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Matt Grzelcyk has 10 points (0 goals, 10 assists) in 43 games for the Chicago Blackhawks this season.

Selected in the 3rd round (No. 85) of the 2012 NHL Draft by the Boston Bruins, he has 185 points (26 goals, 159 assists) in 570 regular-season games for the Boston Bruins, the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Chicago Blackhawks.

He also has 14 points (5 goals, 9 assists) in 66 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagUSA
    Age: 32 yrs (05.01.1994)
    Height / Weight: 178 cm / 81 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 85th in 2012
    Draft Team: Team logoBoston Bruins
    Awards: -
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The 32-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Blackhawks controlling 49% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Matt Grzelcyk is off the ice, the Blackhawks control 44% of expected goals, indicating the team is noticeably better when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 37% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 22% in the defensive zone.

  • 67

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 178th of 283 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 185th of 283 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    42.00
    PlayDriving
    -0.14 - 0.11
    0.05
    IceTimePerGame
    15 - 25
    16.90
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.05 - 0.67
    0.00
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.59
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.08
    xGoals/60
    0.09 - 0.38
    0.13
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    2.77
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    2.87
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.00
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 10
    0.00
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4.5
    2.90
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2 - 4.5
    2.70
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.25
    ShotsBlocked/60
    2 - 6
    2.70
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    1.27
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1 - 4
    1.52
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.22
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    4 - 12
    0.00
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Actual AAV: $1.000M
Player Contract Value: $2.000M
Remaining: 1 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2026 UFA
Age at the end: 33.5 yrs (05.01.1994)
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Matt Grzelcyk
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
30.12.2025 Team Logo Islanders 1 0 0 0 0 18:00 2 0.0% 0
01.01.2026 Team Logo Stars 1 0 1 1 2 18:18 0 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Capitals 1 0 0 0 -2 17:25 3 0.0% 0
04.01.2026 Team Logo Golden Knights 1 0 0 0 0 18:08 1 0.0% 0
07.01.2026 Team Logo Blues 1 0 2 2 2 16:58 1 0.0% 0
Total 5 0 3 3 2 7 0.0% 0
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2016-17 Team Logo Bruins 2 0 0 0 0 12:28 4 0.0% 2
2017-18 Team Logo Bruins 61 3 12 15 21 16:43 82 3.7% 22
2018-19 Team Logo Bruins 66 3 15 18 9 19:07 90 3.3% 68
2019-20 Team Logo Bruins 68 4 17 21 15 18:04 112 3.6% 34
2020-21 Team Logo Bruins 37 5 15 20 11 19:45 80 6.2% 22
2021-22 Team Logo Bruins 73 4 20 24 22 18:43 118 3.4% 24
2022-23 Team Logo Bruins 75 4 22 26 46 17:13 102 3.9% 28
2023-24 Team Logo Bruins 63 2 9 11 13 17:36 59 3.4% 37
2024-25 Team Logo Penguins 82 1 39 40 -6 20:37 94 1.1% 16
2025-26 Team Logo Blackhawks 43 0 10 10 3 16:53 49 0.0% 18
Season Projection 82 0 19 19 6 16:54 93 0.0% 34
Total 570 26 159 185 134 790 3.3% 271
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2017-18 Team Logo Bruins 11 0 1 1 -2 15:55 8 0.0% 4
2018-19 Team Logo Bruins 20 4 4 8 -3 16:26 35 11.4% 6
2019-20 Team Logo Bruins 12 0 1 1 -5 19:46 9 0.0% 4
2020-21 Team Logo Bruins 11 1 3 4 -2 20:07 16 6.2% 4
2021-22 Team Logo Bruins 5 0 0 0 -6 18:08 3 0.0% 6
2022-23 Team Logo Bruins 4 0 0 0 -1 13:00 6 0.0% 0
2023-24 Team Logo Bruins 3 0 0 0 0 18:10 3 0.0% 2
Total 66 5 9 14 -19 80 6.3% 26
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Matt Grzelcyk Team Logo D 32 yrs 178 cm / 81 kg 0.23 0.32 60 71 $1.000M
88% Joel Nystrom Team Logo D 23.7 yrs 180 cm / 80 kg 0.25 0.25 63 69 $0.925M
87% Alexandre Carrier Team Logo D 29.3 yrs 180 cm / 78 kg 0.26 0.29 59 76 $3.750M
83% Timothy Liljegren Team Logo D 26.7 yrs 185 cm / 90 kg 0.23 0.30 58 73 $3.000M
81% Uvis Balinskis Team Logo D 29.4 yrs 183 cm / 88 kg 0.21 0.21 62 75 $0.850M
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