Jason Zucker
01/Where he scores from
Zucker scored 24 regular season goals on 190 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2025-26. His densest patch is the crease, 7 ft out: 15/24 · 63% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 30% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 17/24 · 71% of his goals came from here, on 97/190 · 51% of his attempts — 17/97 · 18% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 5/24 · 21% of his goals came from here, on 56/190 · 29% of his attempts — 5/56 · 9% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 2/24 · 8% of his goals came from here, on 30/190 · 16% of his attempts — 2/30 · 7% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 0/24 · 0% of his goals came from here, on 7/190 · 4% of his attempts — 0/7 · 0% of what he sent from there went in.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Zucker scored 59 regular season goals on 624 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. His densest patch is the crease, 6 ft out: 32/59 · 54% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 24% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 39/59 · 66% of his goals came from here, on 241/624 · 39% of his attempts — 39/241 · 16% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 14/59 · 24% of his goals came from here, on 193/624 · 31% of his attempts — 14/193 · 7% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 6/59 · 10% of his goals came from here, on 158/624 · 25% of his attempts — 6/158 · 4% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 0/59 · 0% of his goals came from here, on 32/624 · 5% of his attempts — 0/32 · 0% of what he sent from there went in.
Zucker scored 3 playoff goals on 59 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 1 of his 3 goals came from here, on 24 of his 59 attempts.
Slot. 1 of his 3 goals came from here, on 16 of his 59 attempts.
Perimeter. 1 of his 3 goals came from here, on 16 of his 59 attempts.
Point. 0 of his 3 goals came from here, on 3 of his 59 attempts.
Under 150 located attempts, so the counts are raw. A share of 59 shots moves by more than a point on one bounce, and printing it would give the sample an authority it has not earned.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Zucker scored 237 regular season goals on 2,598 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2011-12 to 2025-26. His densest patch is the doorstep, 12 ft out: 124/237 · 52% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 31% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 133/237 · 56% of his goals came from here, on 841/2,598 · 32% of his attempts — 133/841 · 16% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 84/237 · 35% of his goals came from here, on 995/2,598 · 38% of his attempts — 84/995 · 8% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 18/237 · 8% of his goals came from here, on 639/2,598 · 25% of his attempts — 18/639 · 3% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 2/237 · 1% of his goals came from here, on 123/2,598 · 5% of his attempts — 2/123 · 2% of what he sent from there went in.
Zucker scored 11 playoff goals on 185 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2011-12 to 2025-26. His densest patch is the doorstep, 13 ft out: 6/11 · 55% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 32% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 4/11 · 36% of his goals came from here, on 58/185 · 31% of his attempts — 4/58 · 7% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 5/11 · 45% of his goals came from here, on 64/185 · 35% of his attempts — 5/64 · 8% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 2/11 · 18% of his goals came from here, on 53/185 · 29% of his attempts — 2/53 · 4% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 0/11 · 0% of his goals came from here, on 10/185 · 5% of his attempts — 0/10 · 0% of what he sent from there went in.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2011-12 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone — which is where 4 of his goals in this window came from, empty nets and long range. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
02/When his goals came
9 of his 24 goals came in the 2nd period, on 51 shots. That is a record of last season, not a description of the player: which period a skater scores in does not carry from one year to the next.
03/Game log
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | S | H | +/- | PIM | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14 | @CHI | W 5-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:09 |
| Apr 9 | CBJ | W 5-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:18 |
| Apr 8 | @NYR | W 5-3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:14 |
| Apr 6 | TBL | W 4-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 13:44 |
| Apr 4 | @WSH | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 18:20 |
| Apr 2 | @OTT | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 16:48 |
| Mar 31 | NYI | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 15:32 |
| Mar 28 | SEA | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 14:05 |
| Mar 27 | DET | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 17:04 |
| Mar 25 | BOS | OTL 3-4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:58 |
| Mar 23 | @ANA | OTL 5-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:21 |
| Mar 21 | @LAK | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:30 |
| Mar 20 | @SJS | W 5-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:08 |
| Mar 18 | @VGK | W 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:55 |
| Mar 14 | TOR | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 16:24 |
| Mar 12 | WSH | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 0 | 17:07 |
| Mar 10 | SJS | W 6-3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +4 | 2 | 12:56 |
| Mar 8 | TBL | W 8-7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:42 |
| Mar 7 | NSH | W 3-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:42 |
| Mar 6 | @PIT | W 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:11 |
| Mar 4 | VGK | W 3-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:36 |
| Mar 1 | @TBL | W 6-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 12:05 |
| Feb 28 | @FLA | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:52 |
| Feb 26 | @NJD | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13:28 |
| Feb 6 | PIT | L 2-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 18:48 |
Showing the 25 most recent of 62 regular season games. Playoff games are kept out of this table and totalled separately in the career record.
04/Splits
Home / Road
In wins / In losses
Every split prints its own denominator. Any split under eight games is greyed rather than hidden, so the edge of the sample is visible instead of guessed at.
05/Career
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12 | MIN | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 10 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 | 11:02 |
| 2012-13 | MIN | 20 | 4 | 1 | 5 | +5 | 8 | 34 | 11.8 | 11 | 5 | 10:22 |
| 2013-14 | MIN | 21 | 4 | 1 | 5 | +5 | 2 | 40 | 10.0 | 16 | 11 | 8:41 |
| 2014-15 | MIN | 51 | 21 | 5 | 26 | -8 | 18 | 124 | 16.9 | 67 | 13 | 14:44 |
| 2015-16 | MIN | 71 | 13 | 10 | 23 | -3 | 20 | 158 | 8.2 | 83 | 33 | 14:25 |
| 2016-17 | MIN | 79 | 22 | 25 | 47 | +26 | 30 | 172 | 12.8 | 73 | 42 | 11:37 |
| 2017-18 | MIN | 82 | 33 | 31 | 64 | +7 | 44 | 222 | 14.9 | 80 | 47 | 14:29 |
| 2018-19 | MIN | 81 | 21 | 21 | 42 | -4 | 28 | 214 | 9.8 | 87 | 38 | 13:29 |
| 2019-20 | MIN/PIT | 60 | 20 | 21 | 41 | -4 | 21 | 111 | 18.0 | 53 | 23 | 14:21 |
| 2020-21 | PIT | 38 | 9 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 21 | 67 | 13.4 | 69 | 15 | 14:55 |
| 2021-22 | PIT | 41 | 8 | 9 | 17 | -2 | 15 | 102 | 7.8 | 66 | 20 | 11:33 |
| 2022-23 | PIT | 78 | 27 | 21 | 48 | -7 | 47 | 197 | 13.7 | 198 | 29 | 14:04 |
| 2023-24 | ARI/NSH | 69 | 14 | 18 | 32 | -7 | 81 | 150 | 9.3 | 98 | 22 | 12:07 |
| 2024-25 | BUF | 73 | 21 | 32 | 53 | +2 | 57 | 143 | 14.7 | 68 | 34 | 15:33 |
| 2025-26 | BUF | 62 | 24 | 21 | 45 | -4 | 23 | 128 | 18.8 | 57 | 25 | 13:28 |
| Career | 832 | 241 | 227 | 468 | -5 | 417 | 1,872 | 12.9 | 1,031 | 359 | 13:30 |
Playoffs
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-13 | MIN | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | 4 | 2 | – |
| 2014-15 | MIN | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | 21 | 9.5 | 20 | 5 | – |
| 2015-16 | MIN | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 7 | 2 | – |
| 2016-17 | MIN | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | 2 | 20 | 5.0 | 10 | 2 | – |
| 2017-18 | MIN | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 2019-20 | MIN/PIT | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | 0 | 12 | 16.7 | 8 | 1 | – |
| 2020-21 | PIT | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | 12 | 16.7 | 22 | 3 | – |
| 2021-22 | PIT | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 9 | 0.0 | 23 | 2 | – |
| 2023-24 | ARI/NSH | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 17 | 5.9 | 15 | 1 | – |
| 2025-26 | BUF | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 4 | 18 | 11.1 | 20 | 5 | 14:33 |
| Career | 65 | 11 | 11 | 22 | -4 | 16 | 131 | 8.4 | 132 | 26 | 14:33 |
06/Bio
- Position
- Left Wing
- Jersey
- #17
- Shoots
- L
- Height
- 5'11"
- Weight
- 198 lb
- Born
- Jan 16, 1992 (age 34)
- Birthplace
- Newport Beach, California, USA
- Drafted
- 2010 · Round 2 · Pick 29 · MIN
- Club
- Buffalo Sabres
