Mats Zuccarello
Los Angeles Kings · C · #36- HT
- 5'8"
- WT
- 181 lb
- Age
- 38
- Shoots
- L
- From
- Oslo, NOR
Alpha sub-scores
what drives the rating · percentile vs position groupLeague profile
vs. forwards with 20+ GPHockeyAlpha advanced
event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzedCenter toolkit
vs. centers with 20+ GPOn-ice impact
shift charts × our xG model · 36 GP tracked · 11h TOIUsage profile
assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher jobMicro-metrics
Structural Metric Model · sequences, geometry & leverage from every shot2025-26 regular season · Percentile beams: fill = league percentile, tick = league median · hockeyalpha.com
The Blueprint
Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 886 EV minGeneral Offense
Playmaking Sequences
Offense Types
Zone Entries
DZ Retrievals / Exits
Forechecking
Derived from event sequences in public play-by-play data - the ? on each metric explains exactly how it's computed.
Contract & market
Contract value?
beta · cap data: CapWages$4.13M
cap hit
$7.28M
Alpha-market value
A
Team-friendly deal (+$3.2M)
Top comparables?
nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit| Player | Alpha | Archetype | Production | Cap hit | Market | Value | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mats Zuccarello | 79 | Middle-Six Engine | 54 P · 59 GP | $4.13M | $7.28M | A+$3.2M | this player |
 Brock Boeser | 77 | Middle-Six Engine | 48 P · 75 GP | $7.25M | $6.62M | C−$0.6M | 87% |
 Chris Kreider | 75 | Middle-Six Engine | 50 P · 75 GP | $6.50M | $5.99M | C−$0.5M | 85% |
 Ivan Demidov | 75 | Middle-Six Engine | 62 P · 82 GP | $0.94M | $5.99M | A++$5.0M | 84% |
 Tyler Bertuzzi | 78 | Middle-Six Engine | 58 P · 79 GP | $5.50M | $6.95M | B+$1.4M | 83% |
Chemistry
Top connection: Kirill Kaprizov · 23 goals together
Finishes from
assisters on Mats’s goals
From official goal credits - scorer + assists on every goal, all season.
Recent form · last 10 games
vs CHI
0P
0G 0A
vs CHI 03-19
0G 0A · 4 shots · 19:57 TOI
vs DAL
0P
0G 0A
vs DAL 03-21
0G 0A · 1 shots · 14:33 TOI
@ TBL
1P
1G 0A
@ TBL 03-24
1G 0A · 1 shots · 15:48 TOI
@ FLA
0P
0G 0A
@ FLA 03-26
0G 0A · 1 shots · 16:41 TOI
@ BOS
2P
1G 1A
@ BOS 03-28
1G 1A · 4 shots · 17:54 TOI
vs VAN
2P
0G 2A
vs VAN 04-02
0G 2A · 3 shots · 20:02 TOI
@ OTT
2P
0G 2A
@ OTT 04-04
0G 2A · 3 shots · 15:15 TOI
@ DET
2P
0G 2A
@ DET 04-05
0G 2A · 0 shots · 18:11 TOI
vs SEA
0P
0G 0A
vs SEA 04-07
0G 0A · 1 shots · 18:28 TOI
@ DAL
3P
0G 3A
@ DAL 04-09
0G 3A · 1 shots · 18:12 TOI
Tile tint = points that night · underline = shot volume (full bar = 8+ shots) · oldest on the left
The Territory
attacking → · every recorded touch, normalized to one end
The office: the inner slot - 7 of 15 goals live there
Playmaking gravity: 17 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s
Defensive floor: 28 blocks · 2 steals inside the d-zone
NHL career · regular season
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-11 | New York Rangers | 42 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 3 |
| 2011-12 | New York Rangers | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012-13 | New York Rangers | 15 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| 2013-14 | New York Rangers | 77 | 19 | 40 | 59 | 11 |
| 2014-15 | New York Rangers | 78 | 15 | 34 | 49 | 17 |
| 2015-16 | New York Rangers | 81 | 26 | 35 | 61 | 2 |
| 2016-17 | New York Rangers | 80 | 15 | 44 | 59 | 15 |
| 2017-18 | New York Rangers | 80 | 16 | 37 | 53 | -10 |
| 2018-19 | New York Rangers | 46 | 11 | 26 | 37 | -11 |
| 2018-19 | Dallas Stars | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019-20 | Minnesota Wild | 65 | 15 | 22 | 37 | -9 |
| 2020-21 | Minnesota Wild | 42 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 9 |
| 2021-22 | Minnesota Wild | 70 | 24 | 55 | 79 | 21 |
| 2022-23 | Minnesota Wild | 78 | 22 | 45 | 67 | -3 |
| 2023-24 | Minnesota Wild | 69 | 12 | 51 | 63 | -5 |
| 2024-25 | Minnesota Wild | 69 | 19 | 35 | 54 | 0 |
| 2025-26 | Minnesota Wild | 59 | 15 | 39 | 54 | -5 |
| Career | 3 teams | 963 | 232 | 512 | 744 | 48 |