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Nikita Zadorov

Nikita Zadorov

BOS·DJersey number #91
Latest captured market
Apr 2 · 7:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 424 game sample
PTS
22.5
SOG
108.1
G
4.3
A
18.3
PPP
0.1
HIT
205.5
BLK
97.8
PIM
156.0

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 424 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 cold run probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
−2.20
per 100 attempts, vs position
= −3.2 goals over 165
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
−0.40
per 100 attempts, projected
−0.7 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among defencemen · 508 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 508 defencemen, 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 424 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 · 424 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.27
G
0.05
A
0.22
SOG
1.32
PPP
0.00
HIT
2.51
BLK
1.19
PIM
1.91

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2681220220.2710720:53
2024-2581418220.2710520:37
2023-2475614200.279017:26
2022-2382147210.2613018:41
2021-2274418220.3010616:55

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2660110.17619:35
2023-24134480.622120:09
2021-22120330.252118:08

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 2 lineG 0/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
May 1vs BUFPO000011021:52
Apr 28@ BUFPO200022023:11
Apr 26vs BUFPO3000411719:20
Apr 23vs BUFPO000020216:32
Apr 21@ BUFPO1000421615:53
Apr 19@ BUFPO001061220:42
Apr 14vs NJD300001219:10
Apr 12@ CBJ000020023:27
Apr 11vs TBL000010019:29
Apr 7@ CAR102041218:41

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 2 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
2025-265.22minus 3.2 goals above expected68165
2024-255.44minus 1.4 goals above expected70164
2023-243.56plus 2.5 goals above expected65155
2022-237.414plus 6.6 goals above expected73174
2021-225.34minus 1.3 goals above expected61166

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 cold 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
2025-262 goals, 20 assists, 22 points0-0-00 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2024-254 goals, 16 assists, 20 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points0 goals, 2 assists, 2 points
2023-246 goals, 13 assists, 19 points0-0-00 goals, 1 assist, 1 point
2022-2314 goals, 6 assists, 20 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2021-223 goals, 18 assists, 21 points1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points

Shot locations

165 attempts · 2 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (58)Shot on goal (105)Goal (2)

Markets · Apr 2

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.0
P(over)
4%
A
Assists
No line posted.
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.0
P(over)
4%
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.