Center · BUF · 2014-15

Zemgus Girgensons

Age: 32
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 196 lb
Shoots: L
Born: Riga

Games: 61
Goals: 15
Assists: 14
Points: 29
Ice time: 19:05/gm

Season2014-15

Rating · 2014-15

49/100

Everyday NHLer

Power Forward

Better than 49% of NHL forwards.

+0.55wins above replacement

How he earns it

Each rating compares him only with players who take that role, so the four are not measured against the same field.

Even-strength offense918 min4among all skaters at the position

Even-strength defense918 min2among all skaters at the position

Power play120 min4among forwards with power-play minutes

Penalty kill126 min44among forwards who kill penalties

Season by season

Every season is drawn on the same scale, so bar length is comparable top to bottom. Bars left of the center line cost the team goals; bars right of it earned them.

Season	GP	Rating	WAR	Where it came from
2013-14BUF	70	36	+0.30	Where it came from
2014-15BUF	61	49	+0.55	Where it came from
2015-16BUF	71	67	+1.02	Where it came from
2016-17BUF	75	45	+0.48	Where it came from
2017-18BUF	71	35	+0.24	Where it came from
2018-19BUF	72	30	+0.08	Where it came from
2019-20BUF	69	74	+1.28	Where it came from
2021-22BUF	56	68	+1.03	Where it came from
2022-23BUF	80	46	+0.49	Where it came from
2023-24BUF	63	53	+0.56	Where it came from
2024-25TBL	82	14	-0.17	Where it came from
2025-26TBL	74	29	+0.05	Where it came from
2026-27TBL	5	—	-0.04	Where it came from
Career13 seasons	849	—	+5.87

Even-strength offenseEven-strength defensePower-play offensePower-play defenseShorthanded offenseShorthanded defense

Game log

Regular season · 61 games

Game	Result	TOI	G	A	P	Shots	Blocks	Grade
@ CBJFeb 24	W 4-2	7:55	1	1	2	1	1	A-
vs NSHFeb 22	OTL 1-2 OT	18:52	0	1	1	1	2	C-
vs NYRFeb 20	L 1-3	17:26	0	0	0	3	0	C+
@ PHIFeb 19	W 3-2 OT	19:28	0	0	0	2	1	D+
@ NJDFeb 17	OTL 1-2 OT	22:06	0	1	1	4	0	C

A player's rating is his percentile among NHL forwards — a 70 means he is better than 70% of them. It is measured from wins above replacement, the number of wins he adds compared with a player freely available to any team. See the full roster table or read how this is calculated.