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Defence · #52

Matt Irwin

San Jose Sharks Boston Bruins Nashville Predators Anaheim Ducks Buffalo Sabres Washington Capitals(traded during the season)
Age
38
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
91 kg
Born
Victoria, CAN
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2012–13 to 2022–23

Games
461
Goals
25
Points
93
TOI per game
15:26
xGF% (5v5)
50.6%
Goals above expected
−3.5

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2012–13SJS386612−119:06797.6%53.557.7%
2013–14SJS6221719+518:491471.4%66.253.6%
2014–15SJS5381119+317:01938.6%34.752.1%
2015–16BOS2000−514:5630.0%00.120.7%
2016–17NSH7431114+1516:16983.1%03.451.1%
2017–18NSH50268+213:26623.2%02.448.8%
2018–19NSH44167+511:18502.0%01.450.3%
2019–20NSH27022−811:49400.0%01.647.3%
2019–20ANA9011−722:27180.0%00.947.2%
2019–20All teams36033−1514:28580.0%02.547.2%
2020–21BUF24022−1016:15270.0%01.041.6%
2021–22WSH17134012:39293.4%00.760.2%
2022–23WSH61235−813:02792.5%02.745.6%
Total6 teams461256893−915:267253.4%1428.550.6%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.20.40.60.8100200300400
10m15m20m100200300400Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2012–13 to 2022–23 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd pair

68th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

2nd pair
  • Goals /600.2166th pct
  • Assists /600.5744th pct
  • ixG /600.2476th pct
  • Shots /606.1193rd pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)50.6%69th pct
  • CF% (5v5)50.6%68th pct
  • Relative xGF%−1.041st pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.2573rd pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game15:2626th pct
  • PP time share11.5%53rd pct
  • PK time share13.9%27th pct
  • Quality of competition23.8%31st pct

Percentiles among defencemen with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Most similar players this season

  1. Nicolas HagueVGK0.81
  2. Dylan CoghlanCAR0.77
  3. Jake WalmanDET0.75
  4. Haydn FleuryCAR/TBL0.74
  5. Jacob MacDonaldCOL/SJS0.73
  6. Nick PerbixTBL0.71

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

−3.5 goals above expected

0102030100200300400Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−200+20+40+60

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed33.8 km/h27th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph1140th pct
  • Hardest shot155.3 km/h81st pct
  • Distance skated187 km45th pct
  • Offensive-zone time40.2%29th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian defencemanMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

33.8 km/h10th pct

▲ +1.4 km/h since 2021–22

303234363821–2222–232021–22: 32.4 km/h, 0th percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 33.8 km/h, 10th percentile (61 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

0.821st pct

▲ +0.3 since 2021–22

012321–2222–232021–22: 0.6, 18th percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 0.8, 21st percentile (61 games)

Distance skated per 60

14.1 km82nd pct

▲ +0.4 km since 2021–22

1313.51414.521–2222–232021–22: 13.7 km, 52nd percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 14.1 km, 82nd percentile (61 games)

Hardest shot

155.3 km/h76th pct

▲ +1.3 km/h since 2021–22

14014515015516021–2222–232021–22: 154.0 km/h, 65th percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 155.3 km/h, 76th percentile (61 games)

Offensive-zone time

40.2%28th pct

▼ −4.2 points since 2021–22

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–232021–22: 44.4%, 86th percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 40.2%, 28th percentile (61 games)