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Left wing · #12

Matt Boldy

Age
25
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
91 kg
Born
Milford, USA
Draft
2019, round 1, #12 (MIN)

Career · 2021–22 to 2026–27

Games
364
Goals
144
Points
329
TOI per game
19:02
xGF% (5v5)
54.1%
Goals above expected
+10.6

Season by season

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

2021–22MIN47152439+1715:2311313.3%109.857.5%
2022–23MIN81313263+118:3025512.2%2631.252.7%
2023–24MIN75294069+518:5522712.8%2526.457.1%
2024–25MIN82274673+120:1727110.0%2132.953.7%
2025–26MIN76424385+1820:3425416.5%3030.751.7%
2026–27MIN3000−120:59160.0%02.454.3%
Total1 team364144185329+4119:021,13612.7%112133.454.1%

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)
00.511.5250100150200250300350
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Player card

How 2021–22 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st line

96th 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

1st line
  • Goals /601.2592nd pct
  • Assists /601.6091st pct
  • ixG /601.1592nd pct
  • Goals above expected+10.689th pct

Play-driving

1st line
  • xGF% (5v5)54.1%88th pct
  • CF% (5v5)51.8%80th pct
  • Relative xGF%+5.095th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.0344th pct

Usage

1st line
  • TOI per game19:0293rd pct
  • PP time share71.0%97th pct
  • Offensive zone starts62.8%73rd pct
  • Quality of competition25.4%95th 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).

Faceoffs

How often Boldy wins the draw over 2021–22 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1032+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

46.7%

237–270 · below the 1032 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

47.1%

Opponents won 50.4% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.6% against them.

Wins above average

−15

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

2.1

507 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

60%47 · −0.249%209 · +1.042%113 · +2.250%16 · +3.046%26 · +2.960%5 · +2.446%13 · +3.136%42 · −0.539%36 · +2.6Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone46.9% 151–171
  • Neutral zone53.3% 57–50
  • Defensive zone37.2% 29–49

By strength

  • Even strength46.7% 161–184
  • Power play47.9% 70–76
  • Shorthanded37.5% 6–10

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +29 after a win, 0 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.5 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2021–222437.5%37.7%
2022–2314154.6%54.9%
2023–248842.0%42.1%
2024–2512546.4%47.5%
2025–2612444.4%44.2%
2026–27520.0%22.1%

Finishing

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.

+10.6 goals above expected

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

−40−200+20+40+60+80

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 speed33.5 km/h32nd pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph223rd pct
  • Hardest shot137.4 km/h87th pct
  • Distance skated15 km75th pct
  • Offensive-zone time50.0%96th 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

35.8 km/h42nd pct

▼ −1.2 km/h since 2024–25

343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 34.5 km/h, 9th percentile (47 games)2022–23: 36.1 km/h, 53rd percentile (81 games)2023–24: 37.4 km/h, 91st percentile (75 games)2024–25: 37.0 km/h, 80th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 35.8 km/h, 42nd percentile (76 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

3.628th pct

▼ −0.1 since 2024–25

24681021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 3.2, 22nd percentile (47 games)2022–23: 3.4, 31st percentile (81 games)2023–24: 3.0, 20th percentile (75 games)2024–25: 3.7, 29th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 3.6, 28th percentile (76 games)

Distance skated per 60

14.7 km12th pct

▼ −0.3 km since 2024–25

1414.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 15.5 km, 45th percentile (47 games)2022–23: 15.1 km, 34th percentile (81 games)2023–24: 14.5 km, 8th percentile (75 games)2024–25: 15.1 km, 17th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 14.7 km, 12th percentile (76 games)

Hardest shot

150.7 km/h93rd pct

▲ +3.0 km/h since 2024–25

13014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 144.5 km/h, 54th percentile (47 games)2022–23: 154.6 km/h, 94th percentile (81 games)2023–24: 151.0 km/h, 84th percentile (75 games)2024–25: 147.6 km/h, 83rd percentile (82 games)2025–26: 150.7 km/h, 93rd percentile (76 games)

Offensive-zone time

44.9%86th pct

▲ +0.1 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%48%50%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 44.2%, 80th percentile (47 games)2022–23: 47.2%, 96th percentile (81 games)2023–24: 47.9%, 97th percentile (75 games)2024–25: 44.8%, 87th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 44.9%, 86th percentile (76 games)