Zayne Parekh
Age 20 · Shoots right · 6′0″ · 179 lb · Born Markham, Ontario, CAN
Drafted 2024, #9 overall by Calgary
2025-262025-26: 37 games, 4-5-9, 0.24 points per game Season detail →
Zayne Parekh has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 9 points in 37 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample1 point 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 (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman 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.
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 point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
23 attempts across the 3 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 · 37 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 98th percentile of defencemen: 9.38 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
- 20.20@
SEA4 Oct · 1st 08:42 - 19.86@SEA4 Oct · 2nd 04:26
- 19.73@SEA4 Oct · 1st 14:30
- 19.67vsSEA1 Oct · 1st 03:06
- 19.66@
VAN3 Oct · 3rd 13:59 - 19.50vsSEA1 Oct · 1st 07:18
- 19.50vsSEA1 Oct · 1st 13:09
- 19.31vsSEA1 Oct · 3rd 03:59
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 79.72vsSEA1 Oct · 3rd 04:55
- 77.82@VAN3 Oct · 1st 18:41
- 77.00@VAN3 Oct · 1st 09:23
- 75.50vsSEA1 Oct · 1st 12:47
- 74.91@SEA4 Oct · 1st 09:35
- 73.25@VAN3 Oct · 3rd 02:00
- 73.22@SEA4 Oct · 3rd 08:37
- 72.07@VAN3 Oct · 2nd 02:27
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 3.35@SEA4 Oct · 20:59 TOI
- 2.55@VAN3 Oct · 17:00 TOI
- 2.82vsSEA1 Oct · 17:47 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.90 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 three
COLL 1-30002−322:21COLL 1-30001−117:57COLL 2-90000−215:37SEAW 6-10002−120:59VANW 4-10114−217:00SEAL 1-60001−317:479 points in 37 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.
Percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Zayne Parekh has 37.
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 runs the first 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.
The power play drives the goal total
How the 4 goals and 5 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 4 goals broke a tie; 1 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
160 attempts across the 38 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 · 37 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 21.65 mph, hardest shot 84.32 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.
Tracking percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Zayne Parekh has 37.
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.
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 (8 of 37)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Colorado, a point in zero of three
COLL 1-30002−322:21COLL 1-30001−117:57COLL 2-90000−215:37
LAKW 3-11012+222:10COLL 1-30002−322:21
UTAW 4-10114023:49SEAL 1-40004−122:06COLL 1-30001−117:57
DALOTL 3-4 OT1013018:50
ANAW 5-30000015:49
VGKL 3-60002−118:12COLL 2-90000−215:37VANW 7-31122016:29SEAW 6-10002−120:59VANW 4-10114−217:00SEAL 1-60001−317:47Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$954K a season through 2027-28
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
Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-26227th 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 playoffsTwo seasons, all with the Flames
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct