Zemgus Girgensons
Age 32 · Shoots left · 6′3″ · 200 lb · Born Riga, LVA
Drafted 2012, #14 overall by Buffalo
2025-262025-26: 74 games, 9-11-20, 0.27 points per game Season detail →
Zemgus Girgensons has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 20 points in 74 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample1 point in 3 games for the 12th-placed Tampa Bay
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Tampa Bay's power play went through him.
Special teams
No goals yet: his one point is an assist
How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
3 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 74 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersTop speed in the 78th percentile of forwards: 21.89 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 21.89vs
WSH3 Oct · 1st 05:33 - 21.39vsWSH3 Oct · 2nd 04:57
- 21.08vsWSH3 Oct · 1st 03:36
- 20.39vsWSH3 Oct · 1st 11:38
- 20.13vsWSH3 Oct · 3rd 09:59
- 19.75vsWSH3 Oct · 3rd 15:27
- 19.25vs
PHI5 Oct · 3rd 05:41 - 19.21vsPHI5 Oct · 3rd 05:14
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 31.80vsPHI5 Oct · 3rd 05:45
- 22.15vsWSH3 Oct · 3rd 15:27
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.14vsPHI5 Oct · 14:23 TOI
- 2.30vsWSH3 Oct · 14:27 TOI
- 1.20@
NYR1 Oct · 7:39 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.88 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Minnesota, a point in zero of two
MINW 6-30001+112:49MINL 1-50000013:07PHIW 4-10110+114:23WSHW 3-10001014:27NYRW 5-10000−17:3920 points in 74 games on a team that finished 5th
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Tampa Bay's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 9 goals and 11 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 9 goals broke a tie; 3 came with Tampa Bay trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
178 attempts across the 71 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 74 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersHardest shot in the 82nd percentile of forwards: 91.17 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (18 of 74)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Minnesota, a point in zero of two
MINW 6-30001+112:49MINL 1-50000013:07NYRL 2-40110+117:43
DETW 4-3 OT0110+115:54
MTLL 1-20000012:25
OTTL 2-60001015:46
BUFL 2-40000011:29
BOSW 3-10000014:46
PITW 6-31011014:50MTLL 1-40111012:42
NSHW 3-20001−116:08OTTW 4-20112015:54PHIW 4-10110+114:23WSHW 3-10001014:27NYRW 5-10000−17:39Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 21.6 points per $1M of cap hit, 36th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.
With Tampa Bay
Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-26138th in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsTwelve seasons, with 2 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct