Zach Whitecloud
Age 29 · Shoots right · 6′2″ · 210 lb · Born Brandon, Manitoba, CAN
Undrafted
2025-262025-26: 78 games, 2-15-17, 0.22 points per game Season detail →
Zach Whitecloud has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 17 points in 78 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample0 points in 3 games for the 32nd-placed Calgary
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-pair defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Calgary's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
6 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 78 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersTop speed 20.45 mph, hardest shot 79.11 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.45vs
SEA1 Oct · 3rd 10:44 - 19.71@SEA4 Oct · 1st 11:02
- 19.68vsSEA1 Oct · 2nd 13:26
- 19.65vsSEA1 Oct · 3rd 14:06
- 19.42vsSEA1 Oct · 1st 18:15
- 19.34@
VAN3 Oct · 2nd 09:15 - 19.11@VAN3 Oct · 3rd 08:25
- 18.96vsSEA1 Oct · 1st 03:43
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 79.11@VAN3 Oct · 2nd 09:16
- 74.53@VAN3 Oct · 2nd 11:46
- 73.97@SEA4 Oct · 1st 18:54
- 72.78@VAN3 Oct · 3rd 02:49
- 57.09@VAN3 Oct · 2nd 13:06
- 49.81@VAN3 Oct · 2nd 03:50
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.80@SEA4 Oct · 18:59 TOI
- 3.26@VAN3 Oct · 25:01 TOI
- 2.85vsSEA1 Oct · 19:14 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.97 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Colorado, a point in zero of five
COLL 1-30000−114:36COLL 1-30000023:31COLL 2-90001−224:04COLOTL 5-6 SO0001013:47COLL 2-40000+114:23SEAW 6-10000−418:59VANW 4-10002025:01SEAL 1-60000−119:1417 points in 78 games on a team that finished 29th
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.2). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Calgary's power play went through him.
Special teams
1 of 2 goals broke a tie
How the 2 goals and 15 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 2 goals broke a tie; 0 came with Calgary trailing.
Most attempts from the point, goals from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
190 attempts across the 71 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 78 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersHardest shot in the 62nd percentile of defencemen: 94.05 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (15 of 78)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Colorado, a point in zero of five
COLL 1-30000−114:36COLL 1-30000023:31COLL 2-90001−224:04COLOTL 5-6 SO0001013:47COLL 2-40000+114:23
LAKW 3-10222+220:30COLL 1-30000−114:36
UTAW 4-10110+122:41SEAL 1-40001−124:52COLL 1-30000023:31
DALOTL 3-4 OT0111029:52
ANAW 5-30001+225:45
VGKL 3-60001+125:16COLL 2-90001−224:04VANW 7-30110024:10SEAW 6-10000−418:59VANW 4-10002025:01SEAL 1-60000−119:14Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$2.75M a season through 2027-28
In 2025-26 he scored 6.2 points per $1M of cap hit, 81st of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.
With Calgary
One season · 2025-26 to 2025-26236th in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
By opponent
Seattle0 P in 20.00 P/GPFranchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsEight seasons, with 2 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct