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Left wing · #27

Zachary Aston-Reese

Pittsburgh Penguins Anaheim Ducks Toronto Maple Leafs Detroit Red Wings Columbus Blue Jackets(traded during the season)
Age
32
Shoots
Left
Height
185 cm
Weight
92 kg
Born
Staten Island, USA
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2017–18 to 2025–26

Games
416
Goals
49
Points
102
TOI per game
12:49
xGF% (5v5)
50.8%
Goals above expected
−11.7

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2017–18PIT16426+211:232020.0%02.748.5%
2018–19PIT438917+1213:397610.5%07.752.0%
2019–20PIT576713+614:25986.1%010.657.5%
2020–21PIT459615+1014:377911.4%08.349.5%
2021–22PIT522911+812:55523.8%05.151.7%
2021–22ANA17314+113:252611.5%03.247.7%
2021–22All teams6951015+913:02786.4%08.350.5%
2022–23TOR7710414−610:568911.2%010.150.7%
2023–24DET300005:0910.0%00.245.0%
2024–25CBJ7961117−1513:271015.9%010.849.2%
2025–26CBJ27145−19:44175.9%02.045.3%
Total5 teams4164953102+1712:495598.8%060.750.8%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.20.40.60.850100150200250300350400
8m10m12m14m16m50100150200250300350400Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2017–18 to 2025–26 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

4th line

31st percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

4th line
  • Goals /600.5534th pct
  • Assists /600.6020th pct
  • ixG /600.6843rd pct
  • Goals above expected−11.712th pct

Play-driving

3rd line
  • xGF% (5v5)50.8%72nd pct
  • CF% (5v5)48.0%40th pct
  • Relative xGF%−0.455th pct
  • Penalty diff /60-0.1920th pct

Usage

3rd line
  • TOI per game12:4945th pct
  • PP time share3.7%25th pct
  • Offensive zone starts32.0%9th pct
  • Quality of competition24.0%50th pct

Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Most similar players this season

  1. Brandon DuhaimeMIN/WSH0.96
  2. Yakov TreninNSH/MIN0.95
  3. Cole SmithNSH0.92
  4. Zachary L'HeureuxNSH0.91
  5. Tanner JeannotNSH/LAK0.89
  6. Nicolas Aube-KubelPHI/TOR/WSH/MIN0.88

Faceoffs

How often Aston-Reese wins the draw over 2017–18 to 2025–26, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1737+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

35.5%

43–78 · below the 1737 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

35.7%

Opponents won 50.1% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.9% against them.

Wins above average

−17

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

1.4

121 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

37%19 · +1.034%41 · −0.329%21 · +0.1100%3 · –60%5 · 0.025%4 · −0.340%15 · +5.823%13 · +2.4Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone32.3% 20–42
  • Neutral zone45.2% 14–17
  • Defensive zone32.1% 9–19

By strength

  • Even strength34.0% 32–62
  • Power play28.6% 2–5
  • Shorthanded45.0% 9–11

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +16 after a win, −22 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.0 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2017–18616.7%19.1%
2018–191844.4%43.9%
2019–202330.4%32.0%
2020–211838.9%38.7%
2021–22850.0%49.0%
2022–231450.0%48.5%
2024–25922.2%23.2%
2025–262528.0%28.0%

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

−11.7 goals above expected

010203040506050100150200250300350400Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−500+50+100

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed35.7 km/h49th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph4643rd pct
  • Hardest shot133.3 km/h35th pct
  • Distance skated68 km26th pct
  • Offensive-zone time37.9%8th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other forwards that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian forwardMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

35.7 km/h38th pct

▼ −0.8 km/h since 2024–25

343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 37.5 km/h, 92nd percentile (69 games)2022–23: 36.5 km/h, 70th percentile (77 games)2023–24: 36.7 km/h, 76th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 36.5 km/h, 65th percentile (79 games)2025–26: 35.7 km/h, 38th percentile (27 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

10.589th pct

▼ −1.2 since 2024–25

051015202521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 8.0, 75th percentile (69 games)2022–23: 8.8, 83rd percentile (77 games)2023–24: 19.4, 99th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 11.7, 92nd percentile (79 games)2025–26: 10.5, 89th percentile (27 games)

Distance skated per 60

15.5 km49th pct

▼ −0.4 km since 2024–25

14.51515.51616.51721–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 15.9 km, 69th percentile (69 games)2022–23: 15.8 km, 72nd percentile (77 games)2023–24: 16.7 km, 96th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 15.9 km, 70th percentile (79 games)2025–26: 15.5 km, 49th percentile (27 games)

Hardest shot

133.3 km/h23rd pct

▼ −4.1 km/h since 2024–25

40608010012014016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 133.0 km/h, 13th percentile (69 games)2022–23: 137.1 km/h, 22nd percentile (77 games)2023–24: 68.6 km/h, 0th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 137.3 km/h, 34th percentile (79 games)2025–26: 133.3 km/h, 23rd percentile (27 games)

Offensive-zone time

37.9%8th pct

▼ −0.6 points since 2024–25

30%35%40%45%50%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 39.4%, 20th percentile (69 games)2022–23: 40.4%, 31st percentile (77 games)2023–24: 34.1%, 0th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 38.5%, 10th percentile (79 games)2025–26: 37.9%, 8th percentile (27 games)