Pavel Zacha
Age 29 · Shoots left · 6′4″ · 212 lb · Born Brno, CZE
Drafted 2015, #6 overall by New Jersey
2025-262025-26: 78 games, 30-35-65, 0.83 points per game Season detail →
Pavel Zacha has 0 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 65 points in 78 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample0 points in 4 games for the 19th-placed Boston
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-six forward who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Boston's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most attempts from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
17 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 78 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
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 leadersHardest shot in the 98th percentile of forwards: 90.76 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.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.99vs
NYR29 Sep · 2nd 04:52 - 20.01vsNYR29 Sep · 1st 14:49
- 19.66vs
OTT5 Oct · 1st 07:37 - 19.57@
MIN3 Oct · 2nd 03:31 - 19.43vsOTT5 Oct · 1st 14:10
- 19.38vsNYR29 Sep · 1st 16:30
- 19.32vsOTT5 Oct · 2nd 16:17
- 19.22vsOTT5 Oct · 1st 07:50
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 90.76vsNYR29 Sep · 1st 00:24
- 83.73vsOTT5 Oct · 2nd 08:58
- 77.51vsNYR29 Sep · 2nd 10:11
- 77.31vsNYR29 Sep · 1st 06:21
- 76.81vsNYR29 Sep · 3rd 10:12
- 75.35@
WPG2 Oct · 3rd 00:17 - 41.28@WPG2 Oct · 1st 13:14
- 34.81@MIN3 Oct · 3rd 14:56
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 3.40vsOTT5 Oct · 20:02 TOI
- 2.96@MIN3 Oct · 19:27 TOI
- 3.10@WPG2 Oct · 19:33 TOI
- 2.52vsNYR29 Sep · 15:24 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.99 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Utah, a point in two of two
UTAW 4-10111+118:29UTAL 2-30110019:29OTTL 1-40001−120:02MINW 4-10001019:27WPGOTL 3-4 OT0003+219:33NYRW 3-00003015:2465 points in 78 games on a team that finished 8th
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.8). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Boston's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
The power play drives the goal total
How the 30 goals and 35 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
11 of 30 goals broke a tie; 8 came with Boston trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
249 attempts across the 76 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 78 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
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 leadersHardest shot in the 89th percentile of forwards: 92.95 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.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in three games out of five (49 of 78)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Utah, a point in two of two
UTAW 4-10111+118:29UTAL 2-30110019:29
NJDW 4-00110+14:58
TBLL 1-20002−117:11
CAROTL 5-6 OT1122016:59
PHIOTL 1-2 OT1011016:38TBLL 1-30111−116:05
FLAL 1-20001−117:53
DALW 6-30111+115:46
CBJW 4-3 SO2135+118:07MINW 6-32024+315:32
BUFW 4-3 OT1121+214:33OTTL 1-40001−120:02MINW 4-10001019:27WPGOTL 3-4 OT0003+219:33NYRW 3-00003015:24Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 13.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 77th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
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 1 Oct 2026.
With Boston
Five seasons · 2022-23 to 2026-2725th in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsTwelve seasons, with 2 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct