Zach Werenski #8

D · Columbus Blue Jackets · Age 28 · Shoots L · 6′2″, 216 lb · Draft: 2015, round 1, 8th overall

2025-26 regular season. Shading and Pctl are the percentile among the season's defensemen who meet the tables' minimum (darker is better).

Summary		Pctl
GP	75	58th
TOI/GP	26:37	99th
G	22	99th
A	59	98th
P	81	99th
P/60	2.43	98th
ixG	16.2	98th
G−ixG	+5.8	96th
xGF%	54.8	85th
Rel xGF%	+7.0	96th
GS/GP	+1.13	99th
Pen ±	+2	88th

Scoring		Pctl
G	22	99th
A1	28	97th
A2	31	98th
P	81	99th
P1	50	99th
P/60	2.43	98th
5v5 P/60	1.82	98th
PPP	21	94th
SHP	1	79th
ENG	0	43rd

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	260	99th
iCF	590	99th
iFF	386	99th
ixG	16.2	98th
ixG/60	0.49	97th
G	22	99th
G−ixG	+5.8	96th
Sh%	8.5	81st
xSh%	4.2	77th
Blk'd	204	99th
5v5 iCF/60	17.4	99th

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	1551	97th
CF%	53.9	86th
FF%	53.3	83rd
xGF%	54.8	85th
GF%	55.1	78th
xGF/60	3.05	93rd
xGA/60	2.52	56th
oiSh%	10.0	63rd
oiSv%	90.7	52nd
PDO	100.6	62nd
Rel CF%	+5.1	93rd
Rel xGF%	+7.0	96th
OZS%	56.3	85th

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	26:37	99th
EV/GP	22:21	99th
5v5/GP	20:41	99th
PP/GP	3:02	91st
SH/GP	1:14	36th
Shifts/GP	26.0	74th
Shift	1:01	99th
OZ	330	95th
NZ	374	94th
DZ	256	65th
OZS%	56.3	85th

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+84.4	98th
GS/GP	+1.13	99th
GS/60	+2.54	97th
Scoring	+53.2	99th
Shooting	+10.5	98th
On ice	+17.6	93rd
Penalties	+0.3	88th
Faceoffs	0.0	51st
Other	+2.9	37th

Other		Pctl
Hits	30	27th
Blk	94	56th
Tk	35	92nd
Gv	125	1st
PenD	11	65th
PenT	9	76th
Pen ±	+2	88th
PP min ±	+4.4	88th
FOW	0	50th
FOL	0	52nd
FO%	–

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2026-27	Regular season	7	0	6	6	0.8	50.4	+0.89	29:22
2025-26	Regular season	75	22	59	81	16.2	54.8	+1.13	26:37

Rolling 10-game averages

5v5 xGF% (scale at right)Game Score per game (±1.7), centred on 0 · each point the 10 games to that one, 75 games in all

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Kirill Marchenko	R	726:01	54.0	54.4
Adam Fantilli	C	712:03	55.0	55.6
Charlie Coyle	C	651:50	53.4	58.6
Sean Monahan	C	551:17	53.6	52.3
Cole Sillinger	C	503:10	54.8	58.4
Ivan Provorov	D	459:10	51.9	49.8
Damon Severson	D	444:56	62.1	68.4
Boone Jenner	C	398:59	56.1	55.8

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Apr 14	vs WSH	L 1–2	25:59	0	0	3	0.20	48	36	−0.62
Apr 12	vs BOS	L 2–3	30:27	0	0	8	0.17	65	61	+0.81
Apr 11	@ MTL	W 5–2	25:42	0	1	4	0.18	61	65	+1.52
Apr 9	@ BUF	L 0–5	28:46	0	0	5	0.23	51	37	−0.60
Apr 7	@ DET	W 4–3 OT	33:26	1	1	6	0.24	61	59	+2.04
Apr 4	vs WPG	L 1–2	27:27	0	0	0	0.12	35	37	−0.62
Apr 2	@ CAR	L 1–5	22:12	0	0	0	0.07	41	67	+0.23
Mar 31	vs CAR	L 2–5	27:29	0	1	3	0.22	50	70	+1.87
Mar 29	vs BOS	L 3–4 OT	30:11	0	0	2	0.12	61	69	+1.08
Mar 28	vs SJS	L 2–3	30:51	0	0	3	0.08	40	26	−1.16
Mar 26	@ MTL	L 1–2	27:21	0	0	1	0.17	57	71	+0.70
Mar 24	@ PHI	W 3–2	24:27	1	1	3	0.16	60	60	+2.17
Mar 22	@ NYI	L 0–1	29:01	0	0	3	0.09	72	88	+1.26
Mar 21	vs SEA	W 5–2	24:07	0	3	4	0.25	67	66	+3.11
Mar 19	vs NYR	W 6–3	24:09	0	3	5	0.59	80	77	+3.86
Mar 17	vs CAR	W 5–1	22:10	0	1	3	0.13	49	72	+1.95
Mar 14	@ PHI	W 2–1 OT	27:13	0	0	2	0.03	58	42	−0.17
Mar 12	@ FLA	L 1–2 OT	28:31	0	0	5	0.48	61	72	+1.38
Mar 10	@ TBL	W 5–2	22:59	0	2	0	0.04	32	74	+1.53
Mar 9	vs LAK	L 4–5 OT	29:04	0	1	3	0.18	42	18	−0.51
Mar 7	vs UTA	L 4–5 OT	26:53	0	0	2	0.18	58	47	−0.04
Feb 28	vs NYI	L 3–4 OT	28:02	0	2	5	0.41	63	69	+2.63
Feb 26	@ BOS	L 2–4	28:34	0	1	7	0.34	65	72	+2.50
Feb 4	vs CHI	W 4–0	21:45	1	0	2	0.17	71	76	+2.05
Feb 3	@ NJD	W 3–0	23:11	0	1	2	0.46	49	65	+1.20
Jan 31	@ STL	W 5–3	22:58	0	1	4	0.20	64	65	+1.09
Jan 30	@ CHI	W 4–2	27:38	0	2	3	0.16	51	74	+2.62
Jan 28	vs PHI	W 5–3	22:58	0	2	2	0.21	57	44	+1.07
Jan 24	vs TBL	W 8–5	26:35	0	2	3	0.33	59	76	+2.72
Jan 22	vs DAL	W 1–0	27:45	1	0	3	0.21	55	63	+1.61
Jan 20	vs OTT	L 1–4	25:12	0	0	2	0.14	53	43	−0.17
Jan 17	@ PIT	W 4–3 OT	29:18	0	1	2	0.13	44	41	+0.23
Jan 15	vs VAN	W 4–1	25:32	1	0	5	0.43	61	76	+2.19
Jan 13	vs CGY	W 5–3	27:45	1	2	5	0.37	58	42	+1.98
Jan 11	@ UTA	W 3–2 OT	28:19	0	1	3	0.24	51	68	+1.52
Jan 10	@ COL	L 0–4	22:23	0	0	5	0.13	49	56	+0.19
Jan 8	@ VGK	L 3–5	28:00	0	1	1	0.16	60	61	+1.42
Jan 6	@ SJS	L 2–5	24:47	1	0	2	0.08	59	42	+0.20
Jan 4	vs PIT	L 4–5 OT	25:54	1	1	2	0.07	47	49	+1.76
Jan 3	vs BUF	W 5–1	23:12	0	2	5	0.16	42	37	+0.66
Dec 20	@ ANA	L 3–4	27:56	1	1	4	0.24	47	26	−0.01
Dec 18	vs MIN	L 2–5	28:30	2	0	8	0.47	66	74	+3.27
Dec 16	vs ANA	W 4–3 OT	29:31	2	1	4	0.46	61	65	+2.75
Dec 13	vs VGK	L 2–3	25:53	0	1	2	0.07	63	80	+1.81
Dec 11	vs OTT	L 3–6	26:49	0	2	2	0.05	57	54	+1.22
Dec 9	@ CAR	L 1–4	24:08	0	0	5	0.29	49	47	+0.02
Dec 7	@ WSH	L 0–2	27:53	0	0	2	0.15	51	49	−0.07
Dec 6	@ FLA	L 6–7 OT	29:01	0	1	4	0.19	48	47	+0.66
Dec 4	vs DET	W 6–5 OT	28:29	0	3	3	0.16	60	38	+1.81
Dec 1	@ NJD	W 5–3	26:57	0	2	1	0.01	34	30	+0.42
Nov 28	vs PIT	L 3–4 OT	26:06	1	1	2	0.13	52	43	+0.82
Nov 26	vs TOR	L 1–2 OT	28:40	1	0	6	0.21	63	76	+2.00
Nov 24	@ WSH	L 1–5	17:36	0	0	4	0.17	48	44	−0.08
Nov 22	@ DET	L 3–4 OT	28:05	1	1	7	0.67	42	35	+1.03
Nov 20	@ TOR	W 3–2 OT	28:48	0	3	6	0.43	53	72	+3.06
Nov 18	@ WPG	L 2–5	24:10	1	0	2	0.24	49	65	+1.40
Nov 17	vs MTL	W 4–3 OT	29:41	1	1	4	0.11	47	35	+0.85
Nov 15	vs NYR	L 1–2 OT	27:18	0	1	5	0.43	40	42	+0.83
Nov 13	vs EDM	W 5–4	24:21	0	1	4	0.05	49	63	+1.75
Nov 11	@ SEA	W 2–1 OT	31:13	0	0	2	0.12	49	48	+0.10
Nov 10	@ EDM	L 4–5 OT	27:39	0	1	4	0.31	54	54	+0.89
Nov 8	@ VAN	L 3–4	29:27	0	0	4	0.41	58	56	+0.70
Nov 5	@ CGY	L 1–5	27:28	0	0	5	0.20	53	56	+0.23
Nov 2	@ NYI	L 2–3	27:06	0	0	2	0.15	49	47	+0.26
Nov 1	vs STL	W 3–2	25:48	1	1	4	0.18	51	48	+1.46
Oct 29	vs TOR	W 6–3	21:44	1	1	2	0.19	37	39	+1.53
Oct 28	@ BUF	W 4–3 OT	27:59	1	1	5	0.13	53	53	+1.79
Oct 25	@ PIT	W 5–4 OT	29:49	0	0	3	0.04	69	74	+1.43
Oct 24	vs WSH	L 1–5	24:33	0	0	4	0.32	65	79	+1.55
Oct 21	@ DAL	W 5–1	21:56	0	0	0	0.04	47	30	−0.77
Oct 18	vs TBL	W 3–2	25:02	0	1	0	0.11	50	62	+1.42
Oct 16	vs COL	L 1–4	26:25	0	0	3	0.17	47	40	−0.31
Oct 13	vs NJD	L 2–3	29:14	0	0	7	0.38	64	67	+0.99
Oct 11	@ MIN	W 7–4	25:20	1	2	7	0.40	53	53	+2.85
Oct 9	@ NSH	L 1–2	27:16	0	0	5	0.15	50	35	−0.50