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Olen Zellweger

Buffalo Sabres
Position D
Age 22
Height 5'10"
Weight 193LBS
Shoots L
Birth Place Calgary, AB, CAN
Born Sep 9, 2003

Key Insights

2025-26
This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Gauthier, McTavish, Sennecke and Trouba: 72.9% of the expected goals over 60 minutes.

4 goals for, 2 against, 60.1% of the attempts
This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Zellweger with Gauthier, McTavish, Sennecke and Trouba, 60 minutes at 5v5.

72.9% of the expected goals, 4 goals for and 2 against
His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Zellweger has been shuffled through 49 different five-man units, and only 3 of them have settled.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled
The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

19 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Zellweger this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split
Cutter Gauthier is the partner who brings the best out of him
Cutter Gauthier

Zellweger is at his best beside Gauthier: 58.6% of the expected goals together against 47.0% apart.

282 minutes together, 829 minutes apart
It stops working when he is paired with Nikita Nesterenko
Nikita Nesterenko

The pairing with Nesterenko is the one that costs him: 36.9% of the expected goals together, 51.6% apart.

117 minutes together, 994 minutes apart

Lineup and with-you/without-you numbers are built from shift charts, which are loaded per season. Seasons without shift data show no lineups. With-you/without-you totals exclude empty-net play, so a 6-on-5 push does not land in a with-or-without-you number. xG is Digest’s estimated model.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Sep 9, 2003
Birth Place Calgary, AB, CAN
Height 5'10"
Weight 193 LBS
Shoots/Catches L