New York Rangers · #29 · Defence

Matthew Robertson

Age 25 · Shoots left · 6′4″ · 218 lb · Born Edmonton, Alberta, CAN

Drafted 2019, #49 overall by NY Rangers

Next game · Fri 9 Octat Washington · 7:00 PM ET0 P in the last 4 vs WSHGame preview →
Games722025-26 · missed 10
Goals6T-15th on NYR
Assists1213th on NYR
Points18T-13th on NYR
P / GP0.25T-455th in the NHL
Shots797.6% shooting
TOI / GP17:2410th on NYR

Matthew Robertson scored 18 points (6 goals, 12 assists) in 72 games in 2025-26, T-13th on NY Rangers. Against Washington: 0 points in the last 4 meetings.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 0 games

NY Rangers have played 5 games and Matthew Robertson has not dressed yet. Next game on Friday 9 October at Washington. 2025-26 in full below.

Last season

2025-26 regular season · 72 games
2025-26 · The season

18 points in 72 games on a team that finished 30th

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Hits10779th
Shooting %7.6%73rd
Goals / 600.2969th
Shots / GP1.1043rd
Points / GP0.2540th
Blocked shots8034th
Ice time17:2429th
Assists / 600.5728th
PP points025th
Penalty differential−1511th
Takeaways911th

Bars show the percentile against 201 defencemen with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.30.11–100.111–200.421–300.331–400.241–500.351–600.361–700.571–72

Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points18T-13th on NYR
Points per game0.25T-455th in NHL
Goals6T-408th in NHL
Assists1213th on NYR
Shooting %7.6%Below avg (11.1%)
Ice time17:2410th on NYR
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A top-four defenceman who kills penalties

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of NY Rangers's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength15:50
Power play0:03
Shorthanded1:31
Total17:24

22.8 shifts a game, averaging 46 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-11th on NYR
PP assists0T-16th on NYR
PP points0T-16th on NYR · T-453rd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-16th on NYR

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP53NY Rangers total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every NYR PPG
PP TOI share1.3%of NYR PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Scoring detail

4 of 6 goals broke a tie

How the 6 goals and 12 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals2T-6th on NYR
Overtime goals1T-2nd on NYR
First goal of the game1
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals6
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st2
2nd2
3rd1
Overtime1

Goals by game state

Tied4
Leading0
Trailing2

4 of 6 goals broke a tie; 2 came with NY Rangers trailing.

Assists

Primary5 · 42%
Secondary7 · 58%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 600.86
Goals / 600.29
Shots / 603.8
ES points / 600.9518 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the point, goals from the point

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease2 att · 0 G
Slot57 att · 1 G
Wing71 att · 1 G
Point77 att · 4 G
Neutral zone3 att · 0 G

210 attempts across the 69 games with a stored shot map.

Expected goals (ixG)3.2592nd
Goals6
Goals vs expected+2.8
Unblocked attempts129
xG per attempt.025
ixG per 600.15

2025-26 · 72 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2025-26 · Skating and shot power

Top speed in the 70th percentile of defencemen: 22.47 mph

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.

Tracking percentile among NHL defencemen

22+ mph bursts273rd
Average shot, mph69.171st
Top speed, mph22.4770th
Hardest shot, mph93.9861st
90+ mph shots247th
Offensive-zone time41.1%44th
20+ mph bursts2835th
Defensive-zone time41.5%33rd
Distance skated, mi172.331st
Distance / 60, mi8.2528th

Bars show the percentile against 193 defencemen with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph22.47Defenceman average 22.09
Hardest shot, mph93.98Defenceman average 92.6
Distance skated172.3 mi3.10 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts31.2%35.0% defensive · 33.7% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

41.1%All situations41.5%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22+ mph2 · avg 1.9
20-22 mph26 · avg 46
18-20 mph183 · avg 267

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

100+ mph0 · avg 0.1
90-99 mph2 · avg 6.4
80-89 mph36 · avg 33
70-79 mph75 · avg 72

Shot attempts per speed band.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Takes more penalties than he draws

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways9T-18th on NYR
Giveaways52
TK / GV ratio0.17
Hits1078th on NYR
Blocked shots805th on NYR

Discipline

Penalty minutes38
Minors19
Majors0
Penalties drawn4
Net penalties−15drawn minus taken

Consistency

Points come in bunches, not every night (17 of 72)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point1724% of games
Multi-point games11%
Goals in6 games8%
Pointless games5576%

Streaks

Longest point streak2 games13 Dec – 15 Dec
Longest goal streak1 game
Longest pointless run11 games
Final ten3 in 10point in 3

Game log

Against Washington, a point in zero of four

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
5 Apr 2026vsWSHW 8-10002017:50
31 Dec 2025@WSHL 3-60000+116:29
23 Dec 2025@WSHW 7-30000+214:44
12 Oct 2025vsWSHL 0-10001018:08

Splits · 2025-26

Better on the road

Home and road

SplitGPPP/GP
Home3790.24
Road3590.26

By opponent

SplitGPPP/GP
vs Washington400.00
vs Metropolitan2350.22
vs Western Conf.2750.19

By month

SplitGPPP/GP
October710.14
November1110.09
December1550.33
January1340.31
February300.00
March1650.31
April720.29

Contract

Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer

In 2025-26 he scored 21.2 points per $1M of cap hit, 11th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$850K0.7% of the $104M ceiling
Term2 yearsYear 2 of 2
Expires2026-27RFA at 26
Cap value$1.7MCap hit × 2 years

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.


With NY Rangers

Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

Artemi Panarin sets him up more than anyone

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

Who sets him up

Artemi Panarin2
J.T. Miller2
Conor Sheary1
Alexis Lafrenière1
Mika Zibanejad1

Assists on his 6 goals, 2025-26.

Who he sets up

Noah Laba2
Mika Zibanejad2
Conor Sheary2
Will Cuylle1
J.T. Miller1

Scorers on his 12 assists.

By opponent

2025-26 · top 6 by P/GP

Montréal3 P in 31.00 P/GP
Anaheim2 P in 21.00 P/GP
Boston2 P in 30.67 P/GP
Carolina2 P in 40.50 P/GP
Vegas1 P in 20.50 P/GP
Chicago1 P in 20.50 P/GP

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points18195th for NY Rangers
Goals6195th
Assists12185th
Games played74195th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Two seasons, all with the Rangers

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2024-25NYR20000.000.0%
2025-26NYR72612180.257.6%
Career74612180.247.4%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2019NY Rangers · round 2#49

Teammates in the stats

2025-26 · NYR points


Updated after every final · through 6 Oct