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Pavel Zacha

#18

C · 6'4", 212 lb · 29 years old · Shoots left · Brno, CZE

Drafted 2015 · NJD · round 1 · #6 overall

Last 5 games

Date	Opp	G	A	PTS	SOG	+/−	TOI
Oct 20	@DAL	0	0	0	4	-1	21:22
Oct 16	@ANA	0	2	2	1	0	17:04
Oct 13	@SJS	1	0	1	1	+1	17:32
Oct 10	PHI	1	0	1	1	+1	19:16
Oct 8	UTA	0	1	1	1	0	16:25

Against his position

This playerAverage forward

Against 443 forwards, on rates per 60 minutes so a shortened season is not read as a worse one.

Role

Hits / 601.44375th

Blocks / 601.80228th

Takeaways / 601.4478th

Giveaways / 603.25263rd

Faceoff win %51.2%119th

Penalty minutes6326th

Off the radar because these describe a role rather than a quality — a shutdown defenceman blocks more than a power-play specialist, and neither is better for it.

NHL regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/−	SOG	S%	TOI
2026-27	Boston Bruins	9	2	3	5	+2	16	12.5	18:27
2025-26	Boston Bruins	78	30	35	65	+4	131	22.9	16:51
2024-25	Boston Bruins	82	14	33	47	-8	132	10.6	19:04
2023-24	Boston Bruins	78	21	38	59	+12	148	14.2	18:06
2022-23	Boston Bruins	82	21	36	57	+26	131	16.0	16:03
2021-22	New Jersey Devils	70	15	21	36	-21	148	10.1	16:51
2020-21	New Jersey Devils	50	17	18	35	-11	103	16.5	17:09
2019-20	New Jersey Devils	65	8	24	32	-12	97	8.2	16:16
2018-19	New Jersey Devils	61	13	12	25	-6	99	13.1	16:05
2017-18	New Jersey Devils	69	8	17	25	-3	112	7.1	14:22
2016-17	New Jersey Devils	70	8	16	24	-17	83	9.6	14:18
2015-16	New Jersey Devils	1	0	2	2	+4	3	–	16:51
Career		715	157	255	412	-30	1203	13.1	16:35

Other competitions

Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
2023-24	WC	Czechia	4	1	0	1
2018-19	AHL	Binghamton Devils	4	0	5	5
2015-16	OHL	Sarnia	51	28	36	64
2015-16	AHL	Albany	3	1	2	3
2015-16	WJC-20	Czechia U20	3	0	1	1
2014-15	OHL	Sarnia	37	16	18	34
2013-14	CzRep-Jr.	Liberec Jr.	10	6	11	17
2013-14	CzRep-2	Benatky	12	4	5	9
2013-14	CzRep	Liberec	38	4	4	8
2013-14	WJ18-A	Czechia	7	3	2	5
2012-13	CzR-U18	Liberec U18	6	6	7	13
2012-13	CzRep-2	Benatky	1	0	0	0
2012-13	CzRep-Jr.	Liberec Jr.	39	14	26	40
2011-12	CzR-U18	Liberec U18	36	10	15	25
2011-12	CzRep-Jr.	Liberec Jr.	1	0	0	0
2010-11	Czech U16	Bili Tygri Liberec U16	24	12	11	23
2009-10	Czech U16	HC Kometa Brno U16	1	0	0	0
2008-09	QC Int PW	Pirati Chomutov	1	0	1	1

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