| Position: | Goaltender |
| Catches: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lb: | 183 |
| League: | NHL |
| Team: | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| Prospect Team: | Cleveland Monsters |
| Prospect League: | AHL |
| Former Teams: | San Jose Sharks |
| Birth Date: | 30 December 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Career Start: | 2019 |
| Draft: | Undrafted |
Zachary Sawchenko (born December 30, 1997) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League, while under contract to the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Sawchenko was signed as an undrafted free agent to a three-year, entry-level contract with the Sharks on April 12, 2021[1] and made his NHL debut on January 2, 2022, in an 8–5 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins.[2]
As a free agent, Sawchenko was signed to a one-year, two-way contract with the Carolina Hurricanes on July 14, 2022.[3]
After a lone season within the Hurricanes organization, Sawchenko was signed as a free agent to a one-year, two-way contract with the Vancouver Canucks on July 1, 2023.[4]
Following his season with Vancouver's organization, Sawchenko signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets for the season on July 7, 2024.[5]
| Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | OT | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | ||
| 2012–13 | Notre Dame Argos | SMAAAHL | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.42 | .896 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 5.41 | .806 | ||
| WHL | 26 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 1257 | 76 | 0 | 3.63 | .885 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 49 | 21 | 22 | 2 | 2745 | 152 | 4 | 3.32 | .896 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 51 | 28 | 16 | 6 | 3019 | 153 | 2 | 3.04 | .916 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 567 | 31 | 2 | 3.28 | .911 | |||
| 2016–17 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 51 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 2985 | 139 | 3 | 2.79 | .917 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 414 | 17 | 0 | 2.46 | .923 | ||
| 2017–18 | University of Alberta | USports | 15 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 819 | 29 | 0 | 2.12 | .911 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .966 | ||
| 2018–19 | University of Alberta | USports | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1151 | 28 | 5 | 1.46 | .926 | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1.61 | .927 | ||
| ECHL | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 792 | 31 | 2 | 2.35 | .930 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| AHL | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 753 | 36 | 1 | 2.87 | .911 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Allen Americans | ECHL | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 423 | 18 | 0 | 2.55 | .926 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| San Jose Barracuda | AHL | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 255 | 11 | 0 | 2.59 | .914 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| San Jose Barracuda | AHL | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 700 | 47 | 0 | 4.03 | .877 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| NHL | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 269 | 15 | 0 | 3.35 | .901 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| AHL | 41 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 2306 | 119 | 1 | 3.10 | .895 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| AHL | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 283 | 10 | 0 | 2.12 | .924 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 364 | 18 | 0 | 2.96 | .898 | ||||
| NHL totals | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 269 | 15 | 0 | 3.35 | .901 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | W | L | T | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Canada Pacific | U17 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 300 | 12 | 0 | 2.40 | .929 | ||
| 2014 | Canada | IH18 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.25 | .910 | ||
| 2015 | Canada | U18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 283 | 17 | 0 | 3.61 | .898 | ||
| Junior totals | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 583 | 29 | 0 | 2.98 | .914 | ||||