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Zach Werenski

Position	Left Defense	Current Team	Columbus Blue Jackets
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	6 years
Height	6'2"	Expires	2027-28
Weight (lbs)	211	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	30
Age	27 (July 19, 1997)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2015, Round 1, Overall 8 (CBJ)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jul 29, 2021	Columbus Blue Jackets	Signed 6 years @ $9.583M AAV starting in 2022-23
Sep 9, 2019	Columbus Blue Jackets	Signed 3 years @ $5.000M AAV starting in 2019-20
Mar 29, 2016	Columbus Blue Jackets	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

		Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2016-17	CBJ	78	11	36	47	+17	14	188	5.8	20:55	3	1		1	-2		14	7.1	23:29
2017-18	CBJ	77	16	21	37	+8	16	207	7.7	22:35	6	1	2	3		2	18	5.6	24:11
2018-19	CBJ	82	11	33	44	-12	18	168	6.6	22:54	10	1	5	6	+3	9	15	6.7	26:37
2019-20	CBJ	63	20	21	41	+9	10	187	10.7	23:59	10	1	2	3	+1	4	26	3.8	30:03
2020-21	CBJ	35	7	13	20	-9	13	79	8.9	24:22
2021-22	CBJ	68	11	37	48	-15	22	216	5.1	25:40
2022-23	CBJ	13	3	5	8	-6	0	41	7.3	23:36
2023-24	CBJ	70	11	46	57	0	22	202	5.4	24:27
2024-25	CBJ	81	23	59	82	+12	31	298	7.7	26:45
Career		567	113	271	384	+4	146	1586	7.1	23:53	29	4	9	13	+2	15	73	5.5	26:58

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2016-17	CBJ	78	1249:04	0.24	0.72	0.96	0.27	-0.03	3.85	4.33	-0.49	0.56	2.26
2017-18	CBJ	77	1408:37	0.43	0.51	0.94	0.36	0.07	6.25	5.29	0.96	0.94	2.83
2018-19	CBJ	82	1473:42	0.33	0.69	1.02	0.29	0.04	6.20	5.43	0.77	2.63	1.05
2019-20	CBJ	63	1116:48	0.54	0.48	1.02	0.38	0.16	7.69	5.38	2.31	2.33	4.07
2020-21	CBJ	35	664:47	0.54	0.72	1.26	0.29	0.25	8.96	4.77	4.18	0.00	4.55
2021-22	CBJ	68	1311:50	0.27	0.73	1.01	0.41	-0.13	3.87	5.75	-1.88	2.26	2.26
2022-23	CBJ	13	243:03	0.74	0.74	1.48	0.31	0.43	9.68	4.10	5.57	2.44	0.00
2023-24	CBJ	70	1310:23	0.37	1.47	1.83	0.38	-0.01	5.06	5.22	-0.15	1.38	4.61
2024-25	CBJ	81	1692:28	0.53	1.17	1.70	0.48	0.05	6.76	6.07	0.69	1.52	3.94

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2016-17	CBJ	78	1249:04	43.09	2.55	2.46	38.52	1.97	2.41	56.38	50.56	-0.10	-0.11	0.14
2017-18	CBJ	77	1408:37	49.92	2.77	2.92	40.38	2.09	2.52	57.02	53.69	0.27	0.04	1.97
2018-19	CBJ	82	1473:42	44.91	2.73	2.69	42.63	2.89	2.62	48.55	50.64	0.14	0.30	-1.64
2019-20	CBJ	63	1116:48	43.73	2.58	2.43	40.51	1.99	2.30	56.47	51.30	0.16	0.14	0.12
2020-21	CBJ	35	664:47	42.87	2.35	2.22	41.61	2.44	2.37	49.06	48.39	0.19	0.02	2.05
2021-22	CBJ	68	1311:50	44.91	2.33	2.62	47.84	3.34	2.99	41.13	46.69	0.40	0.14	2.95
2022-23	CBJ	13	243:03	43.94	3.46	2.60	42.46	4.20	2.40	45.16	52.00	0.74	-0.84	15.51
2023-24	CBJ	70	1310:23	46.11	3.53	2.68	49.31	3.07	3.00	53.47	47.14	0.43	0.29	1.86
2024-25	CBJ	81	1692:28	48.25	3.05	2.82	42.33	2.27	2.44	57.33	53.56	0.77	-0.14	9.34

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
2021-22	68	22.9	0.3	6.6	6.6	91.9	63.1	50.6	35.3	14.1	42.2	18.0	39.8
2022-23	13	22.4	0.3	9.0	9.1	95.4	64.6	65.6	28.1	6.2	39.7	18.3	42.1
2023-24	70	23.5	0.4	8.6	8.7	96.2	67.0	50.3	33.1	16.6	42.4	17.5	40.1
2024-25	81	23.1	0.5	8.9	9.0	91.9	67.4	47.2	36.4	16.4	39.9	18.4	41.7

Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2024-25	Fabbro, D	CBJ	994:54	3.14	2.35	57.14	2.78	2.38	53.91	0.60	-0.22	8.28
2024-25	Provorov, I	CBJ	344:09	2.96	1.74	62.96	2.88	2.66	51.95	0.56	0.14	4.06
2024-25	Severson, D	CBJ	173:44	3.45	2.42	58.82	3.11	2.32	57.30	0.77	-0.18	8.86
2024-25	Mateychuk, D	CBJ	49:38	3.63	4.84	42.86	2.71	2.34	53.65	0.27	-0.17	4.36
2024-25	Christiansen, J	CBJ	41:21	2.90	2.90	50.00	2.12	2.26	48.46	-0.14	-0.22	0.72
2024-25	Gudbranson, E	CBJ	25:06	4.78	0.00	100.00	4.03	1.77	69.44	1.64	-0.73	20.62
2023-24	Severson, D	CBJ	431:53	2.92	3.61	44.68	2.50	2.98	45.64	0.07	0.15	-0.58
2023-24	Boqvist, A	CBJ	327:40	3.85	2.38	61.76	2.94	3.18	48.06	0.63	0.61	0.61
2023-24	Gudbranson, E	CBJ	227:55	3.95	2.37	62.50	2.54	2.57	49.69	0.15	-0.28	4.08
2023-24	Blankenburg, N	CBJ	80:53	5.93	4.45	57.14	3.24	3.92	45.23	0.98	1.17	0.16
2023-24	Provorov, I	CBJ	78:48	3.05	3.81	44.44	3.00	3.22	48.27	0.60	0.40	2.26
2023-24	Bean, J	CBJ	62:03	3.87	2.90	57.14	2.34	3.01	43.80	-0.10	0.19	-2.62
2023-24	Jiricek, D	CBJ	41:13	2.91	1.46	66.67	2.39	2.24	51.63	-0.11	-0.57	4.59
2023-24	Peeke, A	CBJ	31:28	1.91	3.81	33.33	1.92	2.88	40.01	-0.51	0.20	-7.56
2022-23	Blankenburg, N	CBJ	84:52	2.83	4.95	36.36	2.70	2.03	57.10	0.57	-0.98	15.60
2022-23	Boqvist, A	CBJ	43:49	2.74	4.11	40.00	3.08	2.29	57.34	1.03	-0.84	17.84
2022-23	Peeke, A	CBJ	37:59	1.58	1.58	50.00	2.39	2.06	53.75	0.26	-0.91	12.02
2022-23	Gudbranson, E	CBJ	35:37	6.74	3.37	66.67	2.90	4.14	41.20	0.80	1.30	-1.26
2021-22	Bean, J	CBJ	508:08	2.24	2.48	47.50	2.60	3.11	45.56	0.30	0.18	1.54
2021-22	Peeke, A	CBJ	499:36	2.52	3.96	38.89	2.46	2.88	46.07	0.15	0.01	1.50
2021-22	Boqvist, A	CBJ	130:09	1.38	3.69	27.27	2.71	2.65	50.54	0.40	-0.30	6.72
2021-22	Gavrikov, V	CBJ	67:21	4.45	3.56	55.56	3.54	3.56	49.89	1.18	0.69	4.77
2021-22	Kukan, D	CBJ	36:05	3.33	4.99	40.00	2.68	3.86	41.00	0.35	0.95	-3.50
2021-22	Bayreuther, G	CBJ	21:14	0.00	2.83	0.00	4.16	2.65	61.06	1.82	-0.17	15.73
2020-21	Jones, S	CBJ	595:06	2.22	2.32	48.89	2.07	2.37	46.54	-0.06	0.02	-0.90
2020-21	Savard, D	CBJ	38:10	3.14	4.72	40.00	1.90	2.41	44.04	-0.23	0.08	-3.61
2019-20	Jones, S	CBJ	748:20	2.73	1.68	61.82	2.36	2.23	51.42	-0.00	0.04	-0.51
2019-20	Jones, S	CBJ	222:53	1.62	1.08	60.00	1.91	2.55	42.86	-0.03	0.01	-0.53
2019-20	Nutivaara, M	CBJ	188:20	2.23	1.91	53.85	2.45	2.27	51.83	0.23	0.11	1.30
2019-20	Savard, D	CBJ	76:26	3.92	3.92	50.00	2.57	2.88	47.15	0.27	0.70	-4.20
2019-20	Murray, R	CBJ	42:52	1.40	1.40	50.00	2.79	1.75	61.43	0.67	-0.34	11.11
2018-19	Jones, S	CBJ	845:58	2.62	3.33	44.05	2.74	2.50	52.31	0.21	0.09	1.12
2018-19	Savard, D	CBJ	406:49	2.95	1.92	60.61	2.69	2.45	52.38	0.08	0.05	0.27
2018-19	Jones, S	CBJ	197:17	2.13	1.82	53.85	2.05	2.23	47.84	0.00	-0.13	1.40
2018-19	Harrington, S	CBJ	105:55	2.83	3.40	45.45	2.30	3.02	43.17	-0.25	0.50	-7.02
2018-19	Nutivaara, M	CBJ	75:54	2.37	3.95	37.50	2.07	4.42	31.84	-0.50	2.05	-20.11
2017-18	Jones, S	CBJ	1230:47	2.53	1.75	59.09	2.90	2.38	54.93	0.24	-0.17	3.87
2017-18	Jones, S	CBJ	113:45	1.58	2.11	42.86	2.39	3.14	43.23	0.19	1.10	-8.69
2017-18	Johnson, J	CBJ	49:16	2.44	3.65	40.00	2.18	3.44	38.76	-0.62	0.94	-14.04
2017-18	Savard, D	CBJ	45:32	5.27	3.95	57.14	3.10	3.12	49.83	0.41	0.71	-2.89
2017-18	Murray, R	CBJ	37:44	4.77	1.59	75.00	2.61	3.04	46.19	0.01	0.74	-6.86
2017-18	Nutivaara, M	CBJ	24:23	4.92	7.38	40.00	4.70	3.76	55.53	2.01	1.26	3.74
2016-17	Jones, S	CBJ	1034:28	2.44	1.91	56.00	2.43	2.40	50.34	-0.20	-0.16	-0.39
2016-17	Savard, D	CBJ	121:17	2.97	2.47	54.55	2.07	2.23	48.17	-0.55	-0.19	-3.80
2016-17	Jones, S	CBJ	52:04	3.46	4.61	42.86	2.41	3.28	42.38	0.63	0.74	1.09
2016-17	Nutivaara, M	CBJ	23:40	5.07	0.00	100.00	2.78	1.58	63.68	0.20	-0.82	11.97

Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

Current Contract

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	25		$9,583,333	$9,583,333	-	$2,000,000	$8,000,000	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	RFA-arb
2023-24	26	NMC	$9,583,333	$9,583,333	-	$2,000,000	$10,000,000	$12,000,000	$12,000,000	UFA
2024-25	27	NMC	$9,583,333	$9,583,333	-	$2,000,000	$9,500,000	$11,500,000	$11,500,000	UFA
2025-26	28	NMC	$9,583,333	$9,583,333	-	$2,000,000	$7,500,000	$9,500,000	$9,500,000	UFA
2026-27	29	NMC	$9,583,333	$9,583,333	-	$6,250,000	$1,000,000	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	UFA
2027-28	30	M-NTC	$9,583,333	$9,583,333	-	$6,250,000	$1,000,000	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	UFA
Total					-	$20,500,000	$37,000,000	$57,500,000	$57,500,000

Signed: July 29, 2021

Team: Columbus Blue Jackets

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 11.62

Clause: In 2027-28 player submits a list of 10 teams he's willing to accept a trade to.

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	22	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	-	-	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	RFA
2020-21	23	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	-	-	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	RFA-arb
2021-22	24	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	-	-	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$15,000,000	$15,000,000	$15,000,000

Signed: Sep 9, 2019

Team: Columbus Blue Jackets

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 6.13

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2016-17	19	$925,000	$1,775,000	$850,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2017-18	20	$925,000	$1,775,000	$850,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2018-19	21	$925,000	$1,775,000	$850,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$2,550,000	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$210,000

Signed: Mar 29, 2016

Team: Columbus Blue Jackets

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA

*Age is as of September 15