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Zach Metsa

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D · 5'9", 201 lb · 28 years old · Shoots right · Delafield, Wisconsin, USA

Last 5 games

Date	Opp	A	PTS	SOG	+/−	TOI
Oct 17	@MTL	0	0	1	0	14:57
Oct 15	@TOR	1	1	0	-1	12:36
Oct 13	@MTL	0	0	1	0	14:58
Oct 12	FLA	0	0	0	+1	15:38
Oct 10	UTA	0	0	0	-1	12:38

Against his position

This playerAverage defencemen

Against 233 defencemen, on rates per 60 minutes so a shortened season is not read as a worse one.

Role

Hits / 600.51213th

Blocks / 606.1845th

Takeaways / 600.51150th

Giveaways / 602.5758th

Penalty minutes5147th

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	Buffalo Sabres	9	0	2	2	-1	3	–	12:56
2025-26	Buffalo Sabres	43	2	4	6	+16	24	8.3	10:58
Career		52	2	6	8	+15	27	7.4	11:19

Other competitions

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
2023-24	AHL	Rochester Americans	54	7	17	24
2022-23	NCAA	Quinnipiac Univ.	40	9	28	37
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
2015-16	T1EHL 18U	Milwaukee Jr. Admirals 18U AAA	30	7	17	24
2015-16	USHL	Sioux Falls Stampede	2	0	0	0
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	16U AAA	Milwaukee Jr. Admirals 16U AAA	54	9	39	48
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

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