Montréal Canadiens · #76 · Right wing

Zachary Bolduc

Age 23 · Shoots left · 6′0″ · 187 lb · Born Trois-Rivières, Quebec, CAN

Drafted 2021, #17 overall by St. Louis

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals31st on MTL
Assists0T-13th on MTL
Points34th on MTL
P / GP1.00T-52nd in the NHL
Shots560.0% shooting
TOI / GP12:1414th on MTL

2025-262025-26: 78 games, 12-18-30, 0.38 points per game Season detail →

Zachary Bolduc has 3 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 30 points in 78 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

3 points in 3 games for the 20th-placed Montréal

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

Percentile among NHL forwards

Goals / 604.9099th
Shooting %60.0%98th
Points / GP1.0084th
PP points180th
Shots / GP1.6755th
Hits455th
Penalty differential048th
Blocked shots141st
Takeaways027th
Ice time12:1422nd
Assists / 600.0021st

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

1.01.01–3

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

Points34th on MTL
Points per game1.00T-52nd in NHL
Goals3T-6th in NHL
Assists0T-13th on MTL
Shooting %60.0%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time12:1414th on MTL
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who plays on the power play

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength10:53
Power play1:21
Shorthanded0:00
Total12:14

14.3 shifts a game, averaging 51 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals11st on MTL
PP assists0T-3rd on MTL
PP points1T-1st on MTL · T-51st NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 6014.812nd on MTL

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP1Montréal total
Involved in1goals or assists
Share100.0%of every MTL PPG
PP TOI share26.8%of MTL PP time

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


Scoring detail

2 of 3 goals broke a tie

How the 3 goals and 0 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-2nd on MTL
Overtime goals0T-1st on MTL
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals2
Power-play goals1

Goals by period

1st2
2nd1
3rd0
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied2
Leading0
Trailing1

2 of 3 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Montréal trailing.

Assists at 5-on-5

Primary0
Secondary0

Five-on-five only, while the all-situations goal index fills in.

Rates per 60

Points / 604.90
Goals / 604.90
Shots / 608.2
ES points / 603.682 ES points
PP points / 6014.811 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot4 att · 3 G
Wing2 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

6 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.5221st
Goals3
Goals vs expected+2.5
Unblocked attempts5
xG per attempt.109
ixG per 600.89

2026-27 · 3 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

Top speed in the 90th percentile of forwards: 22.35 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

Top speed, mph22.3590th
Distance / 60, mi10.2890th
22+ mph bursts189th
Offensive-zone time46.7%85th
Defensive-zone time35.4%85th
20+ mph bursts561st
90+ mph shots048th
Average shot, mph53.743rd
Distance skated, mi6.330th
Hardest shot, mph70.0621st

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, mph22.35Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph70.06Forward average 74.7
Distance skated6.3 mi2.38 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts19.1%28.6% defensive · 52.4% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

47.2%All situations35.3%
47.2%Even strength35.3%
47.6%Power play35.5%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.23@TOR29 Sep · 1st 14:41
  2. 20.49@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 15:45
  3. 20.10@TOR29 Sep · 3rd 03:50
  4. 19.84@PIT3 Oct · 1st 18:04
  5. 19.69@PIT3 Oct · 2nd 19:39
  6. 18.96@TOR29 Sep · 1st 07:16
  7. 18.83@TOR29 Sep · 2nd 16:23
  8. 18.68@PIT3 Oct · 1st 09:53

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph1 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph4 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph21 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 63.86@TOR29 Sep · 2nd 00:37
  2. 35.36@TOR29 Sep · 2nd 04:52

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

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

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.38vsCAR6 Oct · 14:07 TOI
  2. 2.09@PIT3 Oct · 11:31 TOI
  3. 1.82@TOR29 Sep · 11:04 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.10 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

Takeaways0T-14th on MTL
Giveaways3
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits4T-9th on MTL
Blocked shots1T-11th on MTL

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken10.3 a game
Won0
Win %0.0%
Offensive zone0 of 0

A winger: fewer than one draw a game.


Game log

Against Nashville, a point in zero of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
28 Mar 2026@NSHW 4-10000014:47
16 Oct 2025vsNSHW 3-2 OT0002015:49

Contract

$4.2M a season through 2029-30

In 2025-26 he scored 7.1 points per $1M of cap hit, 253rd of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$4.2M4.0% of the $104M ceiling
Term4 yearsYear 1 of 4
Expires2029-30UFA at 27
Cap value$16.8MReported total

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 Montréal

Two seasons · 2025-26 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

Alexandre Texier 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

Alexandre Texier2
Mike Matheson1
Josh Anderson1
Phillip Danault1
Alex Newhook1

Assists on his 3 goals, 2026-27.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points33145th for Montréal
Goals15121st
Assists18154th
Games played81191st
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Four seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2023-24STL255490.3613.2%
2024-25STL721917360.5015.8%
2025-26MTL781218300.3811.9%
2026-27MTL11011.0050.0%
Career1763739760.4314.2%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2021St. Louis · round 1From Rimouski (QMJHL)#17

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · MTL points

Games26
Goals3
Points80.31 P/GP
Game-winning goals1
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct