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Ice Lab

Defence · #48

Matthew Schaefer

New York Islanders
Age
19
Shoots
Left
Height
191 cm
Weight
88 kg
Born
Hamilton, CAN
Draft
2025, round 1, #1 (NYI)

Career · 2025–26 to 2026–27

Games
87
Goals
23
Points
63
TOI per game
24:44
xGF% (5v5)
50.2%
Goals above expected
+5.8

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 ice1582:2150.3%49.9%50.2%50.0%2.752.7374591,011.2
Team with player off ice2554:2548.1%47.8%46.8%46.6%2.352.6778107980.7
Relative (on − off)–2.2%–3.3%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 1 game with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Model-based

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

Quality of competition
25.2%
Opponents' xGF%: 50.2%
Quality of teammates
24.7%
Teammates' xGF%: 48.0%
Offensive zone starts
58.4%
61.2% 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.

20%30%40%50%60%70%80%22.523.023.524.024.525.025.526.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsTsyplakovHolmstromDuclairBarzalHorvatPalmieriLeeDrouinPageauShabanovHeinemanCizikasPelechPulockMayfieldRomanovDeAngeloGatcombMacLeanBoqvistRitchiePalatSoucySchennSchaefer

Close and late

Model-based

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
50.2%
46.7%