Jason Zucker

#17Left Wing5'11"198 lb

+18.0 in 3 days

2025-26 regular season

128

SOG

18.8% SH

15:37

TOI/GP

LW · BUF · NHL id 8475722

Jason Zucker has played 62 games for the Buffalo Sabres in 2025-26, scoring 24 goals and 21 assists (45 points) on 128 shots while averaging 15:37 a night (11:58 at even strength, 3:20 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 89% of his 5v5 minutes with Jack Quinn and 47% with Ryan McLeod over the last 10 games, and the Sabres have controlled 49% of shot attempts with Zucker on the ice (38-32 in goals, 58% offensive-zone starts). In the Sabres' most recent game against MTL he was on L3 with Jack Quinn and Konsta Helenius and on PP2; moved up to L3 (from L4) in the last game. He is shooting 18.8% this season against 13.0% across the 619 games in our data.

Right now

From the May 18 game vs MTL, detected from shift data

Line

Jack Quinn Konsta Helenius

Power play

PP2

Alex Tuch Josh Norris Ryan McLeod Bowen Byram

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Moved up to L3 (from L4) in the last gameAdded to PP1 in the last gameLast 5: L4 · L2/PP2 · L3 · L3/PP2 · L3/PP1

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

19 games shown, 14:25 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Top speed33rd3421.9 mph

Bursts 20+ mph41st4144

Hardest shot38th3983.2 mph

Offensive-zone time89th8945.4%

Distance skated55th55146.0 mi

High-danger SOG92nd9271

Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2025-26 · 277 attempts, 146 on goal, 26 goals

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Luck

2025-26 · 62 GP · 45 points vs 42.7 expected

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Luck meter+38

Last 20 games: +29. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting+3.8 G

On-ice SH%+5.0 G

On-ice SV%+2.0 G

IPP−0.5 G

Points vs expected+2.3 P

: 18.8%
: 102.4
: 62.5%
G vs xG: 24 / 20.2

• Role shrank over the last 10 games (1 demotion event): the cold spell may not be all luck.

Goals against expected goals

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
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Player analytics

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2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

Games played62
Goals2479th of 715
Assists21246th of 715
Points45160th of 715
Power-play points16106th of 715
Shorthanded points0227th of 715
Shots on goal128216th of 715
Hits57351st of 715
Blocked shots21576th of 715
Plus/minus−5446th of 715
Penalty minutes23394th of 715
Faceoffs won48220th of 715

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Corsi (CF%)48.9%397th of 719
Fenwick (FF%)49.2%380th of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)51.7%239th of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)51.5%237th of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)49.5%376th of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)51.2%248th of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /601.54103rd of 719
Turnover Ledger /60−0.073548th of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.32221st of 719
Faceoff win %38.7%222nd of 238
Draw Equity /100−0.184233rd of 238

Usage

Ice time per game15:37392nd of 715
Power-play time per game3:2044th of 715
Power-play share68.3%80th of 713
Ice-time share25.8%387th of 715
Offensive-zone start %57.8%194th of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60+0.25143rd of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO1024117th of 719
Goals above expected+3.848th of 715
Luck Meter+38114th of 828
Ascension score—

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed21.9499th of 715
20+ mph bursts44435th of 715
Hardest shot83.2584th of 715
Offensive-zone time45.4%65th of 715

Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).

Beyond the box score

2025-26 regular season · 60 of 62 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: −0.074
Season net: −0.91xG

Offensive TK/600.16 (2)

Offensive GV/601.95 (24)

Neutral TK/600.24 (3)

Neutral GV/601.38 (17)

Defensive TK/600.24 (3)

Defensive GV/601.38 (17)

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: −0.184
Season: −0.23G
: 38.7%124 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 33-68 · NZ 11-4 · DZ 4-4

Method Leaders

Per 60: 1.54
Attempts: 19
: 0.098

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

Method Leaders

Season: +0.81G
Per 60: +0.050
Drawn / taken: 15.5 / 11.5minors

Method Leaders

: 51.5%
: 49.5%
: 51.7%
Transition CF/60: 5.0
Turnovers won/60: 24.6
Turnovers lost/60: 23.9

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

128 shots on goal, 24 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
Low Slot	45%	23%	11
R Circle	5%	12%	1
Crease	9%	3%	5
R Point	0%	6%	0
Center Point	3%	9%	0
High Slot	4%	7%	1
L Point	2%	5%	0

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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Dropped off PP1 to PP2May 12, 2026 alerts →
Moved up to L2 from L3Oct 16, 2024 alerts →
Moved up to L1 from L3Oct 12, 2024 alerts →
Moved up to L2 from L4May 24, 2021 alerts →
Played 9:37 more than his 5-game averageMay 24, 2021 alerts →
Moved up to PP1 from PP2May 22, 2021 alerts →
Moved up to L1 from L4May 22, 2021 alerts →
Moved up to PP1Apr 25, 2021 alerts →

How the goals happened

40 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method

Goal anatomy
Game	Play	Entry	Passes	Shot mph	Notes
May 16, 2026 @ MTL	Forecheck turnover	—	1	27.8	one-timer
May 14, 2026 vs MTL	Deflection	—	3*	23.9	—
Apr 8, 2026 @ NYR	Rebound	—	0	10.0	rebound
Apr 6, 2026 vs TBL	Deflection	—	2*	68.9	one-timer
Mar 25, 2026 vs BOS	Rebound	—	0	26.6	rebound
Mar 25, 2026 vs BOS	Forecheck turnover	—	0	47.7	—
Mar 10, 2026 vs SJS	Cycle	—	3*	6.4	—
Mar 8, 2026 vs TBL	Odd-man rush	carry	0	27.7	1-on-0
Mar 8, 2026 vs TBL	Odd-man rush	carry	3	53.3	5-on-4, one-timer
Mar 7, 2026 vs NSH	Forecheck turnover	—	2*	15.5	—
Mar 3, 2026 vs VGK	Forecheck turnover	—	0	21.0	—
Feb 5, 2026 vs PIT	Rush	pass	1	67.2	—
Feb 2, 2026 @ FLA	Forecheck turnover	—	0	27.9	one-timer
Jan 24, 2026 @ NYI	Cycle	—	0	27.5	—
Jan 24, 2026 @ NYI	Rebound	—	0	26.2	rebound
Jan 22, 2026 @ MTL	Odd-man rush	carry	0	57.2	2-on-1, one-timer
Jan 8, 2026 @ NYR	Deflection	—	1	6.7	rebound
Dec 5, 2025 @ WPG	Forecheck turnover	—	0	5.7	—
Dec 3, 2025 @ PHI	Rebound	carry	4*	34.8	5-on-4, one-timer, rebound
Dec 1, 2025 vs WPG	Deflection	—	0	12.4	—
Nov 26, 2025 @ PIT	Deflection	—	4*	40.3	deflection
Nov 21, 2025 vs CHI	Forecheck turnover	—	0	55.4	—
Oct 22, 2025 vs DET	Rebound	carry	1*	24.9	2-on-1, rebound
Oct 15, 2025 vs OTT	Deflection	loose	6*	14.8	5-on-3
Oct 15, 2025 vs OTT	Forecheck turnover	—	1*	59.1	—
Oct 11, 2025 @ BOS	Rush	pass	1	49.4	—
Apr 6, 2025 vs BOS	Odd-man rush	pass	1*	13.7	4-on-3
Apr 5, 2025 vs TBL	Rebound	—	0	9.2	rebound
Mar 15, 2025 vs VGK	Forecheck turnover	—	0	56.0	—
Feb 2, 2025 vs NJD	Deflection	—	1	25.3	—
Jan 31, 2025 vs NSH	Deflection	carry	2*	36.0	3-on-2, deflection
Jan 20, 2025 @ SEA	Deflection	carry	2	50.0	5-on-3, deflection
Jan 4, 2025 @ VGK	Deflection	—	1	28.9	deflection
Jan 2, 2025 @ COL	Deflection	—	3*	17.6	—
Jan 2, 2025 @ COL	Deflection	—	3	19.9	—
Jan 2, 2025 @ COL	Rebound	loose	0	22.8	rebound
Dec 31, 2024 @ DAL	Rebound	carry	2*	18.5	4-on-2, rebound
Dec 29, 2024 @ STL	Forecheck turnover	—	2	55.9	one-timer
Dec 23, 2024 @ NYI	Cycle	—	3*	66.4	—
Dec 14, 2024 @ WSH	Deflection	—	0	6.8	—

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Zucker

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Zucker apart	CF% mate apart
Jack Quinn	RW	67	680:56	78%	51.2%	55% (37-30)	36.1% 90:44	46.2% 167:20
Ryan McLeod	C	62	568:05	65%	51.7%	56% (32-25)	45.8% 158:56	53.0% 191:46
Rasmus Dahlin	D	75	365:17	42%	51.1%	64% (27-15)	48.5% 511:21	53.6% 1016:54
Bowen Byram	D	72	331:26	38%	50.3%	47% (14-16)	49.2% 523:34	51.3% 968:39
Mattias Samuelsson	D	71	313:54	36%	47.7%	59% (17-12)	50.7% 526:19	49.7% 997:48
Owen Power	D	70	310:46	35%	49.7%	43% (13-17)	49.0% 523:02	53.0% 966:00
Conor Timmins	D	38	139:16	16%	50.9%	35% (6-11)	52.8% 297:18	44.4% 401:19
Zach Metsa	D	34	92:24	11%	38.6%	33% (2-4)	46.5% 303:40	50.6% 263:43
Logan Stanley	D	24	76:17	9%	49.2%	33% (1-2)	52.1% 188:00	51.4% 214:49
Alex Tuch	RW	13	75:01	9%	43.7%	67% (4-2)	48.8% 95:12	51.0% 104:01
Josh Norris	C	11	67:00	8%	43.6%	67% (4-2)	50.8% 72:00	46.3% 69:26
Jacob Bryson	D	20	50:41	6%	46.7%	50% (1-1)	50.6% 208:47	53.9% 160:18
Peyton Krebs	C	11	49:26	6%	48.0%	0% (0-4)	48.3% 72:53	49.1% 90:18
Tage Thompson	C	16	47:18	5%	48.0%	25% (1-3)	55.0% 154:54	53.7% 182:48

Linemate and opposition quality

2025-26 · 5v5 · 739 min on ice · ranked against 510 forwards

50.9%

teammates' average xGF%

66th percentile · higher = stronger linemates

28.9%

opponents' average ice-time share

54th percentile · higher = faces more top-line minutes

Middle-of-the-lineup deployment: average linemates and opposition.

QoT averages the season xGF% of Zucker's 5v5 teammates; QoC averages how much of their team's ice time Zucker's opponents get, so a high QoC means facing top lines. Both are weighted by time shared on the ice, lean on last season for small samples, and are ranked within forwards or defence.

Game log

75 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
May 18PO	vs MTL	OTL 2-3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1	0%	16:39	15:32	1:07	—
May 16PO	@ MTL	W 8-3	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	—	13:29	10:34	1:52	—
May 14PO	vs MTL	L 3-6	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	—	13:35	10:33	0:19	—
May 12PO	@ MTL	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	—	12:14	10:53	1:21	—
May 10PO	@ MTL	L 2-6	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	—	6:47	5:39	0:11	—
May 8PO	vs MTL	L 1-5	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	0%	11:08	6:24	4:44	—
May 6PO	vs MTL	W 4-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	14:15	11:03	2:59	—
May 1PO	@ BOS	W 4-1	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	2	0%	15:25	10:28	4:50	—
Apr 28PO	vs BOS	OTL 1-2	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0%	20:40	16:10	4:30	—
Apr 26PO	@ BOS	W 6-1	0	0	0	+1	1	0	3	0	0%	13:26	10:31	2:55	—
Apr 23PO	@ BOS	W 3-1	0	0	0	+1	4	0	3	0	100%	17:21	10:59	5:56	—
Apr 21PO	vs BOS	L 2-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0%	18:56	7:41	7:51	—
Apr 19PO	vs BOS	W 4-3	0	0	0	-1	3	2	3	0	—	15:10	10:48	4:22	—
Apr 13	@ CHI	W 5-1	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	1	0%	14:09	11:31	2:12	0:07
Apr 9	vs CBJ	W 5-0	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	—	14:18	11:48	2:30	—
Apr 8	@ NYR	W 5-3	1	1	2	+2	4	0	0	1	50%	18:14	13:14	4:40	—
Apr 6	vs TBL	W 4-2	1	1	2	+2	4	0	0	0	—	13:44	7:59	5:38	—
Apr 4	@ WSH	L 2-6	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	100%	18:20	13:25	4:55	—
Apr 2	@ OTT	L 1-4	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	1	0%	16:48	13:15	2:25	—
Mar 31	vs NYI	W 4-3	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	1	33%	15:32	12:01	3:31	—

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	62	968:34	15:37	1096	782	58.4%	58.0%	544	418	72	46	61%	66.4	47.5	70%
Even strength	62	741:40	11:58	672	702	48.9%	49.2%	340	363	38	32	54%	36.0	33.6	58%
5v5	62	739:23	11:56	671	702	48.9%	49.2%	340	363	38	32	54%	36.0	33.6	58%
Power play	61	206:37	3:23	387	43	90.0%	87.5%	188	35	30	3	91%	27.1	2.6	99%
Penalty kill	3	0:15	0:05	0	1	0.0%	—	0	0	0	0	—	0.0	0.0	—
5v4	60	196:51	3:17	360	42	89.6%	87.2%	179	34	30	3	91%	25.1	2.6	99%
5v3	8	8:48	1:06	26	1	96.3%	93.3%	9	1	0	0	—	1.8	0.0	100%
6v5, own net empty	14	11:37	0:50	29	17	63.0%	63.9%	13	10	1	10	9%	1.8	8.6	100%
5v6, opponent net empty	14	5:02	0:22	3	14	17.6%	15.4%	2	9	2	0	100%	1.3	0.8	0%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM			HIT	BLK	TOI/GP
2025-26Playoffs	BUF	13	2	2	4	-4	4	18	11.1%	20	5	14:33
2025-26	BUF	62	24	21	45	-5	23	128	18.8%	57	21	15:37
2024-25	BUF	73	21	32	53	+4	57	143	14.7%	68	22	16:00
2023-24Playoffs	NSH	6	1	2	3	+4	2	17	5.9%	15	1	14:18
2023-24	NSH, ARI	69	14	18	32	-9	81	150	9.3%	98	18	13:49
2022-23	PIT	78	27	21	48	-4	47	197	13.7%	198	29	15:39
2021-22Playoffs	PIT	5	0	2	2	-3	2	9	0.0%	23	2	13:45
2021-22	PIT	41	8	9	17	-2	15	102	7.8%	66	20	14:49
2020-21Playoffs	PIT	6	2	1	3	-1	2	12	16.7%	22	3	15:25
2020-21	PIT	38	9	9	18	-8	21	67	13.4%	69	15	15:41
2019-20	PIT, MIN	60	20	21	41	-4	21	111	18.0%	53	23	16:20
2018-19	MIN	81	21	21	42	-9	28	214	9.8%	87	38	17:05
2017-18Playoffs	MIN	5	0	0	0	-4	0	8	0.0%	3	3	16:27
2017-18	MIN	82	33	31	64	+8	44	222	14.9%	80	47	16:58

Jason Zucker news

Jason Zucker Injury: Placed on injured reserve
RotoWireSep 28, 2026
Sabres Week Ahead: Schedule & Storylines – Training Camp and Preseason Underway and More
The Hockey WritersSep 21, 2026
Video - Sabres Open Training Camp Without Veteran Jason Zucker
The Hockey NewsSep 17, 2026
Sabres Open Training Camp Without Veteran Jason Zucker
Yahoo SportsSep 17, 2026
A list of NHL injuries heading into the first day of training camp
NHLRumors.comSep 17, 2026
Sabres forward Jason Zucker to miss start of season after sports hernia surgery
Fingerlakes1.comSep 16, 2026
Sabres' Jason Zucker: Won't be ready for start of season
CBS SportsSep 16, 2026
Sabres' Jason Zucker To Miss Start Of Season
Pro Hockey RumorsSep 16, 2026

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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Luck

Player analytics

Fantasy box score

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Draw EquityDraw Equity (DrEq)Faceoff results in goals: each win or loss scored against a coin flip and weighted by the zone. 100 extra offensive- or defensive-zone wins are worth about 1.9 goals.Σ (win − 0.5) × V(zone)Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

Role changes

How the goals happened

Linemates

Linemate and opposition quality

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season

Jason Zucker news