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Boston Bruins

Pavel Zacha

#18Center6'4"209 lb

0.0 in 2 days
2026-27 regular season
2
GP
0
G
0
A
0
P
6
SOG
0.0% SH
16:59
TOI/GP

C · BOS · NHL id 8478401

Pavel Zacha has played 2 games for the Boston Bruins in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 6 shots while averaging 16:59 a night (12:13 at even strength, 0:52 on the power play and 0:47 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 95% of his 5v5 minutes with Morgan Geekie and 89% with Casey Mittelstadt over the last 2 games, and the Bruins have controlled 50% of shot attempts with Zacha on the ice (1-0 in goals, 22% offensive-zone starts). In the Bruins' most recent game against WPG he was on L2 with Morgan Geekie and Casey Mittelstadt and on PP1; moved up to L2 (from L3) in the last game. He is shooting 0.0% this season against 12.9% across the 668 games in our data.

Right now

From the Oct 2 game vs WPG, detected from shift data

Line
L2
Morgan GeekieCasey Mittelstadt
Power play
PP1
Hampus LindholmDavid PastrnakMorgan GeekieJJ Peterka
Penalty kill
PK1F
Marat Khusnutdinov
Moved up to L2 (from L3) in the last gameLast 2: L3/PP1 · L2/PP1
Ascension42Steadylast 1 games vs previous 20 (incl. last season), through Oct 2, 2026
  • 0 P in last 1 (1.20/GP before)
  • −1:41 PP TOI
  • 0% of 5v5 TOI with top players (was 45%)

Deployment timeline

2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 2 games, 13:51 average time on ice, PP1 in 2 games, 1 line changes.

PPLine32▲0m3m7m10m13m17mSep 29Oct 2
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
2 games shown, 13:51 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

Only 1 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.

Top speed57th5822.4 mph
Bursts 20+ mph50th5062
Hardest shot92nd9293.0 mph
Offensive-zone time53rd5442.4%
Distance skated80th81208.2 mi
High-danger SOG85th8661
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

2026-27 · 11 attempts, 6 on goal, 0 goals

Shot map, OPP at BOS: 11 attempts, 6 on goal, 0 goals, 0.64 expected goals; best chance Pavel Zacha at 0.11 xG.

  • 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 · 78 GP · 65 points vs 52.7 expected

Luck Meter →
Sell high

Last 20 games: +95. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

22.9%
103.6
61.9%
G vs xG
30 / 21.2
  • • Role shrank over the last 10 games (TOI down 1:42 a game, PP share 54% → 47%, 2 demotion events): the cold spell may not be all luck.
  • • Shot diet worsened: 0.085 xG per attempt lately vs 0.108 before.
Goals against expected goals
0102030+8.8goals above expected1.9σ10/84/14
  • 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: 1 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 3 SOG.

Fantasy box score

  • Games played78
  • Goals3040th
  • Assists3593rd
  • Points6567th
  • Power-play points2259th
  • Shorthanded points0227th
  • Shots on goal131205th
  • Hits64317th
  • Blocked shots26510th
  • Plus/minus+4211th
  • Penalty minutes28321st
  • Faceoffs won52444th

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

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

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 · 78 of 78 games through the sequence engine

MethodLeaders
−0.038
Season net
−0.59xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
+0.036
Season
+0.35G
53.3%983 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 163-147 · NZ 155-133 · DZ 206-179

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.90
Attempts
14
0.086

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−1.63G
Per 60
−0.074
Drawn / taken
6 / 14minors

MethodLeaders
46.6%
43.8%
46.4%
Transition CF/60
5.3
Turnovers won/60
20.1
Turnovers lost/60
23.1

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
131 shots on goal, 30 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Low Slot34%23%11
R Point0%6%0
R Circle7%12%1
L Point1%5%0
Center Point5%9%0
L Circle17%13%6
High Slot11%7%3

Role changes

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

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How the goals happened

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

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Apr 21, 2026 @ BUFDeflection—430.6deflection
Apr 7, 2026 @ CARForecheck turnover—127.5—
Apr 5, 2026 @ PHIRebound—019.6rebound
Mar 29, 2026 @ CBJForecheck turnover—024.6—
Mar 29, 2026 @ CBJDeflection—246.4deflection
Mar 28, 2026 vs MINDeflection—131.6deflection
Mar 28, 2026 vs MINRushcarry2*61.6one-timer
Mar 25, 2026 @ BUFRushcarry056.6—
Mar 19, 2026 vs WPGRebound—067.6rebound
Mar 17, 2026 @ MTLDeflectioncarry018.73-on-2
Mar 17, 2026 @ MTLRebound—040.5rebound
Mar 16, 2026 @ NJDRushpass226.9one-timer
Mar 8, 2026 @ PITForecheck turnover—049.9—
Mar 8, 2026 @ PITCycle—4*28.1—
Mar 8, 2026 @ PITForecheck turnover—2*58.8one-timer
Mar 7, 2026 vs WSHRushpass47.4—
Jan 29, 2026 vs PHIOdd-man rushpass133.24-on-3
Jan 13, 2026 vs DETForecheck turnover—075.5—
Jan 10, 2026 vs NYRForecheck turnover—070.4—
Jan 10, 2026 vs NYRRebound—010.7rebound
Jan 10, 2026 vs NYRRushcarry051.5—
Dec 20, 2025 vs VANReboundcarry3*23.0rebound
Dec 18, 2025 vs EDMOdd-man rushcarry330.95-on-3
Dec 9, 2025 @ STLForecheck turnovercarry143.71-on-0
Dec 4, 2025 vs STLRebound—141.7rebound
Dec 4, 2025 vs STLRushcarry060.5—
Nov 11, 2025 vs TORDeflection—07.4—
Nov 6, 2025 vs OTTRebound—16.9rebound
Nov 4, 2025 @ NYIRebound—1*56.1rebound
Oct 21, 2025 vs FLACyclecarry024.9—
Oct 11, 2025 vs BUFForecheck turnover—3*64.7one-timer
Mar 17, 2025 vs BUFCycle—329.3—
Mar 11, 2025 vs FLAForecheck turnover—231.4—
Feb 1, 2025 vs NYRForecheck turnover—019.1—
Jan 18, 2025 @ OTTForecheck turnovercarry3*29.04-on-3
Jan 14, 2025 vs TBLPoint shot—243.3—
Dec 27, 2024 @ CBJForecheck turnover—07.2—
Dec 14, 2024 @ VANOdd-man rushcarry030.62-on-1
Dec 7, 2024 vs PHIForecheck turnover—050.9one-timer
Dec 3, 2024 vs DETForecheck turnover—266.6—

* 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 Zacha

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Zacha apartCF% mate apart
Morgan GeekieC223:0895%49.0%100% (1-0)60.0% 1:1863.6% 4:31
Casey MittelstadtC221:4189%52.2%100% (1-0)37.5% 2:4550.0% 3:21
Nikita ZadorovD29:3939%62.5%— (0-0)47.8% 14:4753.8% 25:10
Connor CliftonD29:2839%71.4%— (0-0)46.8% 14:5853.7% 27:06
Hampus LindholmD29:2539%44.8%100% (1-0)56.0% 15:0169.6% 21:52
Will BorgenD29:0937%46.4%100% (1-0)53.8% 15:1766.7% 20:24
Mason LohreiD25:3823%52.9%— (0-0)48.6% 18:4852.9% 26:10
Jonathan AspirotD24:2218%50.0%— (0-0)50.0% 20:0446.5% 24:36
David PastrnakRW11:387%40.0%— (0-0)53.8% 9:0762.5% 12:14
JJ PeterkaRW11:095%33.3%— (0-0)56.0% 9:3656.7% 11:11

Linemate and opposition quality

2025-26 · 5v5 · 935:56 on ice · ranked against 510 forwards · last season, until this season has enough games to rank

Quality of teammates (QoT)49.4%

48th percentile · higher = stronger linemates

Quality of competition (QoC)50.3%

87th percentile · higher = tougher opponents

Faces tougher-than-usual opposition.

Each value is the ice-time-weighted average season xGF% of the skaters Zacha shared the 5v5 ice with, each shrunk toward 50%. 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

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Oct 2@ WPGW 4-3000+2300347%18:3410:450:301:03
Sep 29vs NYRW 3-00000301063%15:2413:411:130:30

Season splits by strength

2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations227:4213:51333846.5%45.5%16211150%1.82.233%
Even strength224:2612:13283048.3%45.7%121710100%1.51.522%
5v5224:2612:13272750.0%47.7%121610100%1.51.422%
Power play21:430:524266.7%75.0%3100—0.20.0100%
Penalty kill21:330:47060.0%0.0%03010%0.00.70%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2026-27BOS2000+2060.0%1316:59
2025-26PlayoffsBOS6123-72119.1%9218:07
2025-26BOS78303565+42813122.9%642616:51
2024-25BOS82143347-82113210.6%632619:04
2023-24PlayoffsBOS13156+24195.3%25418:04
2023-24BOS78213859+121814814.2%1063418:06
2022-23PlayoffsBOS7066+12150.0%10117:31
2022-23BOS82213657+261613116.0%672116:03
2021-22NJD70152136-212214810.1%801816:51
2020-21NJD50171835-111010316.5%421017:09
2019-20NJD6582432-1214978.2%621916:16
2018-19NJD61131225-6159913.1%682416:05
2017-18PlayoffsNJD5000-1650.0%6515:21
2017-18NJD6981725-3301127.1%702214:22

Pavel Zacha 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.