Defence · #51

Matthew Kessel

St. Louis Blues

Age: 26
Shoots: Right
Height: 191 cm
Weight: 98 kg
Born: Bloomfield Hills, USA
Draft: 2020, round 5, #150 (STL)

Career · 2022–23 to 2025–26

Games: 99
Goals: 3
Points: 13
TOI per game: 14:27
xGF% (5v5): 45.4%
Goals above expected: −0.2

Linemates through the season

Coaches reshuffle lines constantly. The river shows who this player spent 5-on-5 time with, game by game.

Linemates through the season

Each band is a linemate's share of this player's 5-on-5 time in each game; thicker means more time together. Click a band or a name for that pairing.

Most common linemates

With and without each other: the share of 5-on-5 expected goals together, and for each player apart.


Torey KrugD · STL	359:00	33	40.9%	38.8%	40.6%
Jordan KyrouR · STL	345:16	94	48.7%	44.0%	53.7%
Brayden SchennC · STL	314:11	92	51.0%	43.4%	43.9%
Pavel BuchnevichL · STL	295:11	91	45.7%	44.7%	48.9%
Alexey ToropchenkoR · STL	288:49	87	37.6%	47.1%	40.4%
Nathan WalkerL · STL	280:49	81	34.8%	47.9%	41.2%
Jake NeighboursL · STL	266:03	83	41.9%	47.1%	44.8%
Robert ThomasC · STL	262:53	80	45.0%	44.3%	53.0%
Brandon SaadL · STL/VGK	229:55	62	40.8%	46.5%	44.1%
Oskar SundqvistC · STL	218:43	68	40.1%	43.7%	41.0%
Dylan HollowayL · EDM/STL	193:29	52	58.8%	45.1%	51.1%
Tyler TuckerD · STL	174:12	34	47.3%	43.3%	60.7%

Most frequent opponents

The players this one faced most at 5-on-5 (5+ minutes), and who won the matchup.


Jack DruryC · CAR/COL	33:43	6	61.3%
Dmitry OrlovD · BOS/CAR/SJS	32:07	7	49.9%
Yakov TreninC · NSH/COL/MIN	31:09	5	54.3%
Garnet HathawayR · BOS/PHI	30:02	6	43.2%
Trent FredericC · BOS/EDM	28:39	6	27.9%
Brent BurnsD · CAR/COL	28:30	5	47.4%
Ryan PoehlingC · PHI/ANA	27:21	5	44.2%
Brett KulakD · EDM	26:05	3	32.4%
Jamie OleksiakD · SEA	24:52	4	46.3%
Jackson LaCombeD · ANA	24:44	4	56.6%
Jaccob SlavinD · CAR	24:40	4	31.6%
Sean WalkerD · PHI/COL/CAR	24:26	5	33.1%