RW · BOS · NHL id 8477956
David Pastrnak has played 2 games for the Boston Bruins in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 2 assists (2 points) on 8 shots while averaging 19:48 a night (16:30 at even strength, 2:34 on the power play and 0:04 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 82% of his 5v5 minutes with JJ Peterka and 79% with Elias Lindholm over the last 2 games, and the Bruins have controlled 62% of shot attempts with Pastrnak on the ice (1-2 in goals, 86% offensive-zone starts). In the Bruins' most recent game against WPG he was on L1 with Elias Lindholm and JJ Peterka and on PP1. He is shooting 0.0% this season against 13.5% across the 743 games in our data.
Right now
From the Oct 2 game vs WPG, detected from shift data
- 2 P in last 2 (1.30/GP before)
- −0:44 PP TOI
- 4% of 5v5 TOI with top players (was 42%)
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 2 games, 19:08 average time on ice, PP1 in 2 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 2 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.
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
2026-27 · 16 attempts, 8 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at BOS: 16 attempts, 8 on goal, 0 goals, 0.55 expected goals; best chance David Pastrnak at 0.09 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 77 GP · 100 points vs 94.9 expected
Last 20 games: +22. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 11.1%
- 102.7
- 79.4%
- G vs xG
- 29 / 34.1
- • Role shrank over the last 10 games (1 demotion event): the cold spell may not be all luck.
- • Shot diet worsened: 0.064 xG per attempt lately vs 0.081 before.
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.
- 2026-27 so far: 2 GP, 0 G, 2 A, 0 PPP, 8 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played77
- Goals2946th of 715
- Assists716th of 715
- Points1007th of 715
- Power-play points3212th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal26111th of 715
- Hits86219th of 715
- Blocked shots32427th of 715
- Plus/minus+4211th of 715
- Penalty minutes7240th of 715
- Faceoffs won2418th of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)48.9%394th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)48.4%440th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)49.7%337th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)49.9%317th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)46.1%544th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)47.8%464th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /601.6675th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.077568th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.29349th of 719
- Faceoff win %22.2%
- Draw Equity /100−0.282
Usage
- Ice time per game20:3999th of 715
- Power-play time per game3:3617th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %64.7%94th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.08343rd of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO102793rd of 719
- Goals above expected−5.1698th of 715
- Luck Meter+8307th of 828
- Ascension score40415th of 526
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed21.5607th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts67318th of 715
- Hardest shot93.1148th of 715
- Offensive-zone time43.6%174th of 715
Compare head to head
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 · 77 of 77 games through the sequence engine
- −0.062
- Season net
- −1.23xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 1.66
- Attempts
- 33
- 0.075
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
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2Jan 29, 2026 alerts →
- Played 5:09 more than his 5-game averageNov 7, 2024 alerts →
- Moved up to L1 from L2Mar 27, 2024 alerts →
- Moved down to L4 from L1Nov 18, 2023 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2Dec 11, 2021 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2Dec 4, 2021 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2Apr 23, 2021 alerts →
- Moved down to L3 from L1Mar 3, 2020 alerts →
How the goals happened
40 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2026 vs BUF | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 71.1 | 2-on-1, one-timer | |
| Apr 28, 2026 @ BUF | Dump and chase | dump | 1 | 26.0 | — | |
| Apr 19, 2026 @ BUF | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 33.8 | — | |
| Mar 25, 2026 @ BUF | Rush | loose | 0 | 55.7 | one-timer | |
| Mar 21, 2026 @ DET | Cycle | — | 6* | 79.3 | one-timer | |
| Mar 19, 2026 vs WPG | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 35.7 | — | |
| Mar 16, 2026 @ NJD | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 34.1 | 2-on-1 | |
| Mar 16, 2026 @ NJD | Rebound | carry | 0 | 18.7 | rebound | |
| Mar 12, 2026 vs SJS | Forecheck turnover | — | 2* | 72.1 | one-timer | |
| Mar 8, 2026 @ PIT | Dump and chase | dump | 0 | 12.3 | 1-on-0 | |
| Jan 27, 2026 vs NSH | Deflection | — | 1 | 14.8 | rebound | |
| Jan 22, 2026 vs VGK | Rush | loose | 0 | 55.2 | one-timer | |
| Jan 6, 2026 @ SEA | Rebound | pass | 0 | 60.1 | one-timer, rebound | |
| Jan 6, 2026 @ SEA | Dump and chase | dump | 1* | 42.8 | 1-on-0 | |
| Dec 31, 2025 @ EDM | Forecheck turnover | carry | 1 | 81.4 | one-timer | |
| Dec 31, 2025 @ EDM | Rebound | — | 2 | 25.4 | rebound | |
| Dec 27, 2025 @ BUF | Dump and chase | dump | 0 | 56.8 | 3-on-2 | |
| Dec 21, 2025 vs OTT | Cycle | carry | 4 | 69.0 | 5-on-3, one-timer | |
| Dec 11, 2025 @ WPG | Rush | carry | 2 | 44.1 | — | |
| Dec 11, 2025 @ WPG | Forecheck turnover | — | 3* | 56.9 | — | |
| Nov 13, 2025 @ OTT | Rebound | — | 0 | 46.4 | rebound | |
| Nov 11, 2025 vs TOR | Forecheck turnover | — | 3* | 41.4 | — | |
| Nov 11, 2025 vs TOR | Rush | loose | 3 | 13.8 | — | |
| Nov 8, 2025 @ TOR | Rush | pass | 2 | 5.6 | — | |
| Oct 30, 2025 vs BUF | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 71.2 | 2-on-1 | |
| Oct 28, 2025 vs NYI | Forecheck turnover | carry | 2* | 37.3 | — | |
| Oct 23, 2025 vs ANA | Point shot | — | 2 | 59.5 | — | |
| Oct 19, 2025 @ UTA | Odd-man rush | carry | 1 | 29.8 | 1-on-0 | |
| Oct 19, 2025 @ UTA | Forecheck turnover | — | 3 | 4.4 | — | |
| Oct 16, 2025 @ VGK | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 40.6 | — | |
| Oct 8, 2025 @ WSH | Point shot | — | 3 | 39.9 | — | |
| Apr 15, 2025 vs NJD | Rush | loose | 0 | 17.5 | — | |
| Apr 10, 2025 vs CHI | Deflection | carry | 0 | 17.9 | — | |
| Apr 8, 2025 @ NJD | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 71.7 | 3-on-2 | |
| Apr 5, 2025 vs CAR | Odd-man rush | carry | 1* | 20.3 | 3-on-2 | |
| Apr 5, 2025 vs CAR | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 15.0 | 3-on-2 | |
| Apr 5, 2025 vs CAR | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 40.7 | — | |
| Apr 1, 2025 vs WSH | Rush | carry | 1 | 57.2 | — | |
| Apr 1, 2025 vs WSH | Deflection | — | 0 | 69.6 | one-timer | |
| Mar 26, 2025 @ ANA | Off the faceoff | — | 0 | 75.1 | — |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2026-27 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Pastrnak
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Pastrnak apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JJ Peterka | RW | 2 | 25:17 | 82% | 59.6% | 50% (1-1) | 75.0% 5:34 | 27.3% 5:28 |
| Elias Lindholm | C | 2 | 24:28 | 79% | 60.0% | 50% (1-1) | 70.0% 6:23 | 37.5% 3:22 |
| Hampus Lindholm | D | 2 | 11:29 | 37% | 75.0% | 100% (1-0) | 51.4% 19:22 | 48.0% 22:26 |
| Mason Lohrei | D | 2 | 11:00 | 36% | 65.4% | — (0-0) | 59.0% 19:51 | 46.5% 25:05 |
| Will Borgen | D | 2 | 10:31 | 34% | 69.6% | 100% (1-0) | 57.1% 20:20 | 45.7% 23:28 |
| Nikita Zadorov | D | 2 | 10:08 | 33% | 47.4% | 0% (0-2) | 67.4% 20:43 | 61.7% 28:00 |
| Jonathan Aspirot | D | 2 | 9:26 | 31% | 57.9% | — (0-0) | 63.0% 21:25 | 42.5% 22:55 |
| Connor Clifton | D | 2 | 9:09 | 30% | 40.0% | 0% (0-2) | 68.0% 21:42 | 62.0% 29:08 |
| Fraser Minten | C | 2 | 2:23 | 8% | 75.0% | — (0-0) | 60.7% 28:28 | 59.0% 25:06 |
| Sean Kuraly | C | 1 | 1:27 | 5% | 100.0% | — (0-0) | 61.1% 13:45 | 50.0% 8:24 |
| Morgan Geekie | C | 1 | 1:21 | 4% | 66.7% | — (0-0) | 61.8% 13:51 | 47.1% 13:34 |
| Tanner Jeannot | LW | 1 | 1:08 | 4% | 50.0% | 0% (0-1) | 62.9% 14:04 | 50.0% 8:24 |
| Pavel Zacha | C | 1 | 1:06 | 4% | 66.7% | — (0-0) | 61.8% 14:06 | 55.6% 12:20 |
Linemate and opposition quality
2025-26 · 5v5 · 1,192 min on ice · ranked against 510 forwards · last season, until this season has enough games to rank
39th percentile · higher = stronger linemates
91st percentile · higher = tougher opponents
Faces tougher-than-usual opposition.
Each value is the ice-time-weighted average season xGF% of the skaters Pastrnak shared the 5v5 ice with. Small samples lean on each skater's previous season (or 50% for newcomers). Most skaters land between about 45% and 55% for QoT and 49% and 51% for QoC, so the percentile is the easier read.
Game log
2 games in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2 | @ WPG | W 4-3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | 22:04 | 17:20 | 3:40 | 0:08 |
| Sep 29 | vs NYR | W 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 17:32 | 15:39 | 1:28 | — |
Season splits by strength
2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 2 | 39:36 | 19:48 | 55 | 32 | 63.2% | 63.5% | 24 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 60% | 2.2 | 1.6 | 88% |
| Even strength | 2 | 32:59 | 16:30 | 42 | 27 | 60.9% | 61.5% | 19 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 50% | 1.7 | 1.0 | 86% |
| 5v5 | 2 | 30:51 | 15:26 | 40 | 25 | 61.5% | 62.5% | 18 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 33% | 1.5 | 0.9 | 86% |
| Power play | 2 | 5:08 | 2:34 | 10 | 4 | 71.4% | 71.4% | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.3 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 1 | 0:08 | 0:08 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| 3v3 (OT) | 1 | 2:08 | 2:08 | 2 | 2 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.2 | 0.1 | — |
| 5v4 | 2 | 5:08 | 2:34 | 10 | 4 | 71.4% | 71.4% | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.3 | 0.2 | 100% |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | BOS | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 8 | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 19:48 |
| 2025-26Playoffs | BOS | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -7 | 8 | 22 | 13.6% | 12 | 5 | 20:58 |
| 2025-26 | BOS | 77 | 29 | 71 | 100 | +4 | 72 | 261 | 11.1% | 86 | 32 | 20:39 |
| 2024-25 | BOS | 82 | 43 | 63 | 106 | 0 | 42 | 319 | 13.5% | 58 | 24 | 20:11 |
| 2023-24Playoffs | BOS | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 41 | 9.8% | 26 | 9 | 19:39 |
| 2023-24 | BOS | 82 | 47 | 63 | 110 | +21 | 47 | 382 | 12.3% | 70 | 19 | 19:56 |
| 2022-23Playoffs | BOS | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 2 | 34 | 14.7% | 8 | 1 | 20:33 |
| 2022-23 | BOS | 82 | 61 | 52 | 113 | +34 | 38 | 407 | 15.0% | 91 | 33 | 19:34 |
| 2021-22Playoffs | BOS | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +1 | 2 | 39 | 7.7% | 18 | 2 | 19:27 |
| 2021-22 | BOS | 72 | 40 | 37 | 77 | +13 | 20 | 312 | 12.8% | 63 | 14 | 18:36 |
| 2020-21Playoffs | BOS | 11 | 7 | 8 | 15 | +3 | 8 | 52 | 13.5% | 14 | 4 | 19:44 |
| 2020-21 | BOS | 48 | 20 | 28 | 48 | +10 | 24 | 176 | 11.4% | 35 | 13 | 18:37 |
| 2019-20 | BOS | 70 | 48 | 47 | 95 | +21 | 40 | 279 | 17.2% | 47 | 22 | 18:58 |
| 2018-19Playoffs | BOS | 24 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 82 | 11.0% | 34 | 9 | 17:34 |
| 2018-19 | BOS | 66 | 38 | 43 | 81 | +6 | 32 | 235 | 16.2% | 57 | 25 | 18:45 |
| 2017-18Playoffs | BOS | 12 | 6 | 14 | 20 | +2 | 8 | 44 | 13.6% | 13 | 4 | 19:17 |
| 2017-18 | BOS | 82 | 35 | 45 | 80 | +10 | 37 | 246 | 14.2% | 55 | 31 | 17:58 |
David Pastrnak news
- NHL Network Ranks David Pastrnak 8th-Best Active NHL PlayerYahoo Sports
- David Pastrnak's top 3 NHL goalies include an unsurprising Bruins choiceCauseway Crowd
- Rangers at Bruins preview: David Pastrnak set to make debut as captain in season openerThe Boston Globe
- David Pastrnak Named Boston Bruins Captain Stream of National Hockey LeagueCBS Sports
- Inside David Pastrnak's First Game as Bruins Captain, 'It Was a Great Day'NHL.com
- David Pastrnak Named 28th Bruins Captain! Can This Roster Exceed Expectations?newscentermaine.com
- Top 50 Players: David PastrnakNHL.com
- David Pastrnak leads Bruins against new-look Rangers in openerCBS Sports
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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.