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Jason Zucker

Position	Left Wing / Right Wing	Current Team	Buffalo Sabres
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	1 years
Height	5'11"	Expires	2024-25
Weight (lbs)	195	Extended Through	2026-27
Age	33 (Jan 16, 1992)	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	35
Drafted	2010, Round 2, Overall 59 (MIN)	Expiry Status	UFA

Date	Team	Transaction
Mar 7, 2025	Buffalo Sabres	Signed 2 years @ $4.750M AAV starting in 2025-26
Jul 1, 2024	Buffalo Sabres	Signed 1 year @ $5.000M AAV starting in 2024-25
Jul 1, 2023	Arizona Coyotes	Signed 1 year @ $5.300M AAV starting in 2023-24
Jul 25, 2018	Minnesota Wild	Signed 5 years @ $5.500M AAV starting in 2018-19
Jul 15, 2014	Minnesota Wild	Signed 2 years @ $900K AAV starting in 2014-15
Mar 27, 2012	Minnesota Wild	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

		Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2011-12	MIN	6	0	2	2	-2	2	10	0.0	11:02
2012-13	MIN	20	4	1	5	+4	8	34	11.8	11:16	5	1	1	2	+1		11	9.1	13:29
2013-14	MIN	21	4	1	5	+2	2	40	10.0	12:59
2014-15	MIN	51	21	5	26	-9	18	124	16.9	15:04	10	2	1	3	-1	2	21	9.5	14:11
2015-16	MIN	71	13	10	23	-4	20	158	8.2	15:35	6		2	2	-4	2	3	0.0	13:56
2016-17	MIN	79	22	25	47	+34	30	172	12.8	15:17	5	1		1	-1	2	20	5.0	17:15
2017-18	MIN	82	33	31	64	+8	44	222	14.9	16:58	5				-4		8	0.0	16:27
2018-19	MIN	81	21	21	42	-9	28	214	9.8	17:05
2019-20	MIN	45	14	15	29	-3	19	75	18.7	15:54
2019-20	PIT	15	6	6	12	-1	2	36	16.7	17:40	4	2		2			12	16.7	17:14
2020-21	PIT	38	9	9	18	-8	21	67	13.4	15:41	6	2	1	3	-1	2	12	16.7	15:25
2021-22	PIT	41	8	9	17	-2	15	102	7.8	14:49	5		2	2	-3	2	9	0.0	13:45
2022-23	PIT	78	27	21	48	-4	47	197	13.7	15:39
2023-24	ARI	51	9	16	25	-5	58	104	8.7	14:02
2023-24	NSH	18	5	2	7	-4	23	46	10.9	13:13	6	1	2	3	+4	2	17	5.9	14:18
2024-25	BUF	63	19	27	46	+2	55	116	16.4	16:02
Career		760	215	201	416	-1	392	1717	12.5	15:31	52	9	9	18	-9	12	113	8.0	14:57

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2015-16	MIN	71	907:27	0.73	0.46	1.19	1.02	-0.29	8.27	11.56	-3.29	6.74	9.84
2016-17	MIN	79	1056:54	1.02	1.36	2.38	0.89	0.13	12.00	10.42	1.58	6.51	5.58
2017-18	MIN	82	1084:18	1.05	1.00	2.05	0.89	0.17	11.11	9.35	1.76	5.12	6.51
2018-19	MIN	81	1110:27	0.65	0.70	1.35	0.90	-0.25	7.06	9.78	-2.72	4.76	4.76
2019-20	MIN	45	546:12	0.55	0.99	1.54	0.49	0.06	9.43	8.43	1.00	8.33	1.39
2019-20	PIT	15	219:54	0.82	1.36	2.18	0.73	0.09	10.71	9.60	1.12	5.41	8.11
2019-20	MIN, PIT	60	766:06	0.63	1.10	1.72	0.56	0.07	9.88	8.83	1.04	7.34	3.67
2020-21	PIT	38	523:47	0.92	0.57	1.49	0.69	0.23	14.81	11.14	3.68	5.13	5.13
2021-22	PIT	41	532:32	0.56	1.01	1.58	0.72	-0.16	6.33	8.11	-1.78	3.12	5.21
2022-23	PIT	78	1060:53	1.30	0.68	1.98	1.17	0.13	13.14	11.83	1.31	2.83	11.74
2023-24	ARI	51	597:25	0.40	1.00	1.41	0.85	-0.45	5.19	11.00	-5.81	6.77	4.51
2023-24	NSH	18	205:19	1.17	0.58	1.75	1.02	0.15	10.00	8.74	1.26	2.13	12.77
2023-24	ARI, NSH	69	802:44	0.60	0.90	1.49	0.89	-0.30	6.84	10.23	-3.39	5.56	6.67
2024-25	BUF	56	688:57	0.61	1.48	2.09	0.65	-0.04	9.46	10.08	-0.62	0.83	5.79

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2015-16	MIN	71	907:27	37.69	1.98	2.34	37.36	2.12	2.00	48.39	53.91	0.19	-0.33	5.85
2016-17	MIN	79	1056:54	42.29	3.52	2.66	40.59	1.76	2.08	66.67	56.08	0.28	-0.16	4.62
2017-18	MIN	82	1084:18	43.99	2.82	2.75	42.61	2.27	2.18	55.43	55.81	0.59	-0.05	6.58
2018-19	MIN	81	1110:27	47.28	2.00	2.78	41.60	2.05	2.30	49.33	54.67	0.46	0.20	2.27
2019-20	MIN	45	546:12	37.35	2.53	2.06	43.28	3.19	2.16	44.23	48.76	-0.22	0.10	-3.81
2019-20	PIT	15	219:54	46.93	2.73	2.61	41.20	3.00	2.83	47.62	47.96	0.28	0.41	-1.11
2019-20	MIN, PIT	60	766:06	40.10	2.58	2.21	42.68	3.13	2.35	45.21	48.49	-0.08	0.21	-3.17
2020-21	PIT	38	523:47	38.60	2.18	2.10	36.89	2.98	2.50	42.22	45.61	-0.29	0.30	-6.35
2021-22	PIT	41	532:32	43.60	2.70	2.76	38.98	2.70	2.25	50.00	55.11	0.03	-0.15	1.85
2022-23	PIT	78	1060:53	51.13	2.94	3.34	40.66	3.05	2.63	49.06	55.95	0.59	-0.04	5.24
2023-24	ARI	51	597:25	40.37	2.31	2.43	45.80	2.61	2.70	46.94	47.36	0.05	0.18	-1.14
2023-24	NSH	18	205:19	47.34	2.34	2.93	46.76	2.92	2.54	44.44	53.52	-0.30	0.14	-3.83
2023-24	ARI, NSH	69	802:44	42.16	2.32	2.56	46.04	2.69	2.66	46.27	49.01	-0.05	0.17	-2.12
2024-25	BUF	56	688:57	43.72	3.57	2.52	44.94	2.96	2.66	54.67	48.72	0.19	0.23	-0.30

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
2021-22	41	22.9	0.6	4.0	4.3	89.8	48.4	9.6	42.5	47.9	40.7	18.5	40.8
2022-23	78	22.7	0.7	9.8	9.8	94.8	50.0	13.3	25.9	60.8	38.3	18.7	43.1
2023-24	69	21.9	0.4	9.6	9.8	89.9	51.8	8.0	41.0	51.0	40.6	19.0	40.4
2024-25	52	22.1	0.3	9.0	9.4	82.4	52.4	11.1	19.0	69.8	39.1	18.9	42.0

Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	32		$5,000,000	$5,000,000	-	$1,000,000	$4,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	UFA
Total					-	$1,000,000	$4,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000

Signed: July 1, 2024

Team: Buffalo Sabres

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 5.68

Contract Extension

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	33	M-NTC	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	-	$1,000,000	$3,750,000	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	UFA
2026-27	34	M-NTC	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	-	-	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	UFA
Total					-	$1,000,000	$8,500,000	$9,500,000	$9,500,000

Signed: Mar 7, 2025

Team: Buffalo Sabres

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 4.97

Clause: Player can submit a 5 team no trade list.

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	31		$5,300,000	$5,300,000	-	-	$5,300,000	$5,300,000	$5,300,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$5,300,000	$5,300,000	$5,300,000

Signed: July 1, 2023

Team: Arizona Coyotes

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 6.35

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	26		$5,500,000	$5,500,000	-	-	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	RFA-arb
2019-20	27	M-NTC	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	-	-	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	UFA
2020-21	28	M-NTC	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	-	-	$4,800,000	$4,800,000	$4,800,000	UFA
2021-22	29	M-NTC	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	-	-	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	UFA
2022-23	30	M-NTC	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	-	-	$5,200,000	$5,200,000	$5,200,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$27,500,000	$27,500,000	$27,500,000

Signed: July 25, 2018

Team: Minnesota Wild

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 6.92

Clause: Starting in 2019-20 player can submit a 10 team no trade list.

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2014-15	22	$900,250	$900,250	-	-	$850,500	$850,500	$67,500	RFA
2015-16	23	$900,250	$900,250	-	-	$950,000	$950,000	$950,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,800,500	$1,800,500	$1,017,500

Signed: July 15, 2014

Team: Minnesota Wild

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 1.3

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2011-12	19	$771,667	$833,333	-	-	$700,000	$700,000	$67,500	ELC
2012-13	20	$771,667	$833,333	$185,000	-	$715,000	$715,000	$67,500	ELC
2013-14	21	$771,667	$833,333	-	-	$900,000	$900,000	$67,500	ELC
Total				$185,000	-	$2,315,000	$2,315,000	$202,500

Signed: Mar 27, 2012

Team: Minnesota Wild

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA

*Age is as of September 15