Denton Mateychuk
Age 22 · Shoots left · 5′11″ · 185 lb · Born Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
Drafted 2022, #12 overall by Columbus
2025-262025-26: 75 games, 13-18-31, 0.41 points per game Season detail →
Denton Mateychuk has 1 point in 2 games of 2026-27, after 31 points in 75 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample1 point in 2 games for the 23rd-placed Columbus
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-pair defenceman who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Columbus'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
8 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 75 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 92nd percentile of defencemen: 9.14 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.18vs
UTA3 Oct · 3rd 16:41 - 20.14vsUTA3 Oct · 1st 08:26
- 20.04vsUTA3 Oct · 2nd 10:52
- 19.48vs
BUF1 Oct · 1st 09:06 - 19.07vsUTA3 Oct · 2nd 03:01
- 18.99vsBUF1 Oct · 1st 19:39
- 18.77vsBUF1 Oct · 2nd 08:09
- 18.71vsUTA3 Oct · 1st 12:11
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 78.15vsUTA3 Oct · 3rd 08:55
- 75.53vsUTA3 Oct · 3rd 11:02
- 71.69vsBUF1 Oct · 1st 16:06
- 70.05vsUTA3 Oct · 1st 14:59
- 66.95vsUTA3 Oct · 3rd 05:05
- 58.22vsUTA3 Oct · 2nd 10:38
- 53.49vsBUF1 Oct · 2nd 06:54
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 4.45vsUTA3 Oct · 28:07 TOI
- 4.02vsBUF1 Oct · 27:28 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 4.24 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 Pittsburgh, a point in one of three
PITOTL 4-5 OT0222+325:01PITOTL 3-4 OT0000019:13PITW 5-4 SO0004+121:20UTAL 1-40001028:07BUFW 6-30112027:2831 points in 75 games on a team that finished 17th
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen 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 top-four defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Columbus'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.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 13 goals and 18 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
5 of 13 goals broke a tie; 5 came with Columbus trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
219 attempts across the 71 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 75 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 defencemen: 8.93 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman 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 (27 of 75)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Pittsburgh, a point in one of three
PITOTL 4-5 OT0222+325:01PITOTL 3-4 OT0000019:13PITW 5-4 SO0004+121:20
WSHL 1-20001018:16
BOSL 2-30001−118:34
MTLW 5-20001+120:36BUFL 0-50004−118:06
DETW 4-3 SO0111021:08
WPGL 1-20001−127:42
CARL 1-51012020:29CARL 2-50000+116:10BOSOTL 3-4 SO0002015:06
SJSL 2-31011+114:57UTAL 1-40001028:07BUFW 6-30112027:28Better at home, and at his best against the next opponent
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 35.0 points per $1M of cap hit, 3rd of 191 defencemen 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 Columbus
Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-2691st 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 Blue Jackets
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct