Olen Zellweger
Age 23 · Shoots left · 5′10″ · 193 lb · Born Calgary, Alberta, CAN
Drafted 2021, #34 overall by Anaheim
2025-262025-26: 76 games, 7-15-22, 0.29 points per game Season detail →
Olen Zellweger has 0 points in 2 games of 2026-27, after 22 points in 76 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample0 points in 2 games for the 14th-placed Buffalo
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Buffalo's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most attempts from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
4 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 · 76 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 defencemen: 10.24 miles
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
- 21.11vs
CHI3 Oct · 1st 17:48 - 19.80vsCHI3 Oct · 2nd 19:22
- 19.14vsCHI3 Oct · 2nd 01:56
- 19.03vsCHI3 Oct · 2nd 19:26
- 18.82vsCHI3 Oct · 1st 06:31
- 18.75vsCHI3 Oct · 3rd 13:51
- 18.56vsCHI3 Oct · 2nd 13:55
- 18.49vsCHI3 Oct · 1st 10:56
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 82.33vsCHI3 Oct · 2nd 09:51
- 66.08vsCHI3 Oct · 1st 06:27
- 57.12vsCHI3 Oct · 2nd 06:29
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.63vs
MIN6 Oct · 14:52 TOI - 2.55vsCHI3 Oct · 15:31 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.59 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 Dallas, a point in one of two
DALW 3-10004017:04DALW 7-51012+217:58MINW 3-2 OT0000014:52CHIW 4-30001015:3122 points in 76 games
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 (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Buffalo's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 7 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
2 of 7 goals broke a tie; 4 came with Buffalo trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
302 attempts across the 76 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 · 76 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 defencemen: 9.58 miles
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.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (21 of 76)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Dallas, a point in one of two
DALW 3-10004017:04DALW 7-51012+217:58
NSHL 0-5000108:58
CGYL 3-50001010:52
STLL 2-60110019:21
SJSL 3-40000+111:44
TOROTL 4-5 OT0110+113:18
EDML 2-40001015:04CGYW 3-2 OT0001013:25BUFW 6-5 OT0112−212:45
UTAW 4-10001−113:10
PHIOTL 2-3 OT0001−212:31MINW 3-2 OT0000014:52CHIW 4-30001015:31Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$3.1M a season through 2028-29
In 2025-26 he scored 7.1 points per $1M of cap hit, 62nd 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 Buffalo
326th 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.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsThree seasons, all with the Ducks
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct