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Matthew Kessel

New York Islanders
Position D
Age 26
Height 6'3"
Weight 212LBS
Shoots R
Birth Place Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA
Born Jun 22, 2000

Key Insights

2025-26
Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line
Tyler Tucker

Tucker does better away from him: 52.4% of the expected goals apart against 47.8% together.

156 minutes together, 751 minutes apart
Tyler Tucker is the partner his coach keeps going back to
Tyler Tucker

He spends more 5v5 time with Tucker than anyone: 156 minutes, worth 47.8% of the expected goals.

4 goals for, 5 against together
The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Islanders create 3.26 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Kessel on.

236th of 246 defencemen
Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.64 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

7th of 246 defencemen
His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 102.0, running hot and likely to cool.

9.7% shooting and 92.4% goaltending behind him, 41st of 246 defencemen
Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 53.17 shot attempts an hour with Kessel on the ice at 5v5.

50th of 246 defencemen

Lineup and with-you/without-you numbers are built from shift charts, which are loaded per season. Seasons without shift data show no lineups. With-you/without-you totals exclude empty-net play, so a 6-on-5 push does not land in a with-or-without-you number. xG is Digest’s estimated model.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jun 22, 2000
Birth Place Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA
Height 6'3"
Weight 212 LBS
Shoots/Catches R