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Zach Werenski

Zach Werenski

CBJ·DJersey number #8
Latest captured market
Apr 9 · 7:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 307 game sample
PTS
82.5
SOG
281.2
G
22.0
A
60.5
PPP
22.1
HIT
28.8
BLK
118.3
PIM
23.9

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 307 real games × their team's 82 scheduled games. Availability is not projected — injuries, scratches and trades are not modelled anywhere in this project, so the team's schedule is the multiplier, not a forecast of how many games this player will dress for. League board.

What carries into 2026-27

a forecast, not a result

Most of this finishing edge probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
+1.35
per 100 attempts, vs position
= +6.2 goals over 386
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
+0.25
per 100 attempts, projected
+0.9 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among defencemen · 508 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 508 defencemen, 2025-26. Shrunk rate is the per-game rate the rank was computed from, pulled toward the league mean by sample size so a short career does not read as an elite one — so it sits closer to average than the rate actually recorded. This skater’s sample is 307 games. Further right means more, not better: hits, blocks and penalty minutes describe a role, not quality.

Observed rates

per game · recency-weighted, not shrunk · 307 games incl. playoffs
PTS
1.01
G
0.27
A
0.74
SOG
3.44
PPP
0.27
HIT
0.35
BLK
1.45
PIM
0.29

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26752259811.0826026:37
2024-25812359821.0129826:45
2023-24701146570.8120224:27
2022-23133580.624123:36
2021-22681137480.7121625:40

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 9 lineSOG 7/10G 1/10A 3/10PPP 1/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Apr 14vs WSH300002025:59
Apr 12vs BOS800000030:27
Apr 11@ MTL401001225:42
Apr 9@ BUF500000028:46
Apr 7@ DET611105033:26
Apr 4vs WPG000003027:27
Apr 2@ CAR000011022:12
Mar 31vs CAR301011027:29
Mar 29vs BOS200002030:11
Mar 28vs SJS300000030:51

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 9 posted line. It is not a record against 10 separate lines — this player was priced once, and games after that date are measured against the same number.

Finishing — goals above expected

open play, regular season
SeasonxGGGAxGPAtt
2025-2615.822plus 6.2 goals above expected75386
2024-2520.323plus 2.7 goals above expected81433
2023-2412.211minus 1.2 goals above expected70285
2022-232.33plus 0.7 goals above expected1354
2021-2215.411minus 4.4 goals above expected67313

How the 2026-27 projection is made

a forecast, not a result

Finishing persists year over year, but only partly. That share is measured over five seasons of skaters clearing the same 100-attempt floor, and what does not carry regresses toward the rate for the player's position.

Shot volume is not projected, so the goal figure assumes the same number of attempts. A persistent gap means the skater reliably scores above what this model expects — which may be finishing skill or may be shots the model under-rates, and the measurement cannot separate the two. Running hot is a statement about the season just played, not about talent.

This projection is written to a prediction log on the night it is produced, so it can be scored against what actually happens rather than restated later.

Production by strength

G-A-P, regular season
SeasonEven strengthPower playShorthanded
2025-2618 goals, 40 assists, 58 points4 goals, 17 assists, 21 points0 goals, 2 assists, 2 points
2024-2517 goals, 37 assists, 54 points5 goals, 20 assists, 25 points1 goal, 2 assists, 3 points
2023-249 goals, 36 assists, 45 points2 goals, 10 assists, 12 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2022-233 goals, 3 assists, 6 points0 goals, 2 assists, 2 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2021-227 goals, 26 assists, 33 points4 goals, 10 assists, 14 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point

Shot locations

386 attempts · 22 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (126)Shot on goal (238)Goal (22)

Markets · Apr 9

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
13%
A
Assists
Line
0.5
Proj
0.4
P(over)
31%
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
7%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
2.5
Proj
2.0
P(over)
33%
HITS
Hits
No line posted.
BLK
Blocked shots
No line posted.
PIM
Penalty minutes
No line posted.

Per-game rates are recency-weighted over this player's game log. Expected goals come from the xG model over open-play unblocked attempts; totals are not directly comparable across seasons. Every market — anytime goals, assists, power-play points, SOG, hits, blocks and PIMs — is a modeled projection. Every number on this page was worked out overnight and is only read here, never recalculated while you wait.