Defense·NYR·Stay-at-Home Defenseman

Casey Fitzgerald

Born February 25, 1997 · North Reading, USA

Draft 2016 · BUF round 3 #86

PTS

Career

0G 9A 9P

Bio

Position: Defense
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 188 lb
Shoots: R

Drafted 2016 by BUF · Round 3, #86 overall

55OVR

Fringe

Stay-at-Home Defenseman

Production15

Points per game vs. elite D ceiling

Playmaking20

Assists per game vs. elite D

Deployment0

Average ice time per game

Power Play0

Power play points per game

Skating0

Skating speed and stamina

Shot Gen.0

Shots on goal per game

Season projections

27 GP played · paced to 82 GP

Proj. Goals

at 82 GP

Proj. Assists

at 82 GP

Proj. Points

at 82 GP

Proj. Shots

at 82 GP

Proj. PPG

at 82 GP

Proj. PPP

at 82 GP

Points/Game

0.11

current rate

Goals/Game

0.00

current rate

TOI/Game

—

avg ice time

Shooting %

0.0%

current season

Points/game trend (last 5 seasons)

0.43

2021–22

0.13

2022–23

0.30

2023–24

0.32

2024–25

0.32

2025–26

Recent games

GS = Luszczyszyn game score · 5-game avg -0.04

Click date for box score · opponent for team

Date	Opp	S	+/-	GS
2023-06-05	VGK	0	0	0.00
2023-04-23	BOS	1	-1	-0.07
2023-03-21	PHI	0	-1	-0.15
2023-03-10	CHI	0	0	0.00
2023-03-02	NSH	0	0	0.00

Tendencies

Full profile

Archetype

Bottom-six contributor

Source: NHL API (volume only)

Sample: 27 GP · confidence 33%

Limited view. Scores below are volume-only production indices, not population percentiles. Connect a warehouse with on-ice 5v5 data to see true possession, chance-creation, and zone-deployment percentiles.

Goal-scoring index0.00 · 0 index
Volume-only: goals per game from NHL API. Not adjusted for ice time, deployment, or quality of competition.
Playmaking index0.11 · 15 index
Volume-only: assists per game from NHL API. Not on-ice; doesn't separate primary vs secondary.
Point-production index0.11 · 9 index
Volume-only: points per game from NHL API. Treat as a star-power proxy, not a process measure.

Career totals (regular season)

Games: 63
Goals: 0
Assists: 9
Points: 9
+/-: -21
PIM: 40
Shots: 54

Career totals (playoffs)

Games: 2
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Points: 0
+/-: -1
PIM: 10
Shots: 1

Season history

NHL regular season · click team for franchise profile

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-
2025–26	Hartford Wolf Pack	71	4	19	23	-5
2024–25	Hartford Wolf Pack	66	5	16	21	-8
2023–24	Charlotte Checkers	69	4	17	21	22
2022–23	Buffalo Sabres	23	0	3	3	-1
2022–23	Florida Panthers	4	0	0	0	-1
2021–22	Buffalo Sabres	36	0	6	6	-19
2021–22	Rochester Americans	28	4	8	12	-1
2020–21	Rochester Americans	22	2	9	11	-10
2019–20	Rochester Americans	25	2	6	8	3
2018–19	Boston College	39	2	12	14	-6
2018–19	Rochester Americans	4	1	2	3	1
2017–18	Boston College	36	6	13	19	-2
2016–17	Boston College	37	5	17	22	7
2016–17	USA U20	7	0	3	3	-1
2015–16	Boston College	39	4	23	27	27
2014–15	USNTDP	22	3	5	8	16
2014–15	USNTDP	35	6	11	17
2014–15	USA	7	1	3	4	12
2013–14	USNTDP	33	2	1	3	-10
2013–14	USNTDP	19	1	7	8
2012–13	Malden Catholic High	25	6	17	23	0
2011–12	Malden Catholic High	21	2	16	18	0