Nikita Zadorov Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

It stops working when he is paired with Marat Khusnutdinov

The pairing with Khusnutdinov is the one that costs him: 36.8% of the expected goals together, 47.9% apart.

316 minutes together, 1,078 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Khusnutdinov does better away from him: 47.2% of the expected goals apart against 36.8% together.

316 minutes together, 623 minutes apart

Casey Mittelstadt is the partner who brings the best out of him

Zadorov is at his best beside Mittelstadt: 50.8% of the expected goals together against 44.1% apart.

309 minutes together, 1,085 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Peeke is a different player beside him: 48.0% of the expected goals with Zadorov, 41.5% without him.

501 minutes together, 770 minutes apart for Peeke

He and Tanner Jeannot are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Zadorov and Jeannot: 4.83 expected goals an hour.

334 minutes together at 5v5

Andrew Peeke is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Peeke than anyone: 501 minutes, worth 48.0% of the expected goals.

17 goals for, 16 against together

The goals go his team's way when Jonathan Aspirot is out there with him

With Aspirot on the ice too, the Bruins have outscored opponents 11 to 4 at 5v5.

73.3% goal share over 158 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Casey Mittelstadt are out together

He gives up least beside Mittelstadt: 4.35 expected goals against an hour.

309 minutes together at 5v5

Tanner Jeannot is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Jeannot: 6.49 expected goals against an hour.

36 minutes together short-handed

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Zadorov with Jeannot, Kastelic, Kuraly and Peeke, 83 minutes at 5v5.

46.3% of the expected goals, 0 goals for and 1 against

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Geekie, Jokiharju, Lindholm and Pastrnak: 29.1% of the expected goals.

2 goals for, 3 against over 38 minutes

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Kastelic, Kuraly and McAvoy: 8 goals against in 43 minutes.

11.19 against an hour, 8.8 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Zadorov has played 52 different five-man units at 5v5, 7 of them for real minutes.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Jeannot, Jokiharju, Kastelic and Kuraly: 52.3% of the expected goals over 31 minutes.

1 goal for, 0 against, 56.3% of the attempts

The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

17 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Zadorov this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split

Morgan Geekie is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 6 of Morgan Geekie's goals, 30.0% of his own assists.

2 primary, 4 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

50.0% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

10 primary of 20 assists

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 56.0% of the goals off 45.5% of the expected goals.

10.5 points of goal share above expectation

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 102.7, running hot and likely to cool.

10.0% shooting and 92.7% goaltending behind him, 26th of 246 defencemen

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 4.98 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

211th of 246 defencemen

His team wins the goal battle while he is on the ice

The Bruins score 56.0% of the 5v5 goals with Zadorov out there.

61 for, 48 against, 43rd of 246 defencemen

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Bruins generate 45.5% of the expected goals with Zadorov on the ice.

96.7 xGF to 115.7 xGA over 1,394 minutes, 191st of 246 defencemen

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 60.73 shot attempts an hour with Zadorov on the ice at 5v5.

189th of 246 defencemen

The goals go the wrong way when he is on the ice

The Bruins are down 14 goals with Zadorov on the ice.

72 for, 86 against, 166th of 245 defencemen

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Bruins create 4.16 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Zadorov on.

152nd of 246 defencemen

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

48.1% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Zadorov is on.

611 for, 660 against, 148th of 246 defencemen

Neither team controls the puck when he is on

Zadorov's line owns 48.5% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,328 for, 1,411 against, 137th of 246 defencemen

The kill is about average with him on it

Short-handed he concedes 9.95 expected goals an hour.

33 goals against in 212 minutes, 76th of 156 defencemen

He is one of the players his coach trusts to kill penalties

He draws 2:44 of penalty kill time a game, 36th among defencemen.

12.5% of his total ice time

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Zadorov plays 20:52 a night, 79th among defencemen.

1,691 minutes across 81 games

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 5.4 penalty minutes an hour.

45th most penalty minutes an hour

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +18 on the season.

50th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

33 takeaways against 94 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.35 takeaways per giveaway

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.17 times an hour.

212th in the league

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 6.96 checks an hour.

238th in the league

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 3.76 shots on goal an hour.

674th in the league

The goals have dried up for him this season

He scores 0.07 goals an hour of ice time.

734th in the league

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 3.66 shots an hour of ice time.

293rd in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.34 times an hour.

304th most giveaways an hour

The points are not coming for him this season

Zadorov produces 0.78 points an hour of ice time.

684th in the league

He starts and finishes plays in about equal measure

He sets up 0.71 assists an hour of ice time.

539th in the league

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

19.0% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

50 of 263 attempts, 195th of 241 defencemen

He works the outside and rarely gets to the front of the net

19.0% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

50 attempts from inside the home plate, 190th of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

30.0% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

79 attempts, 2 goals

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Zadorov has taken 263 shot attempts this season.

105 on goal, 58 missed, 98 blocked, 56th of 241 defencemen

He works one side of the ice far more than the other

65.4% of his attempts come from the left side.

172 left, 54 middle, 37 right

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

43.7% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

115 long-range attempts, 82nd of 241 defencemen

He hits the net about as often as anyone

64.8% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

107 of 165 unblocked, 105th of 241 defencemen

About the usual number of his shots get blocked

37.3% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

98 of 263 attempts, 130th of 241 defencemen

He shoots about as often as anyone else

He fires 9.33 attempts an hour of ice time.

263 attempts in 1,691 minutes, 111th of 245 defencemen

He shoots from about where everyone else shoots from

His average attempt comes from 41.4 feet.

263 located attempts, 121st of 241 defencemen

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Zadorov has scored 1 times on Akira Schmid this season, more than on any other goaltender.

1 goals on 6 attempts, 16.7%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Cam Talbot has turned him away every time: 8 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Cam Talbot: 8 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Penguins have held him without a goal on 18 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

There is one opponent he goes looking for all night

Zadorov has finished his check on Marco Kasper 4 times, more than anyone.

hits delivered, from play-by-play

He gets under this opponent's skin and draws the penalty

He has drawn 2 penalties on Juraj Slafkovský.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Dylan Cozens has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 0.0% of his attempts.

0 goals on 50 close attempts, 144th of 221 defencemen

He is not converting the chances he gets

Zadorov has 2 goals off 8.2 expected: 6.2 short of what the chances say.

233rd of 241 defencemen

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 1.9% of the shots he puts on goal.

2 goals on 107 shots, 203rd of 241 defencemen

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