Nikita Zadorov
Age 31 · Shoots left · 6′7″ · 244 lb · Born Moscow, RUS
Drafted 2013, #16 overall by Buffalo
2025-262025-26: 81 games, 2-20-22, 0.27 points per game Season detail →
Nikita Zadorov has 2 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 22 points in 81 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample2 points in 4 games for the 19th-placed Boston
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.5). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Boston's power play went through him.
Special teams
No goals yet: all 2 points are assists
How the 0 goals and 2 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
13 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
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 84th percentile of defencemen: 89.21 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
- 20.62@
WPG2 Oct · 3rd 01:55 - 20.05@WPG2 Oct · 1st 16:21
- 19.88@WPG2 Oct · 2nd 13:14
- 19.77@WPG2 Oct · 2nd 14:48
- 19.77vs
OTT5 Oct · 2nd 19:42 - 19.60vs
NYR29 Sep · 1st 04:16 - 19.53vsOTT5 Oct · 3rd 19:35
- 19.07vsNYR29 Sep · 2nd 15:59
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 89.21@WPG2 Oct · OT 01:30
- 83.66vsOTT5 Oct · 3rd 04:51
- 82.26vsNYR29 Sep · 1st 06:51
- 81.02@
MIN3 Oct · 1st 07:38 - 79.42vsNYR29 Sep · 2nd 11:31
- 76.54@MIN3 Oct · 1st 13:36
- 73.86@MIN3 Oct · 1st 10:08
- 71.20@WPG2 Oct · 1st 10:40
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 3.07vsOTT5 Oct · 19:39 TOI
- 2.32@MIN3 Oct · 15:45 TOI
- 3.15@WPG2 Oct · 20:54 TOI
- 3.05vsNYR29 Sep · 21:54 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.90 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Utah, a point in one of two
UTAW 4-10110+221:05UTAL 2-30000020:44OTTL 1-40001−119:39MINW 4-10002015:45WPGOTL 3-4 OT0220020:54NYRW 3-00001021:5422 points in 81 games on a team that finished 8th
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 (0.3). 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 Boston'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.
2 of 2 goals broke a tie
How the 2 goals and 20 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
2 of 2 goals broke a tie; 0 came with Boston trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
255 attempts across the 81 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
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 leadersTop speed in the 99th percentile of defencemen: 23.84 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 (20 of 81)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Utah, a point in one of two
UTAW 4-10110+221:05UTAL 2-30000020:44
NJDW 4-00003019:10
CBJW 3-20000023:27
TBLL 1-20000−119:29
CAROTL 5-6 OT0221018:41
PHIOTL 1-2 OT0001021:54TBLL 1-30001−120:19
FLAL 1-20001018:35
DALW 6-30002−118:26CBJW 4-3 SO0002−119:22MINW 6-30001+122:25OTTL 1-40001−119:39MINW 4-10002015:45WPGOTL 3-4 OT0220020:54NYRW 3-00001021:54Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$5M a season through 2029-30
In 2025-26 he scored 4.4 points per $1M of cap hit, 125th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.
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
Three seasons · 2024-25 to 2026-2798th 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.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 2 assists.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsFourteen seasons, with 6 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct