26 G · 161 A · 596 GP
0.314 P/GP · 45 PPP · 18:17 ATOI
Chicago Blackhawks#48Retired
Matt Grzelcyk
D · 5′10″ / 180 lb · Shoots L · Charlestown, USA · Age 32 · 2012 #85 by BOS
187Career points
0.314Career P/GP
596Games played
26Goals
10 seasonsNHL service
Overview
2025-2612points
The latest read.
12 points in 69 games in 2025-26. Career: 187 points across 596 games.
69GP
0goals
12assists
12points
68shots
3PP points
The career ledger.
Regular season and playoffsofficial NHL landing
5 G · 9 A · 66 GP
0.212 P/GP · 7 PPP · 17:35 ATOI
0.246 → 0.174P/GP by season · 9 seasons of 10+ GP · peak 2020-21
The arc.
Points and points per game by seasonNHL season log · 10 seasons
When it mattered.
Postseason against the field. A smaller, self-selected population, so it is marked on the scale rather than filled626 all-time peers
Playoff career · 66 GP · 5 G · 9 A · 14 pts (0.212 P/GP)
53.3
71.7
83.5
Honours.
Trophies won and near missesofficial NHL landing
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy71st · 2024
Milestone watch.
The next round number on the league's own fileleague milestone watch · api.nhle.com · fetched 2026-10-05
4away from 600 games playedGames Played · 596 now · regular season
Published by the league, not computed here: the milestone and the current total are both on the NHL milestone feed, and the number printed is the difference. Playoff milestone rows are held out, because a playoff total read as a career total is a false statement.
What this draft slot returns.
Base rate for the exact pick, a history, never a forecastdraft-position study · 2026-07-14-prospect-translation-v2.32
2012 draft#85round 3 · BOS
Rates: insufficient sample (n=9 of 32): no NHLer/impact/star/stayer rate shown for this cohort.
Sample: 9 players taken #85, drawn only from classes old enough to judge, on the Schuckers-style pick curve published on Draft Value. A base rate describes a slot, not a person: it cannot predict this career and is not used to grade it.
Floor rule: rates below a minimum sample are suppressed, not shown thin. Exact slot needs 12+ players, the pooled pick-curve band needs 32+, matching this site's builders to the nhl-draft-intel engine's own bucket-calibration floors (12 / 18 / 32).
Against history.
Percentile against every NHL peercareer totals · position-aware
The height of the career.
Peak season and the best five41+ GP qualified seasons
2024-25 peak: 82 GP / 1 G / 39 A / 40 Pts / 0.488 P/GP · 20:37 TOI
| Best five | GP | G | A | PTS | P/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82 | 1 | 39 | 40 | 0.488 |
| 2022-23 | 75 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 0.347 |
| 2021-22 | 73 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 0.329 |
| 2019-20 | 68 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 0.309 |
| 2018-19 | 66 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 0.273 |
| Prime-five | 364 | 16 | 113 | 129 | 0.354 |
Last five games.
Most recent official appearancesofficial game log
2026-03-22vs NSH1:52 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S
2026-03-20vs COL19:59 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S
2026-03-19@ MIN12:53 TOI0G 0A0 P · 1 S
2026-03-14@ VGK20:25 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S
2026-03-12@ UTA21:07 TOI0G 0A0 P · 3 S
Career
Where he stands right now.
2025-26 league position and career shapeNHL league browser 2025-26
Season by season.
Every NHL season · peak highlighted, split seasons kept apart10 regular-season rows
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Chicago Blackhawks | 69 | 0 | 12 | 12 | -9 | 3 | 68 |
| 2024-25Peak | Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 1 | 39 | 40 | -6 | 15 | 94 |
| 2023-24 | Boston Bruins | 63 | 2 | 9 | 11 | +13 | 0 | 59 |
| 2022-23 | Boston Bruins | 75 | 4 | 22 | 26 | +46 | 0 | 102 |
| 2021-22 | Boston Bruins | 73 | 4 | 20 | 24 | +22 | 5 | 118 |
| 2020-21 | Boston Bruins | 37 | 5 | 15 | 20 | +11 | 7 | 80 |
| 2019-20 | Boston Bruins | 68 | 4 | 17 | 21 | +15 | 7 | 112 |
| 2018-19 | Boston Bruins | 66 | 3 | 15 | 18 | +9 | 6 | 90 |
| 2017-18 | Boston Bruins | 61 | 3 | 12 | 15 | +21 | 2 | 82 |
| 2016-17 | Boston Bruins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | Boston Bruins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022-23 | Boston Bruins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2021-22 | Boston Bruins | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020-21 | Boston Bruins | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 1 | 16 |
| 2019-20 | Boston Bruins | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 1 | 9 |
| 2018-19 | Boston Bruins | 20 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 5 | 35 |
| 2017-18 | Boston Bruins | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 8 |
The same numbers, in the league that produced them.
Every qualified season levelled to a 3.00-goal NHLofficial final standings · 1990-91 onward
2020-21 is the best season either way: 0.541 raw, 0.552 once the league it happened in is levelled out.
| Season | GP | Raw P/GP | League GF/gm | Adj. P/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 69 | 0.174 | 3.13 | 0.167 |
| 2024-25 | 82 | 0.488 | 3.04 | 0.481 |
| 2023-24 | 63 | 0.175 | 3.11 | 0.168 |
| 2022-23 | 75 | 0.347 | 3.18 | 0.327 |
| 2021-22 | 73 | 0.329 | 3.14 | 0.314 |
| 2020-21Best adjusted | 37 | 0.541 | 2.94 | 0.552 |
| 2019-20 | 68 | 0.309 | 3.02 | 0.307 |
| 2018-19 | 66 | 0.273 | 3.01 | 0.271 |
| 2017-18 | 61 | 0.246 | 2.97 | 0.248 |
Method: each season's raw points per game is multiplied by 3.00 ÷ that season's league goals per team-game, taken from the official final standings. Seasons under 20 games are excluded. It levels scoring climate and nothing else (not role, ice time, teammates, schedule or injury), so treat it as one comparison, not a verdict.
Before the NHL.
Junior, college, European and international rowsofficial NHL landing · season totals
| Season | League | Team | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | AHL | Providence Bruins | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2016-17 | AHL | Providence Bruins | 70 | 6 | 26 | 32 |
| 2016-17 | AHL | Providence Bruins | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015-16 | NCAA | Boston Univ. | 27 | 10 | 13 | 23 |
| 2014-15 | H-East | Boston University | 41 | 10 | 28 | 38 |
| 2013-14 | H-East | Boston University | 19 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2013-14 | WJC-A | USA | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2012-13 | H-East | Boston University | 38 | 3 | 20 | 23 |
| 2011-12 | U-18 | USNTDP | 36 | 2 | 19 | 21 |
| 2011-12 | USHL | USNTDP | 24 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 2011-12 | WJ18-A | USA | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010-11 | U-17 | USNTDP | 17 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2010-11 | USHL | USNTDP | 36 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2010-11 | USHL | USNTDP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009-10 | High-MA | Belmont Hill | 31 | 2 | 18 | 20 |
The comparable set.
Chosen by a printed rule, not by feelNHL dossier pool · 1,162 careers
Selection rule. Defencemen only; career games played within ±20% of 596 (or ±10 games, whichever band is wider: 477 to 715); then the five nearest by career P/GP, ties broken by the closest games played. The pool is the 1,162 players in this site's NHL dossier set who own at least one official regular-season game: 43 of them cleared the band.
Colin MillerD · 2012 #151 · retired590 GP · 43 G · 140 A · 183 P0.310 P/GP · −0.004Vladislav GavrikovD · 2015 #159 · active517 GP · 43 G · 127 A · 170 P0.329 P/GP · +0.015Marcus PetterssonD · 2014 #38 · active604 GP · 21 G · 159 A · 180 P0.298 P/GP · −0.016Matt RoyD · 2015 #194 · active517 GP · 29 G · 120 A · 149 P0.288 P/GP · −0.026Josh MansonD · 2011 #160 · active705 GP · 44 G · 157 A · 201 P0.285 P/GP · −0.029
Similar career shape is not similar player. The rule matches volume and rate only; it knows nothing about era, position within the group, usage or role, and two careers can land on the same line for opposite reasons.
Game log
Compare observed minutes, shots and finishing across game windows →
The complete game ledger.
Per-game official box scoresofficial NHL game log
There is no 2025-26 game-log receipt on file for Matt Grzelcyk. The complete ledger is only collected for players who dressed for an NHL club in that season, so nothing here is reported as a run of zeroes. The most recent official appearances on the player landing are below.
Recent form.
Last five official NHL gamesofficial game log
| Date | Opponent | TOI | G | A | PTS | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-22 | vs NSH | 1:52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-03-20 | vs COL | 19:59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-03-19 | at MIN | 12:53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-03-14 | at VGK | 20:25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-03-12 | at UTA | 21:07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Insights
NHL Edge tracking.
Measured puck and player tracking · 2025-26 regular seasonNHL Edge tracking · api-web.nhle.com · coverage from 2021-22 · fetched 2026-08-17
Tracked axisMeasuredPercentile, 0 to 100Pct
Top shot speed96.7mph86.4
155.6 km/h equivalent · league average 88.9 mph
Max skating speed21.6mph45.1
34.7 km/h equivalent · league average 21.6 mph
Distance skated266.8km55.6
165.8 mi equivalent · league average 214.3 km
Most distance in one game5.4km58.6
3.4 mi equivalent · league average 5.2 km
Bursts over 20 mph23bursts52.5
league average 31.3
Where the shift was spent
Offensive zone time41.8%54.2
league average 42.3
Neutral zone time17.9%52.0
league average 16.8
Defensive zone time40.3%51.6
league average 40.9
Shots on goal, by location
All shots on goal68shots59.0
league average 62.1 shots
High-danger shots on goal1shots29.6
league average 4.0 shots
Method: every figure and every percentile on this panel is published by the NHL Edge endpoint. This site converts nothing and ranks nothing. The percentile column is the league's own, against the tracked population for 2025-26. Speeds arrive in mph and km/h; distance is read in kilometres with the mile conversion stated beside it. Tracked seasons on file for this player: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26.
The shot map.
Where his shots came from · 2025-26 regular season · NHL Edge areasNHL Edge shot-location detail · api-web.nhle.com · fetched 2026-08-18
Hover, tap or focus an area for its exact figures. Net at the top; left and right as the shooter sees them.
AreaShotsShare of hisPct
L Point300 G92th
Outside L140 G93th
Center Point100 G54th
Beyond Red Line40 G60th
L Circle30 G51th
Outside R30 G65th
R Circle30 G55th
Low Slot10 G31th
Behind the Net00 G0th
Crease00 G0th
High Slot00 G0th
L Corner00 G0th
L Net Side00 G0th
Offensive Neutral Zone00 G0th
R Corner00 G0th
R Net Side00 G0th
R Point00 G0th
1high danger0 G · 0.0%
6mid danger0 G · 0.0%
40long range0 G · 0.0%
Method: 68 shots on goal in 2025-26, placed by the NHL into the areas it names; each area is shaded by its share of his total, so this map is his distribution and not a comparison to any other player. The percentile column is the league's own for shots from that area, where it publishes one; nothing is converted, ranked or combined. Areas as the NHL names them; the drawing is to rink proportion with the net at the top.
Awards voting.
0 trophy wins · 0 top-three finishes · 1 ballot appearances · 0 first-place votesNHL award ballot history
Development trails.
How the scoring rate movedNHL AI Development contract
Strict monotonic scoring-rate chains ending in 2025-26. Only 25-plus-game seasons count, and a trail needs at least three consecutive qualified seasons.
Goals / game
6 consecutive qualified seasons · 66.5 average GP
Descriptive, not evaluative: raw P/GP, G/GP or A/GP movement. It does not control for age, role, ice time, teammates, injury, schedule or uncertainty, and it is not a forecast or player-quality grade.
Against the goaltenders.
Goaltenders faced, from play-by-playNHL play-by-play · 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 4,192 games · fetched 2026-08-18
Matt Grzelcyk has faced 77 goaltenders in this dataset but none of them for the 20 shots on goal a published rate requires here. The counts exist; the rates would be noise, so they are not printed.
The source receipt.
Official basics plus named researchOfficial NHL API Web player landing, with local nhl api draft cache reuse
Career, season, game-log, bio, draft and award rows come from official NHL endpoints. Redraft is a separate hindsight model with its own snapshot clock. Pressure is a descriptive Gamelogs layer. Development Trails uses its own declared clock. Missing evidence stays unavailable rather than being drawn as zero.
Official endpoint: player landing · redraft 2026-07-10-redraft-v5.2 snapshot 2026-07-09.
The room.
Every current Chicago Blackhawks teammate, one click awaycanonical player directory
