Mike Matheson Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Brendan Gallagher is the partner who brings the best out of him

Matheson is at his best beside Gallagher: 53.4% of the expected goals together against 43.3% apart.

260 minutes together, 1,183 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Kaiden Guhle

The pairing with Guhle is the one that costs him: 36.3% of the expected goals together, 46.6% apart.

180 minutes together, 1,262 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Guhle does better away from him: 51.1% of the expected goals apart against 36.3% together.

180 minutes together, 479 minutes apart

His linemates play better with him than without him, every time

Only 3 of his 16 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Matheson than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Gallagher is a different player beside him: 53.4% of the expected goals with Matheson, 48.7% without him.

260 minutes together, 566 minutes apart for Gallagher

He and Brendan Gallagher are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Matheson and Gallagher: 5.28 expected goals an hour.

260 minutes together at 5v5

Noah Dobson is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Dobson than anyone: 952 minutes, worth 43.7% of the expected goals.

38 goals for, 43 against together

The goals go his team's way when Alex Newhook is out there with him

With Newhook on the ice too, the Canadiens have outscored opponents 8 to 6 at 5v5.

57.1% goal share over 168 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Joe Veleno are out together

He gives up least beside Veleno: 4.09 expected goals against an hour.

188 minutes together at 5v5

Joe Veleno is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Veleno: 9.06 expected goals against an hour.

70 minutes together short-handed

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Demidov, Dobson, Kapanen and Newhook: 31.6% of the expected goals.

1 goal for, 3 against over 59 minutes

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Caufield, Dobson, Suzuki and Texier: 59.7% of the expected goals over 57 minutes.

4 goals for, 1 against, 62.9% of the attempts

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Matheson with Caufield, Dobson, Slafkovský and Suzuki, 204 minutes at 5v5.

46.1% of the expected goals, 10 goals for and 8 against

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Anderson, Carrier and Evans: 7 goals against in 46 minutes.

9.05 against an hour, 7.0 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Matheson has played 51 different five-man units at 5v5, 5 of them for real minutes.

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

The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

17 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Matheson this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split

Zachary Bolduc is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Zachary Bolduc has assisted on 2 of his 7 goals, 28.6% of them.

1 primary, 1 secondary

Cole Caufield is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 7 of Cole Caufield's goals, 23.3% of his own assists.

2 primary, 5 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

43.3% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

13 primary of 30 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

9 different teammates have assisted on his 7 goals.

Bolduc (2), Newhook (2), Caufield (2), Texier (1)

The goals go the wrong way when he is on the ice

The Canadiens are down 32 goals with Matheson on the ice.

87 for, 119 against, 231st of 246 defencemen

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 62.77 shot attempts an hour with Matheson on the ice at 5v5.

220th of 246 defencemen

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 4.91 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

203rd of 246 defencemen

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Canadiens generate 45.3% of the expected goals with Matheson on the ice.

97.9 xGF to 118.1 xGA over 1,442 minutes, 196th of 246 defencemen

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 101.1, close to neutral.

10.1% shooting and 91.0% goaltending behind him, 81st of 246 defencemen

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Matheson's line owns 46.5% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,309 for, 1,509 against, 188th of 246 defencemen

The kill leaks goals when he is the one out there

Short-handed he concedes 10.88 expected goals an hour.

42 goals against in 304 minutes, 117th of 156 defencemen

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 50.8% of the goals off 45.3% of the expected goals.

5.5 points of goal share above expectation

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Canadiens create 4.07 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Matheson on.

169th of 246 defencemen

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

48.0% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Matheson is on.

626 for, 678 against, 151st of 246 defencemen

Goals go both ways evenly when he is on

The Canadiens score 50.8% of the 5v5 goals with Matheson out there.

63 for, 61 against, 104th of 246 defencemen

He is one of the players his coach trusts to kill penalties

He draws 3:56 of penalty kill time a game, 1st among defencemen.

16.1% of his total ice time

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Matheson plays 24:09 a night, 21st among defencemen.

1,885 minutes across 78 games

He chips in points even when his team is a man down

He has 2 short-handed points this season.

78th in the league

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +9 on the season.

137th in the league

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 4.75 shots an hour of ice time.

140th in the league

How he gets his points says what kind of player he is

Only 2.7% of his points come on the power play: this is even-strength production.

1 of 37 points with the man advantage

A lot of his goals arrive when the game is on the line

Matheson has 3 game winners including 1 in overtime this season.

7 goals in total

He gives the puck away more than he should

24 takeaways against 94 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.26 takeaways per giveaway

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 1.88 checks an hour.

701st in the league

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 3.63 shots on goal an hour.

700th in the league

He is the one who makes the play, not the one who finishes it

He sets up 0.96 assists an hour of ice time.

351st in the league

He scores at about the rate you would expect

He scores 0.22 goals an hour of ice time.

613th in the league

He wins the puck back about as often as most

He takes the puck back 0.76 times an hour.

550th in the league

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.08 penalty minutes an hour.

597th most penalty minutes an hour

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 2.99 times an hour.

423rd most giveaways an hour

His power play production is about league average

On the power play he produces 0.03 points an hour.

451st in the league

He produces at about the rate you would expect

Matheson produces 1.18 points an hour of ice time.

516th in the league

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

68.7% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

114 of 166 unblocked, 46th of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

28.8% of his attempts are the snap shot.

77 attempts, 4 goals

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Matheson has taken 267 shot attempts this season.

107 on goal, 52 missed, 101 blocked, 55th of 241 defencemen

He works one side of the ice far more than the other

55.1% of his attempts come from the left side.

147 left, 78 middle, 42 right

He gets his chances from the dirty areas, not the perimeter

25.5% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

68 attempts from inside the home plate, 75th of 241 defencemen

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

25.5% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

68 of 267 attempts, 78th of 241 defencemen

He shoots about as often as anyone else

He fires 8.5 attempts an hour of ice time.

267 attempts in 1,885 minutes, 144th of 246 defencemen

About the usual number of his shots get blocked

37.8% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

101 of 267 attempts, 140th of 241 defencemen

He shoots from about where everyone else shoots from

His average attempt comes from 41.0 feet.

267 located attempts, 104th of 241 defencemen

His long range shooting is about league average

47.6% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

127 long-range attempts, 121st of 241 defencemen

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Matheson has scored 1 times on Dustin Wolf this season, more than on any other goaltender.

1 goals on 7 attempts, 14.3%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Jet Greaves has turned him away every time: 10 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 2 goals against the Canucks this season.

13 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Jet Greaves: 10 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Maple Leafs have held him without a goal on 18 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

He gets under this opponent's skin and draws the penalty

He has drawn 2 penalties on John Tavares.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Adam Fantilli has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 33.9 feet out, and the longest went in from 49.

7 goals located by coordinate

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 2.9% of his attempts.

2 goals on 68 close attempts, 86th of 221 defencemen

He scores about what his chances are worth

Matheson has 7 goals off 9.1 expected: 2.1 short of what the chances say.

134th of 241 defencemen

He shoots at about the league's usual rate

He converts 6.1% of the shots he puts on goal.

7 goals on 114 shots, 102nd of 241 defencemen

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