Washington Capitals · #3 · Defence

Matt Roy

Age 31 · Shoots right · 6′2″ · 220 lb · Born Detroit, Michigan, USA

Drafted 2015, #194 overall by Los Angeles

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Games22026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-6th on WSH
Assists0T-9th on WSH
Points0T-13th on WSH
P / GP0.00T-390th in the NHL
Shots0
TOI / GP18:264th on WSH

2025-262025-26: 79 games, 2-17-19, 0.24 points per game Season detail →

Matt Roy has 0 points in 2 games of 2026-27, after 19 points in 79 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

0 points in 2 games for the 22nd-placed Washington

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Takeaways288th
Hits582nd
Blocked shots567th
Penalty differential056th
Ice time18:2643rd
PP points042nd
Goals / 600.0039th
Assists / 600.0026th
Points / GP0.0023rd
Shots / GP0.005th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points0T-13th on WSH
Points per game0.00T-390th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists0T-9th on WSH
Shooting %—
Ice time18:264th on WSH
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Ice time and special teams

A top-four defenceman who kills penalties

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength13:31
Power play0:00
Shorthanded4:55
Total18:26

20.5 shifts a game, averaging 54 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-2nd on WSH
PP assists0T-2nd on WSH
PP points0T-3rd on WSH · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP1Washington total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every WSH PPG
PP TOI share0.0%of WSH PP time

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


Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot2 att · 0 G
Wing1 att · 0 G
Point1 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

4 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.1454th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.1
Unblocked attempts1
xG per attempt.142
ixG per 600.23

2026-27 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

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

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Top speed 19.05 mph, hardest shot 73.56 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 bursts048th
90+ mph shots042nd
Average shot, mph64.018th
Hardest shot, mph73.5615th
20+ mph bursts012th
Distance skated, mi5.012th
Distance / 60, mi8.0710th
Defensive-zone time49.4%3rd
Top speed, mph19.052nd
Offensive-zone time30.9%2nd

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph19.05Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph73.56Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated5.0 mi2.99 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts29.6%33.3% defensive · 37.0% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

30.9%All situations49.4%
35.3%Even strength41.1%
18.4%Shorthanded73.1%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 19.05@TBL3 Oct · 2nd 10:16
  2. 18.85@CAR2 Oct · 1st 04:37
  3. 18.44@CAR2 Oct · 1st 13:06

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph0 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph3 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 73.56@CAR2 Oct · 1st 04:58
  2. 54.45@TBL3 Oct · 2nd 05:19

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph0 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph1 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 1.96@TBL3 Oct · 14:22 TOI
  2. 2.99@CAR2 Oct · 22:29 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.48 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

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

Possession and physical

Takeaways21st on WSH
Giveaways2
TK / GV ratio1.00
Hits5T-3rd on WSH
Blocked shots52nd on WSH

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Pittsburgh, a point in zero of three

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
12 Apr 2026vsPITW 3-00000+219:41
11 Apr 2026@PITW 6-30002+119:53
6 Nov 2025@PITL 3-50001+121:28

Contract

$5.75M a season through 2029-30

In 2025-26 he scored 3.3 points per $1M of cap hit, 159th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$5.75M5.5% of the $104M ceiling
Term6 yearsYear 3 of 6
Expires2029-30UFA at 35
Cap value$34.5MCap hit × 6 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 Washington

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

110th 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.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points43110th for Washington
Goals5160th
Assists3887th
Games played15099th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Eight seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2018-19LAK252460.245.9%
2019-20LAK70414180.263.6%
2020-21LAK4428100.233.5%
2021-22LAK67219210.311.3%
2022-23LAK82917260.326.7%
2023-24LAK81520250.313.7%
2024-25WSH69321240.353.6%
2025-26WSH79217190.242.1%
Career517291201490.293.6%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2015Los Angeles · round 7#194

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · WSH points

Games28
Goals1
Points80.29 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct