Pavel Zacha
- Position
- Centre
- Age
- 29Apr 6, 1997
- Height
- 6'4"193 cm
- Weight
- 212 lbs96 kg
- Shoots
- Left
- Born
- Brno, CZE
- Nationality
- CZE
- Draft
- 2015 · Round 1 · 6th overall · NJD
Pavel Zacha, Boston Bruins centre, stats: this season, career totals, game log, recent trends and advanced metrics, plus players with a similar profile — from the NHL’s official data updated daily.
Trends
Points Per Game Trend
Contract
2026-27 cap $104.0MContract data not yet available.
Career
Born in Brno, CZE · Draft: 2015 · Round 1, pick 6 (#6 overall) · NJD · 12 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 722
- G
- 160
- A
- 259
- PTS
- 419
- +/-
- -26
Playoffs
- GP
- 31
- G
- 2
- A
- 13
- PTS
- 15
- +/-
- -5
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits10#420 of 659
- Hits per game0.63#455 of 659
- Hits per 601.95#487 of 659
- Blocked shots6#438 of 659
- Takeaways7#41 of 659
- Giveaways15#420 of 659
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)4.29#94 of 659
- Expected goals per 600.84#146 of 659
- Goals above expected+0.71#169 of 659
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.100#70 of 659
- High-danger shots18#71 of 659
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)45.4%#506 of 659
- Corsi relative to team-4.3%#508 of 659
- Fenwick (unblocked share)45.1%#496 of 659
- PDO at 5v51.091#22 of 659
- Offensive zone starts54.8%#221 of 659
- Time on ice per game19:09#165 of 659
Ranks among 659 skaters with 5+ GP.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 16 tracked games this season · updated Nov 7
Longer bar = better than more of the league’s skaters. The tick marks the middle of the league.
Territory
- Offensive-zone time while on the iceLeague avg 41.9%40.2%Beats 28%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 40.4%37.3%Beats 5%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 39.1%40.4%Beats 41%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.8 mph21.0 mphBeats 16%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 209Beats 29%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 10Beats 0%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 54.6 mph55.3 mphBeats 63%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 80.5 mph90.8 mphBeats 93%
Where the shots come from
Close = crease, low slot and net sides. Mid = high slot and faceoff circles. Long = points and outside the circles.
Schematic rink; area borders are approximate.
- Left corner: 0 shots
- Behind the net: 0 shots
- Right corner: 0 shots
- Left side of the net: 0 shots
- Crease: 0 shots
- Right side of the net: 0 shots
- Low slot: 11 shots
- Left circle: 4 shots
- Right circle: 2 shots
- High slot: 5 shots
- Outside left: 2 shots
- Outside right: 0 shots
- Left point: 0 shots
- Centre point: 1 shots
- Right point: 1 shots
- Neutral zone: 1 shots
- Beyond the red line: 0 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 811Beats 76%
- Close-range shooting %League avg 19.8%18.2%Beats 49%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 711Beats 81%
- Mid-range shooting %League avg 12.7%27.3%Beats 88%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 22More than 73%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →FO%
53.5%
Won–Lost
121–105
226 taken
League rank
#38
of 125 (100+ FO)
By zone
- Offensive zone56.0% · 47/84
- Neutral zone48.4% · 30/62
- Defensive zone55.0% · 44/80
By situation
- Even strength53.8% · 106/197
- Power play60.0% · 9/15
- Shorthanded42.9% · 6/14
Game LogLast 10 games
Career Arc
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