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Jason Zucker

Jason Zucker

BUF·FJersey number #17
vsCBJ
Latest captured market
Apr 9 · 7:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 347 game sample
PTS
52.4
SOG
166.7
G
25.3
A
27.1
PPP
18.4
HIT
97.3
BLK
27.1
PIM
47.7

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 347 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
+1.87
per 100 attempts, vs position
= +2.7 goals over 192
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
+0.34
per 100 attempts, projected
+0.7 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 347 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 · 347 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.64
G
0.31
A
0.33
SOG
2.04
PPP
0.23
HIT
1.19
BLK
0.33
PIM
0.58

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26622421450.7312815:37
2024-25732132530.7314315:59
2023-24691418320.4615013:49
2022-23782721480.6219715:40
2021-224189170.4110214:49

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26132240.311814:32
2023-2461230.501714:18
2021-2250220.40913:45

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 9 lineSOG 0/10G 2/10A 2/10PPP 2/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
May 18vs MTLPO000031016:39
May 16@ MTLPO211110013:29
May 14vs MTLPO210010013:35
May 12@ MTLPO100011212:14
May 10@ MTLPO00000006:47
May 8vs MTLPO200010011:08
May 6vs MTLPO000001014:15
May 1@ BOSPO100012015:25
Apr 28vs BOSPO201100020:40
Apr 26@ BOSPO100030013:26

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
2025-2621.324plus 2.7 goals above expected54192
2024-2518.221plus 2.8 goals above expected70229
2023-2416.814minus 2.8 goals above expected66223
2022-2325.727plus 1.3 goals above expected75283
2021-2210.68minus 2.6 goals above expected37127

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
2025-2614 goals, 15 assists, 29 points10 goals, 6 assists, 16 points0-0-0
2024-2510 goals, 22 assists, 32 points11 goals, 10 assists, 21 points0-0-0
2023-249 goals, 13 assists, 22 points5 goals, 5 assists, 10 points0-0-0
2022-2325 goals, 14 assists, 39 points2 goals, 7 assists, 9 points0-0-0
2021-226 goals, 9 assists, 15 points2 goals, 0 assists, 2 points0-0-0

Shot locations

192 attempts · 24 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (64)Shot on goal (104)Goal (24)

Markets · Apr 9

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.4
P(over)
31%
A
Assists
Line
0.5
Proj
0.3
P(over)
22%
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
12%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
2.5
Proj
1.9
P(over)
30%
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.