New York Islanders · #48 · Defence

Matthew Schaefer

Age 19 · Shoots left · 6′3″ · 193 lb · Born Hamilton, Ontario, CAN

Drafted 2025, #1 overall by NY Islanders

Next game · Thu 8 Octvs Chicago · 7:30 PM ET2 P in the last 2 vs CHI

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Games32026-27 Small sample

Goals0T-9th on NYI

Assists2T-2nd on NYI

Points2T-3rd on NYI

P / GP0.67T-132nd in the NHL

Shots70.0% shooting

TOI / GP24:271st on NYI

2025-262025-26: 82 games, 23-36-59, 0.72 points per game Season detail →

Matthew Schaefer has 2 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 59 points in 82 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample

2026-27 · The season

2 points in 3 games for the 24th-placed NY Islanders

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Takeaways599th

Ice time24:2792nd

Shots / GP2.3391st

PP points190th

Points / GP0.6782nd

Assists / 601.6481st

Goals / 600.0039th

Shooting %0.0%38th

Hits126th

Penalty differential−123rd

Blocked shots218th

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

Points per game · rolling blocks

Dashed line: season average (0.7). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Where he ranks

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Points2T-3rd on NYI

Points per game0.67T-132nd in NHL

Goals0T-232nd in NHL

Assists2T-2nd on NYI

Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)

Ice time24:271st on NYI

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Ice time and special teams

A top-pair defenceman who runs the first power play

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength19:25

Power play4:47

Shorthanded0:15

Total24:27

26.7 shifts a game, averaging 55 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-2nd on NYI

PP assists1T-1st on NYI

PP points1T-2nd on NYI · T-51st NHL

SH goals0

PP points / 604.184th on NYI

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP2NY Islanders total

Involved in1goals or assists

Share50.0%of every NYI PPG

PP TOI share73.1%of NYI PP time

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

Scoring detail

No goals yet: all 2 points are assists

How the 0 goals and 2 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-2nd on NYI

Overtime goals0T-1st on NYI

First goal of the game0

Empty-net goals0

Even-strength goals0

Power-play goals0

Assists

Primary1 · 50%

Secondary1 · 50%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.64

Goals / 600.00

Shots / 605.7

ES points / 601.031 ES points

PP points / 604.181 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G

Slot7 att · 0 G

Wing9 att · 0 G

Point9 att · 0 G

Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

25 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals

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Expected goals (ixG)0.4303rd

Goals0

Goals vs expected−0.4

Unblocked attempts13

xG per attempt.028

ixG per 600.30

2026-27 · 3 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 in the 99th percentile of defencemen: 22.97 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

Top speed, mph22.9799th

22+ mph bursts399th

20+ mph bursts1899th

Hardest shot, mph95.8198th

Offensive-zone time48.7%93rd

Distance / 60, mi9.1492nd

90+ mph shots190th

Defensive-zone time35.2%87th

Average shot, mph74.183rd

Distance skated, mi11.280th

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, mph22.97Defenceman average 20.52

Hardest shot, mph95.81Defenceman average 81.3

Distance skated11.2 mi4.26 mi in his longest game

Offensive-zone starts16.7%45.8% defensive · 37.5% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

49.7%All situations34.0%

46.3%Even strength36.8%

64.4%Power play21.4%

42.5%Shorthanded47.6%

OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22.97@TOR30 Sep · 2nd 08:01
22.48vsNJD3 Oct · 3rd 02:08
22.13@TOR30 Sep · 3rd 17:58
21.69@TOR30 Sep · 2nd 00:14
21.58@TOR30 Sep · 2nd 03:25
20.98vsNJD3 Oct · 1st 00:58
20.94@TOR30 Sep · 3rd 10:22
20.64@TOR30 Sep · 3rd 16:56

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph3 · avg 0.1

20-22 mph15 · avg 1.9

18-20 mph25 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

87.80@TOR30 Sep · 3rd 07:34
85.78@TOR30 Sep · 3rd 18:57
81.27vsNJD3 Oct · 1st 12:27
79.66vsNJD3 Oct · 1st 06:52
77.88vsNJD3 Oct · 1st 11:04
76.33@TOR30 Sep · 2nd 14:58
76.16@TOR30 Sep · 3rd 07:42
75.96vsNJD3 Oct · 2nd 04:56

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0

90-99 mph1 · avg 0.2

80-89 mph4 · avg 1.2

70-79 mph11 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

3.79@NYR6 Oct · 25:03 TOI
3.13vsNJD3 Oct · 20:34 TOI
4.26@TOR30 Sep · 27:45 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.73 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

Takeaways51st on NYI

Giveaways6

TK / GV ratio0.83

Hits1T-14th on NYI

Blocked shots2T-7th on NYI

Discipline

Penalty minutes2

Minors1

Majors0

Penalties drawn0

Net penalties−1drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Chicago, a point in two of two

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DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI

24 Mar 2026vs

CHIL 3-40118+231:59

30 Dec 2025@

CHIW 3-2 SO0111026:54

Prediction markets

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2025-26 · The season

59 points in 82 games on a team that finished 19th

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Penalty differential+1999th

Shots / GP2.7198th

Goals / 600.6898th

Takeaways3896th

Ice time24:4195th

Shooting %10.4%92nd

Points / GP0.7291st

PP points1891st

Assists / 601.0779th

Blocked shots11167th

Hits4038th

Bars show the percentile against 201 defencemen with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

Dashed line: season average (0.7). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Where he ranks

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Points592nd on NYI

Points per game0.72T-118th in NHL

Goals23T-90th in NHL

Assists362nd on NYI

Shooting %10.4%Below avg (11.1%)

Ice time24:411st on NYI

Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A top-pair defenceman who runs the first power play

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength20:17

Power play3:19

Shorthanded1:06

Total24:41

26.9 shifts a game, averaging 55 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals81st on NYI

PP assists102nd on NYI

PP points182nd on NYI · T-94th NHL

SH goals0

PP points / 603.987th on NYI

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP40NY Islanders total

Involved in18goals or assists

Share45.0%of every NYI PPG

PP TOI share67.7%of NYI PP time

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

Scoring detail

The power play drives the goal total

How the 23 goals and 36 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals4T-3rd on NYI

Overtime goals2T-1st on NYI

First goal of the game3

Empty-net goals0

Even-strength goals15

Power-play goals8

Goals by period

1st7

2nd7

3rd7

Overtime2

Goals by game state

Tied8

Leading4

Trailing11

8 of 23 goals broke a tie; 11 came with NY Islanders trailing.

Assists

Primary17 · 47%

Secondary19 · 53%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.75

Goals / 600.68

Shots / 606.6

ES points / 601.4841 ES points

PP points / 603.9818 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease14 att · 1 G

Slot172 att · 5 G

Wing192 att · 11 G

Point160 att · 6 G

Neutral zone2 att · 0 G

540 attempts across the 84 games with a stored shot map.

Expected goals

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Expected goals (ixG)0.4303rd

Goals0

Goals vs expected−0.4

Unblocked attempts13

xG per attempt.028

ixG per 600.30

2026-27 · 3 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

2025-26 · Skating and shot power

20+ mph bursts in the 99th percentile of defencemen: 269

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 bursts3399th

20+ mph bursts26999th

Distance skated, mi298.698th

Top speed, mph23.0991st

Distance / 60, mi8.8587th

Offensive-zone time43.7%80th

90+ mph shots463rd

Defensive-zone time39.5%62nd

Hardest shot, mph93.9160th

Average shot, mph67.756th

Bars show the percentile against 193 defencemen with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph23.09Defenceman average 22.09

Hardest shot, mph93.91Defenceman average 92.6

Distance skated298.6 mi4.75 mi in his longest game

Offensive-zone starts34.6%30.8% defensive · 34.6% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

43.7%All situations39.5%

OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22+ mph33 · avg 1.9

20-22 mph236 · avg 46

18-20 mph652 · avg 267

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

100+ mph0 · avg 0.1

90-99 mph4 · avg 6.4

80-89 mph88 · avg 33

70-79 mph196 · avg 72

Shot attempts per speed band.

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Draws more penalties than he takes

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

Possession and physical

Takeaways382nd on NYI

Giveaways90

TK / GV ratio0.42

Hits4015th on NYI

Blocked shots1113rd on NYI

Discipline

Penalty minutes38

Minors19

Majors0

Penalties drawn38

Net penalties+19drawn minus taken

Consistency

A point in every other game (46 of 82)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point4656% of games

Multi-point games1215%

Goals in19 games23%

Pointless games3644%

Streaks

Longest point streak6 games9 Oct – 21 Oct

Longest goal streak2 games

Longest pointless run5 games

Final ten7 in 10point in 5

Game log

Against Chicago, a point in two of two

Full game log →

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI

24 Mar 2026vs

CHIL 3-40118+231:59

30 Dec 2025@

CHIW 3-2 SO0111026:54

Splits · 2025-26

Better at home

Home and road

SplitGPPP/GP

Road41260.63

Home41330.80

By opponent

SplitGPPP/GP

vs Chicago221.00

vs Metropolitan26150.58

vs Western Conf.32240.75

By month

SplitGPPP/GP

October1180.73

November15110.73

December1460.43

January15120.80

February540.80

March16161.00

April620.33

Prediction markets

8.5% for the Norris Trophy

Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.

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Norris TrophyBest defenceman8.5%—Not listed9¢Not listed

Contract

$986K a season through 2027-28

In 2025-26 he scored 59.8 points per $1M of cap hit, 1st of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$986K0.9% of the $104M ceiling

Term3 yearsYear 2 of 3

Expires2027-28RFA at 20

Cap value$3MCap hit × 3 years

Cap space, every team Best-value contracts

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.