LW · CHI · NHL id 8477482
Zachary Sanford has played 29 games for the Chicago Blackhawks in 2023-24, scoring 0 goals and 6 assists (6 points) on 24 shots while averaging 10:50 a night (10:08 at even strength, 0:34 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Blackhawks have controlled 46% of shot attempts with Sanford on the ice (8-8 in goals, 62% offensive-zone starts). In the Blackhawks' most recent game against ARI he was on L2 with Tyler Johnson and Taylor Raddysh and on PP2; dropped to L4 (from L3) in the last game. He is shooting 0.0% this season against 11.7% across the 307 games in our data.
Right now
From the Mar 10 game vs ARI, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2023-24 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 3 games, 11:53 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 1 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 · 54 attempts, 24 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at CHI: 54 attempts, 24 on goal, 0 goals, 3.43 expected goals; best chance Zachary Sanford at 0.37 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 · 29 of 29 games through the sequence engine
- +0.056
- Season net
- +0.27xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 100 draws
- −0.149
- Season
- −0.18G
- 35.3%119 draws
Wins by zone: OZ 15-28 · NZ 14-29 · DZ 13-20
- Per 60
- 1.63
- Attempts
- 8
- 0.074
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Linemates
2023-24 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Sanford
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
29 games in 2023-24, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10 | vs ARI | W 7-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 67% | 13:11 | 11:11 | 2:00 | — |
| Mar 9 | @ WSH | L 1-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40% | 11:43 | 11:02 | 0:41 | — |
| Mar 5 | @ ARI | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56% | 11:23 | 10:45 | — | — |
| Feb 17 | vs OTT | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43% | 8:54 | 8:54 | — | — |
| Feb 15 | vs PIT | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 12:16 | 11:26 | 0:50 | — |
| Feb 13 | vs VAN | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29% | 11:05 | 9:58 | — | — |
| Feb 7 | vs MIN | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17% | 10:56 | 10:45 | 0:11 | — |
| Jan 27 | @ CGY | L 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 10:03 | 8:23 | 1:40 | — |
| Jan 25 | @ EDM | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 12:32 | 12:32 | — | — |
| Jan 24 | @ SEA | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 67% | 11:12 | 10:10 | 1:02 | — |
| Jan 22 | @ VAN | L 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33% | 14:31 | 10:51 | 2:48 | — |
| Jan 19 | vs NYI | W 4-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43% | 12:21 | 11:18 | 1:03 | — |
| Jan 18 | @ BUF | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | 12:09 | 8:27 | 3:34 | 0:08 |
| Jan 16 | vs SJS | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 10:17 | 10:17 | — | — |
| Jan 13 | vs DAL | L 1-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 38% | 11:59 | 11:59 | — | — |
| Jan 11 | @ WPG | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60% | 12:13 | 11:42 | — | — |
| Jan 9 | vs EDM | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13% | 12:03 | 11:35 | — | — |
| Jan 7 | vs CGY | W 4-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 13:42 | 11:01 | 2:34 | — |
| Jan 4 | vs NYI | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 11:35 | 11:35 | — | — |
| Jan 2 | vs FLA | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 9:18 | 9:18 | — | — |
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 | 29 | 314:16 | 10:50 | 287 | 313 | 47.8% | 48.0% | 144 | 151 | 9 | 8 | 53% | 15.1 | 12.4 | 63% |
| Even strength | 29 | 293:41 | 10:08 | 261 | 309 | 45.8% | 46.1% | 128 | 148 | 8 | 8 | 50% | 13.0 | 12.1 | 62% |
| 5v5 | 29 | 293:41 | 10:08 | 261 | 309 | 45.8% | 46.1% | 128 | 148 | 8 | 8 | 50% | 13.0 | 12.1 | 62% |
| Power play | 10 | 16:23 | 1:38 | 20 | 3 | 87.0% | 83.3% | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1.5 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 1 | 0:08 | 0:08 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| 5v4 | 10 | 16:23 | 1:38 | 20 | 3 | 87.0% | 83.3% | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1.5 | 0.3 | 100% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 4 | 2:35 | 0:39 | 5 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.2 | 0.0 | — |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | CHI, ARI | 29 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 0.0% | 24 | 19 | 10:50 |
| 2022-23 | NSH | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 | 20 | 10.0% | 21 | 21 | 13:29 |
| 2021-22 | WPG, OTT | 80 | 9 | 12 | 21 | -15 | 50 | 104 | 8.7% | 169 | 67 | 14:18 |
| 2020-21Playoffs | STL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 7 | 2 | 10:32 |
| 2020-21 | STL | 52 | 10 | 6 | 16 | -13 | 25 | 67 | 14.9% | 69 | 44 | 14:53 |
| 2019-20 | STL | 58 | 16 | 14 | 30 | +13 | 28 | 90 | 17.8% | 109 | 32 | 13:44 |
| 2018-19Playoffs | STL | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 0 | 8 | 12.5% | 18 | 2 | 10:00 |
| 2018-19 | STL | 60 | 8 | 12 | 20 | +8 | 21 | 77 | 10.4% | 48 | 37 | 12:35 |
Zachary Sanford news
- Shattenkirk Trade Was Key to Blues’ SuccessThe Hockey Writers
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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.