Matthew Wood
Age 21 · Shoots right · 6′4″ · 202 lb · Born Nanaimo, British Columbia, CAN
Drafted 2023, #15 overall by Nashville
2025-262025-26: 71 games, 17-13-30, 0.42 points per game Season detail →
Matthew Wood has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 30 points in 71 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample1 point in 3 games for the 21st-placed Nashville
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Nashville's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
No goals yet: his one point is an assist
How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
14 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 71 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 leadersDistance per 60 in the 69th percentile of forwards: 9.92 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.84vs
DAL3 Oct · 1st 15:30 - 20.36vs
MIN1 Oct · 2nd 09:04 - 20.17vsDAL3 Oct · 3rd 09:13
- 19.81vsMIN1 Oct · 3rd 12:44
- 19.62vsDAL3 Oct · 2nd 04:59
- 19.39vsMIN1 Oct · 3rd 13:22
- 19.24vsMIN1 Oct · 1st 01:14
- 19.21vsMIN1 Oct · 1st 03:55
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 71.96vsMIN1 Oct · 1st 11:04
- 69.39vsMIN1 Oct · 3rd 12:46
- 51.92vsDAL3 Oct · 3rd 09:13
- 41.48vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 06:53
- 18.24vsDAL3 Oct · 3rd 09:18
- 12.57vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 06:39
- 11.08vsDAL3 Oct · 2nd 09:28
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.77@
TOR6 Oct · 16:54 TOI - 2.58vsDAL3 Oct · 16:06 TOI
- 2.98vsMIN1 Oct · 17:22 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.78 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Montréal, a point in one of one
MTLL 1-40110+114:40TORW 5-4 OT0111016:54DALW 2-10003016:06MINL 1-30000017:2230 points in 71 games on a team that finished 23rd
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.4). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Nashville's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
The power play drives the goal total
How the 17 goals and 13 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
2 of 17 goals broke a tie; 10 came with Nashville trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
206 attempts across the 68 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 71 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 leadersDistance per 60 in the 91st percentile of forwards: 10.16 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Draws more penalties than he takes
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in one game of three (24 of 71)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Montréal, a point in one of one
MTLL 1-40110+114:40
ANAL 4-50001012:16
SJSL 2-30000011:39MINW 2-11012+110:27
UTAL 1-40001−111:19ANAW 5-00002014:44
LAKOTL 2-3 SO0002−217:14SJSW 6-30113011:46LAKW 5-4 SO0111−115:00
TBLL 2-30000−113:42MTLL 1-40110+114:40TORW 5-4 OT0111016:54DALW 2-10003016:06MINL 1-30000017:22Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 31.6 points per $1M of cap hit, 20th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
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 Nashville
Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-26103rd in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsTwo seasons, all with the Predators
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct