Zach Werenski
Age 29 · Shoots left · 6′2″ · 216 lb · Born Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA
Drafted 2015, #8 overall by Columbus
2025-262025-26: 75 games, 22-59-81, 1.08 points per game Season detail →
Zach Werenski has 2 points in 2 games of 2026-27, after 81 points in 75 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample2 points in 2 games for the 23rd-placed Columbus
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-pair defenceman who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Columbus'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: all 2 points are assists
How the 0 goals and 2 assists 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
8 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 · 75 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 82nd percentile of defencemen: 89.00 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
- 19.78vs
UTA3 Oct · 2nd 07:06 - 19.49vsUTA3 Oct · 3rd 03:26
- 19.48vsUTA3 Oct · 2nd 17:36
- 19.47vs
BUF1 Oct · 1st 01:56 - 19.23vsBUF1 Oct · 1st 17:31
- 19.16vsUTA3 Oct · 3rd 08:25
- 19.08vsBUF1 Oct · 1st 00:22
- 18.94vsUTA3 Oct · 3rd 03:41
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 89.00vsBUF1 Oct · 3rd 12:25
- 80.37vsUTA3 Oct · 2nd 05:29
- 77.90vsBUF1 Oct · 3rd 08:27
- 59.07vsUTA3 Oct · 1st 02:06
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 4.52vsUTA3 Oct · 31:43 TOI
- 4.08vsBUF1 Oct · 28:46 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 4.30 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 Pittsburgh, a point in three of four
PITW 4-3 SO0112−129:18PITOTL 4-5 OT1122+125:54PITOTL 3-4 OT1122−126:06PITW 5-4 SO0003029:49UTAL 1-40001031:43BUFW 6-30223+228:4646% for the 90+ points
Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.
Kalshi
Polymarket
ProphetXSnapshot 7 Oct, 10:12 AM ET. "Best" is the cheapest price to buy Yes after venue fees. Prices are snapshots taken every 15 minutes (season futures hourly), not live. Prediction markets carry risk of loss and are not available in every jurisdiction. 18+/21+ where applicable. How markets work · Affiliate disclosure
81 points in 75 games on a team that finished 17th
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 (1.1). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-pair defenceman who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Columbus'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 22 goals and 59 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
10 of 22 goals broke a tie; 6 came with Columbus trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
593 attempts across the 77 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 · 75 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 leaders20+ mph bursts in the 95th percentile of defencemen: 123
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
A point in three games out of five (48 of 75)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Pittsburgh, a point in three of four
PITW 4-3 SO0112−129:18PITOTL 4-5 OT1122+125:54PITOTL 3-4 OT1122−126:06PITW 5-4 SO0003029:49
WSHL 1-20003−125:59
BOSL 2-30008+130:27
MTLW 5-20114025:42BUFL 0-50005−328:46
DETW 4-3 SO1126033:26
WPGL 1-20000−127:27
CARL 1-50000−122:12CARL 2-50113−127:29BOSOTL 3-4 SO0002+130:11
SJSL 2-30003030:51UTAL 1-40001031:43BUFW 6-30223+228:46Better at home, and at his best against the next opponent
Home and road
By opponent
By month
46% for the 90+ points
Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.
Snapshot 7 Oct, 10:12 AM ET. "Best" is the cheapest price to buy Yes after venue fees. Prices are snapshots taken every 15 minutes (season futures hourly), not live. Prediction markets carry risk of loss and are not available in every jurisdiction. 18+/21+ where applicable. How markets work · Affiliate disclosure
$9.58M a season through 2027-28
In 2025-26 he scored 8.5 points per $1M of cap hit, 50th 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 2 Oct 2026.
With Columbus
Ten seasons · 2016-17 to 2025-262nd 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.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 2 assists.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsTen seasons, all with the Blue Jackets
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct