Zemgus Girgensons
Tampa Bay Lightning · C · #28- HT
- 6'3"
- WT
- 197 lb
- Age
- 32
- Shoots
- L
- From
- Riga, LVA
- Draft
- 2012 BUF · R1 #14
Alpha sub-scores
what drives the rating · percentile vs position groupLeague profile
vs. forwards with 20+ GPHockeyAlpha advanced
event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzedCenter toolkit
vs. centers with 20+ GPOn-ice impact
shift charts × our xG model · 46 GP tracked · 11h TOIUsage profile
assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher jobMicro-metrics
Structural Metric Model · sequences, geometry & leverage from every shot2025-26 regular season · Percentile beams: fill = league percentile, tick = league median · hockeyalpha.com
The Blueprint
Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 947 EV minGeneral Offense
Playmaking Sequences
Offense Types
Zone Entries
DZ Retrievals / Exits
Forechecking
Derived from event sequences in public play-by-play data - the ? on each metric explains exactly how it's computed.
Contract & market
Contract value?
beta · cap data: CapWages$0.88M
cap hit
$2.03M
Alpha-market value
B
Good value (+$1.2M)
Top comparables?
nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit| Player | Alpha | Archetype | Production | Cap hit | Market | Value | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Zemgus Girgensons | 60 | Depth Forward | 20 P · 74 GP | $0.88M | $2.03M | B+$1.2M | this player |
 Otto Stenberg | 60 | Depth Forward | 10 P · 32 GP | $0.92M | $2.03M | B+$1.1M | 91% |
 Yanni Gourde | 61 | Depth Forward | 28 P · 82 GP | $2.33M | $2.24M | C−$0.1M | 91% |
 Peyton Krebs | 64 | Depth Forward | 39 P · 82 GP | $1.45M | $2.92M | B+$1.5M | 88% |
 Nicolas Roy | 60 | Depth Forward | 25 P · 74 GP | $3.00M | $2.03M | D−$1.0M | 88% |
Chemistry
Top connection: Yanni Gourde · 10 goals together
Finishes from
assisters on Zemgus’s goals
Creates for
goals Zemgus assisted on
From official goal credits - scorer + assists on every goal, all season.
Recent form · last 10 games
vs OTT
1P
0G 1A
vs OTT 03-28
0G 1A · 2 shots · 15:54 TOI
vs NSH
0P
0G 0A
vs NSH 03-29
0G 0A · 1 shots · 16:08 TOI
vs MTL
1P
0G 1A
vs MTL 03-31
0G 1A · 1 shots · 12:42 TOI
vs PIT
1P
1G 0A
vs PIT 04-02
1G 0A · 1 shots · 14:50 TOI
vs BOS
0P
0G 0A
vs BOS 04-04
0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:46 TOI
@ BUF
0P
0G 0A
@ BUF 04-06
0G 0A · 0 shots · 11:29 TOI
@ OTT
0P
0G 0A
@ OTT 04-07
0G 0A · 1 shots · 15:46 TOI
@ MTL
0P
0G 0A
@ MTL 04-09
0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:25 TOI
vs DET
1P
0G 1A
vs DET 04-13
0G 1A · 0 shots · 15:54 TOI
vs NYR
1P
0G 1A
vs NYR 04-15
0G 1A · 0 shots · 17:43 TOI
Tile tint = points that night · underline = shot volume (full bar = 8+ shots) · oldest on the left
The Territory
attacking → · every recorded touch, normalized to one end
The office: the inner slot - 5 of 9 goals live there
Playmaking gravity: 15 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s
Defensive floor: 51 blocks · 1 steals inside the d-zone
NHL career · regular season
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 | Buffalo Sabres | 70 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -6 |
| 2014-15 | Buffalo Sabres | 61 | 15 | 15 | 30 | -16 |
| 2015-16 | Buffalo Sabres | 71 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 0 |
| 2016-17 | Buffalo Sabres | 75 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -7 |
| 2017-18 | Buffalo Sabres | 71 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -12 |
| 2018-19 | Buffalo Sabres | 72 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -11 |
| 2019-20 | Buffalo Sabres | 69 | 12 | 7 | 19 | -1 |
| 2021-22 | Buffalo Sabres | 56 | 10 | 8 | 18 | -7 |
| 2022-23 | Buffalo Sabres | 80 | 10 | 8 | 18 | -5 |
| 2023-24 | Buffalo Sabres | 63 | 8 | 6 | 14 | -1 |
| 2024-25 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -7 |
| 2025-26 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 74 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 1 |
| Career | 2 teams | 844 | 100 | 114 | 214 | -72 |