Buffalo Sabres · #24 · Defense

Matt Grzelcyk

Age32Ht5'10"Wt180 lbShootsLeftBornCharlestown, USA

2025-26 regular season

69GP

12A

12P

16:58TOI

Next game

Thu Oct 29, 2:00 AM · Honda Center

Anaheim DucksRoad game · 1 day off

ANA defense (2025-26)29th in goals allowed3.51 goals a game, 28.4 shots against

His games vs ANA1 G, 4 A in 10 GP1.4 shots a game

Linemates

From beat-writer lineups

No lineup with him in it in the last three weeks. His pair shows here once a beat writer posts one.

Season profile

2025-26 regular season. Rates ranked against 239 defensemen with 20+ games.

GP69

A12

P12

+/--9

SOG68

S%0.0%

PPP3

Blk54

PIM32

TOI/GP16:58

G/GP6th

0.00

A/GP35th

0.17

P/GP21st

0.17

SOG/GP41st

0.99

HIT/GP21st

0.41

BLK/GP7th

0.78

TOI31st

16:58

PPP/GP72nd

0.04

P/6022nd

0.61

G/606th

0.00

SOG/6045th

3.5

HDC/6019th

0.10

ixG/6040th

0.23

Key rates

Regular season, per 60 minutes where it says so.

Points / 600.61

Shots / 603.5

Attempts / 608.1

HD chances / 600.10

ixG4.4-4.4 goals vs expected

PP shot share3%14 of 461 attempts

Primary points83%10 of 12

Where his attempts come from

High danger2 att, 0 G2%

Medium danger2 att, 0 G2%

Low danger114 att, 0 G97%

Production by strength

Even8 P, 145 att67%

Power play3 P, 14 att25%

Shorthanded1 P, 0 att8%

Ice time

Season average16:58

Last 10 games16:13-0:45

Last 5 games15:15-1:43

Shifts a game21.8

Ice time by strength is not in the game logs yet, so this is his total minutes.

Prop hit rates

How often he went over, regular season. A line of 0.5 needs 1 blocked shots.

Line

Last 540%2 of 5, avg 0.6

Last 1060%6 of 10, avg 0.8

Last 2060%12 of 20, avg 0.8

Season64%44 of 69, avg 0.8

Home69%24 of 35, avg 0.8

Away59%20 of 34, avg 0.8

vs ANA50%5 of 10, avg 0.9

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Over 0.5--

Under 0.5--

Blocks prices from the books land here once NHL odds are live.

Game by game

Splits

Regular season. Last column follows the prop picked above.

Split	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	SOG/GP	HIT/GP	BLK/GP	TOI	Blocks o0.5
All games	69	0	12	12	0.17	0.99	0.41	0.78	16:58	64%44/69
Venue
Home	35	0	8	8	0.23	0.91	0.51	0.77	16:35	69%24/35
Away	34	0	4	4	0.12	1.06	0.29	0.79	17:22	59%20/34
Rest
Back-to-back	11	0	0	0	0.00	0.91	0.64	0.64	17:51	55%6/11
1 day off	40	0	7	7	0.17	0.95	0.33	0.78	16:34	63%25/40
2+ days off	18	0	5	5	0.28	1.11	0.44	0.89	17:19	72%13/18
Opponent defense
vs top 10 D	21	0	3	3	0.14	1.10	0.38	0.71	17:11	52%11/21
vs middle 12	27	0	7	7	0.26	1.15	0.33	0.81	17:41	70%19/27
vs bottom 10 D	21	0	2	2	0.10	0.67	0.52	0.81	15:51	67%14/21
Result
In wins	26	0	9	9	0.35	1.12	0.27	0.73	16:20	62%16/26
In losses	43	0	3	3	0.07	0.91	0.49	0.81	17:21	65%28/43

Shot map

2025-26

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Game log

69 games. The blocks column is marked against over 0.5.

Date	Opp	Result	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	PPP	+/-	PIM	TOI	SHF
SunMar 22	NSH	L 2-3 OT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1:52	2
FriMar 20B2B	COL	L 1-4	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	19:59	24
ThuMar 19	@MIN	W 2-1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	12:53	19
SatMar 14	@VGK	L 0-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	2	20:25	26
ThuMar 12	@UTA	W 3-2 OT	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	21:07	25
MonMar 9B2B	UTA	W 3-2 OT	0	0	2	0	0	0	-1	0	16:30	21
SunMar 8	@DAL	L 3-4 OT	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	15:11	21
FriMar 6	VAN	L 3-6	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	0	16:38	21
TueMar 3	@WPG	L 2-3 OT	0	0	0	0	1	0	+1	0	16:55	20
SunMar 1B2B	@UTA	W 4-0	0	0	1	0	1	0	+1	0	20:42	27
SatFeb 28	@COL	L 1-3	0	0	1	1	2	0	-2	0	22:17	31
ThuFeb 26	@NSH	L 2-4	0	0	1	0	2	0	-2	0	16:16	19
WedFeb 4	@CBJ	L 0-4	0	0	2	1	0	0	-3	0	21:52	25
MonFeb 2	SJS	W 6-3	1	1	0	0	1	0	+2	2	13:04	21
FriJan 30B2B	CBJ	L 2-4	0	0	2	1	1	0	-2	2	16:31	25
ThuJan 29	@PIT	L 2-6	0	0	2	1	2	0	+1	0	19:57	24
TueJan 27	@MIN	L 3-4 SO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	17:24	23
SunJan 25	FLA	L 1-5	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	0	18:57	26
FriJan 23B2B	TBL	L 1-2 SO	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1	0	13:52	20
ThuJan 22	@CAR	W 4-3 SO	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	13:57	20
MonJan 19	WPG	W 2-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	17:39	19
SatJan 17	BOS	L 2-5	0	0	2	0	0	0	-1	0	18:19	23
ThuJan 15	CGY	L 1-3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	20:53	25
MonJan 12	EDM	L 1-4	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	0	17:59	22
SatJan 10B2B	@NSH	W 3-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	+1	0	17:46	21
FriJan 9	WSH	L 1-5	1	1	0	0	0	1	-2	0	15:15	22
WedJan 7	STL	W 7-3	2	2	1	1	1	2	+2	0	16:59	22
SunJan 4B2B	VGK	W 3-2 OT	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	18:09	22
SatJan 3	@WSH	W 3-2 SO	0	0	3	0	0	0	-2	0	17:26	25
ThuJan 1	DAL	W 4-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	+2	0	18:18	21
TueDec 30	NYI	L 2-3 SO	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	18:00	24
SunDec 28B2B	PIT	L 3-7	0	0	0	2	0	0	-2	0	19:53	25
SatDec 27	@DAL	W 4-3 SO	0	0	1	1	0	0	-1	0	17:29	27
TueDec 23	PHI	L 1-3	1	1	2	1	1	0	+1	0	22:43	27
SatDec 20	@OTT	L 4-6	0	0	0	0	2	0	-3	4	17:48	24
ThuDec 18	@MTL	L 1-4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	21:12	25
TueDec 16	@TOR	L 2-3	0	0	0	1	0	0	+1	0	22:17	25
SatDec 13B2B	DET	L 0-4	0	0	2	1	1	0	-2	0	19:39	22
FriDec 12	@STL	L 2-3	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	21:56	28
WedDec 10	NYR	W 3-0	1	1	0	0	1	0	+2	0	19:45	21
SunDec 7B2B	@ANA	L 1-7	0	0	0	1	0	0	-3	0	13:25	19
SatDec 6	@LAK	L 0-6	0	0	1	0	1	0	-1	0	19:12	23
ThuDec 4	@LAK	W 2-1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	18:23	21
TueDec 2	@VGK	L 3-4 SO	0	0	0	0	1	0	+1	0	15:56	21
SunNov 30	ANA	W 5-3	0	0	0	1	1	0	+1	0	14:27	18
FriNov 28	NSH	L 3-4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	14:49	18
WedNov 26	MIN	L 3-4 OT	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	15:10	20
SunNov 23	COL	L 0-1	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	14:55	19
FriNov 21B2B	@BUF	L 3-9	0	0	2	1	1	0	-1	0	19:59	23
ThuNov 20	SEA	L 2-3	0	0	3	2	0	0	-2	0	17:47	22
TueNov 18	CGY	W 5-2	0	0	1	0	2	0	+1	10	15:04	19
SatNov 15	TOR	W 3-2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	16:28	23
WedNov 12	NJD	L 3-4 OT	0	0	1	2	1	0	-1	0	17:57	24
SunNov 9	@DET	W 5-1	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	0	13:40	18
FriNov 7	@CGY	W 4-0	0	0	4	0	1	0	+1	0	15:59	23
WedNov 5	@VAN	W 5-2	1	1	2	0	0	0	+1	0	16:19	22
MonNov 3	@SEA	L 1-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	0	13:52	21
SatNov 1	@EDM	L 2-3 OT	0	0	1	1	0	0	+1	0	14:54	19
ThuOct 30	@WPG	L 3-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1	0	16:10	20
TueOct 28	OTT	W 7-3	1	1	4	1	0	0	+1	0	17:37	24
SunOct 26	LAK	L 1-3	0	0	2	0	1	0	+1	0	16:19	23
ThuOct 23	@TBL	W 3-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	+1	0	11:11	14
SunOct 19	ANA	W 2-1 OT	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	12:46	17
FriOct 17	VAN	L 2-3 SO	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	14:59	20
WedOct 15	@STL	W 8-3	1	1	0	0	1	0	+2	0	14:33	20
MonOct 13	UTA	W 3-1	0	0	1	1	2	0	+1	0	16:26	22
SatOct 11	MTL	L 2-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14:57	20
ThuOct 9	@BOS	L 3-4 OT	0	0	2	0	1	0	+1	0	13:34	18
TueOct 7	@FLA	L 2-3	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	18:27	25
69 GPTotals, averages for TOI and shifts			12	12	68	28	54	3	-9	32	16:58	21.8