Another One-game Scouting Report for Zach Parise

This one-game scouting report is from game 2 of the 2012 opening-round playoff series between the New Jersey Devils and the Florida Panthers.

Zach Parise is a '511", 195 lbs left-handed winger. He was drafted in the first round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. At the time of this report he was still eligible to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1st, 2012.

Parise is a 5-time 30 goal scorer, with a career-high 45 goals scored during the 2008-09 season. He completed the 2011-12 season with 31 goal and 38 assists to go along with 32 penalty minutes and a minus-5 traditional plus/minus. His career shooting percentage during the regular season is 11.4%, while his career shooting-percentage during the playoffs  is 9.2%.


OVERALL GRADE

Parise earned a star-level overall grade of 82. Parise's rating was helped by his 6 shots on goal, as well as his impressively-high offensive-zone risk/reward rating and his neutral-zone ratio.

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WINS	64	WINS
EVENTS	78	EVENTS
GRADE	82	GRADE
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OVERALL RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

Parise had an overall risk/reward rating of 2.06, and an incredible overall ratio of 4.21 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. His best work was produced in the offensive and neutral-zones, while his 3.35 events per-minute were high for a winger.  His overall rating and ratio are even more impressive when we consider his disappointing negative powerplay risk/reward rating.

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POS	59	POS
NEG	14	NEG
RATIO	4.21	RATIO
MIN/G	21.82	MIN/G
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MINUTES	22	MINUTES
POS/MIN	2.70	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.64	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	3.35	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	2.06	RISK/REWARD
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OFFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD AND RATIO

Parise produced an offensive-zone rating of 1.19 and a ratio of 3.36 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He engaged in 2.20 offensive-zone events per-minute of ice-time. He won all 3 o-zone puck-battles he engaged in, and used his speed and hockey-sense to recover 11 loose-pucks. He was successful with 10 of 15 o-zone pass-attempts and 3 of 5 attempts to beat opposition players 1on1 (deke).

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OZ POS	37	OZ POS
OZ NEG	11	OZ NEG
RATIO	3.36	RATIO
MIN/G	21.82	MIN/G
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MINUTES	22	MINUTES
POS/MIN	1.70	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.50	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	2.20	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	1.19	RISK/REWARD
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DEFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD AND RATIO

Like most wingers, Parise had few defensive-zone events per-minute of ice-time. He earned a d-zone risk/reward rating of 0.37, and an impressive d-zone ratio of 5 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He won 1 of 2 defensive-zone puck-battles, recovered 4 loose-pucks, and completed all 3 of his attempted passes.

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DZ POS	10	DZ POS
DZ NEG	2	DZ NEG
RATIO	5	RATIO
MIN/G	21.82	MIN/G
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MINUTES	22	MINUTES
POS/MIN	0.46	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.09	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	0.55	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.37	RISK/REWARD
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NEUTRAL-ZONE RISK/REWARD AND RATIO

Parise had a perfect performance in the neutral-zone; a coaches dream! He was successful with all 12 of his neutral-zone events, and produced a neutral-zone risk/reward rating of 0.55. He won both his n-zone puck-battles, recovered 3 loose-pucks, and completed both of his attempted passes. He also successfully dumped the puck deep into the offensive-zone  3 times.

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NZ POS	12	NZ POS
NZ NEG	0	NZ NEG
RATIO	N/A	RATIO
MIN/G	21.82	MIN/G
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MINUTES	22	MINUTES
POS/MIN	0.55	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.00	NEG/MIN
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EV/ MIN	0.55	EV/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.55	RISK/REWARD
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POWERPLAY RISK/REWARD AND RATIO

Parise's work on the powerplay is the only black mark on his performance during this game. He engaged in 1.54 events per-minute of powerplay-time. He produced a powerplay risk/reward rating of -0.51, and a ratio of 0.50 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. Expressed differently, this shows that Parise made more unsuccessful plays than successful plays while the Devils enjoyed the man-advantage.

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POS	1	POS
NEG	2	NEG
RATIO	0.50	RATIO
MIN/G	1.95	MIN/G
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MINUTES	2	MINUTES
POS/MIN	0.51	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	1.03	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	1.54	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	-0.51	RISK/REWARD
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