Artem Zub
Age 31 · Shoots right · 6′3″ · 201 lb · Born Khabarovsk, RUS
Undrafted
Artem Zub scored 30 points (5 goals, 25 assists) in 81 games in 2025-26, 13th on Ottawa. Against Philadelphia: 1 point in the last 3 meetings.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 0 gamesOttawa have played 3 games and Artem Zub has not dressed yet (ir, knee). Next game on Thursday 8 October against Philadelphia. 2025-26 in full below.
Last season
2025-26 regular season · 81 games30 points in 81 games on a team that finished 9th
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.4). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Ottawa'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.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 5 goals and 25 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
2 of 5 goals broke a tie; 2 came with Ottawa trailing.
Most attempts from the point, goals from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
218 attempts across the 80 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2025-26 · 81 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 67th percentile of defencemen: 94.74 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman 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
Points come in bunches, not every night (25 of 81)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Philadelphia, a point in one of three
PHIW 2-1 OT0000−122:15PHIW 3-2 OT0001018:23PHIW 2-10112017:14
TORW 3-10004022:13
NJDOTL 3-4 OT0111+226:28
NYIW 3-00000+224:45
FLAW 5-11013+222:32
TBLW 6-20000+123:58
CARW 6-30112+223:08
MINL 1-40001−121:51
BUFW 4-10110+224:24FLAL 3-60001−115:43TBLL 2-40111−124:02Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 6.5 points per $1M of cap hit, 74th of 191 defencemen 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 Ottawa
Six seasons · 2020-21 to 2025-26Brady Tkachuk 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 5 goals, 2025-26.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 25 assists.
By opponent
Tampa Bay4 P in 31.33 P/GP
Calgary2 P in 21.00 P/GP
San Jose2 P in 21.00 P/GP
Colorado2 P in 21.00 P/GP
Vancouver2 P in 21.00 P/GP
Montréal3 P in 40.75 P/GPFranchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsSix seasons, all with the Senators
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct