Zeev Buium
| Position | Left Defense | Current Team | Minnesota Wild |
| Shoots | Left | Current Contract | 3 years |
| Height | 6'0" | Expires | 2026-27 |
| Weight (lbs) | 183 | Expiry Age (Jun 30) | 21 |
| Age | 19 (Dec 7, 2005) | Expiry Status | RFA |
| Drafted | 2024, Round 1, Overall 12 (MIN) |
| Date | Team | Transaction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2025 | Minnesota Wild | Signed to an entry level contract. |
5v5 Individual Stats
| Season | Team(s) | GP | TOI | G/60 | A/60 | Pts/60 | xG/60 | GAE/60 | Sh% | xSh% | Sh%AE | %SA Rush | %SA Reb. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | MIN | 4 | 57:21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.08 | -0.08 | 0.00 | 2.58 | -2.58 | 0.00 | 25.00 |
5v5 On Ice Stats
| Season | Team(s) | GP | TOI | SAF/60 | GF/60 | xGF/60 | SAA/60 | GA/60 | xGA/60 | GF% | xGF% | xGF Rel | xGA Rel | xGF% Rel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | MIN | 4 | 57:21 | 40.80 | 0.00 | 1.90 | 39.76 | 3.14 | 2.21 | 0.00 | 46.18 | -0.20 | 0.22 | -5.13 |
NHL Edge Stats
| Skating | Shooting | Zone Time | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | GP | Top Speed | Bursts>20/mi | Avg. Speed | ES Avg. Speed | Top Speed | Avg. Speed | %Long Range | %Mid Range | %High Danger | ES DZ% | ES NZ% | ES OZ% |
| This table is for Basic and Premium subscribers only. To view please login to and/or subscribe to one of our subscription plans. | |||||||||||||
Legend
| Percentile 0-25 | Percentile 25-50 | Percentile 50-75 | Percentile 75-100 |
5v5 Defense Pairs
| Season | Teammate | Team | TOI | GF/60 | GA/60 | GF% | xGF/60 | xGA/60 | xGF% | xGF Rel | xGA Rel | xGF% Rel |
|---|
Glossary
| Type | Statistic | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Individual | G/60 | Goals Against per 60 minutes. |
| Individual | A/60 | Assists per 60 minutes. |
| Individual | Pts/60 | Points per 60 minutes. |
| Individual | xG/60 | Expected Goals per 60 minutes. |
| Individual | GAE/60 | Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60). |
| Individual | Sh% | Shooting Percentage. |
| Individual | xSh% | Expected Shooting Percentage. |
| Individual | Sh%AE | Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%). |
| Individual | %SA Rush | Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush. |
| Individual | %SA Reb. | Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds. |
| On Ice | SAF/60 | Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes. |
| On Ice | GF/60 | Goals For per 60 minutes. |
| On Ice | xGF/60 | Expected Goals For per 60 minutes. |
| On Ice | SAA/60 | Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better). |
| On Ice | GA/60 | Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better). |
| On Ice | xGA/60 | Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better). |
| On Ice | GF% | Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against) |
| On Ice | xGF% | Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against) |
| On Ice | xGF Rel | xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice. |
| On Ice | xGA Rel | xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better). |
| On Ice | xGF% Rel | xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice. |
News and Opinions
-
Sustainable? Nope. But the Wild Power Play Is For Real at Hockey Wilderness (Thu Oct 16, 2025)
-
The Wild Still Have A Gap To Fill at Hockey Wilderness (Thu Oct 16, 2025)
-
NHL Rookie First Impressions: Schaefer, Nikishin And More Shine In First Action at The Hockey News (Thu Oct 16, 2025)
-
Zeev Buium Starting Career Comparable to Cale Makar at Hockey Wilderness (Thu Oct 16, 2025)
-
Lane Hutson's recent extension provides road map for Wild rookie at Gone Puck Wild (Wed Oct 15, 2025)
-
Detroit Rookie’s Prime Role Could Make Him Calder Dark Horse at Yahoo Sports NHL (Wed Oct 15, 2025)
-
Wild stumble early, rally late, but fall short in Dallas at Gone Puck Wild (Wed Oct 15, 2025)
-
NHL Morning Recap – October 15th 2025 at The Hockey Writers (Wed Oct 15, 2025)
-
Fantasy hockey lineup tips: How to get a piece of the best scoring NHL lines at ESPN (Tue Oct 14, 2025)
-
Fantasy hockey pickups: Zeev Buium's power-play success leads defensemen at ESPN (Mon Oct 13, 2025)
-
Five Rookies Who Scored Their First NHL Goal On The Weekend at The Hockey News (Mon Oct 13, 2025)
-
This Is What Matt Boldy Taking 'The Leap' Looks Like at Hockey Wilderness (Mon Oct 13, 2025)
-
Rookie Defenseman Zeev Buium Set's Minnesota Wild Franchise Record at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sun Oct 12, 2025)
-
3 Takeaways From Wild’s 7-4 Loss to the Blue Jackets at The Hockey Writers (Sun Oct 12, 2025)
-
Top-5 : Matthew Schaefer inscrit un premier but (très bizarre) dans la LNH at Dans Les Coulisses (Sun Oct 12, 2025)
-
Zeev Buium's first NHL goal highlights Wild's 7-4 loss to the Blue Jackets at Gone Puck Wild (Sun Oct 12, 2025)
-
Blue Jackets’ Marchenko Leads With Hat Trick in 7-4 Win Over Wild at The Hockey Writers (Sun Oct 12, 2025)
-
Wild's Zeev Buium Records First NHL Goal In Loss To Columbus at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sun Oct 12, 2025)
-
CBJ 7, MIN 4: Marchenko Hat Trick Propels Blue Jackets Scoring Outburst, Merzlikins Makes 48 Saves In Wild Columbus Win at 1st Ohio Battery (Sat Oct 11, 2025)
-
The Minnesota Wild Are Finally Headed Into the Unknown at Hockey Wilderness (Fri Oct 10, 2025)
-
Zeev Buium Is the Unicorn the Wild Have Never Had at Hockey Wilderness (Thu Oct 9, 2025)
-
NHL Rookies Who Made Opening Day Lineups In The West: Sennecke, Misa, Savoie And More at The Hockey News (Wed Oct 8, 2025)
-
Minnesota Wild’s Opening Night Roster Filled With Young Talent at The Hockey Writers (Wed Oct 8, 2025)
-
Zeev Buium's Defense Is Still Holding Him Back at Hockey Wilderness (Wed Oct 8, 2025)
-
Veteran injuries pave the way for young Wild forwards to make the opening night roster at Gone Puck Wild (Wed Oct 8, 2025)
-
Jett Luchanko Makes the Flyers Roster; Is it the Right Call? at Yahoo Sports NHL (Wed Oct 8, 2025)
-
Expert picks for the 2025-26 NHL season: Stanley Cup, division winners, awards at ESPN (Tue Oct 7, 2025)
-
NHL season preview: Strengths, weaknesses, X factors for all 32 teams at ESPN (Mon Oct 6, 2025)
-
What if NHL Contracts Were Based On Attributes Other Than Skill? at Hockey Wilderness (Sun Oct 5, 2025)
-
Wild Stump Blackhawks 3-2, the Tale of Special Teams at The Hockey Writers (Sat Oct 4, 2025)
-
The Wild's Roster Is In the Right Place To Go All the Way at Hockey Wilderness (Fri Oct 3, 2025)
-
Key part of Wild defense might return sooner than expected from injury at Gone Puck Wild (Thu Oct 2, 2025)
-
The Wild’s Newfound Depth May Create Scoring In An Unexpected Way at Hockey Wilderness (Thu Sep 25, 2025)
-
Day 1 Takeaways from NCHC’s First Virtual Media Days at The Hockey Writers (Wed Sep 24, 2025)
-
Ovi breaks another Gretzky record? A draft lottery surprise? Bold predictions for every NHL team at ESPN (Wed Sep 24, 2025)
-
Three Wild players that can help their cause in tonight's preseason game at Gone Puck Wild (Tue Sep 23, 2025)
-
Wild's first round of cuts include recent draft picks at Gone Puck Wild (Tue Sep 23, 2025)
-
3 Notes From Day 3 of Minnesota Wild Training Camp at The Hockey Writers (Sun Sep 21, 2025)
-
Who Are the Winners and Losers Of A Kaprizov Extension? at Hockey Wilderness (Thu Sep 18, 2025)
-
Minnesota's Defensemen and Goalies Displayed Diverse Skillsets At the Kurvers Showcase at Hockey Wilderness (Thu Sep 18, 2025)
-
Minnesota Wild Players to Watch at 2025 Training Camp at The Hockey Writers (Thu Sep 18, 2025)
-
3 Minnesota Wild Storylines to Follow Heading Into Training Camp at The Hockey Writers (Wed Sep 17, 2025)
-
One Blues rival is the Central Division's biggest mystery at Bleedin' Blue (Tue Sep 16, 2025)
-
What Does Zeev Buium Have To Do To Be In the Calder Conversation? at Hockey Wilderness (Tue Sep 16, 2025)
-
Noah Laba prepared to take next step with Rangers: ‘I feel like I’m ready’ at Forever Blueshirts (Mon Sep 15, 2025)
-
What Would A Post-Kaprizov Minnesota Wild Team Look Like? at Hockey Wilderness (Sun Sep 14, 2025)
-
2024 NHL Re-Draft: Corey Pronman Has Ivan Demidov Picked 3rd Instead of 5th at Habs Fanatics (Sun Sep 14, 2025)
-
3 Takeaways From Wild’s 6-4 Loss in Game 1 of Prospect Showcase at The Hockey Writers (Sat Sep 13, 2025)
-
NHL Calder Trophy Tracker: Canadiens' Demidov Leads Pre-Training Camp Rookie Race at Yahoo Sports NHL (Fri Sep 12, 2025)
-
Minnesota's Organizational Depth Might Be Turning Up the Heat On Two Prospects at Hockey Wilderness (Thu Sep 11, 2025)
-
What If the Kirill Kaprizov News Is All About the Money? at Hockey Wilderness (Thu Sep 11, 2025)
-
The Wild May Have To Learn From the Matthew Tkachuk Trade's Mistakes at Hockey Wilderness (Thu Sep 11, 2025)
-
Kirill Kaprizov's Contract Delay Might Be A Good Thing at Hockey Wilderness (Wed Sep 10, 2025)
-
Every NHL Team’s Top Prospect – 2025-26 Preseason Update at The Hockey Writers (Wed Sep 10, 2025)
-
No. 15 Eric Pohlkamp: Creeping into the conversation at Fear the Fin (Tue Sep 9, 2025)
-
Corey Pronman refait le repêchage 2024 : Ivan Demidov grimpe, Zeev Buium explose at HABSolument Fan (Mon Sep 8, 2025)
-
Refaire le repêchage 2024 : Ivan Demidov au 3e rang de la liste de Corey Pronman at Dans Les Coulisses (Mon Sep 8, 2025)
-
Ranking NHL Teams By Defensemen at The Hockey Writers (Mon Sep 8, 2025)
-
Theodor Hallquisth Should Factor Into Minnesota's Plans As A Right-Side Defenseman at Hockey Wilderness (Mon Sep 8, 2025)
-
Fantasy Hockey Rankings Tiers: Cale Makar, Quinn Hughes sit atop elite group of NHL defensemen at Yahoo Sports NHL (Mon Sep 8, 2025)
-
Five Injured Players Who Will Miss Time To Start The 2025-26 NHL Season at The Hockey News (Sun Sep 7, 2025)
-
3 Minnesota Wild Players Who Will Battle for a Spot in Training Camp 2025-26 at The Hockey Writers (Sun Sep 7, 2025)
-
Zeev Buium Can Win the Calder This Year By Capitalizing On the NHL's Latest Trend at Hockey Wilderness (Fri Sep 5, 2025)
-
Ryan Leonard uses beef stick to faux-interview Zeev Buium at NHLPA Rookie Showcase: ‘Next question!’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Wed Sep 3, 2025)
-
Classement des moins de 23 ans : Ivan Demidov derrière Juraj Slafkovsky at Dans Les Coulisses (Tue Sep 2, 2025)
-
Wild Blueline Prospect Theodor Hallquisth Has Top-4 Potential at Hockey Wilderness (Tue Sep 2, 2025)
-
Press release: Reminder that the NHLPA Rookie Showcase takes place on Wednesday, September 3rd at The Malik Report (Tue Sep 2, 2025)
-
The NHL’s Best Farm Systems Ranked – 2025-26 Preseason Update at The Hockey Writers (Mon Sep 1, 2025)
-
The NHL’s Top 100 Prospects – Preseason Update at The Hockey Writers (Fri Aug 29, 2025)
-
Bold Predictions for the Wild’s 2025-26 Season at The Hockey Writers (Fri Aug 29, 2025)
-
Which Bill Guerin Is Showing Up To the Kaprizov Negotiations? at Hockey Wilderness (Thu Aug 28, 2025)
-
Is the Calder Trophy in the future for a member of the Minnesota Wild? at Gone Puck Wild (Thu Aug 28, 2025)
-
Wild’s Zeev Buium Invited to 2025 NHLPA Rookie Showcase at The Hockey Writers (Wed Aug 27, 2025)
-
Axel Sandin-Pellikka earns 2025 Rookie Showcase nod that proves he's arriving at Octopus Thrower (Tue Aug 26, 2025)
-
Press release: Axel Sandin Pellikka to attend the NHLPA’s Rookie Showcase on September 3rd at The Malik Report (Tue Aug 26, 2025)
-
Bill Guerin Looks Like He's Going Pick Up A Win In the Marco Rossi Negotiation at Hockey Wilderness (Thu Aug 21, 2025)
-
Marco Rossi's Contract Situation Isn't Just About Marco Rossi at Hockey Wilderness (Thu Aug 21, 2025)
Current Contract
Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)
Career Statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | League | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | Shots | Sh% | TOI/G | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | Shots | Sh% | TOI/G |
| 2014-15 | Brick Invitational | Western Selects | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 2017-18 | QC Int PW | Anaheim Jr. Ducks | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 2018-19 | 13U AAA | Los Angeles Jr. Kings 13U AAA | 56 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 40 | |||||||||||||
| 2019-20 | 14U AAA | Shattuck St. Mary's 14U AAA | 56 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 26 | |||||||||||||
| 2020-21 | 15U AAA | Shattuck St. Mary's 15U AAA | 43 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 38 | |||||||||||||
| 2021-22 | NTDP | U.S. National U17 Team | 49 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 16 | |||||||||||||
| 2021-22 | USHL | USNTDP Juniors | 32 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -17 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 2022-23 | NTDP | U.S. National U18 Team | 63 | 5 | 35 | 40 | +47 | 44 | ||||||||||||
| 2022-23 | USHL | USNTDP Juniors | 23 | 2 | 10 | 12 | +16 | 20 | ||||||||||||
| 2022-23 | WJC-18 | USA U18 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +5 | |||||||||||||
| 2023-24 | NCAA | Univ. of Denver | 42 | 11 | 39 | 50 | +33 | 20 | ||||||||||||
| 2023-24 | WJC-20 | USA U20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +11 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2024-25 | NCAA | Univ. of Denver | 41 | 13 | 35 | 48 | +17 | 44 | ||||||||||||
| 2024-25 | WJC-20 | USA U20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +10 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2024-25 | NHL | Minnesota Wild | 4 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 13:36 | ||||||||||
| 2025-26 | NHL | Minnesota Wild | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 10 | 10.0 | 21:00 | ||||||||||
| NHL Career | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 21:00 | 4 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 13:36 | |||