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2025-26 stats Shown until 2026-27 has enough games. Updates automatically. See 2026-27 projections →
Center•#18STEADYPPI 80Pavel Zacha is a 29-year-old center for the Boston Bruins. Selected 6th overall by NJD in the 2015 NHL Draft. Born in Brno, CZE.
In 2025-26, Pavel has been a consistent offensive contributor with 30 goals and 35 assists for 65 points in 78 games. He averages 0.83 points per game on 16:50 of ice time.
2025-26 · Regular season
2026-27 projection
Projected September 8, 2026 — 80% range on points. All 2026-27 player projections
80% range: 29–70 pts
STEADY — 81st percentile at C, 63% hit rate (78 GP, 2025-26)
2025-26 · Regular season
Full statistical breakdown for the 2025-26 regular season.
League percentile
Vs. all NHL skaters, 10+ games played. 99 = best, 1 = lowest.
5v5
What happened while Pavel was on the ice at 5v5, and who he was sent out against. 2025-26.
5v5 only (situationCode 1551), unblocked attempts, shift-chart attribution. 78 games, 1,319 unblocked attempts on the ice.
Quality of competition
60.4 vs 54.8 lg
94th percentile
Quality of teammates
61.8 vs 53.2 lg
78th percentile
Deployment
tough-comp
by competition faced
Competition and teammate quality are the average on-ice strength of the players he shared the ice with at 5v5, on the same 0–100 scale as the league averages beside them.
Shot Selection
Where Pavel takes his shots, and how each zone converts.
Unblocked attempts
202
Goals vs expected
30 vs 19.6 xG
5v5 scoring-chance share
41%
2025-26
PuckCast Player Intelligence, and the skill radar and on-ice impact behind it.
Skill radar & on-ice impact vs. NHL forwards
80
Offense
63
Defense
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions. Larger shape = more complete player.
Scouting Take
Displays elite offensive production, elite finishing ability, exceptional playmaking, power play scoring. Areas for improvement: bleeds goals against at evens.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side. Equal bars = balanced. Asymmetry = one-dimensional.
The Gap
17-pt spreadLeans offensive. The 17-point spread between offensive (80th) and defensive (63th) percentiles is typical of a scoring-first center.
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions.
Scouting Take
Displays elite offensive production, elite finishing ability, exceptional playmaking, power play scoring. Areas for improvement: bleeds goals against at evens.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side.
The Gap
17-pt spreadLeans offensive. The 17-point spread between offensive (80th) and defensive (63th) percentiles is typical of a scoring-first center.
Career
Season-by-season NHL regular season statistics throughout Pavel Zacha's career.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | S | S% | PIM | PPG | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-262025-26 | BOS | 78 | 30 | 35 | 65 | +4 | 131 | 22.9% | |||
| 24-252024-25 | BOS | 82 | 14 | 33 | 47 | -8 | 132 | 10.6% | |||
| 23-242023-24 | BOS | 78 | 21 | 38 | 59 | +12 | 148 | 14.2% |
Form
Pavel's last five games played — playoff games included if his team advanced, since the NHL does not separate them here.
| Date | Opp | G | A | P | +/- | S | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | vs BUF | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 18:21 |
| Apr 28 | @ BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:19 |
| Apr 26 | vs BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:42 |
| Apr 23 | vs BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 19:54 |
| Apr 21 | @ BUF | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:24 |
Roster
Top teammates by points on the Boston Bruins this season.
Bars are share of unblocked attempts — where he chooses to shoot, over a full season, which is the stable part. xG/100 compares his shot quality from a zone against the league rate for a forward. GAx is goals above expected there, a single season and noisy — zones marked * are flagged small-sample by the generator and are shown muted rather than hidden.
| 22-232022-23 | BOS | 82 | 21 | 36 | 57 | +26 | 131 | 16.0% |
| 21-222021-22 | NJD | 70 | 15 | 21 | 36 | -21 | 148 | 10.1% |
| 20-212020-21 | NJD | 50 | 17 | 18 | 35 | -11 | 103 | 16.5% |
| 19-202019-20 | NJD | 65 | 8 | 24 | 32 | -12 | 97 | 8.2% |
| 18-192018-19 | NJD | 61 | 13 | 12 | 25 | -6 | 99 | 13.1% |
| 17-182017-18 | NJD | 69 | 8 | 17 | 25 | -3 | 112 | 7.1% |
| 16-172016-17 | NJD | 70 | 8 | 16 | 24 | -17 | 83 | 9.6% |
| 15-162015-16 | NJD | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 3 | — |
| Career | — | 706 | 155 | 252 | 407 | -32 | 1187 | 13.1% |
Marat Khusnutdinov
C · 33 pts
