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Pavel Zacha has 27 points (10 goals, 17 assists) in 42 games for the Boston Bruins this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 6) of the 2015 NHL Draft by the New Jersey Devils, he has 369 points (135 goals, 234 assists) in 670 regular-season games for the New Jersey Devils and the Boston Bruins.

He also has 12 points (1 goals, 11 assists) in 25 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagCZE
    Age: 28.8 yrs (06.04.1997)
    Height / Weight: 193 cm / 96 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 6th in 2015
    Draft Team: Team logoNew Jersey Devils
    Awards: -
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The 28-year-old is around break-even for his team, with the Bruins controlling 52% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Pavel Zacha is off the ice, the Bruins control 44% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly better when he plays.

He is being deployed in a relatively balanced role, starting 36% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 34% in the defensive zone.

  • 78

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 64th of 244 Centers
    Defense:Def: 38th of 244 Centers
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    82.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.14
    -0.00
    IceTimePerGame
    12 - 22
    16.06
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.2 - 1.5
    0.96
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.5
    0.82
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.2
    0.82
    xGoals/60
    0.49 - 1.34
    0.77
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    3.29
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    4.01
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.27 - 1.56
    0.36
    OZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.41
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 2.5
    1.39
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 13
    5.78
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.83
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.51
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.36
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1 - 3
    0.96
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    1.41
    Giveaways/60
    1 - 4
    1.60
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.25
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    3.76
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    3.51
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $4.750M
Player Contract Value: $6.400M
Remaining: 2 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2027 UFA
Age at the end: 31.2 yrs (06.04.1997)
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Pavel Zacha
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
27.12.2025 Team Logo Sabres 1 0 0 0 -1 19:31 3 0.0% 0
29.12.2025 Team Logo Flames 1 0 0 0 0 18:30 1 0.0% 0
31.12.2025 Team Logo Oilers 1 0 0 0 1 14:46 1 0.0% 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Canucks 1 0 0 0 0 18:49 0 2
06.01.2026 Team Logo Kraken 1 0 1 1 -1 16:28 1 0.0% 0
Total 5 0 1 1 -1 6 0.0% 2
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2015-16 Team Logo Devils 1 0 2 2 4 16:51 3 0.0% 0
2016-17 Team Logo Devils 70 8 16 24 -17 14:18 83 9.6% 19
2017-18 Team Logo Devils 69 8 17 25 -3 14:22 112 7.1% 30
2018-19 Team Logo Devils 61 13 12 25 -6 16:04 99 13.1% 15
2019-20 Team Logo Devils 65 8 24 32 -12 16:16 97 8.2% 14
2020-21 Team Logo Devils 50 17 18 35 -11 17:08 103 16.5% 10
2021-22 Team Logo Devils 70 15 21 36 -21 16:51 148 10.1% 22
2022-23 Team Logo Bruins 82 21 36 57 26 16:03 131 16.0% 16
2023-24 Team Logo Bruins 78 21 38 59 12 18:06 148 14.2% 18
2024-25 Team Logo Bruins 82 14 33 47 -8 19:04 132 10.6% 21
2025-26 Team Logo Bruins 42 10 17 27 -8 17:28 64 15.6% 24
Season Projection 81 19 33 52 -15 17:28 123 15.4% 46
Total 670 135 234 369 -44 1120 12.1% 189
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2017-18 Team Logo Devils 5 0 0 0 -1 15:20 5 0.0% 6
2022-23 Team Logo Bruins 7 0 6 6 1 17:31 15 0.0% 2
2023-24 Team Logo Bruins 13 1 5 6 2 18:04 19 5.3% 4
Total 25 1 11 12 2 39 2.6% 12
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Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Pavel Zacha Team Logo C 28.8 yrs 193 cm / 96 kg 0.64 0.55 76 80 $4.750M
86% Quinton Byfield Team Logo RW 23.4 yrs 196 cm / 104 kg 0.60 0.55 74 81 $6.250M
85% Sean Couturier Team Logo C 33.1 yrs 193 cm / 95 kg 0.60 0.62 70 78 $7.750M
85% Joel Eriksson Ek Team Logo C 28.9 yrs 191 cm / 93 kg 0.73 0.56 79 84 $5.250M
84% Valeri Nichushkin Team Logo RW 30.9 yrs 193 cm / 95 kg 0.76 0.57 83 81 $6.125M
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