Connor Zary
Age 25 · Shoots left · 6′0″ · 178 lb · Born Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CAN
Drafted 2020, #24 overall by Calgary
2025-262025-26: 74 games, 12-13-25, 0.34 points per game Season detail →
Connor Zary has 1 point in 2 games of 2026-27, after 25 points in 74 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample1 point in 2 games for the 32nd-placed Calgary
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays mostly at even strength
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.
No goals yet: his one point is an assist
How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
7 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 74 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 leadersDistance per 60 in the 99th percentile of forwards: 11.03 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 19.79vs
SEA1 Oct · 2nd 13:26 - 19.32vsSEA1 Oct · 1st 13:58
- 19.31@SEA4 Oct · 3rd 06:09
- 19.31@SEA4 Oct · 1st 16:05
- 18.95vsSEA1 Oct · 2nd 13:13
- 18.82@SEA4 Oct · 2nd 01:49
- 18.74vsSEA1 Oct · 1st 18:40
- 18.62vsSEA1 Oct · 2nd 19:06
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 73.53vsSEA1 Oct · 1st 04:28
- 59.17vsSEA1 Oct · 1st 12:21
- 51.38vsSEA1 Oct · 3rd 16:24
- 45.03vsSEA1 Oct · 3rd 04:33
- 33.36vsSEA1 Oct · 3rd 02:14
- 28.80@SEA4 Oct · 3rd 13:27
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.51@SEA4 Oct · 13:56 TOI
- 2.50vsSEA1 Oct · 13:19 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.50 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 two
COLL 1-30002015:22COLL 1-30003014:18SEAW 6-10001−113:56SEAL 1-60111−113:1925 points in 74 games on a team that finished 29th
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays on the power play
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 of the goals come at even strength
How the 12 goals and 13 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
5 of 12 goals broke a tie; 2 came with Calgary trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
202 attempts across the 73 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 74 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 leadersDistance per 60 in the 94th percentile of forwards: 10.21 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Draws more penalties than he takes
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (20 of 74)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Colorado, a point in zero of two
COLL 1-30002015:22COLL 1-30003014:18COLL 1-30002015:22
UTAW 4-11013+114:45SEAL 1-40003−111:23COLL 1-30003014:18
DALOTL 3-4 OT0000+213:48
ANAW 5-30000+111:47
VGKL 3-60000−19:28
FLAW 4-10000013:20
STLW 2-1 SO1014017:33
DETL 2-50000010:00SEAW 6-10001−113:56SEAL 1-60111−113:19Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$3.78M a season through 2027-28
In 2025-26 he scored 6.6 points per $1M of cap hit, 280th of 370 forwards 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
Three seasons · 2023-24 to 2025-2661st 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
Seattle1 P in 20.50 P/GPFranchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsThree seasons, all with the Flames
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct