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Mike Matheson

Mike Matheson

MTL·DJersey number #8
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Latest captured market
Apr 9 · 7:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 393 game sample
PTS
37.9
SOG
139.1
G
8.0
A
29.9
PPP
7.1
HIT
68.5
BLK
164.0
PIM
48.6

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 393 real games × their team's 82 scheduled games. Availability is not projected — injuries, scratches and trades are not modelled anywhere in this project, so the team's schedule is the multiplier, not a forecast of how many games this player will dress for. League board.

What carries into 2026-27

a forecast, not a result

Most of this cold run probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
−0.35
per 100 attempts, vs position
= −0.2 goals over 166
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
−0.06
per 100 attempts, projected
−0.1 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among defencemen · 508 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 508 defencemen, 2025-26. Shrunk rate is the per-game rate the rank was computed from, pulled toward the league mean by sample size so a short career does not read as an elite one — so it sits closer to average than the rate actually recorded. This skater’s sample is 393 games. Further right means more, not better: hits, blocks and penalty minutes describe a role, not quality.

Observed rates

per game · recency-weighted, not shrunk · 393 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.46
G
0.10
A
0.37
SOG
1.70
PPP
0.09
HIT
0.83
BLK
2.01
PIM
0.59

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2678730370.4711424:10
2024-2580625310.3914925:05
2023-24821151620.7618725:33
2022-2348826340.7112624:27
2021-22741120310.4214018:48

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26192240.212424:51
2024-2550110.201124:50
2021-2271560.861725:13

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 9 lineSOG 3/10G 1/10A 1/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
May 29@ CARPO200000021:41
May 27vs CARPO200010223:05
May 25vs CARPO110002029:23
May 23@ CARPO100013020:50
May 21@ CARPO100012221:04
May 18@ BUFPO100002031:28
May 16vs BUFPO001031422:05
May 14@ BUFPO100014026:18
May 12vs BUFPO300022022:01
May 10vs BUFPO000012025:06

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 9 posted line. It is not a record against 10 separate lines — this player was priced once, and games after that date are measured against the same number.

Finishing — goals above expected

open play, regular season
SeasonxGGGAxGPAtt
2025-267.27minus 0.2 goals above expected65166
2024-259.86minus 3.8 goals above expected73216
2023-2411.111minus 0.1 goals above expected76252
2022-237.78plus 0.3 goals above expected46167
2021-228.511plus 2.5 goals above expected65210

How the 2026-27 projection is made

a forecast, not a result

Finishing persists year over year, but only partly. That share is measured over five seasons of skaters clearing the same 100-attempt floor, and what does not carry regresses toward the rate for the player's position.

Shot volume is not projected, so the goal figure assumes the same number of attempts. A persistent gap means the skater reliably scores above what this model expects — which may be finishing skill or may be shots the model under-rates, and the measurement cannot separate the two. Running cold is a statement about the season just played, not about talent.

This projection is written to a prediction log on the night it is produced, so it can be scored against what actually happens rather than restated later.

Production by strength

G-A-P, regular season
SeasonEven strengthPower playShorthanded
2025-266 goals, 28 assists, 34 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point1 goal, 1 assist, 2 points
2024-255 goals, 15 assists, 20 points1 goal, 9 assists, 10 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point
2023-244 goals, 27 assists, 31 points5 goals, 23 assists, 28 points2 goals, 1 assist, 3 points
2022-238 goals, 15 assists, 23 points0 goals, 9 assists, 9 points0 goals, 2 assists, 2 points
2021-2211 goals, 18 assists, 29 points0 goals, 2 assists, 2 points0-0-0

Shot locations

166 attempts · 7 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (52)Shot on goal (107)Goal (7)

Markets · Apr 9

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
9%
A
Assists
Line
0.5
Proj
0.3
P(over)
25%
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
5%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
1.5
Proj
1.5
P(over)
42%
HITS
Hits
No line posted.
BLK
Blocked shots
No line posted.
PIM
Penalty minutes
No line posted.

Per-game rates are recency-weighted over this player's game log. Expected goals come from the xG model over open-play unblocked attempts; totals are not directly comparable across seasons. Every market — anytime goals, assists, power-play points, SOG, hits, blocks and PIMs — is a modeled projection. Every number on this page was worked out overnight and is only read here, never recalculated while you wait.