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Buffalo Sabres

Matt Grzelcyk

#24Defenseman5'10"179 lb

0.0 in 2 days
2026-27 regular season
1
GP
0
G
0
A
0
P
0
SOG
14:27
TOI/GP

D · BUF · NHL id 8476891

Matt Grzelcyk has played 1 game for the Buffalo Sabres in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 0 shots while averaging 14:27 a night (13:21 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 1:06 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 62% of his 5v5 minutes with Zach Metsa and 50% with Peyton Krebs in his only game so far, and the Sabres have controlled 46% of shot attempts with Grzelcyk on the ice (0-1 in goals, 67% offensive-zone starts). In the Sabres' most recent game against CBJ he was on D3 with Zach Metsa and off the power play.

Right now

From the Oct 1 game vs CBJ, detected from shift data

Pair
D3
Zach Metsa
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
PK2D
Zach Metsa
Last 1: D3
Ascension39Coolinglast 1 games vs previous 20 (incl. last season), through Oct 1, 2026
  • −2:22 TOI a game
  • On-ice xGF/60 0.24 (was 2.38)
  • 0% of team PP time (was 13%)
  • Top-four D in 0 of last 1 (was 10 of 20)

Deployment timeline

2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 1 games, 14:27 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.

PPLine30m3m7m10m13m17mOct 1
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
1 games shown, 14:27 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Only 1 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.

Top speed45th4521.6 mph
Bursts 20+ mph52nd5223
Hardest shot86th8696.7 mph
Offensive-zone time54th5441.8%
Distance skated55th56165.8 mi
High-danger SOG29th301
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2026-27 · 1 attempts, 0 on goal, 0 goals · dots are equal size until the xG model lands

Shot map, OPP at BUF: 1 attempts, 0 on goal, 0 goals, 0.00 expected goals; best chance Matt Grzelcyk at 0.00 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Luck

2025-26 · 69 GP · 12 points vs 15.3 expected

Luck Meter →
Hold

Last 20 games: -44. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

0.0%
101.3
22.6%
G vs xG
0 / 1.9
  • • Role shrank over the last 10 games (PP share 17% → 2%, 3 demotion events): the cold spell may not be all luck.
Goals against expected goals
0123-1.9goals below expected-1.4σ10/73/22
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Player analytics

Compare with another player →

2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.

  • 2026-27 so far: 1 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 0 SOG.

Fantasy box score

  • Games played69
  • Goals0685th
  • Assists12419th
  • Points12531st
  • Power-play points3311th
  • Shorthanded points1111th
  • Shots on goal68452nd
  • Hits28565th
  • Blocked shots54228th
  • Plus/minus−9540th
  • Penalty minutes32262nd
  • Faceoffs won0451st

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).

Beyond the box score

2025-26 regular season · 67 of 69 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.031
Season net
−0.54xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.17
Attempts
3
0.001

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
−2.44G
Per 60
−0.125
Drawn / taken
4 / 16minors

MethodLeaders
45.7%
43.0%
45.4%
Transition CF/60
3.8
Turnovers won/60
19.3
Turnovers lost/60
19.5

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
68 shots on goal, 0 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
L Point43%5%0
Low Slot1%23%0
Outside L13%4%0
R Circle6%12%0
R Point0%6%0
L Circle18%13%0
High Slot3%7%0

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

All alerts →

How his goals happened

3 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Dec 17, 2024 vs LAKRushcarry1*74.1—
Jan 11, 2024 @ VGKCycle—012.8—
Oct 26, 2023 vs ANACycle—233.3one-timer

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2026-27 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Grzelcyk

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Grzelcyk apartCF% mate apart
Zach MetsaD18:1362%55.6%— (0-0)25.0% 5:0875.0% 2:34
Peyton KrebsC16:4450%33.3%— (0-0)57.1% 6:3727.3% 7:44
Konsta HeleniusC14:3634%40.0%— (0-0)50.0% 8:4527.3% 7:34
Ryan McLeodC13:5329%40.0%— (0-0)50.0% 9:2830.8% 8:33
Tage ThompsonRW13:0523%0.0%— (0-0)54.5% 10:1677.3% 11:45
Josh DoanRW13:0423%0.0%— (0-0)54.5% 10:1773.9% 11:31
Beck MalenstynLW13:0223%33.3%0% (0-1)50.0% 10:1950.0% 4:37
Sam CarrickC13:0123%33.3%0% (0-1)50.0% 10:2040.0% 4:20
Noah OstlundC13:0022%100.0%— (0-0)30.0% 10:2166.7% 9:41
Zach BensonLW12:5121%100.0%— (0-0)30.0% 10:3066.7% 10:27
Jack QuinnRW12:3720%100.0%— (0-0)30.0% 10:4470.6% 10:57
Jiri KulichC12:3419%33.3%0% (0-1)50.0% 10:4760.0% 5:27
Owen PowerD12:1016%0.0%— (0-0)50.0% 11:1161.3% 18:35
Josh NorrisC11:3712%0.0%— (0-0)50.0% 11:4472.7% 10:30

Game log

1 game in 2026-27, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Oct 1@ CBJL 3-6000-10001—14:2713:21—1:06

Season splits by strength

2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations114:2714:276842.9%42.9%03020%0.10.367%
Even strength113:2113:216746.2%50.0%02010%0.10.167%
5v5113:2113:216746.2%50.0%02010%0.10.167%
Penalty kill11:061:06010.0%0.0%01010%0.00.2—

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2026-27BUF1000-100—0114:27
2025-26CHI6901212-932680.0%285416:58
2024-25PIT8213940-616941.1%4310120:37
2023-24PlayoffsBOS30000230.0%7518:10
2023-24BOS632911+1337593.4%537617:36
2022-23PlayoffsBOS4000-1060.0%3313:00
2022-23BOS7542226+46281023.9%517817:14
2021-22PlayoffsBOS5000-6630.0%3418:09
2021-22BOS7342024+22241183.4%408318:44
2020-21PlayoffsBOS11134-24166.3%51120:08
2020-21BOS3751520+1122806.3%193419:45
2019-20BOS6841721+15341123.6%566718:04
2018-19PlayoffsBOS20448-363511.4%181716:27
2018-19BOS6631518+968903.3%466019:08
2017-18PlayoffsBOS11011-2480.0%12815:56
2017-18BOS6131215+2122823.7%454216:44

Matt Grzelcyk news

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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.