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Ice Lab

Defence · #51

Matthew Kessel

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

On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.

On ice1326:5047.8%47.8%45.4%45.4%2.022.4444471,003.2
Team with player off ice3403:1845.7%45.7%46.4%46.4%2.242.591271351,009.9
Relative (on − off)–2.1%–-1.0%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 3 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition
23.6%
Opponents' xGF%: 50.1%
Quality of teammates
22.8%
Teammates' xGF%: 47.2%
Offensive zone starts
50.8%
68.5% of shifts start on the fly
Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%22.023.024.025.026.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsPitlickSchennToropchenkoVranaLeivoSaadBrownKyrouWalkerKapanenNeighboursBlaisLeddyRosenKrugParaykoFaulkHayesThomasSundqvistBuchnevichScandellaPerunovichAlexandrovTuckerBolducTexierFaksaJosephHollowayBrobergSuterJosephFowlerDvorskySnuggerudSuterBjugstadMaillouxFabbriStenbergBerggrenFinleyDrouinHollLindsteinKessel

Close and late

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late
On-ice xGF% at 5v5
45.4%
49.3%