Zach Werenski

D · #8 · Columbus Blue Jackets

Zach Werenski is a defenceman for the Columbus Blue Jackets. Born July 19, 1997 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, the United States, he stands 6'2", weighs 216 lbs and shoots left. He was drafted in 2015 (round 1, 8th overall) by the Columbus Blue Jackets. In 657 NHL regular-season games he has 137 goals and 342 assists for 479 points. This season: 2 goals and 12 assists in 15 games.

NHL regular-season career

Games

657

Goals

137

Assists

342

Points

479

NHL playoff career

Games

29

Goals

4

Assists

9

Points

13

NHL career scoring rates

Goals / game

0.21

Assists / game

0.52

Points / game

0.73

Shots / game

2.88

Regular-season career totals divided by games played. Missing values stay blank.

NHL season record highs

Highest supplied regular-season team records. Split-team seasons are kept separate; these are not combined season totals. Ties show one recorded season.

Goals

23

2024–25 · Columbus Blue Jackets

Assists

59

2025–26 · Columbus Blue Jackets

Points

82

2024–25 · Columbus Blue Jackets

Shots

298

2024–25 · Columbus Blue Jackets

Teams & leagues through the years

Every team and league recorded in this player's supplied season history, including junior, minor-league and international appearances. Multiple teams in a season are listed together; transfer dates and their order are not supplied.

1. 2026–27

   • Columbus Blue JacketsNHL

2. 2025–26

   • Columbus Blue JacketsNHL
   • USAOG

3. 2024–25

   • United States4 Nations
   • Columbus Blue JacketsNHL
   • USAWC

4. 2023–24

   • Team USAInternational
   • Columbus Blue JacketsNHL
   • USAWC

5. 2022–23

   • Columbus Blue JacketsNHL

6. 2021–22

   • Columbus Blue JacketsNHL

7. 2020–21

   • Columbus Blue JacketsNHL

8. 2019–20

   • Columbus Blue JacketsNHL

9. 2018–19

   • Columbus Blue JacketsNHL
   • USAWC

10. 2017–18

    • Columbus Blue JacketsNHL

11. 2016–17

    • Columbus Blue JacketsNHL

12. 2015–16

    • Lake ErieAHL
    • Univ. of MichiganNCAA
    • USA U20WJC-20

13. 2014–15

    • U. of MichiganBig Ten
    • USAWJC-A

14. 2013–14

    • USNTDPU-17
    • USNTDPUSHL

15. 2012–13

    • Det. L.C. U18HPHL

16. 2011–12

    • Det. B. Tire U16T1EHL

17. 2010–11

    • Belle Tire Bantam Major AAAT1EBHL

18. 2009–10

    • Belle Tire Bantam Minor AAAT1EMBHL

19. 2008–09

    • Belle TireQC Int PW

Coverage follows NHL's published player record. Earlier youth teams, loans, transfers and seasons absent from that source may be missing. A missing season does not imply the player was inactive.

Season-by-season history

All seasons and leagues supplied by the NHL player feed. NHL, junior and minor-league rows stay separate; this is not a guarantee of every game in a player's career.

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Season	League	Team	Type	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/−	Shots	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG
2026–27	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	Regular	15	2	12	14	0	6	44	1	4	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 12 Avg Toi 28:18 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 15 Goals 2 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus 6 Points 14 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 4 Shooting Pctg 0.0455 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 44
2025–26	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	Regular	75	22	59	81	18	7	260	4	21	0	1	2	0	All stats Assists 59 Avg Toi 26:37 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 75 Goals 22 Ot Goals 0 Pim 18 Plus Minus 7 Points 81 Power Play Goals 4 Power Play Points 21 Shooting Pctg 0.0846 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 260
2025–26	OG	USA	Regular	6	1	5	6	4	8	12	0	—	0	—	0	0	All stats Assists 5 Avg Toi 16:23 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 6 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 4 Plus Minus 8 Points 6 Power Play Goals 0 Shooting Pctg 0.08 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shots 12
2024–25	4 Nations	United States	Regular	4	0	6	6	2	3	13	0	—	0	—	0	0	All stats Assists 6 Avg Toi 20:41 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 4 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus 3 Points 6 Power Play Goals 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shots 13
2024–25	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	Regular	81	23	59	82	31	12	298	5	25	1	3	5	2	All stats Assists 59 Avg Toi 26:45 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 5 Games Played 81 Goals 23 Ot Goals 2 Pim 31 Plus Minus 12 Points 82 Power Play Goals 5 Power Play Points 25 Shooting Pctg 0.0772 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 3 Shots 298
2024–25	WC	USA	Regular	7	1	5	6	2	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 5 Games Played 7 Goals 1 Pim 2 Plus Minus 9 Points 6
2023–24	International	Team USA	Regular	1	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 1 Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus 0 Points 1
2023–24	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	Regular	70	11	46	57	22	0	202	2	12	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 46 Avg Toi 24:27 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 70 Goals 11 Ot Goals 0 Pim 22 Plus Minus 0 Points 57 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 12 Shooting Pctg 0.0545 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 202
2023–24	WC	USA	Regular	8	2	5	7	8	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 5 Games Played 8 Goals 2 Pim 8 Plus Minus 7 Points 7
2022–23	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	Regular	13	3	5	8	0	-6	41	0	2	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 5 Avg Toi 23:36 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 13 Goals 3 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -6 Points 8 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 2 Shooting Pctg 0.0732 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 41
2021–22	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	Regular	68	11	37	48	22	-15	216	4	14	0	1	2	0	All stats Assists 37 Avg Toi 25:40 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 68 Goals 11 Ot Goals 0 Pim 22 Plus Minus -15 Points 48 Power Play Goals 4 Power Play Points 14 Shooting Pctg 0.051 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 216
2020–21	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	Regular	35	7	13	20	13	-9	79	0	5	0	0	1	1	All stats Assists 13 Avg Toi 24:22 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 35 Goals 7 Ot Goals 1 Pim 13 Plus Minus -9 Points 20 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 5 Shooting Pctg 0.089 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 79
2019–20	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	Regular	63	20	21	41	10	9	187	5	13	1	1	4	2	All stats Assists 21 Avg Toi 23:59 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 63 Goals 20 Ot Goals 2 Pim 10 Plus Minus 9 Points 41 Power Play Goals 5 Power Play Points 13 Shooting Pctg 0.107 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 187
2019–20	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	Playoffs	10	1	2	3	4	1	26	0	0	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 2 Avg Toi 30:03 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 10 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 4 Plus Minus 1 Points 3 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.038 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 26
2018–19	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	Regular	82	11	33	44	18	-12	168	2	15	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 33 Avg Toi 22:54 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 82 Goals 11 Ot Goals 0 Pim 18 Plus Minus -12 Points 44 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 15 Shooting Pctg 0.0655 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 168
2018–19	WC	USA	Regular	2	0	0	0	0	-1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 2 Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -1 Points 0
2018–19	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	Playoffs	10	1	5	6	9	3	15	1	3	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 5 Avg Toi 26:37 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 10 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 9 Plus Minus 3 Points 6 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 3 Shooting Pctg 0.0667 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 15
2017–18	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	Regular	77	16	21	37	16	8	207	3	10	0	0	3	1	All stats Assists 21 Avg Toi 22:35 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 3 Games Played 77 Goals 16 Ot Goals 1 Pim 16 Plus Minus 8 Points 37 Power Play Goals 3 Power Play Points 10 Shooting Pctg 0.0773 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 207
2017–18	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	Playoffs	6	1	2	3	2	0	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 2 Avg Toi 24:11 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 6 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus 0 Points 3 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.0556 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 18
2016–17	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	Regular	78	11	36	47	14	17	188	4	21	0	0	1	1	All stats Assists 36 Avg Toi 20:55 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 78 Goals 11 Ot Goals 1 Pim 14 Plus Minus 17 Points 47 Power Play Goals 4 Power Play Points 21 Shooting Pctg 0.0585 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 188
2016–17	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	Playoffs	3	1	0	1	0	-2	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Avg Toi 23:29 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 3 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -2 Points 1 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.0714 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 14
2015–16	AHL	Lake Erie	Regular	7	1	0	1	0	2	19	0	—	0	—	1	—	All stats Assists 0 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 7 Goals 1 Pim 0 Plus Minus 2 Points 1 Power Play Goals 0 Shooting Pctg 5.3 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shots 19
2015–16	NCAA	Univ. of Michigan	Regular	36	11	25	36	20	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 25 Games Played 36 Goals 11 Pim 20 Plus Minus 5 Points 36
2015–16	WJC-20	USA U20	Regular	7	2	7	9	4	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 7 Games Played 7 Goals 2 Pim 4 Plus Minus 10 Points 9
2015–16	AHL	Lake Erie	Playoffs	17	5	9	14	2	8	39	1	—	0	—	2	—	All stats Assists 9 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 17 Goals 5 Pim 2 Plus Minus 8 Points 14 Power Play Goals 1 Shooting Pctg 12.8 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shots 39
2014–15	Big Ten	U. of Michigan	Regular	35	9	16	25	8	—	—	3	—	0	—	1	—	All stats Assists 16 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 35 Goals 9 Pim 8 Points 25 Power Play Goals 3 Shorthanded Goals 0
2014–15	WJC-A	USA	Regular	5	1	1	2	2	3	4	0	—	0	—	0	—	All stats Assists 1 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 5 Goals 1 Pim 2 Plus Minus 3 Points 2 Power Play Goals 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shots 4
2013–14	U-17	USNTDP	Regular	16	2	11	13	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 11 Games Played 16 Goals 2 Pim 25 Points 13
2013–14	USHL	USNTDP	Regular	35	6	13	19	17	-4	66	2	—	0	—	1	—	All stats Assists 13 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 35 Goals 6 Pim 17 Plus Minus -4 Points 19 Power Play Goals 2 Shooting Pctg 9.1 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shots 66
2012–13	HPHL	Det. L.C. U18	Regular	28	7	14	21	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 14 Games Played 28 Goals 7 Pim 18 Points 21
2011–12	T1EHL	Det. B. Tire U16	Regular	35	8	20	28	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 20 Games Played 35 Goals 8 Pim 18 Points 28
2011–12	T1EHL	Det. B. Tire U16	Playoffs	7	3	5	8	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 5 Games Played 7 Goals 3 Pim 4 Points 8
2010–11	T1EBHL	Belle Tire Bantam Major AAA	Regular	27	10	15	25	8	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 15 Games Played 27 Goals 10 Pim 8 Plus Minus 0 Points 25
2009–10	T1EMBHL	Belle Tire Bantam Minor AAA	Regular	31	16	19	35	10	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 19 Games Played 31 Goals 16 Pim 10 Plus Minus 0 Points 35
2008–09	QC Int PW	Belle Tire	Regular	4	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 4 Goals 0 Pim 0 Points 1

NHL game-by-game archive

15 imported games.

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