Another One-game Scouting Report for Zach Parise

This one-game scouting report is from game 6 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 an above-average overall grade of 76.  His grade was carried by some impressive work on the powerplay, combined with 5 shots on goal. His best even-strength work was produced in the offensive-zone.

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WINS	68	WINS
EVENTS	89	EVENTS
GRADE	76	GRADE
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OVERALL RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

Parise earned an overall risk/reward rating of 1.61, and an impressive overall ratio of 2.86 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He was involved in 3.35 events per minute played.

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POS	60	POS
NEG	21	NEG
RATIO	2.86	RATIO
MIN/G	24.21	MIN/G
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MINUTES	24	MINUTES
POS/MIN	2.48	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.87	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	3.35	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	1.61	RISK/REWARD
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OFFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD AND RATIO

Parise earned an offensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.63 and a ratio of 2.20 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He engaged in 1.69 offensive-zone events per-minute played.  He won both of his offensive-zone puck-battles, and recovered 8 loose-pucks in the offensive-zone. He was successful with 4 of his 8 pass-attempts. He was able to get all 4 of his shot-attempts through to the net.

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OZ POS	22	OZ POS
OZ NEG	10	OZ NEG
RATIO	2.20	RATIO
MIN/G	18.9	MIN/G
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MINUTES	19	MINUTES
POS/MIN	1.16	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.53	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	1.69	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.63	RISK/REWARD
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DEFENSIVE-ZONE RISKS/REWARD RATING RATIO

Parise had a low defensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.16, and a ratio of 1.38 successful plays for every  1 unsuccessful play. He engaged in 1.01 defensive-zone events per-minute played. He won only 1 of 3 d-zone puck-battles, and recovered 3 loose-pucks. He was successful with 4 of 5 d-zone pass-attempts, and blocked 2 shots.

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DZ POS	11	DZ POS
DZ NEG	8	DZ NEG
RATIO	1.38	RATIO
MIN/G	18.9	MIN/G
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MINUTES	19	MINUTES
POS/MIN	0.58	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.42	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	1.01	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.16	RISK/REWARD
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NEUTRAL-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

Paris earned a neutral-zone risk/reward rating of 0.32, and an n-zone ratio of 2 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He engaged in 0.95 neutral-zone events per-minute played. He won his only neutral-zone puck-battle, and recovered 3 loose-pucks. He was successful with 4 of his 7 neutral-zone pass-attempts. 

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NZ POS	12	NZ POS
NZ NEG	6	NZ NEG
RATIO	2.0	RATIO
MIN/G	18.9	MIN/G
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MINUTES	19	MINUTES
POS/MIN	0.63	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.32	NEG/MIN
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EV/ MIN	0.95	EV/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.32	RISK/REWARD
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POWERPLAY RISK/REWARD AND RATIO

Parise had incredible success on the powerplay. He had a PP rating of 3.07, and a ratio of 14 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He won his only puck-battle, recovered  3 loose-pucks and was successful with all 5 of his pass-attempts. He missed the net with his only shot-attempt. 

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POS	14	POS
NEG	1	NEG
RATIO	14.00	RATIO
MIN/G	4.23	MIN/G
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MINUTES	4	MINUTES
POS/MIN	3.31	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.24	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	3.55	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	3.07	RISK/REWARD
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