New York Rangers · #93 · Centre

Mika Zibanejad

Age 33 · Shoots right · 6′2″ · 207 lb · Born Stockholm, SWE

Drafted 2011, #6 overall by Ottawa

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Games52026-27 Small sample
Goals1T-5th on NYR
Assists42nd on NYR
Points5T-1st on NYR
P / GP1.00T-52nd in the NHL
Shots911.1% shooting
TOI / GP20:404th on NYR

2025-262025-26: 81 games, 34-44-78, 0.96 points per game Season detail →

Mika Zibanejad has 5 points in 5 games of 2026-27, after 78 points in 81 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 5 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

5 points in 5 games for the 1st-placed NY Rangers

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Blocked shots597th
Ice time20:4094th
Takeaways290th
Points / GP1.0084th
Assists / 602.3283rd
PP points180th
Penalty differential+180th
Hits669th
Shots / GP1.8063rd
Shooting %11.1%55th
Goals / 600.5852nd

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

1.01.01–5

Dashed line: season average (1.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points5T-1st on NYR
Points per game1.00T-52nd in NHL
Goals1T-67th in NHL
Assists42nd on NYR
Shooting %11.1%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time20:404th on NYR
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Ice time and special teams

A top-six forward who runs the first power play

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of NY Rangers's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength16:03
Power play3:10
Shorthanded1:28
Total20:40

25.0 shifts a game, averaging 50 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals1T-1st on NYR
PP assists0T-5th on NYR
PP points1T-3rd on NYR · T-51st NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 603.797th on NYR

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP3NY Rangers total
Involved in1goals or assists
Share33.3%of every NYR PPG
PP TOI share71.0%of NYR PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Scoring detail

1 of 1 goal broke a tie

How the 1 goal and 4 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-5th on NYR
Overtime goals0T-1st on NYR
First goal of the game1
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals0
Power-play goals1

Goals by period

1st1
2nd0
3rd0
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied1
Leading0
Trailing0

1 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with NY Rangers trailing.

Assists

Primary1 · 25%
Secondary3 · 75%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 602.90
Goals / 600.58
Shots / 605.2
ES points / 602.994 ES points
PP points / 603.791 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot7 att · 0 G
Wing9 att · 1 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone1 att · 0 G

17 attempts across the 5 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)1.438th
Goals1
Goals vs expected−0.4
Unblocked attempts14
xG per attempt.102
ixG per 600.83

2026-27 · 5 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Hardest shot in the 99th percentile of forwards: 93.34 mph

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

Distance skated, mi16.099th
Hardest shot, mph93.3499th
90+ mph shots198th
Offensive-zone time45.2%77th
Defensive-zone time37.3%73rd
Average shot, mph58.160th
22+ mph bursts041st
20+ mph bursts338th
Top speed, mph20.6425th
Distance / 60, mi9.2818th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph20.64Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph93.34Forward average 74.7
Distance skated16.0 mi3.71 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts30.9%29.4% defensive · 39.7% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

43.3%All situations39.4%
39.9%Even strength41.6%
66.1%Power play22.8%
29.8%Shorthanded51.9%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.64vsUTA4 Oct · 1st 16:27
  2. 20.27vsUTA4 Oct · 3rd 09:10
  3. 19.83@BOS29 Sep · 1st 13:24
  4. 19.82@DET2 Oct · 1st 03:48
  5. 19.79vsTBL1 Oct · 2nd 03:01
  6. 19.66vsTBL1 Oct · 1st 16:54
  7. 19.66vsUTA4 Oct · 1st 11:18
  8. 19.58vsUTA4 Oct · 3rd 03:10

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph3 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph43 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 93.34@DET2 Oct · 3rd 02:38
  2. 81.27vsUTA4 Oct · 1st 16:28
  3. 73.31@BOS29 Sep · 3rd 00:28
  4. 68.40vsTBL1 Oct · 1st 05:34
  5. 67.92@BOS29 Sep · 3rd 05:37
  6. 67.51vsTBL1 Oct · 2nd 11:48
  7. 66.47@DET2 Oct · 3rd 17:49
  8. 59.65vsTBL1 Oct · 2nd 11:54

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph1 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph1 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph2 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 3.16vsNYI6 Oct · 20:05 TOI
  2. 3.71vsUTA4 Oct · 24:32 TOI
  3. 3.28@DET2 Oct · 21:21 TOI
  4. 2.91vsTBL1 Oct · 18:53 TOI
  5. 2.93@BOS29 Sep · 18:31 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.20 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways2T-3rd on NYR
Giveaways7
TK / GV ratio0.29
Hits6T-10th on NYR
Blocked shots5T-6th on NYR

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn1
Net penalties+1drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken7815.6 a game
Won45
Win %57.7%
Offensive zone16 of 27

A regular centre on the draw.


Consistency

A point in three games out of five (3 of 5)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point360% of games
Multi-point games240%
Goals in1 game20%
Pointless games240%

Streaks

Longest point streak2 games4 Oct – 6 Oct
Longest goal streak1 game
Longest pointless run1 game
Final five5 in 5point in 3

Game log

Against Washington, a point in three of four

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
5 Apr 2026vsWSHW 8-10332+119:54
31 Dec 2025@WSHL 3-60110−221:01
23 Dec 2025@WSHW 7-30220+120:41
12 Oct 2025vsWSHL 0-10007−120:54

Contract

$8.5M a season through 2029-30

In 2025-26 he scored 9.2 points per $1M of cap hit, 175th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$8.5M8.2% of the $104M ceiling
Term8 yearsYear 5 of 8
Expires2029-30UFA at 37
Cap value$68MCap hit × 8 years

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.


With NY Rangers

Eleven seasons · 2016-17 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

Pavel Dorofeyev sets him up more than anyone

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

Who sets him up

Pavel Dorofeyev1
Adam Fox1

Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.

Who he sets up

Gabe Perreault2
Alexis Lafrenière2

Scorers on his 4 assists.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points6723rd for NY Rangers
Goals2852nd
Assists3874th
Games played7357th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Sixteen seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2011-12OTT90110.110.0%
2012-13OTT42713200.487.8%
2013-14OTT691617330.4810.5%
2014-15OTT802026460.5813.3%
2015-16OTT812130510.6311.4%
2016-17NYR561423370.6611.8%
2017-18NYR722720470.6512.7%
2018-19NYR823044740.9012.7%
2019-20NYR574134751.3219.7%
2020-21NYR562426500.8914.0%
2021-22NYR812952811.0013.2%
2022-23NYR823952911.1115.5%
2023-24NYR812646720.8911.8%
2024-25NYR822042620.7610.9%
2025-26NYR813444780.9615.8%
2026-27NYR10000.000.0%
Career10123484708180.8113.3%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2011Ottawa · round 1From Djurgarden (SWEDEN)#6

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · NYR points

Games74
Goals19
Points630.85 P/GP
Game-winning goals2
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct