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Denton Mateychuk

Denton Mateychuk

CBJ·DJersey number #5
Latest captured market
Apr 2 · 7:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 120 game sample
PTS
31.6
SOG
92.9
G
12.6
A
19.0
PPP
2.6
HIT
33.5
BLK
103.5
PIM
15.4

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 120 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 finishing edge probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
+5.43
per 100 attempts, vs position
= +7.4 goals over 131
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
+0.99
per 100 attempts, projected
+1.3 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 120 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 · 120 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.38
G
0.15
A
0.23
SOG
1.13
PPP
0.03
HIT
0.40
BLK
1.27
PIM
0.18

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26751318310.418819:11
2024-254549130.294418:02

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 2 lineG 2/10PPP 1/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Apr 14vs WSH100000018:16
Apr 12vs BOS100011018:34
Apr 11@ MTL100000020:36
Apr 9@ BUF400001018:06
Apr 7@ DET101103021:08
Apr 4vs WPG100001027:42
Apr 2@ CAR210002220:29
Mar 31vs CAR000000016:10
Mar 29vs BOS200003015:06
Mar 28vs SJS110000014:57

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 2 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
2025-265.613plus 7.4 goals above expected61131
2024-252.84plus 1.2 goals above expected4072

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 hot 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
2025-2612 goals, 15 assists, 27 points1 goal, 2 assists, 3 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point
2024-254 goals, 9 assists, 13 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points

Shot locations

131 attempts · 13 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (43)Shot on goal (75)Goal (13)

Markets · Apr 2

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.0
P(over)
5%
A
Assists
No line posted.
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.0
P(over)
3%
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.