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Zack Kassian

Position	Right Wing	Current Team
Shoots	Right	Current Contract
Height	6'3"	Expires
Weight (lbs)	211	Expiry Age (Jun 30)
Age (DOB)	35 (Jan 24, 1991)	Expiry Status
Drafted	2009, Round 1, Overall 13 (BUF)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jun 20, 2023	Edmonton Oilers	Contract bought out
Jan 29, 2020	Edmonton Oilers	Signed 4 years @ $3.200M AAV starting in 2020-21
Jun 26, 2017	Edmonton Oilers	Signed 3 years @ $1.950M AAV starting in 2017-18
May 19, 2016	Edmonton Oilers	Signed 1 year @ $1.500M AAV starting in 2016-17
Jul 4, 2014	Vancouver Canucks	Signed 2 years @ $1.750M AAV starting in 2014-15
Nov 2, 2011	Buffalo Sabres	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Core Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	Producer	Playmaker	Shooter	Sniper	Rebound	Rush	Skating	Defend
2015-16	EDM	36	0.10	0.18	-0.22	-0.63	-0.56	1.71	-	0.22
2016-17	EDM	79	0.25	0.68	-0.55	-0.29	-0.52	1.46	-	-0.37
2017-18	EDM	74	-0.26	-0.30	-0.17	-0.36	-0.53	1.33	-	0.11
2018-19	EDM	79	-1.05	-0.98	-0.44	0.38	0.20	1.99	-	-1.43
2019-20	EDM	59	0.48	-0.07	0.54	1.07	0.51	0.62	-	-0.44
2020-21	EDM	27	-0.76	-0.34	-0.78	-0.40	0.27	2.93	-	0.77
2021-22	EDM	58	-1.05	-0.15	-1.27	-1.42	-0.86	1.25	0.59	0.30
2022-23	ARI	51	-2.18	-1.69	-0.90	-0.89	1.43	1.06	-0.46	0.01

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs
2015-16	EDM	36	-0.09	-1.76	-1.73	-1.26	-1.43	0.08	-
2016-17	EDM	79	-0.72	-2.00	-0.09	-0.71	-0.85	0.07	-
2017-18	EDM	74	-1.38	-2.01	0.30	-1.45	-1.63	0.23	-
2018-19	EDM	79	0.44	-1.90	-0.12	-0.35	0.08	0.74	-
2019-20	EDM	59	1.38	-1.61	-1.90	0.23	0.56	0.51	-
2020-21	EDM	27	-0.46	-1.92	-2.21	-0.39	-0.97	-0.79	-
2021-22	EDM	58	-0.67	-1.64	-1.97	-0.52	-0.99	-0.53	-
2022-23	ARI	51	-1.76	-1.90	-1.92	-2.59	-1.70	1.57	-

About Archetypes

Player archetypes are a look at a players strengths and weaknesses in his game when compared to other players around the leeague. Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).

Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2015-16	EDM	36	421:40	0.43	0.71	1.14	0.58	-0.15	7.50	10.11	-2.61	7.41	3.70
2016-17	EDM	79	851:38	0.49	1.20	1.69	0.58	-0.08	6.80	7.95	-1.15	7.03	3.91
2017-18	EDM	74	725:42	0.58	0.74	1.32	0.66	-0.08	8.97	10.22	-1.24	6.60	3.77
2018-19	EDM	79	1035:11	0.70	0.58	1.28	0.63	0.06	12.12	11.00	1.12	8.13	5.69
2019-20	EDM	59	852:07	0.99	1.13	2.11	0.76	0.23	16.09	12.35	3.74	5.17	7.76
2020-21	EDM	27	304:25	0.39	0.59	0.99	0.45	-0.06	11.11	12.72	-1.61	10.00	6.67
2021-22	EDM	58	654:03	0.28	1.01	1.28	0.53	-0.25	5.66	10.84	-5.18	6.49	3.90
2022-23	ARI	51	460:07	0.26	0.00	0.26	0.38	-0.12	8.00	11.78	-3.78	5.88	11.76

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2015-16	EDM	36	421:40	34.29	1.28	1.98	42.83	2.42	2.29	34.62	46.36	-0.54	-0.17	-4.25
2016-17	EDM	79	851:38	37.55	2.61	1.99	39.74	2.25	2.36	53.62	45.68	-0.44	-0.00	-4.96
2017-18	EDM	74	725:42	39.11	1.82	2.11	42.99	2.56	2.45	41.51	46.28	-0.67	0.01	-7.03
2018-19	EDM	79	1035:11	39.01	2.61	2.40	44.51	3.30	2.92	44.12	45.09	0.07	0.47	-3.66
2019-20	EDM	59	852:07	41.33	3.38	2.73	43.59	3.10	2.77	52.17	49.63	0.50	0.26	2.50
2020-21	EDM	27	304:25	33.51	1.38	1.89	39.62	2.37	2.33	36.84	44.75	-0.48	-0.18	-3.75
2021-22	EDM	58	654:03	40.55	2.75	2.42	40.73	2.48	2.56	52.63	48.54	-0.46	-0.13	-3.11
2022-23	ARI	51	460:07	28.95	0.65	1.59	49.94	3.00	3.12	17.86	33.73	-0.89	0.32	-13.18

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

A Retrospective on the Zack Kassian Trade and the Oilers' 2022 Free Agency at Oil on Whyte (Tue Dec 30, 2025)
Flashback Friday: Tkachuk’s hit on Zack Kassian and the ensuing fallout at Oilers Nation (Fri Dec 26, 2025)
Top 100 Oilers: No. 77 — Zack Kassian at Oilers Nation (Wed Sep 17, 2025)
Sam Honzek’s numbers: How often do similar producers turn into impact NHL players? at The Win Column (Sat Aug 2, 2025)

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Zack Kassian signed a $12,800,000 4-year contract with the Edmonton Oilers and General Manager Ken Holland on January 29, 2020 with an AAV of $3,200,000. This contract will start in 2020-21 and end after the 2023-24 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 3.93% of the salary cap. The Utah Hockey Club bought out this contract on June 20, 2023.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	29	$3,200,000	$3,200,000	-	$1,000,000	$2,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	UFA
2021-22	30	$3,200,000	$3,200,000	-	$1,000,000	$2,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	UFA
2022-23	31	$3,200,000	$3,200,000	-	-	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	UFA
2023-24	32	$3,200,000	$3,200,000	-	-	$2,300,000	$2,300,000	$2,300,000	UFA
Total				-	$2,000,000	$10,800,000	$12,800,000	$12,800,000

Signed: Jan 29, 2020

Team: Edmonton Oilers

GM: Ken Holland

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.93

Contract Buyout: This contract was bought out by Utah Hockey Club on June 20, 2023

Zack Kassian signed a $5,850,000 3-year contract with the Edmonton Oilers and General Manager Peter Chiarelli on June 26, 2017 with an AAV of $1,950,000. This contract will start in 2017-18 and end after the 2019-20 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 2.60% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2017-18	26	$1,950,000	$1,950,000	-	-	$1,850,000	$1,850,000	$1,850,000	RFA-arb
2018-19	27	$1,950,000	$1,950,000	-	-	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	UFA
2019-20	28	$1,950,000	$1,950,000	-	-	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$5,850,000	$5,850,000	$5,850,000

Signed: June 26, 2017

Team: Edmonton Oilers

GM: Peter Chiarelli

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 2.6

Zack Kassian signed a $1,500,000 1-year contract with the Edmonton Oilers and General Manager Peter Chiarelli on May 19, 2016 with an AAV of $1,500,000. This contract will start in 2016-17 and end after the 2016-17 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 2.05% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2016-17	25		$1,500,000	$1,500,000	-	-	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$1,500,000

Signed: May 19, 2016

Team: Edmonton Oilers

GM: Peter Chiarelli

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 2.05

Zack Kassian signed a $3,500,000 2-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks and General Manager Jim Benning on July 4, 2014 with an AAV of $1,750,000. This contract will start in 2014-15 and end after the 2015-16 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 2.54% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2014-15	23	$1,750,000	$1,750,000	-	-	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	RFA
2015-16	24	$1,750,000	$1,750,000	-	-	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000

Signed: July 4, 2014

Team: Vancouver Canucks

GM: Jim Benning

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 2.54

Zack Kassian signed a $2,700,000 3-year contract with the Buffalo Sabres and General Manager Darcy Regier on November 2, 2011 with an AAV of $900,000. This contract will start in 2010-11 and end after the 2013-14 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.52% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2010-11	19	$900,000	$900,000	-	$90,000	-	$90,000	-	ELC
2011-12	20	$870,000	$870,000	-	$90,000	$810,000	$900,000	$67,500	ELC
2012-13	21	$870,000	$870,000	-	$90,000	$810,000	$900,000	$67,500	ELC
2013-14	22	$870,000	$870,000	-	-	$810,000	$810,000	$67,500	ELC
Total				-	$270,000	$2,430,000	$2,700,000	$202,500

Signed: Nov 2, 2011

Team: Buffalo Sabres

GM: Darcy Regier

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

Contract Buyout Details

Utah Hockey Club

Season	Original Compensation	Buyout Compensation	Compensation Savings	Original Caphit	Buyout Caphit	Caphit Savings
2024-25	$2,300,000	$766,667	$1,533,333	$3,200,000	$1,666,667	$1,533,333
2025-26	-	$766,667	$-766,667	-	$766,667	$-766,667

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2006-07	Minor-ON	Wind. Jr. Spitfires	57	32	48	80		136
2006-07	OJHL-B	Leamington	2	0	0	0		6
2007-08	OHL	Peterborough	58	9	12	21	-1	74				5	1		1	-5	2
2008-09	WJ18-A	Canada	6	2	3	5
2008-09	OHL	Peterborough	61	24	39	63	-14	136				4		2	2	-1	8
2009-10	OHL	Peterborough	33	8	19	27	-18	58
2009-10	OHL	Windsor	5	4	0	4	+1	23				19	7	9	16	+9	38
2009-10	M-Cup	Windsor										4	2	3	5				0.0
2010-11	WJC-A	Canada	5	2	1	3	+1	27
2010-11	OHL	Windsor	56	26	51	77	+10	67				16	6	10	16	+2	37
2010-11	AHL	Portland										3					2
2011-12	AHL	Rochester	30	15	11	26	+4	31	94	1,596.0
2011-12	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	27	3	4	7	-1	20	36	8.3	11:56
2011-12	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	17	1	2	3	-1	31	18	5.6	10:17	4				+1	2	1	0.0	4:51
2012-13	AHL	Chicago	29	8	13	21	-3	61	78	1,026.0
2012-13	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	39	7	4	11	-7	51	49	14.3	13:29	4				-1	4	4	0.0	12:05
2013-14	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	73	14	15	29	-4	124	91	15.4	12:56
2014-15	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	42	10	6	16	-5	81	55	18.2	12:37
2015-16	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	36	3	5	8	-7	114	42	7.1	12:27
2015-16	AHL	Bakersfield	7	2	1	3		16	14	1,430.0
2016-17	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	79	7	17	24	+4	101	110	6.4	12:18	13	3		3	+1	27	19	15.8	13:30
2017-18	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	74	7	12	19	-8	92	86	8.1	11:40
2018-19	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	79	15	11	26	-6	102	111	13.5	14:48
2019-20	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	59	15	19	34		69	99	15.2	15:40	4				-4	2	5	0.0	10:37
2020-21	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	27	2	3	5	-4	15	18	11.1	11:51	4	1	1	2			3	33.3	16:19
2021-22	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	58	6	13	19	+2	63	58	10.3	11:47	16	2	2	4	-2	12	17	11.8	8:07
2022-23	NHL	Arizona Coyotes	51	2	0	2	-18	50	25	8.0	9:09
2023-24	Czechia	HC Sparta Praha	8	2	1	3	+4	4
NHL Career			661	92	111	203	-55	913	798	11.5	12:37	45	6	3	9	-5	47	49	12.2	10:41