- Age
- 32
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Shoots
- L
- Born
- Riga, LVA
- GP
- 6
- G
- 1
- A
- 1
- P
- 2
- +/-
- +1
- SOG
- 8
2026–27 regular season
Drafted 2012 · Round 1, #14 overall (BUF)
This season vs last
| Stat | 2026–27 | 2025–26 first 6 GP |
|---|---|---|
| GP | 6 | 6 |
| G | 1 | 2-1 |
| A | 1 | 1 |
| P | 2 | 3-1 |
| SOG | 8 | 7+1 |
| PPP | 0 | 0 |
| +/- | +1 | 0+1 |
| PIM | 2 | 4-2 |
| TOI/GP | 13:32 | 14:36−1:05 |
| SH% | 12.5 | 28.6-16.1 |
Regular season. Small numbers are this season’s change: green better, red worse. Totals are only compared over the same number of games; TOI/GP and SH% are compared in every column.
Shooting:Girgensons is shooting 12.5% (1 on 8 shots) against 7.8% over 2023–26. Too few shots yet to read much into it.
Shot quality says 0.9 expected goals this season (G − xG +0.1).
Advanced · 2026–27
- CF%
- 54.6
- Share of 5v5 shot attempts while on ice
- xGF%
- 52.9
- Share of 5v5 expected goals while on ice
- Rel CF%
- +1.5
- vs. team with the player off ice
- PDO
- 1.077
- On-ice Sh% + Sv% (≈1.000 is average)
- ixG
- 0.9
- Individual expected goals
- G − xG
- +0.1
- Finishing above expectation
- OZS%
- 46.9
- Offensive-zone start share
- 5v5 TOI/GP
- 12:39
- Even-strength minutes per game
Shot attempts
12 attempts, attacking the net on the right. Filled = goal; bigger = higher expected-goal value.
How Girgensons is used
#28 · C · Tampa Bay Lightning
Zemgus Girgensons
How he’s used · 2026–27 · 5 games with shift charts
- Line 1
- PK · rarely
- Ice time / game
- 14:42
- 12:39 at 5v5
- Offensive-zone starts
- 46.9%
- of his 5v5 zone faceoffs
- Expected goals share
- 52.9%
- at 5v5 with him on
- Shot attempt share
- 54.6%
- at 5v5 with him on
Shift profile · against NHL forwards
Average shift
Shifts that ran 60 seconds or longer
Shifts include power-play and penalty-kill time. Across the league, 5v5 shots go in nearly twice as often against a skater 80s+ into his shift.
Most-used linemates · 5v5
| Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025–26 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 74 | 9 | 11 | 20 |
| 2025–26 (P) | Tampa Bay Lightning | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024–25 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2024–25 (P) | Tampa Bay Lightning | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023–24 | Buffalo Sabres | 63 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2022–23 | Buffalo Sabres | 80 | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| 2021–22 | Buffalo Sabres | 56 | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| 2019–20 | Buffalo Sabres | 69 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| 2018–19 | Buffalo Sabres | 72 | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| 2017–18 | Buffalo Sabres | 71 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 2016–17 | Buffalo Sabres | 75 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 2015–16 | Buffalo Sabres | 71 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 2014–15 | Buffalo Sabres | 61 | 15 | 15 | 30 |
| 2013–14 | Buffalo Sabres | 70 | 8 | 14 | 22 |
| Opp | TOI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Oct 13 | @ NYR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:02 |
| Sat, Oct 10 | @ NYI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:13 |
| Thu, Oct 8 | vs MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:26 |
| Mon, Oct 5 | vs PHI | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:23 |
| Sat, Oct 3 | vs WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:27 |
| Thu, Oct 1 | @NYR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 7:39 |
| Team / League | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | Latvia · OG | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024–25 | Latvia · OGQ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021–22 | Latvia · OGQ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016–17 | Latvia · OGQ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016–17 | Latvia · WC | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015–16 | Latvia · WC | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013–14 | Latvia · Olympics | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013–14 | Latvia · WC-A | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012–13 | Rochester · AHL | 61 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 2012–13 | Latvia · WC-A | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012–13 (P) | Rochester · AHL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011–12 | Dubuque · USHL | 49 | 24 | 31 | 55 |
| 2011–12 | Latvia · WJC-A | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011–12 (P) | Dubuque · USHL | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010–11 | Dubuque · USHL | 51 | 21 | 28 | 49 |
| 2010–11 (P) | Dubuque · USHL | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2009–10 | Green Mountain · EmJHL | 19 | 17 | 12 | 29 |
| 2009–10 | Green Mountain · EJHL | 23 | 11 | 17 | 28 |
| 2009–10 (P) | Green Mountain · EJHL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |