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Matt Grzelcyk

#24

Buffalo Sabres

D · 5'10", 180 lb · 32 years old · Shoots left · Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA

Drafted 2012 · BOS · round 3 · #85 overall

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Last 1 games

Date	Opp	G	A	PTS	GS	SOG	+/−	TOI
Oct 1	@CBJ	0	0	0	–	0	-1	14:27

Against their position

This playerAverage defencemen

Against 240 defencemen, on rates per 60 minutes so a shortened season is not read as a worse one. He has played too few games to be a reliable comparison.

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Role

Hits / 600.00239th

Blocks / 604.15122nd

Takeaways / 600.00221st

Giveaways / 600.001st

Penalty minutes01st

Off the radar because these describe a role rather than a quality — a shutdown defenceman blocks more than a power-play specialist, and neither is better for it.

Per game, against the average defenseman

2025-26 baseline

Goals

D 0.08

Assists

D 0.27

SOG

Shots on goal

D 1.3

Expected goals

D 0.08

Attempts for

D 15.3

Attempts against

D 15.3

TOI

Ice time

D 19:18

Speed

Top, mph

18.5

D 21.2

Hits

D 1.0

Hit±

Dealt minus taken

D -0.6

BLK

Shot blocks

D 1.4

bxG

Block xG margin

D +.02

Poss±

Take minus give

D -0.7

Pen±

Drawn minus taken

D -0.1

FO%

Faceoffs won

D 16.7%

Shot

Hardest, mph

78.9

D 87.2

Every shot this season

Shot on goal64Missed50Shot blocked41

NHL regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/−	SOG	S%	TOI
2026-27	Buffalo Sabres	1	0	0	0	-1	0	–	14:27
2025-26	Chicago Blackhawks	69	0	12	12	-9	68	–	16:58
2024-25	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	1	39	40	-6	94	1.1	20:37
2023-24	Boston Bruins	63	2	9	11	+13	59	3.4	17:36
2022-23	Boston Bruins	75	4	22	26	+46	102	3.9	17:14
2021-22	Boston Bruins	73	4	20	24	+22	118	3.4	18:44
2020-21	Boston Bruins	37	5	15	20	+11	80	6.3	19:45
2019-20	Boston Bruins	68	4	17	21	+15	112	3.6	18:04
2018-19	Boston Bruins	66	3	15	18	+9	90	3.3	19:08
2017-18	Boston Bruins	61	3	12	15	+21	82	3.7	16:44
2016-17	Boston Bruins	2	0	0	0	0	4	–	12:29
Career		597	26	161	187	+121	809	3.2	18:17

Other competitions

Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
2017-18	AHL	Providence Bruins	14	0	4	4
2016-17	AHL	Providence Bruins	70	6	26	32
2015-16	NCAA	Boston Univ.	27	10	13	23
2014-15	H-East	Boston University	41	10	28	38
2013-14	H-East	Boston University	19	3	8	11
2013-14	WJC-A	USA	5	2	4	6
2012-13	H-East	Boston University	38	3	20	23
2011-12	USHL	USNTDP	24	1	10	11
2011-12	U-18	USNTDP	36	2	19	21
2011-12	WJ18-A	USA	6	1	0	1
2010-11	USHL	USNTDP	36	1	9	10
2010-11	U-17	USNTDP	17	1	7	8
2009-10	High-MA	Belmont Hill	31	2	18	20