Matt Grzelcyk
Age 32 · Shoots left · 5′10″ · 180 lb · Born Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
Drafted 2012, #85 overall by Boston
2025-262025-26: 69 games, 0-12-12, 0.17 points per game Season detail →
Matt Grzelcyk has 0 points in 1 game of 2026-27, after 12 points in 69 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 1 game Small sample0 points in 1 game for the 14th-placed Buffalo
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games.
Percentiles need 2 games in 2026-27; Matt Grzelcyk has 1.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Buffalo's power play went through him.
Special teams
Top speed 18.50 mph, hardest shot 78.93 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Tracking percentiles need 2 games in 2026-27; Matt Grzelcyk has 1.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 18.50@
CBJ1 Oct · 1st 13:00 - 18.39@CBJ1 Oct · 3rd 19:33
- 18.21@CBJ1 Oct · 1st 03:49
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 78.93@CBJ1 Oct · 2nd 19:10
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.11@CBJ1 Oct · 14:27 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.11 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 Dallas, a point in one of three
DALOTL 3-4 OT0000015:11DALW 4-30110+218:18DALW 4-3 SO0001−117:29CBJW 6-30000−114:2712 points in 69 games
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.2). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Buffalo's power play went through him.
Special teams
No goals yet: all 12 points are assists
How the 0 goals and 12 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
159 attempts across the 60 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2025-26 · 69 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 81st percentile of defencemen: 96.70 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (11 of 69)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Dallas, a point in one of three
DALOTL 3-4 OT0000015:11DALW 4-30110+218:18DALW 4-3 SO0001−117:29
NSHOTL 2-3 OT000001:52
COLL 1-40000019:59
MINW 2-10001012:53
VGKL 0-40000−120:25
UTAW 3-2 OT0003021:07UTAW 3-2 OT0002−116:30DALOTL 3-4 OT0000015:11
VANL 3-60000−216:38
WPGOTL 2-3 OT0000+116:55UTAW 4-00001+120:42CBJW 6-30000−114:27Better at home, and at his best against the next opponent
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 14.1 points per $1M of cap hit, 23rd of 191 defencemen 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 1 Oct 2026.
With Buffalo
326th 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 playoffsTen seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct