Zach Werenski Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Werenski has scored 2 times on John Gibson this season, more than on any other goaltender.

2 goals on 8 attempts, 25.0%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Brandon Bussi has turned him away every time: 17 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is John Gibson: 25.0% of his attempts against him go in.

2 goals on 8 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 3 goals against the Red Wings this season.

35 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Brandon Bussi: 17 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Bruins have held him without a goal on 37 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

One opponent goes out of his way to run him

Paul Cotter has hit him 4 times, more than any other opponent.

hits absorbed, from play-by-play

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Werenski has taken 591 shot attempts this season.

238 on goal, 126 missed, 204 blocked, 1st of 241 defencemen

He shoots the puck far more than most players at his position

He fires 17.76 attempts an hour of ice time.

591 attempts in 1,996 minutes, 6th of 245 defencemen

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

34.3% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

203 long-range attempts, 11th of 241 defencemen

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 37.6 feet.

591 located attempts, 20th of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

30.1% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

178 attempts, 11 goals

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

67.4% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

261 of 387 unblocked, 62nd of 241 defencemen

He works one side of the ice far more than the other

48.9% of his attempts come from the left side.

289 left, 157 middle, 145 right

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

25.7% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

152 of 591 attempts, 74th of 241 defencemen

He gets his chances from the dirty areas, not the perimeter

25.5% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

151 attempts from inside the home plate, 75th of 241 defencemen

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

34.5% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

204 of 591 attempts, 77th of 241 defencemen

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Werenski has 23 goals off 21.4 expected: 1.6 more than the chances alone say.

22nd of 241 defencemen

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 8.8% of the shots he puts on goal.

23 goals on 261 shots, 42nd of 241 defencemen

One shot in his bag goes in far more often than the rest

His deadliest shot is the slap shot: 6.7% of them go in.

4 goals on 60 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 35.0 feet out, and the longest went in from 58.

23 goals located by coordinate

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 2.0% of his attempts.

3 goals on 152 close attempts, 123rd of 221 defencemen

He is the one who makes the play, not the one who finishes it

He sets up 1.77 assists an hour of ice time.

77th in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 0.9 checks an hour.

852nd in the league

He shoots the puck himself, not just when his line has it

He puts 7.79 shots on goal an hour.

118th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Werenski produces 2.44 points an hour of ice time.

142nd in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.63 points an hour.

146th in the league

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +7 on the season.

171st in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.76 times an hour.

180th most giveaways an hour

He gives the puck away more than he should

35 takeaways against 125 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.28 takeaways per giveaway

He chips in points even when his team is a man down

He has 1 short-handed points this season.

213th in the league

He stays out of the box, which his coach can rely on

He takes 0.54 penalty minutes an hour.

784th most penalty minutes an hour

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.05 times an hour.

286th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.66 goals an hour of ice time.

337th in the league

He blocks about as many shots as anyone else

He blocks 2.8 shots an hour of ice time.

442nd in the league

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Blue Jackets create 5.27 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Werenski on.

18th of 246 defencemen

Good things happen for his team when he is on the ice

The Blue Jackets are up 23 goals with Werenski on the ice.

127 for, 104 against, 22nd of 245 defencemen

His line spends the night in the other team's end

At 5v5 the Blue Jackets generate 55.2% of the expected goals with Werenski on the ice.

136.2 xGF to 110.5 xGA over 1,551 minutes, 27th of 246 defencemen

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Werenski's line owns 53.9% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,752 for, 1,497 against, 33rd of 246 defencemen

His line puts far more rubber on the net than it allows

53.4% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Werenski is on.

810 for, 707 against, 42nd of 246 defencemen

His team wins the goal battle while he is on the ice

The Blue Jackets score 55.1% of the 5v5 goals with Werenski out there.

81 for, 66 against, 52nd of 246 defencemen

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 100.7, close to neutral.

10.0% shooting and 90.7% goaltending behind him, 101st of 246 defencemen

The kill is about average with him on it

Short-handed he concedes 9.65 expected goals an hour.

13 goals against in 91 minutes, 65th of 156 defencemen

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

He gives up 4.27 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

99th of 246 defencemen

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

Opponents get 57.9 shot attempts an hour with Werenski on the ice at 5v5.

131st of 246 defencemen

The power play is ordinary with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 9.28 expected goals an hour.

29 goals in 222 minutes, 44th of 85 defencemen

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Werenski plays 26:37 a night, 2nd among defencemen.

1,996 minutes across 75 games

He is kept off the penalty kill

He draws 1:23 of penalty kill time a game, 142nd among defencemen.

4.6% of his total ice time

His coach puts him out for most of the power play time

He draws 3:07 of power play time a game, 19th among defencemen.

11.1% of his total ice time

Damon Severson is the partner who brings the best out of him

Werenski is at his best beside Severson: 66.0% of the expected goals together against 51.8% apart.

394 minutes together, 1,157 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Isac Lundeström

The pairing with Lundeström is the one that costs him: 45.7% of the expected goals together, 56.8% apart.

249 minutes together, 1,302 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Marchment is a different player beside him: 62.6% of the expected goals with Werenski, 30.8% without him.

198 minutes together, 230 minutes apart for Marchment

His linemates play better with him than without him, every time

15 of his 16 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Werenski than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Boone Jenner are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Werenski and Jenner: 6.34 expected goals an hour.

330 minutes together at 5v5

Adam Fantilli is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Fantilli than anyone: 495 minutes, worth 52.6% of the expected goals.

26 goals for, 24 against together

The goals go his team's way when Dmitri Voronkov is out there with him

With Voronkov on the ice too, the Blue Jackets have outscored opponents 18 to 7 at 5v5.

72.0% goal share over 279 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Damon Severson are out together

He gives up least beside Severson: 3.09 expected goals against an hour.

394 minutes together at 5v5

Kent Johnson is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Johnson: 96.6% of the expected goals over 80 minutes.

10 goals for, 0 against together

Boone Jenner is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Jenner: 7.71 expected goals against an hour.

31 minutes together short-handed

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Coyle, Olivier, Severson and Sillinger: 77.2% of the expected goals over 91 minutes.

6 goals for, 0 against, 71.5% of the attempts

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Werenski with Coyle, Olivier, Severson and Sillinger, 91 minutes at 5v5.

77.2% of the expected goals, 6 goals for and 0 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Coyle, Fantilli, Marchenko and Marchment: 8 goals in 66 minutes.

7.28 goals an hour, 9.7 expected

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Marchenko, Mateychuk, Monahan and Voronkov: 38.1% of the expected goals.

3 goals for, 0 against over 39 minutes

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Werenski has played 60 different five-man units at 5v5, 7 of them for real minutes.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled

The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

17 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Werenski this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split

Charlie Coyle is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Charlie Coyle has assisted on 6 of his 23 goals, 26.1% of them.

3 primary, 3 secondary

Adam Fantilli is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 10 of Adam Fantilli's goals, 16.9% of his own assists.

7 primary, 3 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

47.5% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

28 primary of 59 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

18 different teammates have assisted on his 23 goals.

Coyle (6), Sillinger (5), Mateychuk (3), Johnson (3)

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