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Defence · #5

Denton Mateychuk

Age
22
Shoots
Left
Height
180 cm
Weight
84 kg
Born
Winnipeg, CAN
Draft
2022, round 1, #12 (CBJ)

Career · 2024–25 to 2026–27

Games
122
Goals
17
Points
45
TOI per game
18:54
xGF% (5v5)
49.6%
Goals above expected
+8.2

Season by season

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

2024–25CBJ454913+418:02449.1%02.844.7%
2025–26CBJ75131831+1219:118814.8%35.851.5%
2026–27CBJ2011027:4830.0%00.156.3%
Total1 team122172845+1618:5413512.6%38.849.6%

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)
00.20.40.60.8120406080100120
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Player card

How 2024–25 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd pair

57th 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 /600.4496th pct
  • Assists /600.7358th pct
  • ixG /600.2370th pct
  • Shots /603.5146th pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)49.6%51st pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.3%51st pct
  • Relative xGF%−1.538th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.5438th pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game18:5456th pct
  • PP time share16.4%66th pct
  • PK time share29.8%52nd pct
  • Quality of competition24.7%53rd 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).

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.

+8.2 goals above expected

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

−50+5+10+15

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 speed32.5 km/h34th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph376th pct
  • Hardest shot125.8 km/h33rd pct
  • Distance skated14 km53rd pct
  • Offensive-zone time41.9%58th 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

35.9 km/h67th pct

▲ +0.9 km/h since 2024–25

3434.53535.53636.524–2525–262024–25: 34.9 km/h, 39th percentile (45 games)2025–26: 35.9 km/h, 67th percentile (75 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

3.288th pct

▲ +1.2 since 2024–25

0123424–2525–262024–25: 2.0, 68th percentile (45 games)2025–26: 3.2, 88th percentile (75 games)

Distance skated per 60

14.4 km92nd pct

▼ −0.3 km since 2024–25

1313.51414.51524–2525–262024–25: 14.7 km, 97th percentile (45 games)2025–26: 14.4 km, 92nd percentile (75 games)

Hardest shot

143.6 km/h27th pct

▼ −4.2 km/h since 2024–25

14014515015524–2525–262024–25: 147.8 km/h, 50th percentile (45 games)2025–26: 143.6 km/h, 27th percentile (75 games)

Offensive-zone time

40.5%32nd pct

▲ +1.3 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%24–2525–262024–25: 39.2%, 13th percentile (45 games)2025–26: 40.5%, 32nd percentile (75 games)