D · CHI · NHL id 8479458
Nikita Zaitsev has played 38 games for the Chicago Blackhawks in 2023-24, scoring 2 goals and 5 assists (7 points) on 31 shots while averaging 15:56 a night (14:39 at even strength, 0:38 on the power play and 0:31 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Blackhawks have controlled 43% of shot attempts with Zaitsev on the ice (14-23 in goals, 65% offensive-zone starts). In the Blackhawks' most recent game against STL he was on D3 with Jarred Tinordi and off the power play. He is shooting 6.5% this season against 4.6% across the 414 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 10 game vs STL, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2023-24 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 12 games, 15:48 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 7 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2023-24 percentiles among skaters at his position
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
2023-24 · 90 attempts, 31 on goal, 2 goals
Shot map, OPP at CHI: 90 attempts, 31 on goal, 2 goals, 1.21 expected goals; best chance Nikita Zaitsev at 0.15 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2023-24 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2023-24 regular season · 37 of 38 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.033
- Season net
- −0.30xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.66
- Attempts
- 6
- 0.005
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved up to D1 from D3Dec 22, 2023 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D2Feb 22, 2020 alerts →
- Moved up to D2 from D3Feb 1, 2020 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D2Dec 14, 2019 alerts →
- Moved down to D2 from D1Nov 20, 2019 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D2Nov 19, 2018 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D2Nov 22, 2017 alerts →
How the goals happened
2 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2024 vs CGY | Point shot | — | 3* | 50.5 | — | |
| Nov 4, 2023 vs FLA | Rebound | carry | 1 | 67.9 | 2-on-1, rebound |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2023-24 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Zaitsev
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
38 games in 2023-24, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10 | @ STL | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 16:12 | 16:06 | — | 0:06 |
| Apr 7 | vs MIN | L 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 18:54 | 18:54 | — | — |
| Mar 28 | @ OTT | L 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6:15 | 6:15 | — | — |
| Mar 26 | vs CGY | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 15:17 | 15:06 | — | 0:11 |
| Mar 23 | @ SJS | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | 18:55 | 17:15 | 0:08 | 1:32 |
| Mar 21 | @ ANA | L 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | 14:32 | 13:51 | — | 0:27 |
| Mar 19 | @ LAK | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 18:44 | 18:42 | 0:02 | — |
| Mar 17 | vs SJS | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 12:42 | 11:53 | 0:43 | — |
| Mar 15 | vs LAK | L 0-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | 18:13 | 16:35 | 0:19 | 1:19 |
| Mar 12 | vs ANA | W 7-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | 16:27 | 15:22 | 0:07 | — |
| Mar 10 | vs ARI | W 7-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 17:54 | 17:47 | — | 0:07 |
| Mar 9 | @ WSH | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | 16:56 | 16:31 | 0:09 | 0:06 |
| Jan 16 | vs SJS | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 8:46 | 7:52 | 0:09 | 0:45 |
| Jan 13 | vs DAL | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 15:30 | 14:11 | 0:46 | 0:33 |
| Jan 11 | @ WPG | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | 16:27 | 14:40 | 1:22 | 0:02 |
| Jan 9 | vs EDM | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 17:33 | 15:48 | 1:20 | — |
| Jan 7 | vs CGY | W 4-3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 14:15 | 11:47 | 2:21 | — |
| Jan 5 | @ NJD | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | 18:33 | 11:38 | 3:36 | 3:19 |
| Jan 4 | @ NYR | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | 21:27 | 19:41 | 0:52 | 0:54 |
| Jan 2 | @ NSH | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | — | 19:20 | 16:52 | 1:47 | 0:41 |
Season splits by strength
2023-24 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 38 | 605:22 | 15:56 | 513 | 690 | 42.6% | 42.2% | 244 | 356 | 21 | 27 | 44% | 20.5 | 29.3 | 64% |
| Even strength | 38 | 556:37 | 14:39 | 479 | 649 | 42.5% | 41.8% | 223 | 332 | 15 | 23 | 39% | 17.6 | 26.5 | 65% |
| 5v5 | 38 | 549:03 | 14:27 | 474 | 637 | 42.7% | 42.1% | 220 | 323 | 14 | 23 | 38% | 17.4 | 25.6 | 65% |
| Power play | 23 | 23:53 | 1:02 | 21 | 9 | 70.0% | 75.0% | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 100% | 1.0 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 25 | 19:46 | 0:47 | 7 | 28 | 20.0% | 20.7% | 5 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 33% | 0.6 | 2.4 | 13% |
| 4v4 | 10 | 7:34 | 0:45 | 5 | 12 | 29.4% | 25.0% | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.2 | 0.9 | 71% |
| 5v4 | 23 | 23:53 | 1:02 | 21 | 9 | 70.0% | 75.0% | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 100% | 1.0 | 0.2 | 100% |
| 4v5 | 25 | 19:46 | 0:47 | 7 | 28 | 20.0% | 20.7% | 5 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 33% | 0.6 | 2.4 | 13% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 6 | 2:46 | 0:28 | 5 | 1 | 83.3% | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.2 | 0.0 | — |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 6 | 2:20 | 0:23 | 1 | 3 | 25.0% | 33.3% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1.0 | 0.2 | — |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | CHI | 38 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 14 | 31 | 6.5% | 69 | 70 | 15:56 |
| 2022-23 | CHI, OTT | 46 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -9 | 20 | 20 | 5.0% | 95 | 72 | 16:28 |
| 2021-22 | OTT | 62 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 28 | 65 | 3.1% | 128 | 103 | 18:59 |
| 2020-21 | OTT | 55 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -13 | 26 | 70 | 5.7% | 114 | 110 | 22:44 |
| 2019-20 | OTT | 58 | 1 | 11 | 12 | -8 | 22 | 64 | 1.6% | 108 | 121 | 22:09 |
| 2018-19Playoffs | TOR | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 8 | 0.0% | 15 | 10 | 18:57 |
| 2018-19 | TOR | 81 | 3 | 11 | 14 | +2 | 18 | 71 | 4.2% | 139 | 151 | 20:28 |
| 2017-18Playoffs | TOR | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 2 | 9 | 0.0% | 25 | 12 | 20:48 |
| 2017-18 | TOR | 60 | 5 | 8 | 13 | +8 | 31 | 54 | 9.3% | 113 | 134 | 22:13 |
Nikita Zaitsev news
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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.