Jason Zucker
Age 34 · Shoots left · 5′11″ · 200 lb · Born Newport Beach, California, USA
Drafted 2010, #59 overall by Minnesota
vs Dallas · 7:00 PM ETJason Zucker scored 45 points (24 goals, 21 assists) in 62 games in 2025-26, 7th on Buffalo.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 0 gamesBuffalo have played 3 games and Jason Zucker has not dressed yet (ir, abdomen). Next game on Thursday 8 October against Dallas. 2025-26 in full below.
Last season
2025-26 regular season · 62 games45 points in 62 games on a team that finished 4th
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 (0.7). 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 Buffalo'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.
Clutch numbers to match the totals
How the 24 goals and 21 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
11 of 24 goals broke a tie; 6 came with Buffalo trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
225 attempts across the 56 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2025-26 · 62 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 leadersTop speed 21.90 mph, hardest shot 83.15 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.
Draws more penalties than he takes
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in every other game (31 of 62)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
The last ten games
CHIW 5-10112014:09
CBJW 5-00110+114:18
NYRW 5-31124+218:14
TBLW 4-21124+213:44
WSHL 2-60001−118:20
OTTL 1-40000−216:48
NYIW 4-30002−115:32
SEAW 3-2 SO0002−114:05
DETL 2-50002−117:04
BOSOTL 3-4 OT2024−115:58Better 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 9.5 points per $1M of cap hit, 165th 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 Buffalo
Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-26Jack Quinn 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 24 goals, 2025-26.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 21 assists.
By opponent
Chicago4 P in 22.00 P/GP
San Jose3 P in 21.50 P/GPNY Rangers4 P in 31.33 P/GPTampa Bay5 P in 41.25 P/GPBoston3 P in 31.00 P/GPOttawa2 P in 21.00 P/GPFranchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsFifteen seasons, with 5 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct