- Age
- 25
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 183 cm
- Weight
- 81 kg
- Born
- Saskatoon, CAN
- Draft
- 2020, round 1, #24 (CGY)
Career · 2023–24 to 2026–27
- Games
- 193
- Goals
- 39
- Points
- 87
- TOI per game
- 15:08
- xGF% (5v5)
- 49.2%
- Goals above expected
- −0.5
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 2023–24 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
2nd line
73rd percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
2nd line- Goals /600.8059th pct
- Assists /600.9957th pct
- ixG /600.8158th pct
- Goals above expected−0.555th pct
Play-driving
1st line- xGF% (5v5)49.2%50th pct
- CF% (5v5)51.9%79th pct
- Relative xGF%+1.269th pct
- Penalty diff /600.3984th pct
Usage
2nd line- TOI per game15:0863rd pct
- PP time share40.8%71st pct
- Offensive zone starts64.5%74th pct
- Quality of competition24.4%53rd pct
Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).
Faceoffs
How often Zary wins the draw over 2023–24 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 624+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
41.2%
214–305 · below the 624 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
41.6%
Opponents won 50.4% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.6% against them.
Wins above average
−44
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
4.3
519 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone38.4% 86–138
- Neutral zone40.8% 78–113
- Defensive zone48.1% 50–54
By strength
- Even strength42.0% 193–267
- Power play35.6% 21–38
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +13 after a win, −8 after a loss. Each win was worth 0.8 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Colton Sissons50.0% 9–9
- Shane Pinto41.7% 5–7
- Jack Eichel36.4% 4–7
- Sean Monahan0.0% 0–10
- William Karlsson50.0% 5–5
- Michael McCarron50.0% 5–5
- Robert Thomas20.0% 2–8
- Ryan McLeod40.0% 4–6
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–24 | 109 | 44.0% | 43.7% |
| 2024–25 | 241 | 37.3% | 38.2% |
| 2025–26 | 166 | 45.8% | 46.0% |
| 2026–27 | 3 | 0.0% | -0.7% |
Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.
−0.5 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games
Speed and tracking
From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.
Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.
Tracking
- Top skating speed31.9 km/h6th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph00th pct
- Hardest shot118.3 km/h38th pct
- Distance skated8 km20th pct
- Offensive-zone time42.3%55th pct
Each season against the other forwards that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.
Top skating speed
33.5 km/h1st pct
▼ −2.0 km/h since 2024–25
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
0.61st pct
▼ −2.4 since 2024–25
Distance skated per 60
16.4 km93rd pct
▼ −0.7 km since 2024–25
Hardest shot
127.0 km/h6th pct
▼ −18.3 km/h since 2024–25
Offensive-zone time
42.0%53rd pct
▼ −2.1 points since 2024–25