pct
- Goals above expected−0.850th pct
Play-driving
3rd line- xGF% (5v5)52.1%76th pct
- CF% (5v5)51.7%74th pct
- Relative xGF%−0.650th pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.2020th pct
Usage
2nd line- TOI per game16:2276th pct
- PP time share21.2%55th pct
- Offensive zone starts49.4%32nd pct
- Quality of competition24.8%77th pct
Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).
Faceoffs
How often Zubrus wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2015–16, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1339+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
49.5%
917–937 · #111 of 193 regulars, 43rd percentile
Against an average centre
49.8%
Opponents won 50.3% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.7% against them.
Wins above average
−5
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
5.6
1,854 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone48.1% 322–348
- Neutral zone47.8% 229–250
- Defensive zone51.9% 366–339
By strength
- Even strength47.9% 662–721
- Power play59.0% 141–98
- Shorthanded49.0% 102–106
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +14 after a win, −14 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.8 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Claude Giroux44.7% 17–21
- Tyler Bozak61.1% 22–14
- Eric Staal58.8% 20–14
- Nicklas Backstrom50.0% 14–14
- Tomas Plekanec46.4% 13–15
- David Steckel33.3% 9–18
- Sidney Crosby48.1% 13–14
- Jordan Staal48.0% 12–13
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 399 | 48.6% | 49.3% |
| 2010–11 | 449 | 56.3% | 56.4% |
| 2011–12 | 441 | 43.3% | 44.0% |
| 2012–13 | 28 | 39.3% | 37.4% |
| 2013–14 | 424 | 50.9% | 51.0% |
| 2014–15 | 86 | 43.0% | 42.8% |
| 2015–16 | 27 | 55.6% | 56.4% |
Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.
−0.8 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games