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Connor Zary

#47 · Centre · Calgary Flames

Born Sep 25, 2001 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CAN (age 25) · 6'0", 178 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 24th overall in 2020 by CGY (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Nicolas Roy COL · 25 P in 74 GP Jack McBain UTA · 25 P in 75 GP Barrett Hayton UTA · 25 P in 67 GP Joel Armia LAK · 25 P in 67 GP Noel Acciari PIT · 25 P in 67 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

01020302023-24: 34 points3423-242024-25: 27 points2724-252025-26: 25 points2525-262026-27: 1 points126-27

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2023-24 CGY 63 14 20 34 12 22 90 29 0.54 $863K
2024-25 CGY 54 13 14 27 -7 14 111 26 0.50 $863K
2025-26 CGY 74 12 13 25 -9 22 110 45 0.34 $3.775M
2026-27 CGY 2 0 1 1 -2 0 2 1 0.50 $3.775M
4 seasons Career 193 39 48 87 -6 58 313 101 0.45

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
74 12 13 25 -9 22 110 45 0.34 10.9 14:22

Contract

$3.775MCap hitends in 2028
$151KCap dollars per point25 points in 74 games
$3.031MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.2 goals above replacement
$1.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.9MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 715 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2027-28, with 2 seasons left after this one.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $3.775M
2026-27 $3.775M
2027-28 $3.775M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2025-26 to 2027-28 $3.775M
Dec 31, 2020 Calgary Flames Entry-level 2022-23 to 2024-25 signed for 2020-21, slid 3 $3.2M $863K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2025-26 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2025-26 analytics

Rating

+1.2Goals above replacement431st of 715 skaters, 309th of 476 forwards
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 476 ranked forwards: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence-2.6 18th percentileEven-strength defence-0.1 44th percentilePower play-0.9 8th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 59th percentilePenalties+1.8 93rd percentile

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance.

0123452023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

50.0Corsi for %855 attempts for, 854 against
+0.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.6Expected goals for %35.0 expected for, 38.5 against
+0.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
49.3Goals for %34 for, 35 against
99.2PDO8.1% shooting + 91.1% saves
157Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 615 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mikael Backlund · Blake Coleman · Connor Zary25206:0853.651.88-7
Nazem Kadri · Joel Farabee · Connor Zary21120:3849.050.16-5
Ryan Lomberg · Connor Zary · Adam Klapka1049:1259.651.90-0
Nazem Kadri · Connor Zary · Adam Klapka1333:3155.958.00-1

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net.

11Goalsnot counting empty-netters
13.7Expected goalsfrom 152 unblocked attempts
-2.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.77 expected goals per 60 minutes46th
Shot quality 9.0% chance per attempt72nd
Finishing -2.7 goals above expected29thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 444 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 13.7Goals 11

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 14, 2026 vs COL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 15:22
Apr 12, 2026 vs UTA W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 14:45
Apr 11, 2026 @ SEA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 11:23
Apr 9, 2026 @ COL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:18
Apr 7, 2026 @ DAL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 13:48
Apr 4, 2026 @ ANA W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:47
Apr 2, 2026 @ VGK L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:28
Mar 20, 2026 vs FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:20
Mar 18, 2026 vs STL W 2-1 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 17:33
Mar 16, 2026 @ DET L 2-5 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 10:00
Mar 14, 2026 @ NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:41
Mar 12, 2026 @ NJD W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:15
Mar 10, 2026 @ NYR L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 16:09
Mar 9, 2026 @ WSH L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:33
Mar 7, 2026 vs CAR W 5-4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 15:28
Mar 5, 2026 vs OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 16:34
Mar 3, 2026 vs DAL L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 14:10
Mar 1, 2026 @ ANA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 18:11
Feb 28, 2026 @ LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:55
Feb 26, 2026 @ SJS W 4-1 1 1 2 3 0 4 0 17:34
Feb 4, 2026 vs EDM W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 15:53
Feb 2, 2026 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 14:46
Jan 31, 2026 vs SJS W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:54
Jan 29, 2026 @ MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 16:22
Jan 25, 2026 vs ANA L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:27
Jan 23, 2026 vs WSH L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 14:24
Jan 21, 2026 vs PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:26
Jan 19, 2026 vs NJD L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17:18
Jan 17, 2026 vs NYI W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 16:20
Jan 15, 2026 @ CHI W 3-1 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 19:47
Jan 13, 2026 @ CBJ L 3-5 0 2 2 -2 0 7 0 17:43
Jan 10, 2026 @ PIT W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 13:45
Jan 8, 2026 @ BOS L 1-4 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 16:08
Jan 7, 2026 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 13:23
Jan 5, 2026 vs SEA L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:44
Jan 3, 2026 vs NSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:32
Dec 31, 2025 vs PHI W 5-1 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 11:34
Dec 29, 2025 vs BOS W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 14:32
Dec 27, 2025 vs EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:55
Dec 23, 2025 @ EDM L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 14:30
Dec 20, 2025 vs VGK W 6-3 0 3 3 2 0 1 0 16:14
Dec 18, 2025 vs SEA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:24
Dec 16, 2025 @ SJS L 3-6 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 16:12
Dec 13, 2025 @ LAK W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:51
Dec 10, 2025 vs DET L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:29
Dec 8, 2025 vs BUF W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:51
Dec 6, 2025 vs UTA W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 18:12
Dec 4, 2025 vs MIN W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 13:11
Dec 2, 2025 @ NSH L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 13:03
Nov 30, 2025 @ CAR L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:08
Nov 28, 2025 @ FLA W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 16:35
Nov 26, 2025 @ TBL L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 14:37
Nov 23, 2025 @ VAN W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 14:27
Nov 22, 2025 vs DAL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:39
Nov 19, 2025 @ BUF W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:33
Nov 18, 2025 @ CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:17
Nov 15, 2025 vs WPG L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10:32
Nov 13, 2025 vs SJS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11:40
Nov 11, 2025 @ STL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:44
Nov 9, 2025 @ MIN L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:08
Nov 7, 2025 vs CHI L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:01
Nov 5, 2025 vs CBJ W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:09
Nov 2, 2025 @ PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 17:17
Oct 28, 2025 @ TOR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 11:43
Oct 26, 2025 vs NYR W 5-1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 14:07
Oct 24, 2025 @ WPG L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 13:18
Oct 22, 2025 vs MTL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:12
Oct 20, 2025 vs WPG L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 13:19
Oct 18, 2025 @ VGK L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:52
Oct 15, 2025 @ UTA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:35
Oct 14, 2025 vs VGK L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10:06
Oct 11, 2025 vs STL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 10:24
Oct 9, 2025 @ VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 13:29
Oct 8, 2025 @ EDM W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 14:22