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Defence · #26

Matt Kiersted

Florida Panthers Minnesota Wild(traded during the season)
Age
28
Shoots
Left
Height
183 cm
Weight
83 kg
Born
Elk River, USA
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 5 seasons

Games
45
Goals
2
Points
8
TOI per game
12:31
xGF% (5v5)
47.3%
Goals above expected
+0.4
ShowAll teamsFlorida PanthersMinnesota Wild

Season by season

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

2020–21FLA7000−415:1060.0%00.340.0%
2021–22FLA10112−814:03119.1%00.544.3%
2022–23FLA20134+49:51147.1%00.757.2%
After a break: 2024–25FLA2011+112:410–00.052.6%
2025–26MIN6011015:4440.0%00.134.9%
Total2 teams45268−712:31355.7%01.647.3%

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)
00.10.20.30.41015202530354045
8m9m10m11m12m13m14m15m1015202530354045Game

Player card

Model-based

How 5 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

Extra / AHL

20th 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

2nd pair
  • Goals /600.2162nd pct
  • Assists /600.6447th pct
  • ixG /600.1745th pct
  • Shots /603.7347th pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)47.3%31st pct
  • CF% (5v5)50.1%61st pct
  • Relative xGF%−7.23rd pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.8611th pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game12:313rd pct
  • PP time share4.7%48th pct
  • PK time share12.9%27th pct
  • Quality of competition23.3%9th 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. Zach Metsa0.83
  2. Matthew Kessel0.78
  3. Vladislav Kolyachonok0.74
  4. Jake ChristiansenCBJ0.74
  5. Josh MahuraFLA0.72
  6. Justin Barron0.72

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.

+0.4 goals above expected

00.511.5210203040Game

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

−100+10+20+30

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 speed34.1 km/h31st pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph215th pct
  • Hardest shot118.6 km/h7th pct
  • Distance skated21 km16th pct
  • Offensive-zone time36.9%0th 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

34.1 km/h16th pct

▲ +4.3 km/h since 2024–25

28303234363821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2021–22: 33.5 km/h, 9th percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 34.6 km/h, 31st percentile (20 games)2024–25: 29.8 km/h, 0th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 34.1 km/h, 16th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.336th pct

▲ +1.3 since 2024–25

012321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2021–22: 0.4, 10th percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 1.2, 39th percentile (20 games)2024–25: 0.0, 0th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 1.3, 36th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

13.5 km38th pct

▼ −1.1 km since 2024–25

121314151621–2222–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2021–22: 14.9 km, 100th percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 14.9 km, 100th percentile (20 games)2024–25: 14.6 km, 96th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 13.5 km, 38th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

118.6 km/h0th pct

▲ +4.9 km/h since 2024–25

10012014016018021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2021–22: 126.8 km/h, 1st percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 130.2 km/h, 0th percentile (20 games)2024–25: 113.6 km/h, 0th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 118.6 km/h, 0th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

36.9%0th pct

▼ −9.2 points since 2024–25

30%35%40%45%50%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2021–22: 43.8%, 79th percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 44.1%, 80th percentile (20 games)2024–25: 46.1%, 96th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 36.9%, 0th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)