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Nikita Zadorov #91
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Nikita Zadorov has 14 points (1 goals, 13 assists) in 44 games for the Boston Bruins this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 16) of the 2013 NHL Draft by the Buffalo Sabres, he has 182 points (52 goals, 130 assists) in 767 regular-season games for the Buffalo Sabres, the Colorado Avalanche, the Chicago Blackhawks, the Calgary Flames, the Vancouver Canucks and the Boston Bruins.

He also has 19 points (8 goals, 11 assists) in 58 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagRUS
    Age: 30.7 yrs (16.04.1995)
    Height / Weight: 201 cm / 116 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 16th in 2013
    Draft Team: Team logoBuffalo Sabres
    Awards: -
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The 30-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Bruins controlling 40% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Nikita Zadorov is off the ice, the Bruins control 51% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a defense-leaning role, starting 16% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 45% in the defensive zone.

  • 72

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 117th of 285 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 159th of 285 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    -0.10
    -0.140.11
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.40
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    21.80
    1525
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.06
    0.050.7
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.38
    0.11
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.44
    0.11
    xGoals/60
    0.28
    0.090.38
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    2.57
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    2.63
    1.45.5
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.00
    0.51.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    3.78
    2.54.5
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    3.13
    24.5
    Penalties/60
    2.00
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    4.44
    26
    Takeaways/60
    1.50
    0.52
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    2.13
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.45
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5.52
    512
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $5.000M
Player Contract Value: $3.300M
Remaining: 5 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2030 UFA
Age at the end: 36.2 yrs (16.04.1995)
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Nikita Zadorov
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
29.12.2025 Team Logo Flames 1 0 0 0 -1 23:46 2 0.0% 0
31.12.2025 Team Logo Oilers 1 0 0 0 0 23:18 1 0.0% 10
03.01.2026 Team Logo Canucks 1 0 0 0 -1 19:56 0 4
06.01.2026 Team Logo Kraken 1 0 1 1 0 23:13 2 0.0% 2
08.01.2026 Team Logo Flames 1 0 0 0 2 20:30 3 0.0% 0
Total 5 0 1 1 0 8 0.0% 16
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2013-14 Team Logo Sabres 7 1 0 1 -4 17:10 4 25.0% 4
2014-15 Team Logo Sabres 60 3 12 15 -10 17:41 52 5.8% 51
2015-16 Team Logo Avalanche 22 0 2 2 -5 16:55 18 0.0% 12
2016-17 Team Logo Avalanche 56 0 10 10 -20 19:01 61 0.0% 73
2017-18 Team Logo Avalanche 77 7 13 20 4 19:28 94 7.4% 103
2018-19 Team Logo Avalanche 70 7 7 14 19 17:11 100 7.0% 75
2019-20 Team Logo Avalanche 64 4 9 13 6 17:46 65 6.2% 65
2020-21 Team Logo Blackhawks 55 1 7 8 1 19:11 52 1.9% 36
2021-22 Team Logo Flames 74 4 18 22 11 16:55 106 3.8% 77
2022-23 Team Logo Flames 82 14 7 21 10 18:40 130 10.8% 80
2023-24 Team Logo Flames 21 1 5 6 -6 18:23 29 3.4% 23
2023-24 Team Logo Canucks 54 5 9 14 6 17:04 61 8.2% 102
2024-25 Team Logo Bruins 81 4 18 22 25 20:37 105 3.8% 145
2025-26 Team Logo Bruins 44 1 13 14 10 21:48 55 1.8% 113
Season Projection 82 2 24 26 19 21:48 102 2.0% 211
Total 767 52 130 182 47 932 5.6% 959
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2017-18 Team Logo Avalanche 6 1 2 3 1 20:51 9 11.1% 32
2018-19 Team Logo Avalanche 12 0 0 0 -5 18:49 11 0.0% 24
2019-20 Team Logo Avalanche 15 3 2 5 5 15:04 16 18.8% 18
2021-22 Team Logo Flames 12 0 3 3 2 18:07 21 0.0% 24
2023-24 Team Logo Canucks 13 4 4 8 3 20:08 21 19.0% 26
Total 58 8 11 19 6 78 10.3% 124
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Nikita Zadorov Team Logo D 30.7 yrs 201 cm / 116 kg 0.32 0.24 63 77 $5.000M
84% Nicolas Hague Team Logo D 27.1 yrs 198 cm / 110 kg 0.31 0.24 61 78 $5.500M
77% Jamie Oleksiak Team Logo D 33.1 yrs 201 cm / 113 kg 0.20 0.21 57 72 $4.600M
77% Alexander Petrovic Team Logo D 33.9 yrs 196 cm / 97 kg 0.22 0.19 60 76 $0.775M
77% Louis Crevier Team Logo D 24.7 yrs 203 cm / 103 kg 0.33 0.21 65 70 $0.900M
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