Buffalo Sabres#73 · D

ZachMetsa

Age

Height

5′9″

Weight

201 lb

Shoots

Born

Delafield, Wisconsin, USA

Draft

Undrafted

Pony per game

−0.02

129 of 233 defencemen

Pony total

−0.87

43 games · 2025-26

Points

2-4-6

G-A-P · 43 GP · 10:58 TOI

IMPACT

−1.6

Goals / 82 · OFF −2.2 · DEF +0.5

Pony score

Game by game 5-game average

Average night

43 games · −0.02 per game

Production−0.03Production+0.00

Play driving+0.01Play driving0.00

Special teams0.00Special teams0.00

Usage0.00Usage−0.00

Offence left column, defence right; goals per game above an average defenceman.

Shot map

0 goals on 0.0 xG · +0.0 finishing · 0 attempts

goal (0), taller = higher xGsaved (0)missed (0)

Isolated impact

FewerMore shots23-24 – 25-2625-26Method

Total

−0.4

Goals · std season

Goal threat

Penalties

With or without

Together Metsa apart Mate apart5v5 · 100+ min25-26Method

Game log

			Scoring					Shooting				5v5		Play						Time
Date	Opp	Pony	G	A	P	SOG	TOI	Res	Res	G

Career

Season	Age	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	Pts/G	+/−	PIM	PPG	SOG	S%	TOI
2026-27	28	Buffalo Sabres	4	0	1	1	0.25	0	5	0	1	0.0	11:25

04/15	vsDAL	−0.11	0	0	0	0	14:43	OTL3–4	OTL3–4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	—	44	37	0	1	1	1	0	−1	14:43	1:28	1:03	17	−0.11
04/09	vsCBJ	−0.22	0	0	0	0	19:26	W5–0	W5–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	—	45	44	0
04/04	@WSH	+0.12	0	0	0	0	15:15	L2–6	L2–6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	—	52	38	0
04/02	@OTT	−0.17	0	0	0	1	16:04	L1–4	L1–4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.01	0	40	27	0
03/31	vsNYI	−0.09	0	0	0	1	14:04	W4–3	W4–3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.04	0	54	73	0
03/22	@ANA	+0.30	0	0	0	0	12:13	OTL5–6	OTL5–6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	—	57	62	0
03/21	@LAK	−0.01	0	1	1	1	13:59	W4–1	W4–1	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	0.02	0	54	47	1
03/19	@SJS	+0.18	0	1	1	0	15:48	W5–0	W5–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0.01	—	54	72	0
03/17	@VGK	−0.02	0	0	0	2	11:53	W2–0	W2–0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0.08	0	62	67	0
03/14	vsTOR	+0.07	0	0	0	1	15:32	W3–2	W3–2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.02	0	76	84	0
03/08	vsTBL	+0.02	0	0	0	0	8:55	W8–7	W8–7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	—	14	12	0
03/07	vsNSH	−0.11	0	0	0	1	11:38	W3–2	W3–2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.04	0	55	54	0
03/05	@PIT	−0.14	0	0	0	0	11:00	W5–1	W5–1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	—	46	51	1
03/03	vsVGK	−0.12	0	0	0	1	10:58	W3–2	W3–2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.03	0	33	48	0
02/28	@TBL	+0.87	1	1	2	3	13:08	W6–2	W6–2	1	1	2	0	0	3	3	0.34	33	35	57	0
02/27	@FLA	−0.04	0	0	0	1	6:13	W3–2	W3–2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.09	0	86	57	0
02/25	@NJD	−0.18	0	0	0	1	8:16	W2–1	W2–1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.04	0	36	29	0
02/03	@TBL	−0.14	0	0	0	0	11:12	OTL3–4	OTL3–4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	—	27	15	0
02/02	@FLA	−0.17	0	0	0	0	7:30	W5–3	W5–3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	—	21	30	0
01/31	vsMTL	−0.07	0	0	0	0	10:46	L2–4	L2–4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	—	73	71	0
01/29	vsLAK	+0.16	0	0	0	1	9:19	W4–1	W4–1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.02	0	33	49	0
01/27	@TOR	−0.12	0	0	0	1	8:17	W7–4	W7–4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.01	0	65	47	0
01/24	@NYI	−0.15	0	0	0	1	10:14	W5–0	W5–0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.02	0	60	39	0
01/20	@NSH	+0.01	0	0	0	0	8:06	W5–3	W5–3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	—	23	46	0
01/19	@CAR	−0.15	0	0	0	0	8:41	L1–2	L1–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	—	13	10	0
01/17	vsMIN	−0.02	0	0	0	0	7:04	OTL4–5	OTL4–5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	—	50	58
01/15	vsMTL	−0.04	0	0	0	1	7:38	W5–3	W5–3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.01	0	73	78
01/14	vsPHI	−0.33	0	0	0	0	9:31	W5–2	W5–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	—	17	20
01/12	vsFLA	+0.28	0	1	1	0	10:07	L3–4	L3–4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0.00	—	29	12
01/10	vsANA	+0.02	0	0	0	1	10:05	W5–3	W5–3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.05	0	65	85
01/08	@NYR	+0.04	0	0	0	1	12:39	W5–2	W5–2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.04	0	38	60
01/06	vsVAN	+0.45	1	0	1	1	12:16	W5–3	W5–3	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0.23	100	47	65
01/03	@CBJ	−0.14	0	0	0	0	9:46	L1–5	L1–5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	—	36	14
12/31	@DAL	−0.18	0	0	0	1	9:28	W4–1	W4–1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.01	0	38	21
12/29	@STL	−0.12	0	0	0	0	10:18	W4–2	W4–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	—	41	49
12/27	vsBOS	−0.06	0	0	0	0	9:41	W4–1	W4–1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	—	43	31
12/23	@OTT	−0.07	0	0	0	0	8:38	W3–2	W3–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	—	44	57
12/21	@NJD	−0.04	0	0	0	1	11:54	W3–1	W3–1	0	0	0	—	—	1	—	0.03	0	—	—
12/20	vsNYI	−0.05	0	0	0	1	14:05	W3–2	W3–2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.21	0	50	65
10/25	@TOR	−0.14	0	0	0	0	7:08	OTL3–4	OTL3–4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	—	31	26
10/24	vsTOR	−0.22	0	0	0	0	9:41	W5–3	W5–3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	—	33	34
10/22	vsDET	−0.01	0	0	0	1	9:26	W4–2	W4–2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.08	0	46	55
10/20	@MTL	+0.05	0	0	0	0	9:02	L2–4	L2–4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	—	55	58

Total	25 GP	−0.27	1	3	4	16		18–4–3	18–4–3	1	3	4	0	0	16	34	0.87				2	21	3	15	2	+3	−0.27
Per GP		−0.01	0.04	0.12	0.16	0.6	11:44			0.04	0.12	0.16	0.00	0.00	0.6	1.4	0.03	6	48	50	0.1	0.8	0.1	0.6	0.1
Total	43 GP	−0.87	2	4	6	24		31–7–5	31–7–5	2	4	6	0	0	24	54	1.65				5	31	5	27	8
Per GP		−0.02	0.05	0.09	0.14	0.6	10:58			0.05	0.09	0.14	0.00	0.00	0.6	1.3	0.04	8	46	50	0.1	0.7	0.1	0.6	0.2

Season	Age	League · team	GP	G	A	Pts	Pts/G	+/−	PIM	PPG	SOG	S%	TOI
2025-26	27	AHL · Rochester Americans	19	2	13	15	0.79	+4	4	—	—	—	—
2024-25	26	AHL · Rochester Americans	69	7	39	46	0.67	+15	16	—	—	—	—
2023-24	25	AHL · Rochester Americans	54	7	17	24	0.44	+15	16	—	—	—	—
2022-23	24	NCAA · Quinnipiac Univ.	40	9	28	37	0.93	+34	12	—	—	—	—
2021-22	23	NCAA · Quinnipiac Univ.	42	10	27	37	0.88	+38	8	—	—	—	—
2020-21	22	NCAA · Quinnipiac Univ.	29	5	21	26	0.90	+7	8	—	—	—	—
2019-20	21	NCAA · Quinnipiac Univ.	34	5	12	17	0.50	+9	2	—	—	—	—
2018-19	20	NCAA · Quinnipiac Univ.	32	2	2	4	0.13	+2	4	—	—	—	—
2017-18	19	USHL · Youngstown Phantoms	37	1	12	13	0.35	-18	12	—	—	—	—
2017-18	19	USHL · Central Illinois Flying Aces	23	3	8	11	0.48	-10	12	—	—	—	—
2016-17	18	BCHL · Merritt Centennials	57	3	24	27	0.47	0	15	—	—	—	—
2015-16	17	T1EHL 18U · Milwaukee Jr. Admirals 18U AAA	30	7	17	24	0.80	—	6	—	—	—	—
2015-16	17	USHL · Sioux Falls Stampede	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	—	—	—	—
2014-15	16	T1EHL 16U · Milwaukee Jr. Admirals 16U AAA	30	4	27	31	1.03	—	16	—	—	—	—
2014-15	16	USHL · Waterloo Black Hawks	2	0	0	0	0.00	-1	0	—	—	—	—
2014-15	16	16U AAA · Milwaukee Jr. Admirals 16U AAA	54	9	39	48	0.89	+24	22	—	—	—	—
2013-14	15	T1EHL 16U · Milwaukee Jr. Admirals 16U AAA	35	4	24	28	0.80	—	10	—	—	—	—
2012-13	14	T1EHL 14U · Milwaukee Jr. Admirals 14U AAA	29	7	19	26	0.90	—	6	—	—	—	—