Travis Zajac

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2020-21 regular season

SOG

16.0% SH

16:25

TOI/GP

C · NYI · NHL id 8471233

Travis Zajac has played 46 games for the New York Islanders in 2020-21, scoring 8 goals and 12 assists (20 points) on 50 shots while averaging 16:25 a night (13:03 at even strength, 0:50 on the power play and 2:03 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Islanders have controlled 50% of shot attempts with Zajac on the ice (22-19 in goals, 42% offensive-zone starts). In the Islanders' most recent game against TBL he was on L3 with Kyle Palmieri and Jean-Gabriel Pageau and off the power play; dropped to L3 (from L1) in the last game. He is shooting 16.0% this season against 14.0% across the 277 games in our data.

Right now

From the Jun 25 game vs TBL, detected from shift data

Line

Kyle Palmieri Jean-Gabriel Pageau

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Dropped to L3 (from L1) in the last gameLost his PP2 spot in the last gameLast 5: L1/PP2 · L1/PP2 · L3/PP1 · L1/PP2 · L3

Deployment timeline

2020-21 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

14 games shown, 15:25 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

Puck and player tracking

Source: NHL EDGE

No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.

Shot map

2020-21 · 118 attempts, 67 on goal, 9 goals

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).

Puck luck

2020-21 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Beyond the box score

2020-21 regular season · 46 of 46 games through the sequence engine

Method Leaders

: +0.028
Season net: +0.27xG

Offensive TK/600.92 (9)

Offensive GV/600.31 (3)

Neutral TK/600.51 (5)

Neutral GV/600.51 (5)

Defensive TK/601.02 (10)

Defensive GV/600.61 (6)

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

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: +0.014
Season: +0.08G
: 51.4%603 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 92-94 · NZ 88-78 · DZ 130-121

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.61
Attempts: 6
: 0.014

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

Method Leaders

Season: +0.48G
Per 60: +0.038
Drawn / taken: 6 / 3minors

Method Leaders

: 44.0%
: 44.4%
: 44.2%
Transition CF/60: 4.1
Turnovers won/60: 17.0
Turnovers lost/60: 17.5

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

50 shots on goal, 8 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
Low Slot	38%	23%	5
L Point	0%	8%	0
R Circle	16%	11%	0
Outside R	0%	4%	0
High Slot	6%	8%	0
Center Point	10%	9%	0
Crease	0%	1%	0

Role changes

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

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Moved up to PP1Apr 4, 2021 alerts →
Moved up to L2 from L3Feb 29, 2020 alerts →
Dropped off PP1Oct 14, 2019 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Mar 1, 2019 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Jan 14, 2019 alerts →
Moved up to L1 from L2Nov 13, 2018 alerts →
Dropped off PP1Oct 27, 2018 alerts →
Dropped off PP1Oct 25, 2018 alerts →

Linemates

2020-21 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Zajac

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

60 games in 2020-21, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Jun 25PO	@ TBL	L 0-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	—	12:15	12:14	0:01	—
Jun 23PO	vs TBL	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	15:37	13:47	1:07	0:27
Jun 21PO	@ TBL	L 0-8	0	0	0	-2	1	0	4	0	60%	15:06	10:56	1:32	2:38
Jun 19PO	vs TBL	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0%	17:37	14:52	1:21	1:05
Jun 17PO	vs TBL	L 1-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	—	17:33	16:13	0:47	—
Jun 15PO	@ TBL	L 2-4	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	0	60%	15:25	12:05	1:19	1:07
Jun 13PO	@ TBL	W 2-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	—	14:21	13:51	0:11	0:16
Jun 9PO	vs BOS	W 6-2	1	0	1	+2	1	0	3	1	67%	15:52	14:34	—	1:18
Jun 7PO	@ BOS	W 5-4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	—	14:59	13:35	0:22	—
Jun 5PO	vs BOS	W 4-1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	33%	15:51	14:31	—	1:20
Jun 3PO	vs BOS	OTL 1-2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	50%	17:37	15:44	—	1:53
May 31PO	@ BOS	W 4-3	0	0	0	+1	3	0	2	0	67%	19:12	18:44	—	0:28
May 29PO	@ BOS	L 2-5	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0%	16:13	15:34	—	—
May 26PO	vs PIT	W 5-3	0	1	1	+2	1	0	1	1	50%	11:55	11:55	—	—
May 8	vs NJD	W 5-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	75%	14:35	14:11	—	0:24
May 6	vs NJD	L 1-2	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	1	86%	13:45	12:11	1:01	0:33
May 4	@ BUF	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	62%	18:08	16:30	1:09	0:29
May 3	@ BUF	L 2-4	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	0	50%	14:26	11:09	0:52	1:52
Apr 27	@ WSH	L 0-1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	50%	12:40	12:04	—	0:23
Apr 24	vs WSH	L 3-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	56%	16:51	15:51	—	1:00

Season splits by strength

2020-21 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	46	755:36	16:26	604	729	45.3%	43.2%	323	448	27	37	42%	27.3	46.5	39%
Even strength	46	600:26	13:03	532	532	50.0%	47.7%	275	322	23	20	53%	22.2	27.5	41%
5v5	46	588:36	12:48	522	524	49.9%	47.7%	272	315	22	19	54%	21.4	27.1	42%
Power play	32	38:35	1:12	47	10	82.5%	83.3%	31	6	3	0	100%	4.0	0.4	97%
Penalty kill	43	94:07	2:11	6	161	3.6%	2.9%	3	103	0	12	0%	0.1	13.4	1%
4v4	10	5:45	0:35	2	3	40.0%	0.0%	0	2	0	0	—	0.0	0.0	33%
3v3 (OT)	9	6:05	0:41	8	5	61.5%	54.5%	3	5	1	1	50%	0.7	0.4	33%
5v4	30	38:06	1:16	47	10	82.5%	83.3%	31	6	3	0	100%	4.0	0.4	97%
4v5	42	92:41	2:12	6	161	3.6%	2.9%	3	103	0	12	0%	0.1	13.4	1%
6v5, own net empty	20	12:49	0:38	18	7	72.0%	68.2%	13	3	1	3	25%	1.1	3.6	100%
5v6, opponent net empty	13	8:12	0:38	0	19	0.0%	0.0%	0	14	0	2	0%	0.0	1.6	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
2020-21Playoffs	NYI	14	1	1	2	+2	6	17	5.9%	26	4	15:41
2020-21	NYI, NJD	46	8	12	20	-1	6	50	16.0%	51	22	16:25
2019-20	NJD	69	9	16	25	-12	28	72	12.5%	58	39	17:06
2018-19	NJD	80	19	27	46	-25	20	120	15.8%	66	38	19:16
2017-18Playoffs	NJD	5	1	1	2	0	0	8	12.5%	4	2	21:00
2017-18	NJD	63	12	14	26	-8	25	91	13.2%	64	38	17:54

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.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Puck luck

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Draw EquityDraw Equity (DrEq)Faceoff results in goals: each win or loss scored against a coin flip and weighted by the zone. 100 extra offensive- or defensive-zone wins are worth about 1.9 goals.Σ (win − 0.5) × V(zone)Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

Role changes

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season