2 G · 4 A · 43 GP
0.140 P/GP · 0 PPP · 10:58 ATOI
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Zach Metsa
D · 5′9″ / 198 lb · Shoots R · Delafield, USA · Age 27 · Undrafted
6Career points
0.140Career P/GP
43Games played
2Goals
1 seasonsNHL service
Overview
2025-266points
The latest read.
6 points in 43 games in 2025-26. Career: 6 points across 43 games.
43GP
2goals
4assists
6points
24shots
0PP points
The career ledger.
Regular season and playoffsofficial NHL landing
1 G · 0 A · 2 GP
0.500 P/GP · 1 PPP · 7:52 ATOI
Where he stands right now.
2025-26 league position and career shapeNHL league browser 2025-26
What this draft slot returns.
Base rate for the exact pick, a history, never a forecastofficial NHL landing
Zach Metsa was never selected in an NHL Entry Draft, so there is no slot to price. Undrafted careers are not a slot outcome and the page leaves the comparison empty rather than filling it with a stand-in.
Last five games.
Most recent official appearancesofficial game log
2026-05-18vs MTLPlayoff3:25 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S
2026-05-16@ MTLPlayoff12:19 TOI1G 0A1 P · 1 S
2026-04-15vs DAL14:43 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S
2026-04-09vs CBJ19:26 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S
2026-04-04@ WSH15:15 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S
Career
Season by season.
Every NHL season · peak highlighted, split seasons kept apart1 regular-season rows
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26Peak | Buffalo Sabres | 43 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +16 | 0 | 24 |
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Buffalo Sabres | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 |
Before the NHL.
Junior, college, European and international rowsofficial NHL landing · season totals
| Season | League | Team | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | AHL | Rochester Americans | 19 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 2024-25 | AHL | Rochester Americans | 69 | 7 | 39 | 46 |
| 2024-25 | AHL | Rochester Americans | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023-24 | AHL | Rochester Americans | 54 | 7 | 17 | 24 |
| 2023-24 | AHL | Rochester Americans | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022-23 | NCAA | Quinnipiac Univ. | 40 | 9 | 28 | 37 |
| 2022-23 | AHL | Rochester Americans | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021-22 | NCAA | Quinnipiac Univ. | 42 | 10 | 27 | 37 |
| 2020-21 | NCAA | Quinnipiac Univ. | 29 | 5 | 21 | 26 |
| 2019-20 | NCAA | Quinnipiac Univ. | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| 2018-19 | NCAA | Quinnipiac Univ. | 32 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2017-18 | USHL | Youngstown Phantoms | 37 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 2017-18 | USHL | Central Illinois Flying Aces | 23 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2016-17 | BCHL | Merritt Centennials | 57 | 3 | 24 | 27 |
| 2016-17 | BCHL | Merritt Centennials | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2015-16 | T1EHL 18U | Milwaukee Jr. Admirals 18U AAA | 30 | 7 | 17 | 24 |
| 2015-16 | USHL | Sioux Falls Stampede | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015-16 | T1EHL 18U | Milwaukee Jr. Admirals 18U AAA | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014-15 | 16U AAA | Milwaukee Jr. Admirals 16U AAA | 54 | 9 | 39 | 48 |
| 2014-15 | T1EHL 16U | Milwaukee Jr. Admirals 16U AAA | 30 | 4 | 27 | 31 |
| 2014-15 | USHL | Waterloo Black Hawks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014-15 | T1EHL 16U | Milwaukee Jr. Admirals 16U AAA | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013-14 | T1EHL 16U | Milwaukee Jr. Admirals 16U AAA | 35 | 4 | 24 | 28 |
| 2012-13 | T1EHL 14U | Milwaukee Jr. Admirals 14U AAA | 29 | 7 | 19 | 26 |
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 43 (or ±10 games, whichever band is wider: 33 to 53); 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: 23 of them cleared the band.
Ryan JohnsonD · 2019 #31 · active47 GP · 0 G · 7 A · 7 P0.149 P/GP · +0.009Samuel BolducD · 2019 #57 · active52 GP · 4 G · 4 A · 8 P0.154 P/GP · +0.014Daemon HuntD · 2020 #65 · active45 GP · 0 G · 7 A · 7 P0.156 P/GP · +0.016Ethan Del MastroD · 2021 #105 · active45 GP · 2 G · 5 A · 7 P0.156 P/GP · +0.016Isaiah GeorgeD · 2022 #98 · active37 GP · 1 G · 5 A · 6 P0.162 P/GP · +0.023
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 →
Official game ledger
Every 2025-26 appearance.
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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 speed92.0mph59.4
148.1 km/h equivalent · league average 88.9 mph
Max skating speed21.1mph28.4
33.9 km/h equivalent · league average 21.6 mph
Distance skated108.7km33.6
67.6 mi equivalent · league average 214.3 km
Most distance in one game3.9km13.6
2.4 mi equivalent · league average 5.2 km
Bursts over 20 mph9bursts32.7
league average 31.3
Where the shift was spent
Offensive zone time40.7%34.2
league average 42.3
Neutral zone time19.1%100.0
league average 16.8
Defensive zone time40.2%54.2
league average 40.9
Shots on goal, by location
All shots on goal24shots33.0
league average 62.1 shots
High-danger shots on goal3shots48.8
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: 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
R Point110 G66th
Outside R40 G71th
Low Slot31 G52th
High Slot21 G41th
R Circle20 G44th
L Point10 G19th
R Net Side10 G61th
Behind the Net00 G0th
Beyond Red Line00 G0th
Center Point00 G0th
Crease00 G0th
L Circle00 G0th
L Corner00 G0th
L Net Side00 G0th
Offensive Neutral Zone00 G0th
Outside L00 G0th
R Corner00 G0th
3high danger1 G · 33.3%
4mid danger1 G · 25.0%
12long range0 G · 0.0%
Method: 24 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.
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
Zach Metsa has faced 24 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.
The room.
Every current Buffalo Sabres teammate, one click awaycanonical player directory