Defence · #22

Nikita Zaitsev

Toronto Maple Leafs

Ottawa Senators

Chicago Blackhawks(traded during the season)

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

Career · 2016–17 to 2023–24

Games: 223
Goals: 12
Points: 63
TOI per game: 21:31
xGF% (5v5): 49.2%
Goals above expected: +0.5

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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 ice	3883:06	49.1%	49.6%	49.2%	49.1%	2.57	2.65	160	172	1,004.1
Team with player off ice	7026:31	51.7%	52.1%	51.5%	51.5%	2.70	2.55	350	271	1,021.0
Relative (on − off)	–	-2.6%	–	-2.3%	–	–	–	–	–	–

On-ice figures exclude 1 game with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Model-based

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

Quality of competition

25.1%

Opponents' xGF%: 50.1%

Quality of teammates

26.0%

Teammates' xGF%: 50.7%

Offensive zone starts

39.2%

54.7% 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.

Close and late

Model-based

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%