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Age
39
Shoots
Left
Height
180 cm
Weight
82 kg
Born
Toronto, CAN
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2011–12 to 2016–17

Games
84
Goals
7
Points
13
TOI per game
8:29
xGF% (5v5)
42.6%
Goals above expected
−0.8

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2011–12PHI37336−117:42496.1%04.749.6%
2012–13PHI701107:2240.0%00.435.5%
2013–14PIT13202010:081216.7%01.045.2%
2014–15NYI2000−111:0810.0%00.134.1%
2015–16ANA1000−18:4810.0%00.251.3%
2016–17NSH24224−28:521910.5%01.533.2%
Total5 teams847613−158:29868.1%07.842.6%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.10.20.31020304050607080
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Player card

How 2011–12 to 2016–17 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

4th line

21st percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

3rd line
  • Goals /600.5945th pct
  • Assists /600.5119th pct
  • ixG /600.6649th pct
  • Goals above expected−0.853rd pct

Play-driving

4th line
  • xGF% (5v5)42.6%10th pct
  • CF% (5v5)43.8%10th pct
  • Relative xGF%−10.23rd pct
  • Penalty diff /600.6794th pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game8:296th pct
  • PP time share1.2%10th pct
  • Offensive zone starts52.6%40th pct
  • Quality of competition22.6%9th 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 Zolnierczyk wins the draw over 2011–12 to 2016–17, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1134+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

43.1%

22–29 · below the 1134 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

43.3%

Opponents won 50.2% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.8% against them.

Wins above average

−3

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

2.7

51 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

50%4 · +4.864%14 · +1.913%8 · +1.1100%1 · –33%3 · 0.067%6 · 0.00%2 · –43%7 · −6.217%6 · 0.0Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone45.5% 10–12
  • Neutral zone50.0% 8–8
  • Defensive zone30.8% 4–9

By strength

  • Even strength42.2% 19–26
  • Shorthanded60.0% 3–2

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +18 after a win, −17 after a loss. Each win was worth 0.2 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2011–122842.9%42.8%
2013–142100.0%106.3%
2014–1520.0%-2.0%
2016–171942.1%42.1%

Finishing

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

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

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Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−40−200+20+40+60+80