NHL statistics · 2026-27 regular season

NHL zone time leaders

Share of time on ice spent in the offensive and defensive zones, and the share of shifts that started in the offensive zone.

SeasonSmall sample: teams average 3.3 games so far, so rate leaders move a lot from night to night.

SearchTeamPositionMin GP

#Player

1Vasily Podkolzin#92 · EDM · R355.6%27.0%43.9%+35

2Leon Draisaitl#29 · EDM · C355.0%28.0%46.5%+45

3Andrei Svechnikov#37 · CAR · R453.8%29.4%31.7%04

4Evan Bouchard#2 · EDM · D353.8%28.6%46.3%+68

5Jackson Blake#53 · CAR · R453.0%30.7%44.1%−13

6Sebastian Aho#20 · CAR · C452.8%30.0%25.0%07

7Tomas Hertl#48 · VGK · C452.7%30.5%47.2%+35

8Shayne Gostisbehere#4 · CAR · D452.6%30.9%44.4%−22

9William Carrier#28 · CAR · L452.6%30.2%31.6%−12

10Connor McDavid#97 · EDM · C352.0%31.2%52.5%+79

11Brayden Point#21 · TBL · C352.0%29.6%46.7%+22

12Victor Olofsson#95 · VGK · L451.6%31.4%48.7%+15

13John Carlson#74 · TBL · D351.6%29.6%55.9%02

14Axel Sandin-Pellikka#44 · DET · D351.5%33.4%45.5%00

15Joel Eriksson Ek#14 · MIN · C351.1%33.5%54.8%+11

16Brady Tkachuk#8 · FLA · L451.1%32.0%42.9%−20

17Nick Schmaltz#8 · UTA · C450.8%32.4%41.3%−17

18Zach Benson#6 · BUF · L350.6%30.1%43.3%+11

19Jack Quinn#22 · BUF · R350.6%30.5%43.3%+12

20Noah Ostlund#86 · BUF · C350.6%31.0%40.6%+23

21Carter Yakemchuk#26 · OTT · D350.4%30.9%37.5%01

22Matt Boldy#12 · MIN · L350.0%34.0%58.8%−10

23Brandt Clarke#92 · LAK · D349.9%31.7%58.5%−42

24Brad Marchand#63 · FLA · L249.8%31.7%55.6%01

25Logan Stankoven#22 · CAR · C449.6%32.3%52.9%01

26Shakir Mukhamadullin#85 · EDM · D249.5%34.0%25.0%−60

27Clayton Keller#9 · UTA · R449.5%33.7%43.8%−17

28Lucas Raymond#23 · DET · L349.5%34.9%31.4%−23

29Aleksander Barkov#16 · FLA · C249.4%33.7%38.9%00

30Nikita Kucherov#86 · TBL · R349.4%31.6%51.5%+24

31Quinn Hughes#43 · MIN · D349.4%33.9%49.2%+24

32Mike Reilly#6 · CAR · D249.3%32.1%36.8%00

33Drake Batherson#19 · OTT · R349.2%32.5%32.5%+13

34Zayne Parekh#19 · CGY · D349.2%32.7%59.1%−61

35Pavel Dorofeyev#16 · NYR · R549.2%34.3%34.4%−12

36Maxim Shabanov#49 · MIN · R349.1%33.0%37.9%+12

37Uvis Balinskis#26 · FLA · D349.1%32.9%42.9%+20

38Rasmus Dahlin#26 · BUF · D348.9%31.5%36.0%+12

39Jake Guentzel#59 · TBL · C348.9%31.9%63.6%+23

40Taylor Hall#71 · CAR · L448.8%32.0%42.9%−12

41Jalen Chatfield#5 · CAR · D448.8%33.4%34.3%+11

42Arseny Gritsyuk#81 · NJD · R348.8%34.2%53.7%−30

43Ivan Demidov#93 · MTL · R248.7%32.7%41.2%02

44Matthew Schaefer#48 · NYI · D348.7%35.2%16.7%02

45Trent Frederic#10 · EDM · C348.5%34.2%40.0%01

46Alex DeBrincat#93 · DET · R348.5%35.8%29.3%+24

47Sam Reinhart#13 · FLA · C448.5%34.8%43.5%−10

48Kirill Kaprizov#97 · MIN · L348.4%33.5%51.4%+13

49Mattias Ekholm#14 · EDM · D348.3%33.9%37.0%+60

50Erik Gustafsson#64 · LAK · D248.3%34.8%64.5%01

Rate leaders need at least 2 games; lower the minimum to see everyone.

About this table

How to read it

GP: Games played.
OZ%: Share of his time on ice in the offensive zone.
DZ%: Share of his time on ice in the defensive zone.
OZ start%: Share of his shifts that started in the offensive zone.
+/-: Plus-minus.
P: Points.

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