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Nikita Zadorov

D · 6′7″ / 255 lb · Shoots L · Moscow, RUS · Age 31 · 2013 #16 by BUF

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190Career points

0.236Career P/GP

804Games played

53Goals

13 seasonsNHL service

Overview

2025-2622points

The latest read.

22 points in 81 games in 2025-26. Career: 190 points across 804 games.

81GP

2goals

20assists

22points

107shots

0PP points

official NHL landing · 2025-26

The career ledger.

Regular season and playoffsofficial NHL landing

Regular season190 pts

53 G · 137 A · 804 GP
0.236 P/GP · 9 PPP · 18:37 ATOI

Stanley Cup playoffs20 pts

8 G · 12 A · 64 GP
0.313 P/GP · 0 PPP · 18:21 ATOI

0.250 → 0.272P/GP by season · 12 seasons of 10+ GP · peak 2021-22

The arc.

Points and points per game by seasonNHL season log · 13 seasons

pointspoints per gamecareer 0.236peak 2021-22

When it mattered.

Postseason against the field. A smaller, self-selected population, so it is marked on the scale rather than filled626 all-time peers

Playoff career · 64 GP · 8 G · 12 A · 20 pts (0.312 P/GP)

Points · his class75.0

#6 of 20

Points · all-time80.2

#125 of 626

Goals · all-time91.4

#55 of 626

Last five games.

Most recent official appearancesofficial game log

2026-05-01vs BUFPlayoff21:52 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S

2026-04-28@ BUFPlayoff23:11 TOI0G 0A0 P · 2 S

2026-04-26vs BUFPlayoff19:20 TOI0G 0A0 P · 3 S

2026-04-23vs BUFPlayoff16:32 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S

2026-04-21@ BUFPlayoff15:53 TOI0G 0A0 P · 1 S

Milestone watch.

The next round number on the league's own fileleague milestone watch · api.nhle.com · fetched 2026-10-07

10away from 200 pointsPoints · 190 now · regular season

Published by the league, not computed here: the milestone and the current total are both on the NHL milestone feed, and the number printed is the difference. Playoff milestone rows are held out, because a playoff total read as a career total is a false statement.

What this draft slot returns.

Observed careers at the same pick, across all positionsdraft history · 2026-08-14 00:35 UTC

2013 draft#16round 1 · BUF

29Players in sample

96.6%Reached the NHL

NHL regular-season games

Pick #16 historical average404

Nikita Zadorov804

Most games in this sample: Markus Naslund (1991, PIT), 1,117 NHL games.

Sample: 29 players taken #16, across all positions, from draft classes through 2018 on file. Historical totals reflect the 2026-08-14 00:35 UTC snapshot; Nikita Zadorov's games use this page's NHL career record. Active careers can still grow.

These are observed outcomes, not a forecast for Nikita Zadorov. Exact-slot rates require at least 12 players. Draft Value methodology.

Against history.

Percentile against every NHL peercareer totals · position-aware

Career P/GP41.9

#294 of 504 · 0.236

Points81.9

#202 of 1,108 · 190

Goals86.1

#155 of 1,108 · 53

Assists80.1

#222 of 1,108 · 137

Games played87.8

#136 of 1,108 · 804

The height of the career.

Peak season and the best five41+ GP qualified seasons

2021-22 peak: 74 GP / 4 G / 18 A / 22 Pts / 0.297 P/GP · 16:55 TOI

Best five	GP	G	A	PTS	P/GP
2021-22	74	4	18	22	0.297
2024-25	81	4	18	22	0.272
2025-26	81	2	20	22	0.272
2023-24	75	6	14	20	0.267
2017-18	77	7	13	20	0.260
Prime-five	388	23	83	106	0.273

Career

Where he stands right now.

2025-26 league position and career shapeNHL league browser 2025-26

League context#389points among 940 skaters

Position context#100D scoring rank

Career peak222021-22 · points

NHL career13seasons · 6 clubs

Season by season.

Every NHL season · peak highlighted, split seasons kept apart14 regular-season rows

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PPP	S
2025-26	Boston Bruins	81	2	20	22	+18	0	107
2024-25	Boston Bruins	81	4	18	22	+25	0	105
2023-24	Calgary Flames	21	1	5	6	-6	0	29
2023-24	Vancouver Canucks	54	5	9	14	+6	0	61
2022-23	Calgary Flames	82	14	7	21	+10	1	130
2021-22Peak	Calgary Flames	74	4	18	22	+11	0	106
2020-21	Chicago Blackhawks	55	1	7	8	+1	0	52
2019-20	Colorado Avalanche	64	4	9	13	+6	0	65
2018-19	Colorado Avalanche	70	7	7	14	+19	0	100
2017-18	Colorado Avalanche	77	7	13	20	+4	1	94
2016-17	Colorado Avalanche	56	0	10	10	-20	2	61
2015-16	Colorado Avalanche	22	0	2	2	-5	0	18
2014-15	Buffalo Sabres	60	3	12	15	-10	5	52
2013-14	Buffalo Sabres	7	1	0	1	-4	0	4

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	S
2025-26	Boston Bruins	6	0	1	1	-1	6
2023-24	Vancouver Canucks	13	4	4	8	+3	21
2021-22	Calgary Flames	12	0	3	3	+2	21
2019-20	Colorado Avalanche	15	3	2	5	+5	16
2018-19	Colorado Avalanche	12	0	0	0	-5	11
2017-18	Colorado Avalanche	6	1	2	3	+1	9

The same numbers, in the league that produced them.

Every qualified season levelled to a 3.00-goal NHLofficial final standings · 1990-91 onward

2021-22 is the best season either way: 0.297 raw, 0.284 once the league it happened in is levelled out.

Season	GP	Raw P/GP	League GF/gm	Adj. P/GP
2025-26	81	0.272	3.13	0.261
2024-25	81	0.272	3.04	0.268
2023-24	75	0.267	3.11	0.257
2022-23	82	0.256	3.18	0.242
2021-22Best adjusted	74	0.297	3.14	0.284
2020-21	55	0.145	2.94	0.149
2019-20	64	0.203	3.02	0.202
2018-19	70	0.200	3.01	0.199
2017-18	77	0.260	2.97	0.262
2016-17	56	0.179	2.77	0.194
2015-16	22	0.091	2.71	0.101
2014-15	60	0.250	2.73	0.275

Method: each season's raw points per game is multiplied by 3.00 ÷ that season's league goals per team-game, taken from the official final standings. Seasons under 20 games are excluded. It levels scoring climate and nothing else (not role, ice time, teammates, schedule or injury), so treat it as one comparison, not a verdict.

Before the NHL.

Junior, college, European and international rowsofficial NHL landing · season totals

Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
2020-21	WC	Russia	8	0	3	3
2018-19	WC	Russia	9	0	1	1
2015-16	AHL	San Antonio	52	10	19	29
2013-14	OHL	London	36	11	19	30
2013-14	WJC-A	Russia	7	4	1	5
2013-14	M-Cup	London	3	0	0	0
2013-14	OHL	London	9	4	5	9
2012-13	OHL	London	63	6	19	25
2012-13	M-Cup	London	5	2	0	2
2012-13	OHL	London	20	2	4	6
2011-12	Russia-Jr.	CSKA Jr.	41	2	4	6
2011-12	Russia-Jr.	CSKA Jr.	8	0	0	0

The comparable set.

Chosen by a printed rule, not by feelNHL dossier pool · 1,162 careers

Selection rule. Defencemen only; career games played within ±20% of 804 (or ±10 games, whichever band is wider: 643 to 965); then the five nearest by career P/GP, ties broken by the closest games played. The pool is the 1,162 players in this site's NHL dossier set who own at least one official regular-season game: 46 of them cleared the band.

Radko GudasD · 2010 #66 · active885 GP · 42 G · 169 A · 211 P0.238 P/GP · +0.002 Chris TanevD · Undrafted · active878 GP · 36 G · 174 A · 210 P0.239 P/GP · +0.003 Ben ChiarotD · 2009 #120 · active805 GP · 50 G · 135 A · 185 P0.230 P/GP · −0.007 Brian DumoulinD · 2009 #51 · active788 GP · 30 G · 164 A · 194 P0.246 P/GP · +0.010 Nick JensenD · 2009 #150 · active694 GP · 26 G · 146 A · 172 P0.248 P/GP · +0.012

Similar career shape is not similar player. The rule matches volume and rate only; it knows nothing about era, position within the group, usage or role, and two careers can land on the same line for opposite reasons.

Insights

NHL Edge tracking.

Measured puck and player tracking · 2025-26 regular seasonNHL Edge tracking · api-web.nhle.com · coverage from 2021-22 · fetched 2026-08-17

Tracked axisMeasuredPercentile, 0 to 100Pct

Top shot speed99.7mph95.4

160.4 km/h equivalent · league average 88.9 mph

Max skating speed23.8mph99.7

38.4 km/h equivalent · league average 21.6 mph

Distance skated381.8km84.6

237.3 mi equivalent · league average 214.3 km

Most distance in one game5.9km71.0

3.7 mi equivalent · league average 5.2 km

Bursts over 20 mph57bursts83.0

league average 31.3

Where the shift was spent

Offensive zone time38.7%8.0

league average 42.3

Neutral zone time18.3%74.2

league average 16.8

Defensive zone time43.0%14.2

league average 40.9

Shots on goal, by location

All shots on goal107shots81.5

league average 62.1 shots

High-danger shots on goal4shots59.3

league average 4.0 shots

Method: every figure and every percentile on this panel is published by the NHL Edge endpoint. This site converts nothing and ranks nothing. The percentile column is the league's own, against the tracked population for 2025-26. Speeds arrive in mph and km/h; distance is read in kilometres with the mile conversion stated beside it. Tracked seasons on file for this player: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26.

The shot map.

Where his shots came from · 2025-26 regular season · NHL Edge areasNHL Edge shot-location detail · api-web.nhle.com · fetched 2026-08-18

Hover, tap or focus an area for its exact figures. Net at the top; left and right as the shooter sees them.

AreaShotsShare of hisPct

L Point332 G94th

Beyond Red Line190 G100th

Center Point150 G71th

Outside L130 G91th

High Slot80 G79th

R Circle60 G71th

Low Slot40 G62th

L Circle20 G42th

L Net Side20 G81th

R Point20 G31th

Offensive Neutral Zone10 G56th

Outside R10 G39th

R Net Side10 G61th

Behind the Net00 G0th

Crease00 G0th

L Corner00 G0th

R Corner00 G0th

4high danger0 G · 0.0%

16mid danger0 G · 0.0%

50long range2 G · 4.0%

Method: 107 shots on goal in 2025-26, placed by the NHL into the areas it names; each area is shaded by its share of his total, so this map is his distribution and not a comparison to any other player. The percentile column is the league's own for shots from that area, where it publishes one; nothing is converted, ranked or combined. Areas as the NHL names them; the drawing is to rink proportion with the net at the top.

Development trails.

How the scoring rate movedNHL AI Development contract

Strict monotonic scoring-rate chains ending in 2025-26. Only 25-plus-game seasons count, and a trail needs at least three consecutive qualified seasons.

Upward raw-rate trail

Assists / game

4 consecutive qualified seasons · 79.8 average GP

Downward raw-rate trail

Goals / game

4 consecutive qualified seasons · 79.8 average GP

Descriptive, not evaluative: raw P/GP, G/GP or A/GP movement. It does not control for age, role, ice time, teammates, injury, schedule or uncertainty, and it is not a forecast or player-quality grade.

Opponent atlas.

Career results by opponentlocal NHL AI Opponent Atlas

Opponents tracked32minimum five games

Most points vs.DAL16 points in 57 GP

Best scoring pace vs.SEA0.50 points per game

Career volume leaders

Career vs.DAL16 points57 GP · 5 G · 11 A68 shots · 0 PP points

Career vs.NSH14 points50 GP · 6 G · 8 A55 shots · 0 PP points

Career vs.DET12 points30 GP · 4 G · 8 A42 shots · 1 PP points

Career vs.WPG11 points30 GP · 4 G · 7 A33 shots · 1 PP points

Career vs.FLA11 points34 GP · 2 G · 9 A44 shots · 1 PP points

Career vs.VAN9 points24 GP · 2 G · 7 A34 shots · 2 PP points

Best points-per-game matchups

Pace vs.SEA0.50 P/GP14 GP · 2 G · 5 A16 shots · 0 PP points

Pace vs.DET0.40 P/GP30 GP · 4 G · 8 A42 shots · 1 PP points

Pace vs.VAN0.38 P/GP24 GP · 2 G · 7 A34 shots · 2 PP points

Pace vs.WPG0.37 P/GP30 GP · 4 G · 7 A33 shots · 1 PP points

Pace vs.VGK0.35 P/GP20 GP · 2 G · 5 A29 shots · 0 PP points

Pace vs.MTL0.35 P/GP23 GP · 2 G · 6 A26 shots · 0 PP points

Frozen from the local NHL AI Opponent Atlas. These are descriptive career splits through the source snapshot, not a projection of the next matchup and not evidence that the opponent caused the result.

Against the goaltenders.

Goaltenders faced, from play-by-playNHL play-by-play · 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 4,192 games · fetched 2026-08-18

Nikita Zadorov has faced 75 goaltenders in this dataset but none of them for the 20 shots on goal a published rate requires here. The counts exist; the rates would be noise, so they are not printed.

The source receipt.

Official basics plus named researchOfficial NHL API Web player landing, with local nhl api draft cache reuse

Career, season, game-log, bio, draft and award rows come from official NHL endpoints. Redraft is a separate hindsight model with its own snapshot clock. Pressure is a descriptive Gamelogs layer. Development Trails uses its own declared clock. Missing evidence stays unavailable rather than being drawn as zero.

Official endpoint: player landing · redraft 2026-07-10-redraft-v5.2 snapshot 2026-07-09.