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Defence · #8

Zach Werenski

Age
29
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
98 kg
Born
Grosse Pointe, USA
Draft
2015, round 1, #8 (CBJ)

Career · 2016–17 to 2026–27

Games
646
Goals
135
Points
469
TOI per game
24:14
xGF% (5v5)
51.0%
Goals above expected
+19.0

On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.

On ice11908:5451.7%51.7%51.0%51.0%2.672.575715101,003.6
Team with player off ice19235:0247.7%47.9%48.1%48.1%2.342.527638101,000.6
Relative (on − off)–4.0%–2.9%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 17 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition
24.9%
Opponents' xGF%: 50.2%
Quality of teammates
24.3%
Teammates' xGF%: 49.5%
Offensive zone starts
57.5%
49.7% of shifts start on the fly
Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%21.022.023.024.025.026.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsWennbergCalvertAtkinsonDubinskySaadKarlssonBjorkstrandAndersonJennerHartnellFolignoGagnerJonesJohnsonMurraySavardNutivaaraProutSedlakMilanoHarringtonHannikainenQuinceyPanarinDuboisDalpeCarlssonMotteSchroederJokinenKukanGerbeLetestuColeVanekNashDuclairRobinsonStenlundDucheneDzingelMcQuaidTexierNyquistLiljaBemstromGavrikovPeekeMacInnisFoudyMatteauDomiGrigorenkoZottoRoslovicLaineLehtonenKuralyHofmannSillingerVoracekBeanBoqvistChinakhovBayreutherDanforthGaunceFix-WolanskyChristiansenMeyerJohnsonBlankenburgGaudreauOlivierGudbransonJiricekFantilliMarchenkoProvorovSeversonVoronkovNylanderPyyhtiaMalatestaBelluzRiemsdykMonahanAston-ReeseLabancHarrisFabbroMateychukKuninCoyleWoodLundeströmSmithMarchmentHeinenZamulaGarlandWerenski

Close and late

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late
On-ice xGF% at 5v5
51.0%
52.1%