JJ
Peterka
R · BOS · Balanced · Below average
- PAL
- 23
- WAR
- 1.4
- Value
- 9
- PTS
- 47
2025-26№ 108 / 615
JJ Peterka (Boston Bruins) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
JJ Peterka
#10RPlays: Right wing · 0% of faceoffs
Boston Bruins
HEIGHT : 183 cm · WEIGHT : 83 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : January 13, 2002 · Munich, Germany
Drafted : 2020 · BUF · round 2, pick #34
Contract : $7,700,000 · 2025-26 → 2029-30 · Standard Contract (Extension) · UFA
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Boston Bruins | 18 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 |
| 2025-26 | Utah Mammoth | 82 | 25 | 22 | 47 | 28 |
| 2024-25 | Buffalo Sabres | 77 | 27 | 41 | 68 | 34 |
| 2023-24 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 28 | 22 | 50 | 28 |
| 2022-23 | Buffalo Sabres | 77 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 26 |
| 2021-22 | Buffalo Sabres | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NHL totals | 338 | 97 | 114 | 211 | 120 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Utah Mammoth | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Playoff totals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
JJ Peterka: our analysis
2025-26 season: 82 GP, 25 G, 22 A, 47 PTS, +6 +/-, 15:59 TOI. WAR 1.4 (108th of 615) · PAL 23, below average.
In 2025-26, JJ Peterka, 24, posts a PAL Rating of 23 out of 100 (below average), and his WAR of 1.4 ranks 108th among 615 regulars, in the top quarter.
His strengths: shooting (75, well above average) and offense (62, above average). On the other hand, power play (0, among the weakest in the league) and defense (13, among the weakest in the league) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: finishing (+5.7); his biggest cost: EV defense (-2.1).
A season in line with 2024-25 (PAL of 24); his WAR went from 1.5 to 1.4.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 9 (very poor return) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
JJ Peterka's story
Growing up in Munich, JJ Peterka moved through local youth programs before stepping into the professional ranks with EHC Red Bull München; those early club years laid the groundwork for his play in the DEL. He first appeared as a pro in 2019–20, gaining experience and producing measurable offense in Germany’s top league.
Peterka’s stock rose ahead of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, where Buffalo selected him 34th overall in the second round. Rather than immediately remaining in North America, he returned to the DEL for the 2020–21 campaign and then signed a three-year entry-level deal with the Sabres on 12 June 2021, marking the start of his North American pro career.
Assigned to the Rochester Americans in the AHL, Peterka translated his skill set into a 68-point rookie season in 2021–22 and added significant playoff production. His NHL debut came on 29 December 2021 against the New Jersey Devils; his first NHL goal arrived on 13 October 2022 in Buffalo’s season opener versus Ottawa. Later milestones include recording his first hat-trick on 28 January 2025.
Transactions shaped the next chapter: on 25 June 2025 Peterka was traded to the Utah Mammoth and signed a five-year, $38.5 million extension. His scoring dipped but he still reached 25 goals in that stint and played in the Mammoth’s playoff series before being moved again on 26 June 2026, when Boston acquired him in exchange for two first-round picks. He opened his Bruins account with a goal in the season-opener on 29 September 2026.
Internationally, Peterka represented Germany at under-18 and World Junior tournaments before joining the senior team. At the 2023 IIHF World Championship he helped Germany reach the final, scored the game’s opening goal in the gold-medal game, and finished the tournament with six goals and six assists—honours that included the IIHF directorate award as best forward and a spot on the Media All-Star Team.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 17:36
- PP TOI/GP
- 2:14
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:02
- Pts/GP
- 0.78
- EV points
- 13
- Hits
- 11
- Blocks
- 7
- Takeaways
- 4
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 51.7 %
- Off. zone starts
- 42.1 %
- Faceoffs
- 16.7 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
55between 34 and 76 (80% range)
- Goals
- 24
- Assists
- 31
- Games
- 82
So far: 14 pts in 18 games. The team has played 18 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.63 pts per game (last season: 0.57).
The projection follows last season's pace. Tested on 2,265 player seasons (2022-23 to 2025-26): average miss of 9 points over 82 games; for players at 0.9 points per game and up, it ran 5 points high on average.
Trend
Stable
- Points per game: 0.61 in 23-24, 0.57 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 24 → 23
Outlook, age included
↗ Slightly upAge 24: usually still improving
This is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes; one player in five finishes outside the range.
Player ratings, 2025-26
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 83 %
76
Established NHL
- SK
- Skating
- 81
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 67
- Confidence 86 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 78
- Confidence 80 %
- DU
- Durability
- 83
- Confidence 77 %
- CK
- Checking
- 49
- Confidence 86 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 52
- Confidence 66 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 76
- Confidence 86 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 76
- Confidence 83 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 79
- Confidence 83 %
- DF
- Defense
- 61
- Confidence 80 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 83
- Confidence 33 %
- EX
- Experience
- 68
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating81
- Top speed (35 %)36.1 · 76
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)8.334 · 86
- Distance /60 (20 %)16.1 · 73
- Speed consistency (15 %)35.9 · 83
ST — Strength67
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)3.901 · 74
- Body mass (50 %)-1.012 · 66
EN — Endurance78
- Ice time per game (45 %)15.7 · 78
- Total ice time (20 %)1,283 · 81
- Shift length (15 %)46.9 · 79
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)13.5 · 75
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)2.136 · 74
DU — Durability83
- Share of games played (100 %)0.865 · 83
CK — Checking49
- Hits /60 (70 %)1.785 · 49
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)1.512 · 55
- Season volume (10 %)2.833 · 56
FG — Fighting52
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.657 · 52
DI — Discipline76
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.024 · 76
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.607 · 77
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.748 · 73
PA — Passing76
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.64 · 72
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.609 · 82
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.136 · 80
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)3.339 · 56
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.474 · 75
SC — Scoring79
- Goals /60 (25 %)1.112 · 82
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.874 · 75
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.884 · 86
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.19 · 69
- xG per shot (10 %)0.076 · 64
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)16.3 · 82
DF — Defense61
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)-0.101 · 61
- Relative xG against (20 %)0.137 · 65
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.78 · 64
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.036 · 79
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-2.099 · 62
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)59.3 · 69
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)1.181 · 42
PS — Penalty shot83
- Shootouts (60 %)32.8 · 84
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience68
- Career regular-season games (65 %)81
- Career playoff games (25 %)37
- NHL seasons (10 %)61
OV — Overall76
- SC · Scoring (28 %)79
- PA · Passing (22 %)76
- DF · Defense (18 %)61
- SK · Skating (12 %)81
- EN · Endurance (8 %)78
- DI · Discipline (5 %)76
- ST · Strength (4 %)67
- CK · Checking (3 %)49
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 76 | 81 | 79 | 61 |
| 2024-25 | 77 | 76 | 80 | 56 |
| 2023-24 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 65 |
| 2022-23 | 64 | 77 | 71 | 56 |
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2025-26
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
WAR
1.4
wins above replacement
108 of 615
PAL Rating
23/ 100
Performance · Below average
352 of 476 at the position
Value Rating
9/ 100
Very poor return
7.70 M$ · expected PAL 71
ProfileBalancedNeither end dominates
- Offense
- 50
- Defense
- 17
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- Offense
- 62
- Creation
- 37
- Shooting
- 75
- Possession
- 55
- Defense
- 13
- Discipline
- 31
- Power play
- 0
- Penalty kill
- 38
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | Value | Cap hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | UTA | 1.4 | 23 | 9 | 7.70 M$ |
| 2024-25 | BUF | 1.5 | 24 | 41 | 0.86 M$ |
| 2023-24 | BUF | 2.3 | 68 | 80 | 0.86 M$ |
| 2022-23 | BUF | -0.3 | 9 | 16 | 0.86 M$ |
Hockey IQ, 2025-26
Rankings and method →The quality of the player's decisions with and against the puck at 5-on-5, against regulars at the same position (50 = average). PAL measures output; IQ measures how the player plays.
Overall IQ
18/ 100
Low
better than 18% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
8/ 100
Low
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
47/ 100
Average
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Overall IQ isn't an average of the two scores: it's the player's rank with offense and defense combined, 346 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 33
- Shot selection
- 20
- Penalties drawn
- 19
- Puck management
- 35
Defense
- Takeaways
- 54
- Discipline
- 38
- Safe zone exits
- 52
Percentiles: 80 means better than 80% of regulars at the same position. Play without the puck (positioning, coverage) isn't measured: the NHL doesn't publish that data.
| Season | Team | IQ | Off. | Def. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | UTA | 18 | 8 | 47 |
| 2024-25 | BUF | 37 | 39 | 41 |
| 2023-24 | BUF | 77 | 60 | 79 |
| 2022-23 | BUF | 54 | 70 | 43 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
1.4
wins above replacement
0.1 to 2.9 — 90% interval
108 of 615 forwards
+7.6 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +2.0
- EV defense
- -2.1
- Power play
- -1.2
- Penalty kill
- 0.0
- Shooting
- +5.7
- Penalties
- -0.2
- Average → replacement
- +3.4
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | UTA | 82 | 1.4 | 0.1 to 2.9 | 108/615 |
| 2024-25 | BUF | 73 | 1.5 | -0.5 to 3.0 | 110/596 |
| 2023-24 | BUF | 82 | 2.3 | 0.7 to 4.0 | 55/608 |
| 2022-23 | BUF | 77 | -0.3 | -1.4 to 0.8 | 517/617 |
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →Speed, shot power, distance covered, time by zone: measured by chips in the puck and shoulder pads. 90th percentile = better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 132.1 km/h50th percentileleague avg. 130.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 36.3 km/h80th percentileleague avg. 35.2 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 5897th percentileleague avg. 21
- Offensive zone time
- 40.7 %36th percentileleague avg. 43.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 77.3 km82nd percentileleague avg. 52.2 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 5.68 km86th percentileleague avg. 4.52 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 39.8 %28th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 20.1 %100th percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 39.1 %57th percentileleague avg. 40.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 3174th percentile | 474th percentile | 12.9 %50th percentile |
| High danger | 1174th percentile | 274th percentile | 18.2 %49th percentile |
| Mid range | 1179th percentile | 177th percentile | 9.1 %41st percentile |
| Long range | 153rd percentile | 092nd percentile | 0.0 %87th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2026-2027 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Game log, 2026-27
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NYRJJ Peterka: frequently asked questions
How many goals does JJ Peterka have in 2026-27?
JJ Peterka has 5 goals and 14 points (9 assists) in 18 games in 2026-27.
How old is JJ Peterka?
JJ Peterka is 24 years old: he was born on January 14, 2002.
How tall is JJ Peterka, and how much does he weigh?
JJ Peterka is 6'0" (183 cm) and weighs 183 lb (83 kg).
Where is JJ Peterka from?
Germany: JJ Peterka was born in Munich, Germany.
What team does JJ Peterka play for?
JJ Peterka plays for the Boston Bruins in the NHL, at R, wearing number 10.
Is JJ Peterka injured?
No: JJ Peterka is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is JJ Peterka?
JJ Peterka produced 1.4 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 108th of 615 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 23 out of 100: below average for his position.
How much does JJ Peterka make?
JJ Peterka earns $7.7M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 9 out of 100 (very poor return): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does JJ Peterka's contract end?
JJ Peterka's contract runs through the 2029-30 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent.
Is JJ Peterka overpaid?
Yes, his output falls short of what his salary should buy. His Value rating is 9 out of 100 (very poor return), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is JJ Peterka a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 108th of 615 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is JJ Peterka getting better?
He is holding steady: his PAL rating went from 24 in 2024-25 to 23 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has JJ Peterka played lately?
Over his last 10 games, JJ Peterka has 9 points (3 goals, 6 assists).
What are JJ Peterka's career stats?
Over his NHL career, JJ Peterka has 338 games, 97 goals, 114 assists and 211 points. His best season: 2024-25, with 68 points in 77 games.
Where was JJ Peterka drafted?
JJ Peterka was drafted 34th overall (round 2) by Buffalo Sabres in 2020.
Is JJ Peterka better at home or on the road?
At home: in 2026-27, he averages 1.00 points per game at home (9 in 9 games) and 0.56 on the road (5 in 9 games).
How does JJ Peterka perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, JJ Peterka has 6 games and 0 points in his career. His pace (0.00 points per game) is lower than his regular-season pace (0.62).
Which player is most similar to JJ Peterka?
Sonny Milano: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Sonny Milano's page →Is JJ Peterka a good fantasy pick?
A useful depth pick: our projection has him at 55 points in 2026-27, or 0.67 points per game.
What is JJ Peterka's nationality?
JJ Peterka is German. Internationally: Germany — junior international (U18 2019, World Juniors 2020 and 2021); senior debut at the 2021 World Championships; silver medal at the 2023 World Championship (scored the opening goal in the final); IIHF best forward 2023 and named to the Media All-Star Team.
What awards has JJ Peterka won?
IIHF Directorate Award for Best Forward (2023) ; Named to the IIHF Media All‑Star Team (2023).
How many points is JJ Peterka projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 55 points in 82 games in 2026-27 (34 to 76 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Boston Bruins teammates
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