Boston Bruins · #44 · Centre

James Hagens

Age 19 · Shoots left · 5′11″ · 186 lb · Born Hauppauge, New York, USA

Drafted 2025, #7 overall by Boston

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Games42026-27 Small sample
Goals2T-1st on BOS
Assists0T-12th on BOS
Points2T-2nd on BOS
P / GP0.50T-195th in the NHL
Shots728.6% shooting
TOI / GP13:5015th on BOS

2025-262025-26: 2 games, 0-1-1, 0.50 points per game Season detail →

James Hagens has 2 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 1 point in 2 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

2 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.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Goals / 602.1788th
Shooting %28.6%83rd
Blocked shots383rd
Takeaways169th
Shots / GP1.7561st
Hits455th
Points / GP0.5054th
PP points036th
Ice time13:5034th
Assists / 600.0021st
Penalty differential−118th

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

0.50.51–4

Dashed line: season average (0.5). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points2T-2nd on BOS
Points per game0.50T-195th in NHL
Goals2T-21st in NHL
Assists0T-12th on BOS
Shooting %28.6%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time13:5015th on BOS
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 Boston's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength12:19
Power play1:28
Shorthanded0:03
Total13:50

16.5 shifts a game, averaging 50 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-1st on BOS
PP assists0T-1st on BOS
PP points0T-1st on BOS · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-1st on BOS

Scoring detail

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.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-3rd on BOS
Overtime goals0T-2nd on BOS
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals2
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st1
2nd0
3rd1
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied1
Leading0
Trailing1

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

Assists at 5-on-5

Primary0
Secondary0

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

Rates per 60

Points / 602.17
Goals / 602.17
Shots / 607.6
ES points / 602.442 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the wing

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease2 att · 1 G
Slot5 att · 0 G
Wing4 att · 1 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

11 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)1.078th
Goals2
Goals vs expected+1.0
Unblocked attempts10
xG per attempt.101
ixG per 601.09

2026-27 · 4 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

20+ mph bursts in the 83rd percentile of forwards: 8

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

20+ mph bursts883rd
Defensive-zone time36.0%81st
Offensive-zone time44.1%72nd
Distance skated, mi9.170th
Distance / 60, mi9.9267th
Average shot, mph59.466th
Hardest shot, mph78.2254th
Top speed, mph21.2952nd
90+ mph shots048th
22+ mph bursts041st

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, mph21.29Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph78.22Forward average 74.7
Distance skated9.1 mi2.34 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts38.7%29.0% defensive · 32.3% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

44.1%All situations36.0%
43.3%Even strength36.6%
54.5%Power play28.7%
10.8%Shorthanded65.1%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.29@MIN3 Oct · 3rd 06:24
  2. 20.95@WPG2 Oct · 3rd 04:38
  3. 20.90vsNYR29 Sep · 1st 01:36
  4. 20.82vsOTT5 Oct · 2nd 00:10
  5. 20.61@MIN3 Oct · 3rd 18:31
  6. 20.28@WPG2 Oct · 2nd 04:21
  7. 20.02vsOTT5 Oct · 3rd 11:28
  8. 20.00vsNYR29 Sep · 3rd 18:37

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph8 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph20 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 78.22@WPG2 Oct · 3rd 02:16
  2. 77.87@MIN3 Oct · 2nd 05:08
  3. 77.11vsOTT5 Oct · 3rd 19:37
  4. 72.77@MIN3 Oct · 2nd 04:06
  5. 68.26vsNYR29 Sep · 3rd 15:12
  6. 40.68@MIN3 Oct · 2nd 04:54
  7. 31.99@WPG2 Oct · 1st 15:20
  8. 28.16vsOTT5 Oct · 2nd 12:14

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 mph4 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.31vsOTT5 Oct · 13:55 TOI
  2. 2.26@MIN3 Oct · 13:43 TOI
  3. 2.23@WPG2 Oct · 14:14 TOI
  4. 2.34vsNYR29 Sep · 13:27 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.29 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

Takeaways1T-7th on BOS
Giveaways3
TK / GV ratio0.33
Hits4T-9th on BOS
Blocked shots3T-8th on BOS

Discipline

Penalty minutes2
Minors1
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties−1drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken10.3 a game
Won0
Win %0.0%
Offensive zone0 of 1

A winger: fewer than one draw a game.


Game log

The last ten games

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
5 OctvsOTTL 1-41012−113:55
3 OctvsMINW 4-10003−113:43
2 OctvsWPGOTL 3-4 OT1011+114:14
29 SepvsNYRW 3-00001013:27

Prediction markets

3.5% for the Calder Trophy

Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.

Calder TrophyRookie of the year3.5%—Not listed4¢Not listed

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Contract

$986K a season through 2027-28

Cap hit$986K0.9% of the $104M ceiling
Term3 yearsYear 2 of 3
Expires2027-28RFA at 21
Cap value$3MCap hit × 3 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 1 Oct 2026.


With Boston

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

Nikita Zadorov 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

Nikita Zadorov1
Mark Kastelic1

Assists on his 2 goals, 2026-27.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points3334th for Boston
Goals2272nd
Assists1350th
Games played6444th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Two seasons, all with the Bruins

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2025-26BOS20110.500.0%
2026-27BOS10000.000.0%
Career30110.330.0%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2025Boston · round 1From Boston College (H-EAST)#7

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · BOS points

Games3
Goals0
Points00.00 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct