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Colorado Avalanche

Zakhar Bardakov

#93Center25 years oldShoots L6'2"198 lb

0.0 in 2 days
2025-26 regular season
60
GP
1
G
9
A
10
P
35
SOG
2.9% SH
7:12
TOI/GP

C · COL · NHL id 8482947

Zakhar Bardakov has played 60 games for the Colorado Avalanche in 2025-26, scoring 1 goal and 9 assists (10 points) on 35 shots while averaging 7:12 a night (7:02 at even strength, 0:03 on the power play and 0:05 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 34% of his 5v5 minutes with Brent Burns and 30% with Gavin Brindley over the last 10 games, and the Avalanche have controlled 55% of shot attempts with Bardakov on the ice (17-11 in goals, 60% offensive-zone starts). In the Avalanche's most recent game against SEA he was on L2 with Alex Barré-Boulet and Jason Polin and off the power play; moved up to L2 (from L4) in the last game. He is shooting 2.9% this season.

Right now

From the Apr 16 game vs SEA, detected from shift data

Line
L2
Alex Barré-BouletJason Polin
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Moved up to L2 (from L4) in the last gameLast 5: L4 · L4 · L4 · L4 · L2

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 12 games, 7:27 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 2 line changes.

PPLine34▼4444444442▲0m3m7m10m13mMar 10Mar 14Mar 18Mar 22Mar 26Mar 30Apr 4Apr 7Apr 11Apr 14
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
12 games shown, 7:27 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
Top speed47th4822.2 mph
Bursts 20+ mph54th5468
Hardest shot51st5185.0 mph
Offensive-zone time46th4641.8%
Distance skated32nd3371.5 mi
High-danger SOG28th2811
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

2025-26 · 79 attempts, 35 on goal, 1 goal

Shot map, OPP at COL: 79 attempts, 35 on goal, 1 goal, 3.85 expected goals; best chance Zakhar Bardakov at 0.56 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 · 60 GP · 10 points vs 9.9 expected

Luck Meter →
Hold

Last 20 games: -61. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

2.9%
101.7
58.8%
G vs xG
1 / 3.4
Goals against expected goals
012345-2.4goals below expected-1.3σ10/184/16
  • 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.

Fantasy box score

  • Games played60
  • Goals1634th
  • Assists9493rd
  • Points10563rd
  • Power-play points0437th
  • Shorthanded points0227th
  • Shots on goal35616th
  • Hits50394th
  • Blocked shots22561st
  • Plus/minus+6172nd
  • Penalty minutes14548th
  • Faceoffs won73192nd

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

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

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 · 57 of 60 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.049
Season net
−0.34xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
−0.053
Season
−0.09G
42.4%172 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 29-29 · NZ 23-42 · DZ 21-28

MethodLeaders
Per 60
1.28
Attempts
9
0.047

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

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.61G
Per 60
+0.085
Drawn / taken
10 / 7minors

MethodLeaders
52.3%
56.8%
52.1%
Transition CF/60
5.0
Turnovers won/60
21.6
Turnovers lost/60
19.5

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
35 shots on goal, 1 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
L Circle6%13%0
R Circle6%12%1
L Point11%5%0
R Point0%6%0
R Net Side9%3%0
Outside L9%4%0
Center Point6%9%0

How his goals happened

1 goal since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Oct 28, 2025 vs NJDDump and chasedump2*69.12-on-0

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Bardakov

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Bardakov apartCF% mate apart
Parker KellyLW41196:0446%55.2%62% (8-5)49.7% 86:2855.3% 212:19
Gavin BrindleyC31161:2738%57.5%54% (7-6)44.7% 57:5457.9% 75:17
Brent BurnsD57152:3436%53.2%57% (4-3)54.9% 257:1056.6% 744:54
Sam MalinskiD55145:1234%54.9%78% (7-2)54.3% 247:2858.4% 743:27
Josh MansonD55139:5333%56.6%44% (4-5)51.7% 244:0557.7% 715:49
Joel KivirantaLW2097:1423%55.9%40% (2-3)53.2% 47:4965.0% 93:55
Samuel GirardD3088:4421%52.5%60% (3-2)49.0% 127:5857.2% 406:45
Cale MakarD4082:0419%53.0%67% (4-2)55.3% 220:1954.5% 627:15
Devon ToewsD3574:1918%50.3%71% (5-2)59.2% 179:0756.6% 541:16
Jack DruryC1858:2114%54.0%60% (3-2)53.4% 75:5457.2% 163:36
Ivan IvanC955:2513%51.5%50% (1-1)41.9% 16:4130.8% 9:48
Taylor MakarLW1045:0711%54.7%100% (1-0)41.2% 18:1250.0% 13:58
Brett KulakD1440:5210%65.6%100% (1-0)61.5% 68:1651.5% 187:15
Ilya SolovyovD1339:599%41.7%33% (1-2)53.9% 48:4963.0% 106:37

Game log

60 games in 2025-26, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 16vs SEAW 2-00000102144%11:3111:300:01—
Apr 14@ CGYW 3-100001000—8:318:29——
Apr 13@ EDMW 2-100002010—6:516:51——
Apr 5vs STLL 2-3000+10000—4:454:45——
Mar 24@ PITW 6-200001000—10:4110:41——
Mar 22@ WSHW 3-2011+11000—4:284:28——
Mar 20@ CHIW 4-1000000010%9:529:43——
Mar 18vs DALOTL 1-2000-10200—3:233:23——
Mar 16vs PITL 2-7000-20010—8:108:10——
Mar 14@ WPGL 1-3000-11010—3:483:48——
Mar 12@ SEAW 5-100001031—8:048:04——
Mar 10vs EDML 3-4000+11000—9:369:36——
Mar 8vs MINW 3-2000010010%6:124:57——
Mar 6@ DALW 5-4000-10000—6:096:09——
Mar 3@ ANAW 5-10000002033%9:499:49——
Mar 2@ LAKW 4-200000000—9:149:14——
Feb 28vs CHIW 3-1000+1200050%4:134:13——
Feb 25@ UTAW 4-20000001040%6:546:54——
Feb 4vs SJSW 4-20000121050%4:184:18——
Feb 2vs DETL 0-200000030100%5:305:30——

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations60432:167:1244037154.3%55.0%193158171357%16.515.560%
Even strength60422:097:0243436054.7%55.6%191153171161%16.114.860%
5v560422:097:0243436054.7%55.6%191153171161%16.114.860%
Power play83:270:265183.3%75.0%1000—0.30.0100%
Penalty kill64:390:470100.0%0.0%05020%0.00.70%
5v483:270:265183.3%75.0%1000—0.30.0100%
4v564:390:470100.0%0.0%05020%0.00.70%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2025-26COL601910+614352.9%50227:12

Zakhar Bardakov 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.