Buffalo Sabres · #73 · Defense

Zach Metsa

Age28Ht5'9"Wt201 lbShootsRightBornDelafield, USA

2026-27 regular season

11GP

12:31TOI

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 ANA0 G, 0 A in 2 GP0.5 shots a game

Linemates

Projected for Oct 29, via @krashboard

Pair 3He plays LD

Louis CrevierRD

Season profile

2026-27 regular season. Rates ranked against 237 defensemen with 3+ games.

GP11

+/--2

SOG5

S%0.0%

PPP0

Blk13

PIM5

TOI/GP12:31

G/GP27th

0.00

A/GP50th

0.18

P/GP39th

0.18

SOG/GP10th

0.45

HIT/GP4th

0.09

BLK/GP45th

1.18

TOI10th

12:31

PPP/GP37th

0.00

P/6051st

0.87

G/6027th

0.00

SOG/6020th

2.2

HDC/6073rd

0.44

ixG/6018th

0.15

Key rates

Regular season, per 60 minutes where it says so.

Points / 600.87

Shots / 602.2

Attempts / 606.1

HD chances / 600.44

ixG0.3-0.3 goals vs expected

PP shot share0%0 of 84 attempts

Primary points50%1 of 2

Where his attempts come from

High danger1 att, 0 G14%

Medium danger0 att, 0 G0%

Low danger6 att, 0 G86%

Production by strength

Even2 P, 14 att100%

Power play0 P, 0 att0%

Shorthanded0 P, 0 att0%

Ice time

Season average12:31

Last 10 games12:29steady

Last 5 games12:46steady

Shifts a game16.0

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 1.5 needs 2 blocked shots.

Line

Last 50%0 of 5, avg 0.6

Last 1020%2 of 10, avg 1.1

Last 2027%3 of 11, avg 1.2

Season27%3 of 11, avg 1.2

Home33%2 of 6, avg 1.3

Away20%1 of 5, avg 1.0

vs ANA50%1 of 2, avg 1.0

Best priceOdds soon

Over 1.5--

Under 1.5--

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. Opponent ranks are not in yet for this season.

Split	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	SOG/GP	HIT/GP	BLK/GP	TOI	Blocks o1.5
All games	11	0	2	2	0.18	0.45	0.09	1.18	12:31	27%3/11
Venue
Home	6	0	1	1	0.17	0.33	0.17	1.33	11:57	33%2/6
Away	5	0	1	1	0.20	0.60	0.00	1.00	13:12	20%1/5
Rest
Back-to-back	1	0	0	0	0.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	14:58	0%0/1
1 day off	6	0	2	2	0.33	0.33	0.00	1.50	12:58	33%2/6
2+ days off	3	0	0	0	0.00	0.67	0.33	0.67	10:41	0%0/3
Opponent defense
vs top 10 D	0	No games
vs middle 12	0	No games
vs bottom 10 D	0	No games
Result
In wins	5	0	2	2	0.40	0.20	0.20	1.40	11:37	20%1/5
In losses	6	0	0	0	0.00	0.67	0.00	1.00	13:17	33%2/6

Shot map

2026-27

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Game log

11 games. The blocks column is marked against over 1.5.

Date	Opp	Result	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	SHF
TueOct 27	@SJS	W 2-0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	10:37	15
WedOct 21	PHI	L 1-3	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	10:43	12
SatOct 17	@MTL	L 3-4 OT	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	14:57	17
ThuOct 15	@TOR	W 5-4 OT	1	1	0	0	1	-1	0	12:36	14
TueOct 13B2B	@MTL	L 3-4 SO	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	14:58	19
MonOct 12	FLA	W 5-3	0	0	0	0	3	+1	0	15:38	21
SatOct 10	UTA	L 1-4	0	0	0	0	2	-1	0	12:38	15
ThuOct 8	DAL	L 0-4	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	13:33	17
TueOct 6	MIN	W 3-2 OT	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	10:44	12
SatOct 3	CHI	W 4-3	1	1	0	0	1	+2	0	8:28	13
ThuOct 1	@CBJ	L 3-6	0	0	0	0	2	-1	5	12:54	21
11 GPTotals, averages for TOI and shifts			2	2	5	1	13	-2	5	12:31	16.0