D · BOS · NHL id 8477507
Nikita Zadorov has played 2 games for the Boston Bruins in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shots while averaging 21:24 a night (20:01 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 1:09 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 91% of his 5v5 minutes with Connor Clifton and 32% with Casey Mittelstadt over the last 2 games, and the Bruins have controlled 58% of shot attempts with Zadorov on the ice (1-2 in goals, 56% offensive-zone starts). In the Bruins' most recent game against WPG he was on D3 with Connor Clifton and off the power play.
Right now
From the Oct 2 game vs WPG, detected from shift data
- 2 P in last 2 (0.20/GP before)
- +2:03 5v5 TOI
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 2 games, 21:10 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 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 · 7 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at BOS: 7 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals, 0.19 expected goals; best chance Nikita Zadorov at 0.13 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 81 GP · 22 points vs 19.4 expected
Last 20 games: 0. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 1.9%
- 102.6
- 30.6%
- G vs xG
- 2 / 5.1
- • Role rose over the last 10 games (1 promotion event): some of the heat may be real.
- • Shot diet worsened: 0.022 xG per attempt lately vs 0.031 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 defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.
- 2026-27 so far: 2 GP, 0 G, 2 A, 0 PPP, 1 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played81
- Goals2578th of 715
- Assists20266th of 715
- Points22379th of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal107277th of 715
- Hits19623rd of 715
- Blocked shots10279th of 715
- Plus/minus+1847th of 715
- Penalty minutes1521st of 715
- Faceoffs won0451st of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)48.4%429th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)48.2%453rd of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)47.2%486th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)47.2%485th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)44.4%597th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)48.3%447th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.73419th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.073548th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.28386th of 719
Usage
- Ice time per game20:5389th of 715
- Power-play time per game0:04537th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %38.5%602nd of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−1.51706th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1026103rd of 719
- Goals above expected−3.1632nd of 715
- Luck Meter+4358th of 828
- Ascension score6425th of 526
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed23.815th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts57371st of 715
- Hardest shot99.718th of 715
- Offensive-zone time38.7%634th 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 · 81 of 81 games through the sequence engine
- −0.072
- Season net
- −1.66xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.73
- Attempts
- 17
- 0.003
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 D3Mar 25, 2023 alerts →
- Moved up to D2 from D3Jan 23, 2023 alerts →
- Moved down to D3 from D1Dec 22, 2022 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D3Dec 16, 2022 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D3Oct 20, 2022 alerts →
- Moved down to D3 from D1May 24, 2022 alerts →
- Played 6:50 less than his 5-game averageMay 24, 2022 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D3May 15, 2022 alerts →
How the goals happened
16 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2026 @ DET | Rush | carry | 2 | 74.8 | — | |
| Oct 16, 2025 @ VGK | Forecheck turnover | — | 2* | 49.8 | — | |
| Mar 8, 2025 @ TBL | Cycle | — | 0 | 41.1 | — | |
| Feb 8, 2025 vs VGK | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 74.2 | — | |
| Dec 3, 2024 vs DET | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 77.2 | one-timer | |
| Nov 27, 2024 @ NYI | Dump and chase | dump | 1* | 18.9 | — | |
| May 10, 2024 vs EDM | Rush | carry | 1 | 56.5 | — | |
| May 8, 2024 vs EDM | Rush | loose | 1 | 78.7 | one-timer | |
| Apr 30, 2024 vs NSH | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 68.7 | 4-on-2 | |
| Apr 23, 2024 vs NSH | Point shot | — | 2* | 74.9 | — | |
| Mar 21, 2024 vs MTL | Odd-man rush | carry | 3* | 66.6 | 3-on-2 | |
| Mar 21, 2024 vs MTL | Point shot | — | 2 | 67.8 | — | |
| Mar 13, 2024 vs COL | Rush | loose | 2 | 67.5 | one-timer | |
| Feb 19, 2024 @ MIN | Cycle | — | 2* | 68.3 | — | |
| Feb 15, 2024 vs DET | Rebound | — | 0 | 66.3 | rebound | |
| Nov 10, 2023 @ TOR | Forecheck turnover | carry | 0 | 64.9 | — |
* 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 Zadorov
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Zadorov apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Clifton | D | 2 | 34:45 | 91% | 55.9% | 33% (1-2) | 71.4% 3:23 | 66.7% 3:32 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | 2 | 12:15 | 32% | 57.1% | — (0-0) | 57.7% 25:53 | 52.4% 15:47 |
| Morgan Geekie | C | 2 | 11:40 | 31% | 54.5% | — (0-0) | 58.2% 26:28 | 48.1% 18:18 |
| Pavel Zacha | C | 2 | 10:43 | 28% | 70.0% | — (0-0) | 55.4% 27:25 | 48.8% 16:24 |
| David Pastrnak | RW | 2 | 10:08 | 27% | 47.4% | 0% (0-2) | 61.7% 28:00 | 67.4% 20:43 |
| Sean Kuraly | C | 2 | 9:54 | 26% | 52.4% | — (0-0) | 60.0% 28:14 | 45.5% 14:23 |
| JJ Peterka | RW | 2 | 9:36 | 25% | 47.4% | 0% (0-1) | 61.7% 28:32 | 57.1% 21:09 |
| Tanner Jeannot | LW | 2 | 9:31 | 25% | 55.0% | 0% (0-1) | 58.7% 28:37 | 38.1% 13:10 |
| Elias Lindholm | C | 2 | 9:22 | 25% | 50.0% | 0% (0-1) | 60.9% 28:46 | 60.5% 18:28 |
| Fraser Minten | C | 2 | 7:54 | 21% | 71.4% | 100% (1-0) | 53.8% 30:14 | 55.2% 19:35 |
| James Hagens | C | 2 | 7:44 | 20% | 73.3% | 100% (1-0) | 52.9% 30:24 | 44.4% 19:07 |
| Marat Khusnutdinov | C | 2 | 7:35 | 20% | 76.5% | — (0-0) | 51.0% 30:33 | 50.0% 17:41 |
| Mark Kastelic | C | 2 | 7:23 | 19% | 50.0% | 50% (1-1) | 60.4% 30:45 | 33.3% 13:08 |
| Mason Lohrei | D | 1 | 1:42 | 4% | 75.0% | — (0-0) | 58.1% 15:34 | 55.2% 16:55 |
Linemate and opposition quality
2025-26 · 5v5 · 1,394 min on ice · ranked against 270 defencemen · last season, until this season has enough games to rank
36th percentile · higher = stronger linemates
80th percentile · higher = tougher opponents
Faces tougher-than-usual opposition.
Each value is the ice-time-weighted average season xGF% of the skaters Zadorov 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 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 20:54 | 19:09 | — | 1:38 |
| Sep 29 | vs NYR | W 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 21:54 | 20:52 | — | 0:40 |
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 | 42:41 | 21:21 | 40 | 37 | 51.9% | 50.9% | 16 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 40% | 1.8 | 2.1 | 50% |
| Even strength | 2 | 40:01 | 20:01 | 40 | 31 | 56.3% | 55.8% | 16 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 50% | 1.8 | 1.3 | 60% |
| 5v5 | 2 | 38:08 | 19:04 | 38 | 28 | 57.6% | 57.1% | 15 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 33% | 1.7 | 1.2 | 56% |
| Penalty kill | 2 | 2:18 | 1:09 | 0 | 6 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0% |
| 4v5 | 2 | 2:18 | 1:09 | 0 | 6 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.8 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | BOS | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 10 | 3 | 21:24 |
| 2025-26Playoffs | BOS | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 37 | 6 | 0.0% | 19 | 7 | 19:35 |
| 2025-26 | BOS | 81 | 2 | 20 | 22 | +18 | 152 | 107 | 1.9% | 196 | 102 | 20:53 |
| 2024-25 | BOS | 81 | 4 | 18 | 22 | +25 | 145 | 105 | 3.8% | 219 | 107 | 20:37 |
| 2023-24Playoffs | VAN | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +3 | 26 | 21 | 19.0% | 45 | 18 | 20:09 |
| 2023-24 | VAN, CGY | 75 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 125 | 90 | 6.7% | 177 | 68 | 17:26 |
| 2022-23 | CGY | 82 | 14 | 7 | 21 | +10 | 80 | 130 | 10.8% | 174 | 75 | 18:41 |
| 2021-22Playoffs | CGY | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 24 | 21 | 0.0% | 32 | 13 | 18:08 |
| 2021-22 | CGY | 74 | 4 | 18 | 22 | +11 | 77 | 106 | 3.8% | 181 | 49 | 16:55 |
| 2020-21 | CHI | 55 | 1 | 7 | 8 | +1 | 36 | 52 | 1.9% | 190 | 74 | 19:12 |
| 2019-20 | COL | 64 | 4 | 9 | 13 | +6 | 65 | 65 | 6.2% | 175 | 66 | 17:46 |
| 2018-19Playoffs | COL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 24 | 11 | 0.0% | 59 | 29 | 18:49 |
| 2018-19 | COL | 70 | 7 | 7 | 14 | +19 | 75 | 100 | 7.0% | 228 | 67 | 17:12 |
| 2017-18Playoffs | COL | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 32 | 9 | 11.1% | 28 | 8 | 20:51 |
| 2017-18 | COL | 77 | 7 | 13 | 20 | +4 | 103 | 94 | 7.4% | 278 | 106 | 19:28 |
Nikita Zadorov news
- Nikita Zadorov with a Hit vs. New York RangersYahoo Sports
- The Marchenko Mystery: Is a Bot Account About to Break NHL News?NHL Trade Talk
- Nikita Zadorov calls Rangers captain 'one of best teammates I've had'Forever Blueshirts
- Nikita Zadorov Declares Himself Ready for Season - NHL News | Fantasy Hockeyrotoballer.com
- 'It wasn't his fault': Nikita Zadorov defends JT Miller's role in rift with Elias PetterssonCanucks Army
- Nikita Zadorov joins the show to talk Sutter stories, Russian hockey and moreYouTube
- Nikita Zadorov News: Deemed healthy for this seasonRotoWire
- Bruins' Nikita Zadorov: Deemed healthy for this seasonCBS 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.