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Zach Metsa

#73

D · 5'9", 201 lb · 28 years old · Shoots right · Delafield, Wisconsin, USA

Last 5 games

Date	Opp	GS	SOG	+/−	TOI
Nov 11	TBL	-0.2	1	-1	12:07
Nov 8	VGK	-0.1	1	0	11:38
Nov 6	CBJ	-0.0	0	+1	14:51
Nov 4	OTT	-0.1	2	0	9:09
Oct 31	@LAK	-0.3	2	0	10:22

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.

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Role

Hits / 600.30234th

Blocks / 603.98134th

Takeaways / 600.30193rd

Giveaways / 601.838th

Penalty minutes577th

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

Goals

D 0.08

Assists

D 0.27

SOG

Shots on goal

D 1.2

Expected goals

D 0.08

Attempts for

Attempts against

TOI

Ice time

D 19:05

Speed

Top, mph

20.8

D 21.2

Hits

D 1.0

Hit±

Dealt minus taken

D -0.7

BLK

Shot blocks

D 1.3

bxG

Block xG margin

D +.02

Poss±

Take minus give

D -0.8

Pen±

Drawn minus taken

D -0.1

FO%

Faceoffs won

Shot

Hardest, mph

86.1

D 87.2

Every shot this season

Shot on goal10Missed7Shot blocked11

NHL regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/−	SOG	S%	TOI
2026-27	Buffalo Sabres	16	0	2	2	-2	11	–	12:15
2025-26	Buffalo Sabres	43	2	4	6	+16	24	8.3	10:58
Career		59	2	6	8	+14	35	5.7	11:19

Other competitions

Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
2025-26	AHL	Rochester Americans	19	2	13	15
2024-25	AHL	Rochester Americans	69	7	39	46
2023-24	AHL	Rochester Americans	54	7	17	24
2022-23	NCAA	Quinnipiac Univ.	40	9	28	37
2021-22	NCAA	Quinnipiac Univ.	42	10	27	37
2020-21	NCAA	Quinnipiac Univ.	29	5	21	26
2019-20	NCAA	Quinnipiac Univ.	34	5	12	17
2018-19	NCAA	Quinnipiac Univ.	32	2	2	4
2017-18	USHL	Youngstown Phantoms	37	1	12	13
2017-18	USHL	Central Illinois Flying Aces	23	3	8	11
2016-17	BCHL	Merritt Centennials	57	3	24	27
2015-16	T1EHL 18U	Milwaukee Jr. Admirals 18U AAA	30	7	17	24
2015-16	USHL	Sioux Falls Stampede	2	0	0	0
2014-15	T1EHL 16U	Milwaukee Jr. Admirals 16U AAA	30	4	27	31
2014-15	USHL	Waterloo Black Hawks	2	0	0	0
2014-15	16U AAA	Milwaukee Jr. Admirals 16U AAA	54	9	39	48
2013-14	T1EHL 16U	Milwaukee Jr. Admirals 16U AAA	35	4	24	28
2012-13	T1EHL 14U	Milwaukee Jr. Admirals 14U AAA	29	7	19	26