Mathieu Olivier
Age 29 · Shoots right · 6′1″ · 232 lb · Born Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
Undrafted
2025-262025-26: 61 games, 15-11-26, 0.43 points per game Season detail →
Mathieu Olivier has 1 point in 2 games of 2026-27, after 26 points in 61 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 forwards with 2+ games.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward 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 1 goal and 0 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with Columbus trailing.
Assists at 5-on-5
Five-on-five only, while the all-situations goal index fills in.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the neutral zone
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 · 61 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 leadersHardest shot in the 71st percentile of forwards: 81.61 mph
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
- 20.57vs
BUF1 Oct · 2nd 00:30 - 20.52vsBUF1 Oct · 2nd 12:17
- 19.66vsBUF1 Oct · 1st 09:42
- 19.18vs
UTA3 Oct · 1st 00:47 - 19.12vsUTA3 Oct · 3rd 03:52
- 19.10vsBUF1 Oct · 1st 00:22
- 19.01vsUTA3 Oct · 2nd 14:02
- 18.60vsUTA3 Oct · 1st 18:32
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 81.61vsBUF1 Oct · 2nd 12:18
- 63.93vsBUF1 Oct · 3rd 17:53
- 50.38vsBUF1 Oct · 3rd 05:26
- 34.79vsUTA3 Oct · 2nd 04:38
- 24.30vsUTA3 Oct · 1st 18:33
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.45vsUTA3 Oct · 15:23 TOI
- 2.40vsBUF1 Oct · 14:32 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.43 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
PITW 4-3 SO0000014:40PITOTL 4-5 OT0112+119:14PITW 5-4 SO0001013:32UTAL 1-40001015:23BUFW 6-31013+214:3226 points in 61 games on a team that finished 17th
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 mostly at even strength
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 15 goals and 11 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 15 goals broke a tie; 2 came with Columbus trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
191 attempts across the 58 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 · 61 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 leadersHardest shot in the 70th percentile of forwards: 89.39 mph
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.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (15 of 61)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Pittsburgh, a point in one of three
PITW 4-3 SO0000014:40PITOTL 4-5 OT0112+119:14PITW 5-4 SO0001013:32
BOSOTL 3-4 SO000103:06
SJSL 2-30002−115:40
MTLL 1-20001−112:47
PHIW 3-21015+116:44
NYIL 0-10002−112:27
SEAW 5-21122+314:14
NYRW 6-30002−114:59
CARW 5-11014+111:27PHIW 2-1 SO0000014:25
FLAOTL 1-2 OT0001015:05UTAL 1-40001015:23BUFW 6-31013+214:32Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$3M a season through 2030-31
In 2025-26 he scored 8.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 193rd 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 Columbus
Four seasons · 2022-23 to 2025-2650th 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 playoffsSeven seasons, with 2 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct