Defence · #7
Matt Tennyson
San Jose Sharks
Carolina Hurricanes
Buffalo Sabres
New Jersey Devils
Nashville Predators(traded during the season)- Age
- 36
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 188 cm
- Weight
- 93 kg
- Born
- Minneapolis, USA
- Draft
- Undrafted
Career · 9 seasons
- Games
- 174
- Goals
- 4
- Points
- 29
- TOI per game
- 13:49
- xGF% (5v5)
- 45.3%
- Goals above expected
- −3.0
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2012–13 | SJS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 15:43 | 8 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.4 | 57.4% |
| After a break: 2014–15 | SJS | 27 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 17:34 | 37 | 5.4% | 2 | 1.9 | 45.4% |
| 2015–16 | SJS | 30 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 10:10 | 23 | 4.3% | 1 | 1.0 | 51.0% |
| 2016–17 | CAR | 45 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −13 | 13:17 | 36 | 0.0% | 0 | 1.4 | 44.0% |
| 2017–18 | BUF | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | 17:58 | 25 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.8 | 38.9% |
| 2018–19 | BUF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 10:45 | 4 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.1 | 44.8% |
| 2019–20 | NJD | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 12:09 | 14 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.7 | 48.7% |
| 2020–21 | NJD | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14:30 | 14 | 7.1% | 0 | 0.5 | 43.6% |
| 2021–22 | NSH | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12:55 | 5 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.2 | 43.7% |
| Total | 5 teams | 174 | 4 | 25 | 29 | −24 | 13:49 | 166 | 2.4% | 3 | 7.0 | 45.3% |
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 9 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
Extra / AHL
8th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.
- 1st pair
- 2nd pair
- 3rd pair
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
3rd pair- Goals /600.1025th pct
- Assists /600.6253rd pct
- ixG /600.1746th pct
- Shots /604.1454th pct
Play-driving
Extra / AHL- xGF% (5v5)45.3%15th pct
- CF% (5v5)46.6%18th pct
- Relative xGF%−6.54th pct
- xGA /60 (lower is better)2.7011th pct
Usage
Extra / AHL- TOI per game13:499th pct
- PP time share13.2%57th pct
- PK time share8.7%18th pct
- Quality of competition23.3%14th 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
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.
−3.0 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games
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.
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 speed34.7 km/h49th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph526th pct
- Hardest shot140.0 km/h24th pct
- Distance skated23 km15th pct
- Offensive-zone time40.3%30th pct
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.
Top skating speed
34.7 km/h35th pct
2021–22 only
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
2.985th pct
2021–22 only
Distance skated per 60
13.1 km15th pct
2021–22 only
Hardest shot
140.0 km/h7th pct
2021–22 only
Offensive-zone time
40.3%29th pct
2021–22 only