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Zachary Bolduc

#76 · Right wing · Montréal Canadiens

Born Feb 24, 2003 in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, CAN (age 23) · 6'0", 187 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 17th overall in 2021 by STL (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Joshua Roy MTL · 9 P in 23 GP Julien Gauthier NYI · 9 P in 27 GP Andreas Athanasiou CHI · 9 P in 28 GP Christian Dvorak MTL · 9 P in 30 GP Kyle MacLean NYI · 9 P in 32 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.

01020302023-24: 9 points923-242024-25: 36 points3624-252025-26: 30 points3025-262026-27: 3 points326-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2023-24 STL 25 5 4 9 0 6 38 12 0.36 $863K
2024-25 STL 72 19 17 36 20 37 120 108 0.50 $863K
2025-26 MTL 78 12 18 30 -6 28 101 170 0.38 $863K
2026-27 MTL 5 3 0 3 2 2 10 4 0.60 $4.2M
4 seasons Career 180 39 39 78 16 73 269 294 0.43

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2024-25 STL 7 0 1 1 -1 16 7 19 0.14
2025-26 MTL 19 3 4 7 -3 22 18 47 0.37
2 seasons Playoffs 26 3 5 8 -4 38 25 66 0.31

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
25 5 4 9 0 6 38 12 0.36 13.2 12:01

Contract

$863KCap hitends in 2026, then RFA
$96KCap dollars per point9 points in 25 games
$1.632MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.5 goals above replacement
$1.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$290KValueworth 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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 718 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the St. Louis Blues on Aug 24, 2021, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $4.013M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2025-26, 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
2023-24 $863K $833K $93K $400K $925K
2024-25 $863K $833K $0 $413K $833K
2025-26 $863K $833K $0 $425K $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
Sep 13, 2026 Montréal Canadiens New contract 2026-27 to 2029-30 4 $16.8M $4.2M
Aug 24, 2021 St. Louis Blues Entry-level 2023-24 to 2025-26 signed for 2021-22, slid 3 $4.013M $863K

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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Rating

+0.5Goals above replacement470th of 721 skaters, 321st of 469 forwards
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 469 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-0.6 45th percentileEven-strength defence+0.8 57th percentilePower play-0.3 31st percentilePenalty kill+0.0 44th percentilePenalties-0.1 32nd 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player.

02462023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

43.8Corsi for %209 attempts for, 268 against
-2.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.5Expected goals for %8.8 expected for, 11.9 against
-2.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %12 for, 12 against
102.2PDO10.8% shooting + 91.4% saves
56Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brayden Schenn · Robert Thomas · Zachary Bolduc766:0139.542.66-2
Kevin Hayes · Kasperi Kapanen · Zachary Bolduc1253:4544.847.22-0
Pavel Buchnevich · Jake Neighbours · Zachary Bolduc526:5356.949.81-2
Brayden Schenn · Jake Neighbours · Zachary Bolduc826:2123.127.70-1

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.

5Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.3Expected goalsfrom 52 unblocked attempts
+1.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.65 expected goals per 60 minutes32nd
Shot quality 6.3% chance per attempt9th
Finishing +1.7 goals above expected70thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 438 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

012345Game 20Goals 5Expected 3.3

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. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 17, 2024 @ DAL L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 15:14
Apr 14, 2024 vs SEA W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 17:34
Apr 12, 2024 vs CAR L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 15:28
Apr 10, 2024 vs CHI W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 13:34
Apr 7, 2024 @ ANA W 6-5 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 16:37
Apr 6, 2024 @ SJS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 16:08
Apr 4, 2024 @ NSH L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:14
Mar 30, 2024 vs SJS L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:35
Mar 28, 2024 vs CGY W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 15:24
Mar 23, 2024 @ MIN W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:53
Mar 21, 2024 @ OTT W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 09:20
Mar 19, 2024 vs COL L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 13:45
Mar 17, 2024 vs ANA W 4-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 11:03
Mar 16, 2024 vs MIN W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:10
Mar 13, 2024 vs LAK W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 11:11
Mar 11, 2024 @ BOS W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:59
Mar 9, 2024 @ NYR L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 11:26
Mar 7, 2024 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:01
Mar 5, 2024 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:28
Mar 4, 2024 @ PHI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 08:19
Mar 2, 2024 vs MIN W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 08:10
Feb 28, 2024 @ EDM L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 11:14
Feb 27, 2024 @ WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:01
Feb 24, 2024 @ DET L 1-6 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 15:38
Feb 22, 2024 vs NYI W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:57