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Right wing · #39

Matt Luff

Los Angeles Kings Nashville Predators Detroit Red Wings St. Louis Blues(traded during the season)
Age
29
Shoots
Right
Height
191 cm
Weight
103 kg
Born
Oakville, CAN
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 6 seasons

Games
111
Goals
16
Points
28
TOI per game
10:16
xGF% (5v5)
44.3%
Goals above expected
+2.5
ShowAll teamsLos Angeles KingsNashville PredatorsDetroit Red WingsSt. Louis Blues

Season by season

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

2018–19LAK338311−211:074517.8%14.738.6%
2019–20LAK18145−510:22254.0%02.453.0%
2020–21LAK13101−410:29185.6%01.742.4%
2021–22NSH23336+39:242611.5%02.449.4%
2022–23DET19224−49:532010.0%02.142.9%
After a break: 2025–26STL5101−29:08520.0%00.344.4%
Total4 teams111161228−1410:1613911.5%113.544.3%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.520406080100
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Player card

Model-based

How 6 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

4th line

32nd percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

3rd line
  • Goals /600.8468th pct
  • Assists /600.6323rd pct
  • ixG /600.7145th pct
  • Goals above expected+2.576th pct

Play-driving

4th line
  • xGF% (5v5)44.3%15th pct
  • CF% (5v5)46.4%23rd pct
  • Relative xGF%−4.514th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.4789th pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game10:1613th pct
  • PP time share4.6%28th pct
  • Offensive zone starts60.9%65th pct
  • Quality of competition22.8%8th pct

Percentiles among forwards 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. Daniel Carr0.81
  2. Jani Nyman0.77
  3. Kieffer BellowsPHI0.76
  4. Brett SeneyNJD0.74
  5. Julien GauthierNYR0.74
  6. Jaroslav Chmelar0.73

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.

+2.5 goals above expected

05101520406080100Game

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

−80−60−40−200+20+40+60+80+100

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/h20th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph36th pct
  • Hardest shot136.6 km/h50th pct
  • Distance skated12 km10th pct
  • Offensive-zone time43.2%65th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other forwards 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 forwardMiddle 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

34.6 km/h9th pct

▼ −0.1 km/h since 2022–23

33343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2024–25: no NHL games2021–22: 33.8 km/h, 3rd percentile (23 games)2022–23: 34.7 km/h, 12th percentile (19 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 34.6 km/h, 9th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

3.933rd pct

▲ +1.4 since 2022–23

024681021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2024–25: no NHL games2021–22: 3.6, 29th percentile (23 games)2022–23: 2.6, 19th percentile (19 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 3.9, 33rd percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

15.4 km45th pct

▲ +1.1 km since 2022–23

1414.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2024–25: no NHL games2021–22: 14.7 km, 11th percentile (23 games)2022–23: 14.3 km, 7th percentile (19 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 15.4 km, 45th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

136.6 km/h40th pct

▲ +2.8 km/h since 2022–23

13013514014515015521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2024–25: no NHL games2021–22: 136.4 km/h, 21st percentile (23 games)2022–23: 133.7 km/h, 12th percentile (19 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 136.6 km/h, 40th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

43.2%68th pct

▲ +3.7 points since 2022–23

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2024–25: no NHL games2021–22: 40.6%, 35th percentile (23 games)2022–23: 39.5%, 19th percentile (19 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 43.2%, 68th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)