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Zemgus Girgensons

#28

C · 6'3", 200 lb · 32 years old · Shoots left · Riga, LVA

Drafted 2012 · BUF · round 1 · #14 overall

Last 5 games

Date	Opp	G	PTS	SOG	+/−	TOI
Oct 17	VAN	0	0	1	+1	13:21
Oct 15	SEA	0	0	1	0	15:11
Oct 13	@NYR	1	1	2	+1	15:02
Oct 10	@NYI	0	0	4	0	15:13
Oct 8	MIN	0	0	1	0	14:26

Against his position

This playerAverage forward

Against 443 forwards, on rates per 60 minutes so a shortened season is not read as a worse one.

Role

Hits / 6014.2243rd

Blocks / 602.73121st

Takeaways / 601.09123rd

Giveaways / 601.6472nd

Faceoff win %54.7%83rd

Penalty minutes2113th

Off the radar because these describe a role rather than a quality — a shutdown defenceman blocks more than a power-play specialist, and neither is better for it.

NHL regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/−	SOG	S%	TOI
2026-27	Tampa Bay Lightning	8	1	1	2	+2	10	10.0	13:43
2025-26	Tampa Bay Lightning	74	9	11	20	+1	89	10.1	14:46
2024-25	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	2	4	6	-7	83	2.4	11:40
2023-24	Buffalo Sabres	63	8	6	14	-1	73	11.0	11:51
2022-23	Buffalo Sabres	80	10	8	18	-5	114	8.8	12:59
2021-22	Buffalo Sabres	56	10	8	18	-7	92	10.9	14:47
2019-20	Buffalo Sabres	69	12	7	19	-1	85	14.1	13:48
2018-19	Buffalo Sabres	72	5	13	18	-11	78	6.4	13:37
2017-18	Buffalo Sabres	71	7	8	15	-12	113	6.2	13:43
2016-17	Buffalo Sabres	75	7	9	16	-7	112	6.3	13:10
2015-16	Buffalo Sabres	71	7	11	18	0	110	6.4	15:02
2014-15	Buffalo Sabres	61	15	15	30	-16	115	13.0	19:05
2013-14	Buffalo Sabres	70	8	14	22	-6	115	7.0	15:19
Career		852	101	115	216	-70	1189	8.5	14:03

Other competitions

Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
2025-26	OG	Latvia	4	0	4	4
2024-25	OGQ	Latvia	1	0	0	0
2021-22	OGQ	Latvia	3	0	1	1
2016-17	OGQ	Latvia	3	0	1	1
2016-17	WC	Latvia	7	1	1	2
2015-16	WC	Latvia	7	1	0	1
2013-14	Olympics	Latvia	5	1	1	2
2013-14	WC-A	Latvia	6	2	0	2
2012-13	AHL	Rochester	61	6	11	17
2012-13	WC-A	Latvia	5	1	0	1
2011-12	USHL	Dubuque	49	24	31	55
2011-12	WJC-A	Latvia	6	2	0	2
2010-11	USHL	Dubuque	51	21	28	49
2009-10	EmJHL	Green Mountain	19	17	12	29
2009-10	EJHL	Green Mountain	23	11	17	28

Shot maps, expected goals and comparisons against league average at this position are coming to this page. They come from Puckflow’s own model rather than the NHL feed, and an empty chart would be worse than this sentence.