Small sample so far. Last season: 2025-26, 69 GP, 0 G, 12 A, 12 P.
D · BUF · NHL id 8476891
Matt Grzelcyk projections tonight
All NHL projections todayTonight vs Philadelphia Flyers, 7:30 PM ET
Not projected while out (IR).
Fantasy outlook
0.0 in 18 daysGrzelcyk (lower body) suffered a "flare-up" and could be out for at least "a few days," head coach Lindy Ruff told Rachel Lenzi of The Buffalo News on Tuesday.
Not projected while out.
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
Last game played Oct 1 vs CBJ. Units from that game's shift data
- −2:22 TOI a game
- On-ice xGF/60 0.24 (was 2.38)
- 0% of team PP time (was 13%)
Matt Grzelcyk news
- Eastern Conference Injuries: Sabres, Hurricanes, Panthers, Habs, Sens, Flyers, Lightning, and LeafsNHLRumors.com
- Sabres' Matt Grzelcyk: Dealing with lower-body injuryCBS Sports
- Matt Grzelcyk Injury: Lands on IRRotoWire
- Matt Grzelcyk Injury: Dealing with lower-body injuryRotoWire
- Sabres' Matt Grzelcyk: Lands on IRCBS Sports
- Sabres Recall Dennis Gilbert, Place Matt Grzelcyk On IRPro Hockey Rumors
- After losing defensemen to injury, Matt Grzelcyk's signing gives Sabres boostBuffalo Hockey Beat
- Matt Grzelcyk Signing: Sabres Add Veteran D Amid Injuriesginohard.com
Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.
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.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 1 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.
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
Shooting luck
2026-27 · goals versus shots until the expected-goals model fills in
A shooting percentage well above the player's own baseline usually comes back down; the Puck-Luck Band replaces this view once shot quality (xG) is available.
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 of 715
- Assists12419th of 715
- Points12531st of 715
- Power-play points3311th of 715
- Shorthanded points1111th of 715
- Shots on goal68452nd of 715
- Hits28565th of 715
- Blocked shots54228th of 715
- Plus/minus−9540th of 715
- Penalty minutes32262nd of 715
- Faceoffs won0451st of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)46.9%538th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)46.9%540th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)45.4%571st of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)45.7%561st of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)43.0%637th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)44.1%643rd of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.17675th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.040350th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.30307th of 719
Usage
- Ice time per game16:58299th of 715
- Power-play time per game0:51358th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %54.9%254th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.61622nd of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1013209th of 719
- Goals above expected−2.0570th of 715
- Luck Meter−49721st of 828
- Ascension score39399th of 622
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed21.6594th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts23588th of 715
- Hardest shot96.753rd of 715
- Offensive-zone time41.8%348th of 715
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)
- −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.
- Per 60
- 0.17
- Attempts
- 3
- 0.001
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved up to D1 from D3Dec 12, 2025 alerts →
- Moved up to PP1 from PP2Mar 21, 2025 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2Jan 29, 2025 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2Dec 29, 2024 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D3Dec 17, 2024 alerts →
- Moved up to D2 from D3Dec 14, 2024 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D3Dec 14, 2021 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D2Jun 3, 2021 alerts →
How the goals happened
3 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 2024 vs LAK | Rush | carry | 1* | 74.1 | — | |
| Jan 11, 2024 @ VGK | Cycle | — | 0 | 12.8 | — | |
| Oct 26, 2023 vs ANA | Cycle | — | 2 | 33.3 | one-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
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Grzelcyk apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Metsa | D | 1 | 8:13 | 62% | 55.6% | — (0-0) | 25.0% 5:08 | 75.0% 2:34 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 1 | 6:44 | 50% | 33.3% | — (0-0) | 57.1% 6:37 | 27.3% 7:44 |
| Konsta Helenius | C | 1 | 4:36 | 34% | 40.0% | — (0-0) | 50.0% 8:45 | 27.3% 7:34 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 1 | 3:53 | 29% | 40.0% | — (0-0) | 50.0% 9:28 | 30.8% 8:33 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 1 | 3:05 | 23% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 54.5% 10:16 | 77.3% 11:45 |
| Josh Doan | RW | 1 | 3:04 | 23% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 54.5% 10:17 | 73.9% 11:31 |
| Beck Malenstyn | LW | 1 | 3:02 | 23% | 33.3% | 0% (0-1) | 50.0% 10:19 | 50.0% 4:37 |
| Sam Carrick | C | 1 | 3:01 | 23% | 33.3% | 0% (0-1) | 50.0% 10:20 | 40.0% 4:20 |
| Noah Ostlund | C | 1 | 3:00 | 22% | 100.0% | — (0-0) | 30.0% 10:21 | 66.7% 9:41 |
| Zach Benson | LW | 1 | 2:51 | 21% | 100.0% | — (0-0) | 30.0% 10:30 | 66.7% 10:27 |
| Jack Quinn | RW | 1 | 2:37 | 20% | 100.0% | — (0-0) | 30.0% 10:44 | 70.6% 10:57 |
| Jiri Kulich | C | 1 | 2:34 | 19% | 33.3% | 0% (0-1) | 50.0% 10:47 | 60.0% 5:27 |
| Owen Power | D | 1 | 2:10 | 16% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 50.0% 11:11 | 61.3% 18:35 |
| Josh Norris | C | 1 | 1:37 | 12% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 50.0% 11:44 | 72.7% 10:30 |
Matt Grzelcyk: shot types, linemates and props
Shots by type
| Type | SOG | G | G* | Share* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrist | 0 | 0 | 131 | 2 | 1.5% | 59.3% |
| Slap | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0.0% | 27.6% |
| Snap | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 4.2% | 10.9% |
| Backhand | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% | 1.4% |
| Tip-in | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.9% |
* Regular seasons 2023-24 to 2026-27. This season is 0 shots so far; shooting % by type needs hundreds of shots to settle, so read the share, not the percentage. Source: NHL stats.
Linemate and opposition quality
2025-26 · 5v5 · 1,038 min on ice · ranked against 270 defencemen · last season, until this season has enough games to rank
teammates' average xGF%
5th percentile · higher = stronger linemates
opponents' average ice-time share
41st percentile · higher = faces more top-line minutes
Plays with weaker-than-usual linemates.
QoT averages the season xGF% of Grzelcyk's 5v5 teammates; QoC averages how much of their team's ice time Grzelcyk's opponents get, so a high QoC means facing top lines. Both are weighted by time shared on the ice, lean on last season for small samples, and are ranked within forwards or defence.
Usage by score stateNew team · 1 GP with BUF
2026-27, 1 game, topped up with last season.
- Leading
- 16.3
- min per 60
- Tied
- 16.0
- min per 60
- Trailing
- 17.5
- min per 60
Grzelcyk plays 72 more seconds per 60 minutes when the team trails than when it leads: more minutes when chasing a game. Power play: 0.8 min per 60 trailing, against 0.9 leading. On the ice for 41% of the team's 6-on-5 time (3:40 of 8:52).
Game log
1 game in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | @ CBJ | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 14:27 | 13:21 | — | 1:06 |
Season splits by strength
2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 1 | 14:27 | 14:27 | 6 | 8 | 42.9% | 42.9% | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 0.1 | 0.3 | 67% |
| Even strength | 1 | 13:21 | 13:21 | 6 | 7 | 46.2% | 50.0% | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.1 | 0.1 | 67% |
| 5v5 | 1 | 13:21 | 13:21 | 6 | 7 | 46.2% | 50.0% | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.1 | 0.1 | 67% |
| Penalty kill | 1 | 1:06 | 1:06 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.2 | — |
Career by season
Regular season and playoffs since 2016-17. Seasons link to the team's stats that year; column headers open the league leaderboards.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | PPP | SHP | GWG | HIT | BLK | TK | GV | FOW | FO% | TOI/GP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | BUF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14:27 |
| 2025-26 | CHI | 69 | 0 | 12 | 12 | -9 | 32 | 68 | 0.0% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 54 | 21 | 46 | 0 | — | 16:58 |
| 2024-25 | PIT | 82 | 1 | 39 | 40 | -6 | 16 | 94 | 1.1% | 15 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 101 | 32 | 85 | 0 | — | 20:37 |
| 2023-24Playoffs | BOS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 18:10 |
| 2023-24 | BOS | 63 | 2 | 9 | 11 | +13 | 37 | 59 | 3.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 76 | 12 | 29 | 0 | — | 17:36 |
| 2022-23Playoffs | BOS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13:00 |
| 2022-23 | BOS | 75 | 4 | 22 | 26 | +46 | 28 | 102 | 3.9% | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 78 | 13 | 33 | 0 | — | 17:14 |
| 2021-22Playoffs | BOS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 6 | 3 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 18:09 |
| 2021-22 | BOS | 73 | 4 | 20 | 24 | +22 | 24 | 118 | 3.4% | 5 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 83 | 21 | 41 | 0 | — | 18:44 |
| 2020-21Playoffs | BOS | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 4 | 16 | 6.3% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 0 | — | 20:08 |
| 2020-21 | BOS | 37 | 5 | 15 | 20 | +11 | 22 | 80 | 6.3% | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 34 | 14 | 11 | 0 | — | 19:45 |
| 2019-20Playoffs | BOS | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 4 | 9 | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19:46 |
| 2019-20 | BOS | 68 | 4 | 17 | 21 | +15 | 34 | 112 | 3.6% | 7 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 67 | 22 | 39 | 0 | — | 18:04 |
| 2018-19Playoffs | BOS | 20 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 6 | 35 | 11.4% | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 0 | — | 16:27 |
| 2018-19 | BOS | 66 | 3 | 15 | 18 | +9 | 68 | 90 | 3.3% | 6 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 60 | 28 | 39 | 0 | — | 19:08 |
| 2017-18Playoffs | BOS | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 8 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | 15:56 |
| 2017-18 | BOS | 61 | 3 | 12 | 15 | +21 | 22 | 82 | 3.7% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 42 | 26 | 24 | 0 | — | 16:44 |
| 2016-17 | BOS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12:29 |
- Completed seasons use the NHL's official power-play and shorthanded totals.
- Recording changed in 2024-25: giveaways roughly doubled and takeaways fell by a third, so compare within a season.
- Seasons before 2017-18 and the 2019-20 playoffs (with the 2020 qualifying round) come from the NHL game-log feed, which has no hits, blocks, takeaways, giveaways or faceoffs.
Matt Grzelcyk news
- Eastern Conference Injuries: Sabres, Hurricanes, Panthers, Habs, Sens, Flyers, Lightning, and LeafsNHLRumors.com
- Sabres' Matt Grzelcyk: Dealing with lower-body injuryCBS Sports
- Matt Grzelcyk Injury: Lands on IRRotoWire
- Matt Grzelcyk Injury: Dealing with lower-body injuryRotoWire
- Sabres' Matt Grzelcyk: Lands on IRCBS Sports
- Sabres Recall Dennis Gilbert, Place Matt Grzelcyk On IRPro Hockey Rumors
- After losing defensemen to injury, Matt Grzelcyk's signing gives Sabres boostBuffalo Hockey Beat
- Matt Grzelcyk Signing: Sabres Add Veteran D Amid Injuriesginohard.com
Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.
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.