JJ Peterka
Age 24 · Shoots left · 6′0″ · 184 lb · Born Munich, DEU
Drafted 2020, #34 overall by Buffalo
vs Utah · 7:00 PM ET2025-262025-26: 82 games, 25-22-47, 0.57 points per game Season detail →
JJ Peterka has 2 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 47 points in 82 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample2 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 (0.5). 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
1 of 2 goals broke a tie
How the 2 goals and 0 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 2 goals broke a tie; 0 came with Boston trailing.
Assists at 5-on-5
Five-on-five only, while the all-situations goal index fills in.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
13 attempts across the 3 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 · 82 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 leaders20+ mph bursts in the 99th percentile of forwards: 18
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
- 22.56vs
NYR29 Sep · 3rd 04:50 - 21.64vs
OTT5 Oct · 2nd 09:15 - 21.51vsOTT5 Oct · 2nd 11:34
- 21.50vsOTT5 Oct · 1st 13:09
- 21.30@
MIN3 Oct · 3rd 09:37 - 21.02@MIN3 Oct · 1st 19:29
- 20.85@MIN3 Oct · 2nd 09:11
- 20.85vsOTT5 Oct · 1st 09:19
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 82.07@
WPG2 Oct · 2nd 03:40 - 80.35@WPG2 Oct · 3rd 06:42
- 67.20@WPG2 Oct · 3rd 17:33
- 59.93vsNYR29 Sep · 2nd 19:44
- 59.73vsNYR29 Sep · 3rd 01:47
- 58.82@WPG2 Oct · OT 03:21
- 52.42vsNYR29 Sep · 3rd 17:06
- 52.33@MIN3 Oct · 1st 12:38
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.69vsOTT5 Oct · 15:20 TOI
- 3.35@MIN3 Oct · 20:38 TOI
- 2.98@WPG2 Oct · 20:05 TOI
- 2.72vsNYR29 Sep · 17:09 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.94 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
The last ten games
OTTL 1-40000−215:20MINW 4-10002020:38WPGOTL 3-4 OT1015+120:05NYRW 3-01011+117:0947 points in 82 games
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 (0.6). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Boston's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 25 goals and 22 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
5 of 25 goals broke a tie; 8 came with Boston trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
350 attempts across the 83 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 · 82 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 leaders20+ mph bursts in the 94th percentile of forwards: 212
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.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in one game of three (38 of 82)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
The last ten games
STLL 3-50113−121:02WPGW 5-31014+115:02
CGYL 1-40002−114:01
CARL 1-40000−113:43
NSHW 4-10002014:57
EDMW 6-5 OT1013016:37
VANW 7-40002014:00
SEAW 6-21014+116:42
LAKW 6-20111+112:57
WSHL 4-70002−114:03OTTL 1-40000−215:20MINW 4-10002020:38WPGOTL 3-4 OT1015+120:05NYRW 3-01011+117:09Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$7.7M a season through 2029-30
In 2025-26 he scored 6.1 points per $1M of cap hit, 297th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Contract terms from public reports. 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
One season · 2026-27 to 2026-27Elias Lindholm 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
Assists on his 2 goals, 2026-27.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsSix seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct