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Ice Lab

Defence · #24

Matt Grzelcyk

Age
32
Shoots
Left
Height
178 cm
Weight
82 kg
Born
Charlestown, USA
Draft
2012, round 3, #85 (BOS)

Career · 2016–17 to 2026–27

Games
597
Goals
26
Points
187
TOI per game
18:17
xGF% (5v5)
52.6%
Goals above expected
−9.1

On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.

On ice9027:4051.5%51.9%52.6%52.6%2.552.304172821,022.1
Team with player off ice18627:4050.8%51.3%51.6%51.7%2.462.31762726999.3
Relative (on − off)–0.7%–1.0%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 25 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition
24.5%
Opponents' xGF%: 49.8%
Quality of teammates
23.4%
Teammates' xGF%: 51.9%
Offensive zone starts
55.7%
60.6% of shifts start on the fly
Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

20%30%40%50%60%70%80%22.523.023.524.024.525.025.526.026.5Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsKaneJosefsonEichelNolanOkposoLarssonReinhartGirgensonsPominvillePouliotRodriguesO'ReillyScandellaMcCabeBogosianRistolainenBeaulieuAntipinWilsonNelsonFalkBaptisteBerglundSobotkaMittelstadtShearySkinnerThompsonDahlinGuhleHunwickElieSmithPilutVeseyLazarOlofssonAsplundJokiharjuMontourJohanssonMillerHallSheahanFogartyEakinCozensBrysonStaalRiederIrwinRuotsalainenCaggiulaBjorkSamuelssonBorgenHaydenHinostrozaButcherHaggPysykKrebsMurrayTuchFitzgeraldPowerQuinnPeterkaLyubushkinJostClagueStillmanGreenwayBensonRobinsonRosenJohnsonJohnsonCliftonZuckerMalenstynMcLeodLaffertyByramKozakKulichDunneBernard-DockerOstlundDoanTimminsNorrisCarrickHeleniusMetsa

Close and late

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late
On-ice xGF% at 5v5
52.6%
52.2%