C · SJS · NHL id 8482859
Zack Ostapchuk has played 1 game for the San Jose Sharks in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 0 shots while averaging 11:29 a night (7:54 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 3:35 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 98% of his 5v5 minutes with Kiefer Sherwood and 86% with Barclay Goodrow in his only game so far, and the Sharks have controlled 46% of shot attempts with Ostapchuk on the ice (0-0 in goals, 0% offensive-zone starts). In the Sharks' most recent game against FLA he was on L4 with Barclay Goodrow and Kiefer Sherwood and off the power play.
Right now
From the Oct 1 game vs FLA, detected from shift data
- ixG/60 0.00 (was 0.43)
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 1 games, 11:29 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 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 1 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 · 0 attempts, 0 on goal, 0 goals · dots are equal size until the xG model lands
Shot map, OPP at SJS: 0 attempts, 0 on goal, 0 goals, 0.00 expected goals.
No shot data for this range yet.
Luck
2025-26 · 59 GP · 7 points vs 8.7 expected
Last 20 games: -26. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 9.1%
- 97.5
- 50.0%
- G vs xG
- 4 / 3.9
- • Role rose over the last 10 games (3 promotion events): some of the heat may be real.
- 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, 0 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played59
- Goals4481st of 715
- Assists3651st of 715
- Points7615th of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal44570th of 715
- Hits14085th of 715
- Blocked shots29467th of 715
- Plus/minus−11576th of 715
- Penalty minutes45140th of 715
- Faceoffs won236119th of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)44.0%665th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)45.0%634th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)42.4%662nd of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)42.0%673rd of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)49.7%365th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)47.6%476th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /601.27183rd of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.001111th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.17674th of 719
- Faceoff win %51.6%81st of 238
- Draw Equity /100+0.00597th of 238
Usage
- Ice time per game10:06672nd of 715
- Power-play time per game0:02612th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %39.1%594th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.20414th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO975582nd of 719
- Goals above expected+0.1322nd of 715
- Luck Meter−24564th of 828
- Ascension score46245th of 428
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed23.366th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts15288th of 715
- Hardest shot82.2622nd of 715
- Offensive-zone time38.6%642nd 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 · 59 of 59 games through the sequence engine
- −0.023
- Season net
- −0.20xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 100 draws
- +0.005
- Season
- +0.02G
- 51.6%457 draws
Wins by zone: OZ 45-46 · NZ 98-81 · DZ 93-94
- Per 60
- 1.27
- Attempts
- 11
- 0.062
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 L1 from L4Jan 25, 2025 alerts →
How his goals happened
5 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2026 vs TOR | Rush | pass | 3 | 53.3 | — | |
| Jan 15, 2026 @ WSH | Odd-man rush | pass | 0 | 31.5 | 5-on-2 | |
| Jan 6, 2026 vs CBJ | Rush | loose | 0 | 28.7 | — | |
| Dec 29, 2025 @ ANA | Deflection | — | 4 | 54.0 | deflection | |
| Jan 19, 2025 @ NJD | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 34.5 | — |
* 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 Ostapchuk
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Ostapchuk apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiefer Sherwood | LW | 1 | 7:45 | 98% | 46.2% | — (0-0) | — 0:09 | 80.0% 2:50 |
| Barclay Goodrow | C | 1 | 6:47 | 86% | 36.4% | — (0-0) | 100.0% 1:07 | 33.3% 1:47 |
| Luca Cagnoni | D | 1 | 3:40 | 46% | 66.7% | — (0-0) | 40.0% 4:14 | 33.3% 11:49 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | 1 | 3:24 | 43% | 66.7% | — (0-0) | 40.0% 4:30 | 37.9% 12:28 |
| Jacob Trouba | D | 1 | 3:00 | 38% | 33.3% | — (0-0) | 57.1% 4:54 | 54.2% 11:58 |
| Nolan Allan | D | 1 | 2:48 | 35% | 33.3% | — (0-0) | 57.1% 5:06 | 59.1% 11:35 |
| Michael Kesselring | D | 1 | 1:36 | 20% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 44.4% 6:18 | 52.6% 13:18 |
| Darnell Nurse | D | 1 | 1:27 | 18% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 44.4% 6:27 | 42.9% 12:04 |
Game log
1 game in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | vs FLA | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 11:29 | 7:54 | — | 3:35 |
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 | 1 | 11:29 | 11:29 | 6 | 19 | 24.0% | 16.7% | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.3 | 1.7 | 25% |
| Even strength | 1 | 7:54 | 7:54 | 6 | 7 | 46.2% | 42.9% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0% |
| 5v5 | 1 | 7:54 | 7:54 | 6 | 7 | 46.2% | 42.9% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0% |
| Penalty kill | 1 | 3:35 | 3:35 | 0 | 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.0 | 1.6 | 33% |
| 4v5 | 1 | 3:35 | 3:35 | 0 | 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.0 | 1.6 | 33% |
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 | SJS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 2 | 11:29 |
| 2025-26 | SJS | 59 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 45 | 44 | 9.1% | 140 | 29 | 10:06 |
| 2024-25 | SJS, OTT | 56 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -8 | 45 | 26 | 3.8% | 110 | 21 | 9:25 |
| 2023-24 | OTT | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 0.0% | 13 | 6 | 10:30 |
Zack Ostapchuk news
- 3 Takeaways From the Sharks’ Preseason Loss to the DucksThe Hockey Writers
- No. 16 Zack Ostapchuk: Finding a place on the fourth lineFear the Fin
- Zack Ostapchuk Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- Zack Ostapchuk StatsNHL.com
- Zack Ostapchuk HomeNHL.com
- 63 Days to Opening Night: The Story of Zack OstapchukYahoo Sports Canada
- Zack Ostapchuk contract bad omen for Ryan ReavesBlades of Teal
- Zack Ostapchuk 'excited' to re-sign with Sharks on four-year contract extensionYahoo 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.