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
- 56
- Goals
- 3
- Points
- 10
- TOI per game
- 15:43
- xGF% (5v5)
- 37.1%
- Goals above expected
- +1.7
The net is at the top. Hover a shot for the details; click to open the game.
68 shots · 3 goals · 1.3 xG
By shot type
Model-basedWhich shots go in, and which were better than their chances suggested.
| Wrist | 49 | 2 | 6.5% | 0.9 | 0.02 | +1.1 |
| Slap | 12 | 1 | 14.3% | 0.2 | 0.01 | +0.8 |
| Snap | 7 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.3 | 0.04 | −0.3 |
Shot blocking
Model-basedNot all blocks are equal: stepping in front of a point shot through traffic saves less than blocking a one-timer from the slot. Each block is valued at the xG the shot would have had if it had got through. Percentiles compare defencemen with enough 5-on-5 time.
- Blocks
- 99
- xG blocked
- 4.7
- xG per block
- 0.048
- Own attempts blocked
- 43
As a blocker
- xG blocked per 600.3299th pct
- Blocks per 606.7598th pct
- xG per block0.04889th pct
- Share of on-ice danger blocked (5v5)8.1%98th pct
As a shooter
- Share of own attempt xG blocked (lower is better)42.2% · 1.0 xG3rd pct
The net Zaitsev was defending is at the top. Each diamond is a block, sized by the xG the shot would have had.
99 blocks · 4.7 xG stopped
Every defenceman with enough 5-on-5 time. Right means more blocks; up means the shots blocked were more dangerous. The curves join equal xG blocked per 60.
Where the shots come from
Model-basedLeft: the player's own 5-on-5 attempts per 60, compared with the average at the position. Right: all of the team's attempts with the player on the ice, compared with the league.
Blue shows more attempts than average from that area. Both maps count attempts for, so blue is good on both.
Own shots
Team shots with player on ice