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Defence · #8

Mike Matheson

Florida Panthers Pittsburgh Penguins Montréal Canadiens(traded during the season)
Age
32
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
89 kg
Born
Pointe-Claire, CAN
Draft
2012, round 1, #23 (FLA)

Career · 2015–16 to 2026–27

Games
709
Goals
81
Points
303
TOI per game
22:08
xGF% (5v5)
47.7%
Goals above expected
+2.4
ShowAll teamsFlorida PanthersPittsburgh PenguinsMontréal Canadiens

Season by season

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

2015–16FLA3000+117:3240.0%00.156.5%
2016–17FLA8171017−521:031793.9%18.148.6%
2017–18FLA81101727−121:201676.0%49.148.6%
2018–19FLA7581927−2422:191296.2%66.647.8%
2019–20FLA5981220−118:021047.7%16.246.3%
2020–21PIT4451116+918:38865.8%14.148.6%
2021–22PIT74112031+1218:481407.9%28.055.5%
2022–23MTL4882634+724:271266.3%97.444.7%
2023–24MTL82115162−2425:331875.9%2812.144.5%
2024–25MTL8062531−625:051494.0%109.345.9%
2025–26MTL7873037+924:101146.1%17.345.8%
2026–27MTL4011−324:2670.0%00.346.3%
Total3 teams70981222303−2622:081,3925.8%6378.647.7%

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)
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Player card

Model-based

How 2015–16 to 2026–27 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

1st pair
  • Goals /600.3187th pct
  • Assists /600.8578th pct
  • ixG /600.3090th pct
  • Shots /605.3286th pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)47.7%34th pct
  • CF% (5v5)48.2%35th pct
  • Relative xGF%−1.143rd pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.6717th pct

Usage

1st pair
  • TOI per game22:0891st pct
  • PP time share26.3%77th pct
  • PK time share45.8%86th pct
  • Quality of competition25.0%94th 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. Alex PietrangeloSTL/VGK0.90
  2. Ivan ProvorovPHI/CBJ0.89
  3. Seth JonesCBJ/CHI/FLA0.88
  4. Colton ParaykoSTL0.87
  5. Brock FaberMIN0.86
  6. Travis SanheimPHI0.86

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.

+2.4 goals above expected

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

−30−20−100+10+20+30+40+50

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 speed34.6 km/h90th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph590th pct
  • Hardest shot151.2 km/h95th pct
  • Distance skated17 km79th pct
  • Offensive-zone time36.8%11th 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

36.7 km/h86th pct

▼ −0.6 km/h since 2024–25

343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 36.9 km/h, 93rd percentile (74 games)2022–23: 36.8 km/h, 90th percentile (48 games)2023–24: 36.9 km/h, 89th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 37.3 km/h, 92nd percentile (80 games)2025–26: 36.7 km/h, 86th percentile (78 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

2.983rd pct

▼ −0.6 since 2024–25

0246821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 5.5, 99th percentile (74 games)2022–23: 5.4, 99th percentile (48 games)2023–24: 3.2, 89th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 3.4, 90th percentile (80 games)2025–26: 2.9, 83rd percentile (78 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.4 km37th pct

▼ −0.3 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.51521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 14.7 km, 99th percentile (74 games)2022–23: 14.3 km, 89th percentile (48 games)2023–24: 13.6 km, 53rd percentile (82 games)2024–25: 13.7 km, 54th percentile (80 games)2025–26: 13.4 km, 37th percentile (78 games)

Hardest shot

161.8 km/h97th pct

▲ +4.2 km/h since 2024–25

14014515015516016521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 159.9 km/h, 89th percentile (74 games)2022–23: 160.3 km/h, 93rd percentile (48 games)2023–24: 162.0 km/h, 93rd percentile (82 games)2024–25: 157.6 km/h, 89th percentile (80 games)2025–26: 161.8 km/h, 97th percentile (78 games)

Offensive-zone time

38.5%7th pct

▼ −1.0 points since 2024–25

36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 44.4%, 85th percentile (74 games)2022–23: 41.3%, 46th percentile (48 games)2023–24: 41.2%, 41st percentile (82 games)2024–25: 39.6%, 19th percentile (80 games)2025–26: 38.5%, 7th percentile (78 games)