OUTMissed 4 straight team games
Mats Zuccarello
Los Angeles Kings · #36 · Right wing · age 39 · 5'8" · 181 lb · shoots LBorn 🇳🇴 Oslo, NOR · Undrafted
1 point in 6 games — 358th of 424 forwards. The average forward has 6.7.
10HEAT · FORM, LAST 5 GAMEShotter than 16% of forwards · average forward 27
100ENERGY · FRESHaverage forward 95 · last game 9 days ago
SCOUTING REPORT · AI, FROM THE NUMBERS
The player.
WHO HE IS · LONG TERM
Mats Zuccarello is an elite orchestrator, a small-statured playmaker whose exceptional vision and puck distribution account for over twice as many career assists as goals. Despite being 38 and undrafted, he remains an indispensable offensive engine, consistently logging heavy minutes to quarterback the attack and make everyone around him better.
RIGHT NOW · LAST 5 GAMES
FORM OVER TIME · GAME BY GAME
Heat over time.
Cooling: 27 after the game against SJS, 0 now — still hotter than 16% of forwards (average forward 27).
Now 0 · −27 over these 6 games
━● Heat after each game╍ average forward (27)┈ top 5% of forwards (65)
LAST 5 GAMES
The last stretch.
1 point in 5 games — 1.2× his usual pace, and 0.4× what an average forward scores in 5 games.
| LAST 5 GAMES | HIM | HIS USUAL · PER 5 GAMES | AVERAGE FORWARD | VERDICT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | — |
| Assists | 1 | 0.8 | 1.5 | ▲ 1.2× his usual |
| Points | 1 | 0.8 | 2.5 | ▲ 1.2× his usual |
| Shots | 4 | 3 | 8 | ▲ 1.2× his usual |
| Shooting % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 13.6% | — |
| Plus/minus | −1 | +0.8 | −0.2 | −2 vs his usual |
| Ice time a game | 16:03 | 16:23 | 14:51 | ≈ 1.0× his usual |
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | G | A | POINTS | SOG | +/- | TOI | HEAT AFTER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24 | @ NJD | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:20 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | @ NYI | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:27 | 10 |
| Oct 20 | @ WSH | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15:55 | 9 |
| Oct 6 | vs FLA | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:16 | 9 |
| Oct 3 | @ SJS | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 19:18 | 27 |
THIS SEASON · 2026–27 · AMONG 424 FORWARDS
Where he stands.
The bar runs from zero to the league's best forward; the white tick is the average forward.
Points358th of 424 forwards1leader 
McDavid 39
McDavid 39Goals348th of 424 forwards0leader 
Kaprizov 15
Kaprizov 15Assists313th of 424 forwards1leader McDavid 30
McDavid 30Shots393rd of 424 forwards4leader Boldy 68
Boldy 68Power-play points152nd of 424 forwards1leader McDavid 15
McDavid 15Plus/minus117th of 424 forwards+1leader McDavid +20
McDavid +20Ice time a game150th of 424 forwards16:23leader McDavid 23:28
McDavid 23:28PERFORMANCE RADAR · PER GAME, PERCENTILE VS FORWARDS
Shape of his game.
No category in the top quarter yet. Below the middle: goals (0th), shots (8th).
■ Zuccarello this season╍ the average forward┈ top 5% of forwards
CAREER · NHL REGULAR SEASON · SOURCE: NHL.COM
Season by season.
On pace for 14 points over 82 games, against his best season so far: 79 in 2021–22.
| SEASON | TEAM | GP | G | A | PTS | POINTS PER GAME | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 · now | LAK | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | +1 |
| 2025–26 | MIN | 59 | 15 | 39 | 54 | 0.92 | −5 |
| 2024–25 | MIN | 69 | 19 | 35 | 54 | 0.78 | 0 |
| 2023–24 | MIN | 69 | 12 | 51 | 63 | 0.91 | −5 |
| 2022–23 | MIN | 78 | 22 | 45 | 67 | 0.86 | −3 |
| 2021–22 · best | MIN | 70 | 24 | 55 | 79 | 1.13 | +21 |
| 2020–21 | MIN | 42 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 0.83 | +9 |
| 2019–20 | MIN | 65 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 0.57 | −9 |
| 2018–19 |  DAL | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | +3 |
| 2018–19 |  NYR | 46 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 0.80 | −11 |
| 2017–18 | NYR | 80 | 16 | 37 | 53 | 0.66 | −10 |
| 2016–17 | NYR | 80 | 15 | 44 | 59 | 0.74 | +15 |
| 2015–16 | NYR | 81 | 26 | 35 | 61 | 0.75 | +2 |
| 2014–15 | NYR | 78 | 15 | 34 | 49 | 0.63 | +17 |
| 2013–14 | NYR | 77 | 19 | 40 | 59 | 0.77 | +11 |
| 2012–13 | NYR | 15 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.53 | +10 |
| 2011–12 | NYR | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.30 | 0 |
| 2010–11 | NYR | 42 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 0.55 | +3 |