Sunday, April 15, 2012

One-game Scouting Report for Zach Parise

This one-game scouting report is from game 1 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 73. Parise's rating was helped by his 6 shots on goal, as well as his ability to recover loose-pucks in both the offensive and defensive-zones. He ended the game with a minus-1 traditional plus/minus rating.


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WINS
61
WINS
EVENTS
83
EVENTS
GRADE
73
GRADE
PLAYER
9



OVERALL RISK/REWARD RATING

Parise's overall risk/reward rating of 1.60 was well above-average, as was his overall ratio of 2.55 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He played 21 minutes, and was involved in 3.67 events per minute-played. He produced above average ratings in all 3 zones.


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POS
56
POS
NEG
22
NEG
RATIO
2.55
RATIO
MIN/G
21.26
MIN/G

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MINUTES
21
MINUTES
POS/MIN
2.63
POS/MIN
NEG/MIN
1.03
NEG/MIN

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EVENTS/ MIN
3.67
EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD
1.60
RISK/REWARD

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EVEN-STRENGTH OFFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING

Parise's above-average offensive-zone risk/reward rating was an impressive 0.81, while his o-zone ratio was an impressive 2.10 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He won his only o-zone puck-battle and recovered 10 loose-pucks. He was successful with only 3 of his 8 offensive-zone pass-attempts, while getting 5 of his 8 attempted shots through to the net. He failed with his only attempt to beat an opposition player 1on1 (deke), and intercepted 2 opposition passes.


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OZ POS
21
OZ POS
OZ NEG
10
OZ NEG
RATIO
2.10
RATIO
MIN/G
13.65
MIN/G

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MINUTES
14
MINUTES
POS/MIN
1.54
POS/MIN
NEG/MIN
0.73
NEG/MIN

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EVENTS/ MIN
2.27
EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD
0.81
RISK/REWARD

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EVEN-STRENGTH DEFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING

 Parise had a solid defensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.66, and an offensive-zone ratio of 2.50 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. His 1.54 defensive-zone events per-minute played was actually quite high for a winger. He won his only defensive-zone puck-battle, and recovered 7 loose-pucks. He was successful with 3 of his 5 d-zone pass-attempts, and intercepted 2 opposition passes.


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DZ POS
15
DZ POS
DZ NEG
6
DZ NEG
RATIO
2.50
RATIO
MIN/G
13.65
MIN/G

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MINUTES
14
MINUTES
POS/MIN
1.10
POS/MIN
NEG/MIN
0.44
NEG/MIN

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EVENTS/ MIN
1.54
EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD
0.66
RISK/REWARD

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EVEN-STRENGTH NEUTRAL-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING

Parise had a neutral-zone risk/reward rating of 0.37, and a neutral-zone ratio of 3.5 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He recovered 1 loose-puck, completed his only pass-attempt. He beat 1 opposition player 1on1 (deke), and was successful with 4 of his 5 attempts to dump the puck deep into the offensive-zone. 


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NZ POS
7
NZ POS
NZ NEG
2
NZ NEG
ratio
3.5
ratio
MIN/G
13.65
MIN/G

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MINUTES
14
MINUTES
POS/MIN
0.51
POS/MIN
NEG/MIN
0.15
NEG/MIN

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EV/ MIN
0.66
EV/ MIN
RISK/REWARD
0.37
RISK/REWARD

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POWERPLAY RISK/REWARD RATING

Parise's powerplay rating of 1.52 was above-average, but still lower than expected.  His ratio was a solid 3.25 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He recovered 1 loose-puck, but was successful with only 4 of his 6 PP pass-attempts.


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POS
13
POS
NEG
4
NEG
RATIO
3.25
RATIO
MIN/G
5.94
MIN/G

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MINUTES
6
MINUTES
POS/MIN
2.19
POS/MIN
NEG/MIN
0.67
NEG/MIN

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EVENTS/ MIN
2.86
EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD
1.52
RISK/REWARD

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Keep in mind, this is only a one-game scouting report. As such, it is only meant as a reflection of Parise's play during this one game.

COMPARISONS

I compare player ratings from the Montreal Canadiens because I have more than 150 games of data on Habs players. The leaders mentioned below are exclusively forwards.

TOP OVERALL GRADE- Max Pacioretty (70)
TOP OVERALL RISK/REWARD RATING- Lars Eller (1.48)
Max Pacioretty (0.55)
TOP ES D-ZONE RATING- Lars Eller (0.67)
TOP ES N-ZONE RATING- Blake Geoffrion (0.43)
TOP PP RATING- Tomas Plekenec (1.43)

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