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Matthew Schaefer

New York Islanders
Position D
Age 19
Height 6'2"
Weight 186LBS
Shoots L
Birth Place Hamilton, ON, CAN
Born Sep 4, 2007

Key Insights

2025-26
This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Cizikas, Gatcomb, MacLean and Pulock: 74.2% of the expected goals over 50 minutes.

2 goals for, 0 against, 60.2% of the attempts
This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Schaefer with Cizikas, Gatcomb, MacLean and Pulock, 50 minutes at 5v5.

74.2% of the expected goals, 2 goals for and 0 against
This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Barzal, Drouin, Horvat and Palmieri: 6 goals in 64 minutes.

5.58 goals an hour, 12.9 expected
This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Holmstrom, Mayfield and Pageau: 3 goals against in 13 minutes.

13.38 against an hour, 2.4 expected
This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Heineman, Horvat, Pulock and Shabanov: 33.7% of the expected goals.

3 goals for, 2 against over 33 minutes
His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Schaefer has played 64 different five-man units at 5v5, 5 of them for real minutes.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled

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 Sep 4, 2007
Birth Place Hamilton, ON, CAN
Height 6'2"
Weight 186 LBS
Shoots/Catches L