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Ice Lab

Defence · #22

Nikita Zaitsev

Age
34
Shoots
Right
Height
188 cm
Weight
87 kg
Born
Moscow, RUS
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2016–17 to 2023–24

Games
482
Goals
22
Points
118
TOI per game
20:29
xGF% (5v5)
47.2%
Goals above expected
−0.2

On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.

On ice7870:5846.9%46.9%47.2%47.1%2.432.72286367994.6
Team with player off ice14698:1450.4%50.3%49.9%49.8%2.572.586516061,007.9
Relative (on − off)–-3.5%–-2.7%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 18 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition
24.8%
Opponents' xGF%: 50.1%
Quality of teammates
24.5%
Teammates' xGF%: 48.9%
Offensive zone starts
36.8%
57.9% of shifts start on the fly
Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

0%20%40%60%80%100%22.022.523.023.524.024.525.025.526.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsSchmaltzPanikAnisimovKrugerToewsTootooHartmanMotteRasmussenPanarinHossaKaneKeithHjalmarssonKempnySeabrookForslingCampbellDesjardinsJurcoHaydenKeroOduyaRiemsdykSharpDeBrincatBoumaSaadWingelsMurphyRuttaKunitzKahunJohnsonKampfManningJokiharjuGustafssonPerliniStromeSikuraDahlstromKubalikSmithCarpenterHighmoreDachCaggiulaNylanderMaattaBoqvistKoekkoekKurashevHagelJohnsonEntwistleHardmanJonesMcCabePhillipsHaanLaffertyJohnsonStillmanJonesRaddyshDomiKatchoukDickinsonBlackwellGuttmanAthanasiouJohnsonMitchellAndersonKhairaBjorkReichelTinordiEnglundRoosRobinsonKaiserVlasicDonatoFolignoHallPerryBedardKorchinskiBeauvillierCrevierSeneyMegnaSanfordPitlickSlaggertZaitsev

Close and late

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late
On-ice xGF% at 5v5
47.2%
45.3%