Los Angeles Kings · #36 · Right wing

Mats Zuccarello

Age 39 · Shoots left · 5′8″ · 181 lb · Born Oslo, NOR

Undrafted

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-9th on LAK
Assists1T-4th on LAK
Points1T-7th on LAK
P / GP0.33T-274th in the NHL
Shots10.0% shooting
TOI / GP18:116th on LAK

2025-262025-26: 59 games, 15-39-54, 0.92 points per game Season detail →

Mats Zuccarello has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 54 points in 59 games last season.

This season

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

1 point in 3 games for the 31st-placed Los Angeles

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

Percentile among NHL forwards

PP points180th
Penalty differential+180th
Ice time18:1178th
Assists / 601.1054th
Points / GP0.3340th
Takeaways027th
Goals / 600.0026th
Shooting %0.0%25th
Blocked shots012th
Shots / GP0.336th
Hits05th

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

0.30.31–3

Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points1T-7th on LAK
Points per game0.33T-274th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists1T-4th on LAK
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time18:116th on LAK
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Ice time and special teams

A top-six forward who runs the first power play

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength13:58
Power play4:13
Shorthanded0:00
Total18:11

20.3 shifts a game, averaging 54 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on LAK
PP assists1T-1st on LAK
PP points1T-2nd on LAK · T-51st NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 604.743rd on LAK

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP2Los Angeles total
Involved in1goals or assists
Share50.0%of every LAK PPG
PP TOI share69.4%of LAK PP time

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


Scoring detail

No goals yet: his one point is an assist

How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-1st on LAK
Overtime goals0T-1st on LAK
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals0
Power-play goals0

Assists

Primary1 · 100%
Secondary0 · 0%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.10
Goals / 600.00
Shots / 601.1
ES points / 600.000 ES points
PP points / 604.741 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot3 att · 0 G
Wing3 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)0.2414th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.2
Unblocked attempts2
xG per attempt.097
ixG per 600.21

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

Hardest shot in the 83rd percentile of forwards: 84.26 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

Average shot, mph68.993rd
Defensive-zone time33.4%93rd
Offensive-zone time48.0%90th
Hardest shot, mph84.2683rd
Distance skated, mi8.360th
90+ mph shots048th
22+ mph bursts041st
Distance / 60, mi9.1512th
20+ mph bursts04th
Top speed, mph19.553rd

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, mph19.55Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph84.26Forward average 74.7
Distance skated8.3 mi3.18 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts39.3%28.6% defensive · 32.1% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

48.7%All situations33.4%
46.1%Even strength35.8%
58.1%Power play24.9%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 19.55@SJS3 Oct · 1st 19:57
  2. 19.52@SJS3 Oct · 3rd 16:18
  3. 19.22@SJS3 Oct · 1st 12:00
  4. 19.18@COL30 Sep · 2nd 16:27
  5. 19.04@COL30 Sep · 3rd 04:26
  6. 18.42@SJS3 Oct · 2nd 09:04
  7. 18.41@SJS3 Oct · 1st 07:27

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph0 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph12 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 84.26@SJS3 Oct · 3rd 05:13

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

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

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.51vsFLA6 Oct · 17:16 TOI
  2. 3.18@SJS3 Oct · 19:18 TOI
  3. 2.63@COL30 Sep · 17:59 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.77 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-11th on LAK
Giveaways5
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits0T-17th on LAK
Blocked shots0T-14th on LAK

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn1
Net penalties+1drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Vegas, a point in two of three

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
6 Mar 2026@VGKW 4-21011017:52
29 Dec 2025@VGKW 5-20003018:34
16 Nov 2025vsVGKW 3-2 OT0223+121:13

Contract

Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer

In 2025-26 he scored 54.0 points per $1M of cap hit, 5th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$1M1.0% of the $104M ceiling
Term1 yearYear 1 of 1
Expires2026-27UFA at 39
Cap value$1MCap hit × 1 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 2 Oct 2026.


With Los Angeles

One season · 2026-27 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

344th in franchise points since 1990-91

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points1344th for Los Angeles
Goals0328th
Assists1329th
Games played3424th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Seventeen seasons, with 4 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2010-11NYR42617230.558.1%
2011-12NYR102130.3020.0%
2012-13NYR153580.5311.1%
2013-14NYR771940590.7711.2%
2014-15NYR781534490.639.7%
2015-16NYR812635610.7515.7%
2016-17NYR801544590.747.9%
2017-18NYR801637530.669.0%
2018-19DAL, NYR481228400.8311.5%
2019-20MIN651522370.5715.6%
2020-21MIN421124350.8314.9%
2021-22MIN702455791.1315.1%
2022-23MIN782245670.8611.1%
2023-24MIN691251630.916.9%
2024-25MIN691935540.7812.6%
2025-26MIN591539540.9212.3%
2026-27LAK10000.00—
Career9642325127440.7711.3%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · LAK points

Games110
Goals21
Points670.61 P/GP
Game-winning goals4
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct