Montréal Canadiens · #8 · Defence

Mike Matheson

Age 32 · Shoots left · 6′2″ · 196 lb · Born Pointe-Claire, Quebec, CAN

Drafted 2012, #23 overall by Florida

Next game · Thu 8 Octvs Nashville · 7:00 PM ET1 P in the last 2 vs NSH

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Games32026-27 Small sample

Goals0T-9th on MTL

Assists1T-5th on MTL

Points1T-10th on MTL

P / GP0.33T-274th in the NHL

Shots70.0% shooting

TOI / GP24:412nd on MTL

2025-262025-26: 78 games, 7-30-37, 0.47 points per game Season detail →

Mike Matheson has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 37 points in 78 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample

2026-27 · The season

1 point in 3 games for the 20th-placed Montréal

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

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Ice time24:4193rd

Shots / GP2.3391st

Blocked shots783rd

Takeaways161st

Points / GP0.3360th

Assists / 600.8160th

Hits244th

PP points042nd

Goals / 600.0039th

Shooting %0.0%38th

Penalty differential−123rd

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 (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Where he ranks

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Points1T-10th on MTL

Points per game0.33T-274th in NHL

Goals0T-232nd in NHL

Assists1T-5th on MTL

Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)

Ice time24:412nd on MTL

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Ice time and special teams

A top-pair defenceman who kills penalties

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength20:37

Power play0:14

Shorthanded3:50

Total24:41

29.0 shifts a game, averaging 51 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-2nd on MTL

PP assists0T-3rd on MTL

PP points0T-4th on MTL · T-142nd NHL

SH goals0

PP points / 600.00T-4th on MTL

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP1Montréal total

Involved in0goals or assists

Share0.0%of every MTL PPG

PP TOI share4.6%of MTL PP time

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

Scoring detail

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.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-2nd on MTL

Overtime goals0T-1st on MTL

First goal of the game0

Empty-net goals0

Even-strength goals0

Power-play goals0

Assists

Primary1 · 100%

Secondary0 · 0%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 600.81

Goals / 600.00

Shots / 605.7

ES points / 600.971 ES points

PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the point

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease3 att · 0 G

Slot1 att · 0 G

Wing3 att · 0 G

Point4 att · 0 G

Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals

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Expected goals (ixG)0.3333rd

Goals0

Goals vs expected−0.3

Unblocked attempts7

xG per attempt.045

ixG per 600.26

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

Hardest shot in the 95th percentile of defencemen: 93.96 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

90+ mph shots297th

Hardest shot, mph93.9695th

Top speed, mph21.5190th

20+ mph bursts590th

Distance skated, mi10.977th

Distance / 60, mi8.8171st

22+ mph bursts048th

Average shot, mph63.417th

Defensive-zone time44.9%12th

Offensive-zone time36.8%11th

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, mph21.51Defenceman average 20.52

Hardest shot, mph93.96Defenceman average 81.3

Distance skated10.9 mi3.85 mi in his longest game

Offensive-zone starts13.6%39.0% defensive · 47.5% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

37.0%All situations44.7%

40.2%Even strength39.8%

71.8%Power play28.2%

19.6%Shorthanded69.5%

OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

21.51@TOR29 Sep · 2nd 13:08
21.38@PIT3 Oct · 1st 13:25
20.96@PIT3 Oct · 1st 00:39
19.40@PIT3 Oct · 1st 09:43
19.17@PIT3 Oct · 1st 01:56
19.03@PIT3 Oct · 1st 18:32
18.99@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 14:45
18.89@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 07:01

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1

20-22 mph5 · avg 1.9

18-20 mph23 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

93.96@TOR29 Sep · 2nd 11:53
92.28@PIT3 Oct · 1st 04:58
82.29@TOR29 Sep · 2nd 13:08
69.15@TOR29 Sep · 1st 03:47
65.64@TOR29 Sep · 1st 14:50
56.45@PIT3 Oct · 2nd 13:54
19.95@TOR29 Sep · 3rd 06:34

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0

90-99 mph2 · avg 0.2

80-89 mph1 · avg 1.2

70-79 mph0 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

3.42vsCAR6 Oct · 22:32 TOI
3.85@PIT3 Oct · 26:24 TOI
3.61@TOR29 Sep · 25:07 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.62 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

Takeaways1T-5th on MTL

Giveaways3

TK / GV ratio0.33

Hits216th on MTL

Blocked shots71st on MTL

Discipline

Penalty minutes4

Minors2

Majors0

Penalties drawn1

Net penalties−1drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Nashville, a point in one of two

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DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI

28 Mar 2026@

NSHW 4-10000−120:47

16 Oct 2025vs

NSHW 3-2 OT0112026:21

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2025-26 · The season

37 points in 78 games on a team that finished 6th

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

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Blocked shots15092nd

Ice time24:1091st

Points / GP0.4779th

Penalty differential−275th

Assists / 600.9673rd

Shots / GP1.4670th

Takeaways2467th

PP points154th

Goals / 600.2254th

Shooting %6.1%54th

Hits5950th

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 (0.5). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Where he ranks

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Points37T-7th on MTL

Points per game0.47234th in NHL

Goals7T-376th in NHL

Assists307th on MTL

Shooting %6.1%Below avg (11.1%)

Ice time24:101st on MTL

Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A top-pair defenceman who kills penalties

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength19:57

Power play0:17

Shorthanded3:56

Total24:10

25.9 shifts a game, averaging 56 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-11th on MTL

PP assists1T-10th on MTL

PP points1T-11th on MTL · T-386th NHL

SH goals1

PP points / 602.7310th on MTL

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP56Montréal total

Involved in1goals or assists

Share1.8%of every MTL PPG

PP TOI share5.7%of MTL PP time

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

Scoring detail

Most of the goals come at even strength

How the 7 goals and 30 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals3T-4th on MTL

Overtime goals1T-2nd on MTL

First goal of the game0

Empty-net goals1

Even-strength goals6

Power-play goals0

Shorthanded goals1

Goals by period

1st1

2nd1

3rd4

Overtime1

Goals by game state

Tied3

Leading3

Trailing1

3 of 7 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Montréal trailing.

Assists

Primary13 · 43%

Secondary17 · 57%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.18

Goals / 600.22

Shots / 603.6

ES points / 601.3936 ES points

PP points / 602.731 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the point, goals from the point

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease12 att · 0 G

Slot76 att · 3 G

Wing67 att · 2 G

Point108 att · 1 G

Neutral zone2 att · 0 G

265 attempts across the 74 games with a stored shot map.

Expected goals

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Expected goals (ixG)0.3333rd

Goals0

Goals vs expected−0.3

Unblocked attempts7

xG per attempt.045

ixG per 600.26

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

Hardest shot in the 97th percentile of defencemen: 100.56 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

Hardest shot, mph100.5697th

22+ mph bursts694th

Distance skated, mi261.889th

20+ mph bursts9088th

Top speed, mph22.8184th

90+ mph shots1082nd

Average shot, mph68.061st

Distance / 60, mi8.3337th

Offensive-zone time38.5%7th

Defensive-zone time44.6%3rd

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, mph22.81Defenceman average 22.09

Hardest shot, mph100.56Defenceman average 92.6

Distance skated261.8 mi4.26 mi in his longest game

Offensive-zone starts25.5%40.0% defensive · 35.0% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

38.5%All situations44.6%

OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22+ mph6 · avg 1.9

20-22 mph84 · avg 46

18-20 mph318 · avg 267

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

100+ mph1 · avg 0.1

90-99 mph9 · avg 6.4

80-89 mph44 · avg 33

70-79 mph74 · avg 72

Shot attempts per speed band.

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

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

Possession and physical

Takeaways245th on MTL

Giveaways94

TK / GV ratio0.26

Hits5915th on MTL

Blocked shots1503rd on MTL

Discipline

Penalty minutes34

Minors17

Majors0

Penalties drawn15

Net penalties−2drawn minus taken

Consistency

A point in one game of three (30 of 78)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point3038% of games

Multi-point games68%

Goals in7 games9%

Pointless games4862%

Streaks

Longest point streak6 games17 Jan – 29 Jan

Longest goal streak1 game

Longest pointless run7 games

Final ten3 in 10point in 2

Game log

Against Nashville, a point in one of two

Full game log →

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI

28 Mar 2026@

NSHW 4-10000−120:47

16 Oct 2025vs

NSHW 3-2 OT0112026:21

Splits · 2025-26

Better at home

Home and road

SplitGPPP/GP

Road39180.46

Home39190.49

By opponent

SplitGPPP/GP

vs Nashville210.50

vs Atlantic26140.54

vs Western Conf.31150.48

By month

SplitGPPP/GP

October1160.55

November1390.69

December1330.23

January1590.60

February420.50

March1570.47

April710.14

Prediction markets

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Contract

$6M a season through 2030-31

In 2025-26 he scored 6.2 points per $1M of cap hit, 82nd of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$6M5.8% of the $104M ceiling

Term5 yearsYear 1 of 5

Expires2030-31UFA at 37

Cap value$30MCap hit × 5 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 1 Oct 2026.