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JJ Peterka

#10 · Right wing · Boston Bruins

Born Jan 14, 2002 in Munich, DEU (age 24) · 6'0", 184 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 34th overall in 2020 by BUF (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Nick Paul TBL · 32 P in 80 GP Ross Colton TBL · 32 P in 81 GP Alexander Kerfoot TOR · 32 P in 82 GP Josh Anderson MTL · 32 P in 69 GP Tyler Johnson CHI · 32 P in 56 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

02040602021-22: 0 points021-222022-23: 32 points3222-232023-24: 50 points5023-242024-25: 68 points6824-252025-26: 47 points4725-262026-27: 4 points426-27

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2021-22 BUF 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0.00 $887K
2022-23 BUF 77 12 20 32 -15 26 125 18 0.42 $856K
2023-24 BUF 82 28 22 50 10 28 226 27 0.61 $856K
2024-25 BUF 77 27 41 68 -1 34 173 30 0.88 $856K
2025-26 UTA 82 25 22 47 6 28 159 16 0.57 $7.7M
2026-27 BOS 6 2 2 4 2 2 10 3 0.67 $7.7M
6 seasons Career 326 94 107 201 2 118 696 95 0.62

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2025-26 UTA 6 0 0 0 -3 2 5 6 0.00
1 season Playoffs 6 0 0 0 -3 2 5 6 0.00

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
77 12 20 32 -15 26 125 18 0.42 9.6 13:39

Contract

$856KCap hitends in 2025, then RFA
$27KCap dollars per point32 points in 77 games
$223KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$633KValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 695 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Buffalo Sabres on Jun 11, 2021, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.775M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2024-25, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2022-23 $856K $750K $93K $83K $843K
2023-24 $856K $800K $93K $33K $893K
2024-25 $856K $833K $0 $833K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jun 26, 2025 Utah Mammoth Extension 2025-26 to 2029-30 5 $38.5M $7.7M
Jun 11, 2021 Buffalo Sabres Entry-level 2022-23 to 2024-25 signed for 2021-22, slid 3 $2.775M $856K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2022-23 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2022-23 analytics

Rating

-0.7Goals above replacement557th of 696 skaters, 384th of 461 forwards
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 461 ranked forwards: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence+2.3 76th percentileEven-strength defence-4.8 2nd percentilePower play-1.1 6th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 25th percentilePenalties+0.1 41st percentile

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-505102021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

49.1Corsi for %854 attempts for, 886 against
-2.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.0Expected goals for %46.0 expected for, 47.8 against
-0.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
43.6Goals for %44 for, 57 against
98.8PDO9.6% shooting + 89.2% saves
209Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 613 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dylan Cozens · Jack Quinn · JJ Peterka47389:1850.454.118-24
Vinnie Hinostroza · Dylan Cozens · JJ Peterka1165:2350.049.11-4
Victor Olofsson · Dylan Cozens · JJ Peterka2161:4951.643.33-4
Alex Tuch · Dylan Cozens · JJ Peterka2154:0043.837.11-1

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

12Goalsnot counting empty-netters
14.1Expected goalsfrom 180 unblocked attempts
-2.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.80 expected goals per 60 minutes57th
Shot quality 7.8% chance per attempt40th
Finishing -2.1 goals above expected31stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 446 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 14.1Goals 12

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 14, 2023 @ CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:37
Apr 13, 2023 vs OTT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 16:13
Apr 11, 2023 @ NJD L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:53
Apr 10, 2023 @ NYR W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 09:15
Apr 8, 2023 vs CAR W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 10:11
Apr 6, 2023 @ DET W 7-6 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 10:33
Apr 4, 2023 @ FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:02
Apr 1, 2023 @ PHI W 6-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 12:12
Mar 31, 2023 vs NYR W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 15:20
Mar 27, 2023 vs MTL L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 14:32
Mar 25, 2023 @ NYI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:48
Mar 24, 2023 vs NJD W 5-4 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 13:15
Mar 21, 2023 vs NSH L 3-7 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 15:44
Mar 19, 2023 vs BOS L 0-7 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 16:15
Mar 15, 2023 @ WSH L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 11:00
Mar 13, 2023 @ TOR W 4-3 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 12:56
Mar 11, 2023 vs NYR L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 15:42
Mar 9, 2023 vs DAL L 4-10 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 16:55
Mar 6, 2023 vs EDM L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 14:04
Mar 4, 2023 vs TBL W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:51
Mar 2, 2023 @ BOS L 1-7 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 16:19
Feb 28, 2023 vs CBJ L 3-5 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 12:53
Feb 26, 2023 vs WSH W 7-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:42
Feb 24, 2023 @ FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:32
Feb 23, 2023 @ TBL W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 10:11
Feb 21, 2023 vs TOR L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:44
Feb 18, 2023 @ SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 12:29
Feb 15, 2023 @ ANA W 7-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:30
Feb 11, 2023 vs CGY L 2-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:55
Feb 1, 2023 vs CAR L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 13:55
Jan 28, 2023 @ MIN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:00
Jan 26, 2023 @ WPG W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 11:49
Jan 24, 2023 @ STL W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 11:54
Jan 23, 2023 @ DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:41
Jan 21, 2023 vs ANA W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:38
Jan 19, 2023 vs NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:57
Jan 17, 2023 @ CHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:11
Jan 16, 2023 vs FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:52
Jan 14, 2023 @ NSH W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 11:27
Jan 9, 2023 vs PHI L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10:41
Jan 7, 2023 vs MIN W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:00
Jan 3, 2023 @ WSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:38
Jan 1, 2023 @ OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:20
Dec 31, 2022 @ BOS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 4 0 1 13:28
Dec 29, 2022 vs DET W 6-3 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 14:24
Dec 19, 2022 @ VGK W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:27
Dec 17, 2022 @ ARI W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:30
Dec 15, 2022 @ COL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:15
Dec 13, 2022 vs LAK W 6-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 16:15
Dec 10, 2022 @ PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 18:47
Dec 9, 2022 vs PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 14:59
Dec 7, 2022 @ CBJ W 9-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 16:55
Dec 4, 2022 vs SJS W 6-3 1 0 1 2 0 5 0 18:38
Dec 1, 2022 vs COL L 4-6 1 0 1 -1 2 2 0 15:32
Nov 30, 2022 @ DET W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 11:21
Nov 28, 2022 vs TBL L 5-6 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 13:50
Nov 25, 2022 vs NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 14:20
Nov 23, 2022 vs STL W 6-2 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 13:40
Nov 22, 2022 @ MTL W 7-2 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 15:15
Nov 19, 2022 @ TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:03
Nov 16, 2022 @ OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 15:41
Nov 15, 2022 vs VAN L 4-5 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 16:33
Nov 12, 2022 vs BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:09
Nov 10, 2022 vs VGK L 4-7 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 12:12
Nov 8, 2022 vs ARI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:11
Nov 5, 2022 @ TBL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:34
Nov 4, 2022 @ CAR L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14:03
Nov 2, 2022 vs PIT W 6-3 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 14:18
Oct 31, 2022 vs DET W 8-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 13:48
Oct 29, 2022 vs CHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:23
Oct 27, 2022 vs MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 13:16
Oct 25, 2022 @ SEA L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 13:43
Oct 22, 2022 @ VAN W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 13:18
Oct 20, 2022 @ CGY W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14:08
Oct 18, 2022 @ EDM W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12:09
Oct 15, 2022 vs FLA L 3-4 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 10:14
Oct 13, 2022 vs OTT W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 11:55