Matt Duchene
Age 35 · Shoots left · 5′11″ · 211 lb · Born Haliburton, Ontario, CAN
Drafted 2009, #3 overall by Colorado
Matt Duchene scored 45 points (16 goals, 29 assists) in 57 games in 2025-26, 5th on Dallas. Against Buffalo: 0 points in the last 2 meetings.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 0 gamesDallas have played 3 games and Matt Duchene has not dressed yet (ir, lower body). Next game on Thursday 8 October at Buffalo. 2025-26 in full below.
Last season
2025-26 regular season · 57 games45 points in 57 games on a team that finished 3rd
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 (0.8). 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 Dallas'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 16 goals and 29 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
3 of 16 goals broke a tie; 6 came with Dallas trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
173 attempts across the 53 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2025-26 · 57 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 leadersTop speed 21.56 mph, hardest shot 84.21 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.
Draws more penalties than he takes
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in every other game (31 of 57)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Buffalo, a point in zero of two
BUFW 4-3 SO0000−217:26BUFL 1-40001−415:43BUFW 4-3 SO0000−217:26
TORW 6-50332+218:36
NYRW 2-00224+118:34
MINW 5-40001+114:20
CGYW 4-3 OT0114+118:37
COLL 0-20001−117:23
WPGW 3-01011015:37
BOSL 3-61012−216:25
PHIOTL 1-2 OT0000017:20
PITW 6-30112+117:33Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$4.5M a season through 2028-29
In 2025-26 he scored 10.0 points per $1M of cap hit, 147th 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 Dallas
Three seasons · 2023-24 to 2025-26Thomas Harley 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
Assists on his 16 goals, 2025-26.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 29 assists.
By opponent
Calgary5 P in 22.50 P/GP
Los Angeles3 P in 21.50 P/GPToronto3 P in 21.50 P/GP
St. Louis5 P in 41.25 P/GPWinnipeg4 P in 41.00 P/GP
Chicago3 P in 31.00 P/GPFranchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsSeventeen seasons, with 5 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct