San Jose Sharks · #63 · Centre

Zack Ostapchuk

Age 23 · Shoots left · 6′4″ · 215 lb · Born St. Albert, Alberta, CAN

Drafted 2021, #39 overall by Ottawa

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-8th on SJS
Assists0T-9th on SJS
Points0T-12th on SJS
P / GP0.00T-390th in the NHL
Shots40.0% shooting
TOI / GP11:0620th on SJS

2025-262025-26: 59 games, 4-3-7, 0.12 points per game Season detail →

Zack Ostapchuk has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 7 points in 59 games last season.

This season

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

0 points in 3 games for the 15th-placed San Jose

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

Percentile among NHL forwards

Blocked shots799th
Penalty differential+180th
Hits455th
Shots / GP1.3341st
PP points036th
Takeaways027th
Goals / 600.0026th
Shooting %0.0%25th
Assists / 600.0021st
Points / GP0.0013th
Ice time11:0611th

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

0.00.01–3

Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points0T-12th on SJS
Points per game0.00T-390th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists0T-9th on SJS
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time11:0620th on SJS
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Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who kills penalties

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength8:51
Power play0:00
Shorthanded2:15
Total11:06

15.7 shifts a game, averaging 43 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on SJS
PP assists0T-4th on SJS
PP points0T-6th on SJS · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP2San Jose total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every SJS PPG
PP TOI share0.0%of SJS PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play 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)0.4273rd
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.4
Unblocked attempts6
xG per attempt.072
ixG per 600.78

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

20+ mph bursts in the 78th percentile of forwards: 7

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, mph68.491st
20+ mph bursts778th
Distance / 60, mi9.9671st
Top speed, mph21.5063rd
Hardest shot, mph77.5652nd
90+ mph shots048th
22+ mph bursts041st
Distance skated, mi5.521st
Offensive-zone time35.1%7th
Defensive-zone time48.1%4th

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, mph21.50Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph77.56Forward average 74.7
Distance skated5.5 mi1.98 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts10.5%52.6% defensive · 36.8% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

35.1%All situations48.1%
38.1%Even strength43.9%
24.0%Shorthanded64.1%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.50@DAL5 Oct · 1st 17:36
  2. 21.49vsFLA1 Oct · 1st 18:59
  3. 20.94vsFLA1 Oct · 3rd 03:10
  4. 20.55vsFLA1 Oct · 1st 06:06
  5. 20.35vsLAK3 Oct · 2nd 13:09
  6. 20.08vsLAK3 Oct · 1st 02:03
  7. 20.04vsLAK3 Oct · 2nd 16:52
  8. 19.98vsLAK3 Oct · 2nd 16:29

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph7 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph22 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 77.56vsLAK3 Oct · 1st 09:58
  2. 72.20vsLAK3 Oct · 2nd 02:21
  3. 71.94vsLAK3 Oct · 2nd 13:09
  4. 60.98@DAL5 Oct · 3rd 16:52
  5. 59.08vsLAK3 Oct · 3rd 12:23

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 mph3 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 1.98@DAL5 Oct · 11:35 TOI
  2. 1.72vsLAK3 Oct · 10:14 TOI
  3. 1.82vsFLA1 Oct · 11:29 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.84 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-14th on SJS
Giveaways1
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits47th on SJS
Blocked shots72nd on SJS

Discipline

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

Faceoffs

Taken237.7 a game
Won6
Win %26.1%
Offensive zone0 of 2

A part-time centre on the draw.


Game log

Against St. Louis, a point in zero of three

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DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
30 Mar 2026vsSTLW 5-40002+111:58
26 Mar 2026@STLOTL 1-2 OT000107:55
6 Mar 2026vsSTLOTL 2-3 OT0001−19:42

Contract

$2.35M a season through 2029-30

In 2025-26 he scored 3.0 points per $1M of cap hit, 361st of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$2.35M2.3% of the $104M ceiling
Term4 yearsYear 1 of 4
Expires2029-30UFA at 27
Cap value$9.4MCap hit × 4 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 San Jose

Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

265th 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

Points7265th for San Jose
Goals4207th
Assists3282nd
Games played75187th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Three seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2023-24OTT70000.000.0%
2024-25OTT, SJS561340.073.8%
2025-26SJS594370.129.1%
Career12256110.096.7%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2021Ottawa · round 2#39

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · SJS points


Updated after every final · through 6 Oct