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Jason Zucker has 18 points (9 goals, 9 assists) in 21 games for the Buffalo Sabres this season.

Selected in the 2nd round (No. 59) of the 2010 NHL Draft by the Minnesota Wild, he has 441 points (226 goals, 215 assists) in 791 regular-season games for the Minnesota Wild, the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Arizona Coyotes, the Nashville Predators and the Buffalo Sabres.

He also has 18 points (9 goals, 9 assists) in 52 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagUSA
    Age: 34 yrs (16.01.1992)
    Height / Weight: 180 cm / 89 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 59th in 2010
    Draft Team: Team logoMinnesota Wild
    Awards: King Clancy Memorial Trophy (1x)
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The 34-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Sabres controlling 62% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Jason Zucker is off the ice, the Sabres control 48% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly better when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 50% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 16% in the defensive zone.

  • 77

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 11th of 250 Wings
    Defense:Def: 244th of 250 Wings
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    82.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.14
    0.15
    IceTimePerGame
    12 - 22
    16.96
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.2 - 1.5
    1.42
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.5
    0.82
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.2
    0.52
    xGoals/60
    0.49 - 1.34
    1.27
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    3.78
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    4.01
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.27 - 1.56
    0.82
    OZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.34
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 2.5
    2.03
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 13
    8.57
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.22
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.67
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.95
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1 - 3
    2.03
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    2.33
    Giveaways/60
    1 - 4
    1.60
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.28
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $4.750M
Player Contract Value: $6.300M
Remaining: 2 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2027 UFA
Age at the end: 36.5 yrs (16.01.1992)
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Jason Zucker
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
29.11.2025 Team Logo Wild 1 0 0 0 -1 17:34 0 0
01.12.2025 Team Logo Jets 1 1 0 1 0 13:58 2 50.0% 2
03.12.2025 Team Logo Flyers 1 1 0 1 -1 18:11 3 33.3% 0
05.12.2025 Team Logo Jets 1 1 0 1 -1 16:31 5 20.0% 0
08.12.2025 Team Logo Flames 1 0 2 2 -2 17:04 2 0.0% 2
Total 5 3 2 5 -5 12 25.0% 4
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2011-12 Team Logo Wild 6 0 2 2 -2 11:01 10 0.0% 2
2012-13 Team Logo Wild 20 4 1 5 4 11:16 34 11.8% 8
2013-14 Team Logo Wild 21 4 1 5 2 12:58 40 10.0% 2
2014-15 Team Logo Wild 51 21 5 26 -9 15:04 124 16.9% 18
2015-16 Team Logo Wild 71 13 10 23 -4 15:34 158 8.2% 20
2016-17 Team Logo Wild 79 22 25 47 34 15:16 172 12.8% 30
2017-18 Team Logo Wild 82 33 31 64 8 16:58 222 14.9% 44
2018-19 Team Logo Wild 81 21 21 42 -9 17:04 214 9.8% 28
2019-20 Team Logo Wild 45 14 15 29 -3 15:54 75 18.7% 19
2019-20 Team Logo Penguins 15 6 6 12 -1 17:40 36 16.7% 2
2020-21 Team Logo Penguins 38 9 9 18 -8 15:40 67 13.4% 21
2021-22 Team Logo Penguins 41 8 9 17 -2 14:49 102 7.8% 15
2022-23 Team Logo Penguins 78 27 21 48 -4 15:39 197 13.7% 47
2023-24 Arizona Coyotes 51 9 16 25 -5 14:01 104 8.7% 58
2023-24 Team Logo Predators 18 5 2 7 -4 13:13 46 10.9% 23
2024-25 Team Logo Sabres 73 21 32 53 4 16:00 143 14.7% 57
2025-26 Team Logo Sabres 21 9 9 18 -10 15:35 49 18.4% 10
Season Projection 63 27 27 54 -30 15:36 147 18.4% 30
Total 791 226 215 441 -9 1793 12.6% 404
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2012-13 Team Logo Wild 5 1 1 2 1 13:28 11 9.1% 0
2014-15 Team Logo Wild 10 2 1 3 -1 14:10 21 9.5% 2
2015-16 Team Logo Wild 6 0 2 2 -4 13:55 3 0.0% 2
2016-17 Team Logo Wild 5 1 0 1 -1 17:15 20 5.0% 2
2017-18 Team Logo Wild 5 0 0 0 -4 16:26 8 0.0% 0
2019-20 Team Logo Penguins 4 2 0 2 0 17:13 12 16.7% 0
2020-21 Team Logo Penguins 6 2 1 3 -1 15:25 12 16.7% 2
2021-22 Team Logo Penguins 5 0 2 2 -3 13:45 9 0.0% 2
2023-24 Team Logo Predators 6 1 2 3 4 14:18 17 5.9% 2
Total 52 9 9 18 -9 113 8.0% 12
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Jason Zucker Team Logo LW 34 yrs 180 cm / 89 kg 0.86 0.56 91 52 $4.750M
78% Logan Cooley Team Logo C 21.7 yrs 183 cm / 86 kg 0.79 0.71 84 59 $0.950M
76% Gabriel Vilardi Team Logo C 26.4 yrs 191 cm / 97 kg 0.88 0.68 87 57 $7.500M
75% Sam Bennett Team Logo C 29.5 yrs 185 cm / 87 kg 0.76 0.50 82 62 $8.000M
75% Cutter Gauthier Team Logo LW 22 yrs 188 cm / 92 kg 0.93 0.67 85 61 $0.950M
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