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Mats Zuccarello

Mats Zuccarello

LAK·FJersey number #36
Played for MIN in the game shown
MIN@DAL
Latest captured market
Apr 9 · 9:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 371 game sample
PTS
72.4
SOG
177.3
G
20.6
A
51.8
PPP
28.5
HIT
36.0
BLK
45.6
PIM
27.5

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 371 real games × their team's 82 scheduled games. Availability is not projected — injuries, scratches and trades are not modelled anywhere in this project, so the team's schedule is the multiplier, not a forecast of how many games this player will dress for. League board.

What carries into 2026-27

a forecast, not a result

Most of this finishing edge probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
+0.05
per 100 attempts, vs position
= −1.4 goals over 195
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
+0.01
per 100 attempts, projected
+0.0 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among forwards · 973 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 973 forwards, 2025-26. Shrunk rate is the per-game rate the rank was computed from, pulled toward the league mean by sample size so a short career does not read as an elite one — so it sits closer to average than the rate actually recorded. This skater’s sample is 371 games. Further right means more, not better: hits, blocks and penalty minutes describe a role, not quality.

Observed rates

per game · recency-weighted, not shrunk · 371 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.89
G
0.25
A
0.63
SOG
2.17
PPP
0.35
HIT
0.43
BLK
0.55
PIM
0.33

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26591539540.9212218:38
2024-25691935540.7815119:40
2023-24691251630.9117318:53
2022-23782245670.8619820:11
2021-22702455791.1315918:35

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2682791.131518:22
2024-2561230.50818:40
2022-2362350.831521:30
2021-2261340.67919:16

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 9 lineSOG 6/10G 2/10PPP 3/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
May 13@ COLPO000012018:57
May 11vs COLPO200011019:54
May 9vs COLPO302210017:27
May 5@ COLPO301010219:04
May 3@ COLPO210000019:45
Apr 30vs DALPO201000018:05
Apr 28@ DALPO210000016:59
Apr 18@ DALPO103221016:41
Apr 9@ DAL103200018:12
Apr 7vs SEA100000218:28

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 9 posted line. It is not a record against 10 separate lines — this player was priced once, and games after that date are measured against the same number.

Finishing — goals above expected

open play, regular season
SeasonxGGGAxGPAtt
2025-2616.415minus 1.4 goals above expected59195
2024-2515.319plus 3.7 goals above expected64220
2023-2415.012minus 3.0 goals above expected67246
2022-2321.122plus 0.9 goals above expected78279
2021-2214.624plus 9.4 goals above expected70203

How the 2026-27 projection is made

a forecast, not a result

Finishing persists year over year, but only partly. That share is measured over five seasons of skaters clearing the same 100-attempt floor, and what does not carry regresses toward the rate for the player's position.

Shot volume is not projected, so the goal figure assumes the same number of attempts. A persistent gap means the skater reliably scores above what this model expects — which may be finishing skill or may be shots the model under-rates, and the measurement cannot separate the two. Running hot is a statement about the season just played, not about talent.

This projection is written to a prediction log on the night it is produced, so it can be scored against what actually happens rather than restated later.

Production by strength

G-A-P, regular season
SeasonEven strengthPower playShorthanded
2025-269 goals, 24 assists, 33 points6 goals, 15 assists, 21 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2024-2516 goals, 22 assists, 38 points3 goals, 13 assists, 16 points0-0-0
2023-247 goals, 22 assists, 29 points5 goals, 29 assists, 34 points0-0-0
2022-2313 goals, 24 assists, 37 points9 goals, 21 assists, 30 points0-0-0
2021-2217 goals, 34 assists, 51 points7 goals, 21 assists, 28 points0-0-0

Shot locations

195 attempts · 15 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (73)Shot on goal (107)Goal (15)

Markets · Apr 9

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.2
P(over)
19%
A
Assists
No line posted.
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
14%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
1.5
Proj
1.8
P(over)
51%
HITS
Hits
No line posted.
BLK
Blocked shots
No line posted.
PIM
Penalty minutes
No line posted.

Per-game rates are recency-weighted over this player's game log. Expected goals come from the xG model over open-play unblocked attempts; totals are not directly comparable across seasons. Every market — anytime goals, assists, power-play points, SOG, hits, blocks and PIMs — is a modeled projection. Every number on this page was worked out overnight and is only read here, never recalculated while you wait.