Blueline model coming

Nikita Zadorov

BOS●D●Age 30.8

Pythia scores forwards today. A defenceman model is on the roadmap — no skater breakout score for blueliners yet.

Underlying profile · 2025-26descriptive · not a call

Points/600.7840th pctile (D)

Expected G/600.2262nd pctile (D)

Shots/603.863rd pctile (D)

Points/600.78

Goals2

Expected Goals6.1

Shots/603.8

TOI/GP20.9

Games81

Percentiles are within the defencemen pool this season — a descriptive read of the underlying game, not a forecast.

Career History

13 seasons · MoneyPuck.com · advanced metrics from 2008-09

Season ▲	Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	P/60	xG	xG/60	Sh	Sh/60	TOI	PP
2013-14	BUF	18.8	7	1	0	1	0.50	0.2	0.08	4	2.0	17.2	0.18
2014-15	BUF	19.8	60	3	12	15	0.85	3.0	0.17	52	2.9	17.7	1.31
2015-16	COL	20.8	22	0	2	2	0.32	1.0	0.16	18	2.9	16.9	0.43
2016-17	COL	21.8	55	0	10	10	0.58	3.0	0.17	59	3.4	19.0	0.64
2017-18	COL	22.8	76	7	11	18	0.73	4.3	0.18	93	3.8	19.4	0.15
2018-19	COL	23.8	70	7	7	14	0.70	4.1	0.20	100	5.0	17.2	0.06
2019-20	COL	24.8	64	3	10	13	0.69	3.1	0.16	64	3.4	17.7	0.06
2020-21	CHI	25.8	55	1	7	8	0.45	1.8	0.10	51	2.9	19.3	0.11
2021-22	CGY	26.8	74	4	18	22	1.05	4.2	0.20	106	5.1	16.9	0.19
2022-23	CGY	27.8	82	14	7	21	0.82	6.1	0.24	130	5.1	18.7	0.20
2023-24	VAN	28.8	75	6	14	20	0.92	3.2	0.15	90	4.1	17.4	0.12
2024-25	BOS	29.8	81	4	18	22	0.79	5.4	0.20	105	3.8	20.6	0.16
2025-26	BOS	30.8	81	2	20	22	0.78	6.1	0.22	107	3.8	20.9	0.07
Career			802	52	136	188	0.76	45.3	0.18	979	3.9	18.6

Basic stats left of the divider; Pythia's advanced metrics (xG, xG/60, shots/60, TOI/GP, PP/GP) to the right. Plus-minus is not in MoneyPuck data.