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Zack Ostapchuk

Position	Center / Left Wing	Current Team	San Jose Sharks
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	3 years
Height	6'4"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	212	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	23
Age	22 (May 29, 2003)	Expiry Status	RFA
Drafted	2021, Round 2, Overall 39 (OTT)

Date	Team	Transaction
Apr 22, 2025	San Jose Sharks	Assigned to AHL
Mar 14, 2025	San Jose Sharks	Recalled from AHL
Mar 7, 2025	San Jose Sharks	Acquired from Ottawa Senators
Mar 7, 2025	Ottawa Senators	Traded to San Jose Sharks
Feb 23, 2025	Ottawa Senators	Assigned to AHL
Dec 27, 2024	Ottawa Senators	Recalled from AHL
Dec 23, 2024	Ottawa Senators	Assigned to AHL
Dec 16, 2024	Ottawa Senators	Recalled from AHL
Dec 15, 2024	Ottawa Senators	Assigned to AHL
Nov 24, 2024	Ottawa Senators	Recalled from AHL
Nov 12, 2024	Ottawa Senators	Assigned to AHL
Nov 11, 2024	Ottawa Senators	Recalled from AHL
Nov 10, 2024	Ottawa Senators	Assigned to AHL
Nov 4, 2024	Ottawa Senators	Recalled from AHL
Nov 3, 2024	Ottawa Senators	Assigned to AHL
Oct 31, 2024	Ottawa Senators	Recalled from AHL
Oct 30, 2024	Ottawa Senators	Assigned to AHL
Oct 29, 2024	Ottawa Senators	Recalled from AHL
Sep 29, 2021	Ottawa Senators	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

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.
2023-24	OTT	7	72:24	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.39	-0.39	0.00	9.33	-9.33	33.33	0.00
2024-25	SJS	13	117:32	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.38	-0.38	0.00	12.46	-12.46	11.11	11.11
2024-25	OTT	43	374:57	0.16	0.48	0.64	0.42	-0.26	5.26	13.85	-8.59	2.94	5.88
2024-25	OTT, SJS	56	492:29	0.12	0.37	0.49	0.41	-0.29	4.00	13.52	-9.52	4.65	6.98

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
2023-24	OTT	7	72:24	28.18	0.83	1.64	44.75	1.66	2.75	33.33	37.39	-0.91	0.46	-15.36
2024-25	SJS	13	117:32	35.73	1.02	1.86	44.92	1.53	2.24	40.00	45.42	-0.29	-0.45	1.00
2024-25	OTT	43	374:57	34.24	0.96	1.82	42.25	2.08	2.32	31.58	43.99	-0.55	0.09	-7.56
2024-25	OTT, SJS	56	492:29	34.60	0.97	1.83	42.88	1.95	2.30	33.33	44.33	-0.49	-0.04	-5.47

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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022-23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023-24	7	22.9	1.4	10.3	10.3	84.4	43.3	0.0	40.0	60.0	47.2	16.6	36.2
2024-25	56	23.3	1.2	10.1	10.2	86.5	56.5	10.0	60.0	30.0	41.7	18.0	40.3

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.

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Team	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2024-25	OTT	1.80	2.70	40.00	1.72	2.16	44.33	-0.57	-0.28	-4.10
2024-25	OTT	2.24	1.12	66.67	2.20	2.45	47.32	-0.17	0.22	-4.20
2024-25	SJS	0.00	1.41	0.00	1.95	1.80	51.99	-0.21	-0.86	7.25
2024-25	OTT	2.19	0.00	100.00	0.99	1.40	41.46	-1.27	-1.07	-6.31
2024-25	OTT	0.00	0.00	-	2.02	1.65	55.10	-0.30	-0.89	7.36
2024-25	OTT	0.00	2.50	0.00	2.04	2.48	45.12	-0.19	0.32	-5.66
2023-24	OTT	0.00	1.88	0.00	1.63	2.88	36.11	-1.03	0.56	-17.34

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.

News and Opinions

Sharks’ Opening Night Roster Projection: Afanasyev on IR? Regenda Waived, 3 Sent to AHL at San Jose Hockey Now (Sun Oct 5, 2025)
Pre-Season Preview/Lines #6: Celebrini Will Play Tonight, Kurashev Has Big Opportunity at San Jose Hockey Now (Sat Oct 4, 2025)
Quick bites: Cardwell nets hat trick; Sharks devour Golden Knights at Fear the Fin (Sat Oct 4, 2025)
Training Camp Roster Update: Sharks Cut 9, Waive 5, Scrimmage NHL-Like Lines at San Jose Hockey Now (Wed Oct 1, 2025)
Ostapchuk on How To Improve His Offense, Looking Up to Gaudette (+) at San Jose Hockey Now (Sun Sep 28, 2025)
Sharks shutout Vegas 3-0 in preseason opener at Fear the Fin (Mon Sep 22, 2025)
No. 8 Igor Chernyshov: San Jose’s next power forward? at Fear the Fin (Thu Sep 18, 2025)
Five biggest training camp battles to watch as Sharks enter 2025-26 NHL season at Yahoo Sports NHL (Tue Sep 16, 2025)
Revisiting the Miserable 2021 Draft for the Senators at Ottawa Hockey Now (Tue Sep 9, 2025)
No. 22 Zack Ostapchuk: A sneaky skillset at Fear the Fin (Fri Aug 29, 2025)
Senators’ Release of Oliver Johannson Is a Painful Reminder of 2021 Draft Class at The Hockey Writers (Fri Aug 15, 2025)
Zack Ostapchuk could be something for the Sharks if given time at Blades of Teal (Thu Aug 14, 2025)
Ottawa Senators 2025 Top 25 Under 25, #18: Jan Jenik at Silver Seven Sens (Tue Aug 12, 2025)

Current Contract

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	18	$870,000	$925,000	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2022-23	19	$847,500	$902,500	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2023-24	20	$825,000	$880,000	$82,500	$92,500	$775,000	$867,500	$80,000	ELC
2024-25	21	$825,000	$880,000	$82,500	-	$775,000	$775,000	$80,000	ELC
2025-26	22	$825,000	$880,000	-	-	$832,500	$832,500	$80,000	ELC
Total				$165,000	$277,500	$2,382,500	$2,660,000	$240,000

Signed: Sep 29, 2021

Team: Ottawa Senators

GM: Pierre Dorion

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid two seasons as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2016-17	AEHL U15	St. Albert Sabres U15 AAA	35	6	9	15		12				10	2	2	4
2017-18	WSI U15	Western Canada Selects U15	8	1	1	2
2017-18	CSSHL U16	Northern Alberta Xtreme U16 Prep	5	2	3	5
2017-18	CSSHL U15	Northern Alberta Xtreme U15 Prep	30	24	21	45		12				4	2	1	3		12
2018-19	CWG	Team Alberta	6	3	3	6
2018-19	CSSHL U18	Northern Alberta Xtreme U18 Prep	31	13	15	28		48				5	3	5	8		14
2018-19	WHL	Vancouver Giants	6	0	0	0						2
2019-20	WHL	Vancouver Giants	44	5	3	8	-2	14
2020-21	WHL	Vancouver Giants	22	7	9	16	-3	26
2021-22	WJC-20	Canada U20	7	1	2	3	+1
2021-22	WHL	Vancouver Giants	60	26	17	43	-5	58				12	7	16	23	+6	4
2022-23	WHL	Vancouver Giants	21	10	19	29	+9	20
2022-23	WJC-20	Canada U20	7	2	1	3	+2	25
2022-23	WHL	Wenatchee Wild	34	21	17	38	+19	26				18	9	6	15	+4	11
2023-24	NHL	Ottawa Senators	7	0	0	0	-1		5	0.0	10:30
2023-24	AHL	Belleville Senators	69	17	11	28	+4	47				6	1	1	2
2024-25	NHL	Ottawa Senators	43	1	3	4	-7	26	20	5.0	9:20
2024-25	AHL	Belleville Senators	15	2	9	11	+8	10
2024-25	AHL	Belleville Senators	15	2	9	11	+8	10
2024-25	NHL	San Jose Sharks	13	0	0	0	-1	19	6	0.0	9:43
2024-25	AHL	San Jose Barracuda										6				-5	6
2024-25	AHL	San Jose Barracuda										6				-5	6
NHL Career			63	1	3	4	-9	45	31	3.2	9:32