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Zakhar Bardakov

#93 · Centre · Unsigned, rights held by the Colorado Avalanche

Born Feb 24, 2001 in Berdsk, RUS (age 25) · 6'2", 198 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 203rd overall in 2021 by NJD (round 7)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Luke Kunin FLA · 10 P in 62 GP Jeffrey Viel ANA · 10 P in 45 GP Rodrigo Abols PHI · 10 P in 42 GP Isak Rosen WPG · 10 P in 37 GP Otto Stenberg STL · 10 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.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2025-26 COL 60 1 9 10 6 14 35 50 0.17 $868K
1 season Career 60 1 9 10 6 14 35 50 0.17

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
60 1 9 10 6 14 35 50 0.17 2.9 7:12

Contract

$868KCap hitends in 2026, then RFA
$87KCap dollars per point10 points in 60 games
$818KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.1 goals above replacement
$1.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$806KValueworth less cap hit

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 715 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $868K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2025-26 to 2025-26 $868K

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 2025-26 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.

2025-26 analytics

Rating

+1.1Goals above replacement447th of 715 skaters, 320th of 476 forwards
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 476 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-2.2 21st percentileEven-strength defence+1.6 77th percentilePower play-0.1 47th percentilePenalty kill0.0 26th percentilePenalties+0.5 59th 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.

On the ice

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

55.7Corsi for %442 attempts for, 352 against
-0.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.1Expected goals for %16.7 expected for, 14.8 against
-4.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
60.7Goals for %17 for, 11 against
101.7PDO8.9% shooting + 92.8% saves
79Attempts 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
Parker Kelly · Zakhar Bardakov · Gavin Brindley2075:2762.353.14-3
Parker Kelly · Joel Kiviranta · Zakhar Bardakov1441:4055.151.91-3
Zakhar Bardakov · Ivan Ivan · Gavin Brindley527:2356.169.00-1
Parker Kelly · Zakhar Bardakov · Taylor Makar627:0952.651.81-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.2Expected goalsfrom 64 unblocked attempts
-3.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.59 expected goals per 60 minutes17th
Shot quality 6.6% chance per attempt8th
Finishing -3.2 goals above expected24thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 444 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 4.2Goals 1

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 16, 2026 vs SEA W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:31
Apr 14, 2026 @ CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:31
Apr 13, 2026 @ EDM W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 06:51
Apr 5, 2026 vs STL L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 04:45
Mar 24, 2026 @ PIT W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:41
Mar 22, 2026 @ WSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 04:28
Mar 20, 2026 @ CHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:52
Mar 18, 2026 vs DAL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 03:23
Mar 16, 2026 vs PIT L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 08:10
Mar 14, 2026 @ WPG L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 03:48
Mar 12, 2026 @ SEA W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 08:04
Mar 10, 2026 vs EDM L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 09:36
Mar 8, 2026 vs MIN W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:12
Mar 6, 2026 @ DAL W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 06:09
Mar 3, 2026 @ ANA W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:49
Mar 2, 2026 @ LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:14
Feb 28, 2026 vs CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 04:13
Feb 25, 2026 @ UTA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:54
Feb 4, 2026 vs SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 04:18
Feb 2, 2026 vs DET L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 05:30
Jan 31, 2026 @ DET W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:14
Jan 29, 2026 @ MTL L 3-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:17
Jan 28, 2026 @ OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 04:42
Jan 25, 2026 @ TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 06:50
Jan 23, 2026 vs PHI L 3-7 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 05:54
Jan 21, 2026 vs ANA L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:12
Jan 19, 2026 vs WSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:55
Jan 16, 2026 vs NSH L 3-7 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 10:24
Jan 12, 2026 vs TOR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:34
Jan 10, 2026 vs CBJ W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 09:54
Jan 8, 2026 vs OTT W 8-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 11:43
Jan 6, 2026 @ TBL L 2-4 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 07:23
Jan 4, 2026 @ FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 06:40
Jan 3, 2026 @ CAR W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 06:54
Dec 31, 2025 vs STL W 6-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 13:27
Dec 9, 2025 @ NSH L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:08
Dec 7, 2025 @ PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:45
Dec 6, 2025 @ NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:26
Dec 4, 2025 @ NYI L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 04:34
Dec 2, 2025 vs VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 08:37
Nov 29, 2025 vs MTL W 7-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:02
Nov 28, 2025 @ MIN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:05
Nov 26, 2025 vs SJS W 6-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12:08
Nov 23, 2025 @ CHI W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 06:34
Nov 22, 2025 @ NSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 08:05
Nov 20, 2025 vs NYR W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:07
Nov 16, 2025 vs NYI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:00
Nov 13, 2025 vs BUF W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:52
Nov 11, 2025 vs ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 06:42
Nov 9, 2025 @ VAN W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:30
Nov 8, 2025 @ EDM W 9-1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 06:36
Nov 4, 2025 vs TBL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:33
Nov 1, 2025 @ SJS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:59
Oct 31, 2025 @ VGK W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:54
Oct 28, 2025 vs NJD W 8-4 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 08:38
Oct 26, 2025 @ NJD L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:54
Oct 25, 2025 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:33
Oct 23, 2025 vs CAR L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 04:24
Oct 21, 2025 @ UTA L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 05:57
Oct 18, 2025 vs BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:11