Center · BUF · 2016-17

Zemgus Girgensons

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

Games: 75
Goals: 7
Assists: 9
Points: 16
Ice time: 13:10/gm

Season2016-17

Rating · 2016-17

45/100

Everyday NHLer

Energy Grinder

Better than 45% of NHL forwards.

+0.48wins 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 offense898 min32among all skaters at the position

Even-strength defense898 min75among all skaters at the position

Power playDoesn't play on the power play

Penalty kill85 min68among forwards who kill penalties · small sample

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 · 75 games

Game	Result	TOI	G	P	Shots	Grade
@ TBLApr 9	L 2-4	15:19	0	0	1	D+
@ FLAApr 8	L 0-3	15:02	0	0	1	C
vs MTLApr 5	W 2-1	13:24	0	0	2	B-
vs TORApr 3	L 2-4	10:38	0	0	0	D
vs NYIApr 2	L 2-4	11:38	1	1	2	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.