Zakhar Bardakov
Colorado Avalanche Center
A seventh-round Russian who arrived at twenty-four and played sixty games without anyone noticing.
| Season | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 60 | 1 | 9 | 10 | +6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2.9 | 7:12 |
| Career | 60 | 1 | 9 | 10 | +6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2.9 | 7:12 |
Last Season
One goal and ten points in 60 games, plus-six, on seven minutes a night — the least ice time of any regular on the roster. That is his entire NHL career.
The Finesse Game
There is almost nothing to evaluate. Thirty-five shots in sixty games, one goal, and a role that involves forechecking and changing. He did not look out of place, which for a seventh-round pick in his first North American season is the whole story.
The Physical Game
Six-two and 198, and he plays a willing, physical fourth-line game — the reason he stayed in the lineup for sixty games at seven minutes a night.
The Intangibles
The 203rd pick, developed entirely in Russia, and an NHL regular at twenty-four on a contending team. That path almost never works.
The plus-six in the smallest role on the team is quietly encouraging. Everything else about him is unknown, and sixty games at seven minutes is not enough to change that.