Nikolas Matinpalo
Age 28 · Shoots right · 6′3″ · 213 lb · Born Espoo, FIN
Undrafted
2025-262025-26: 50 games, 0-5-5, 0.10 points per game Season detail →
Nikolas Matinpalo has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 5 points in 50 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample0 points in 3 games for the 11th-placed Ottawa
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Ottawa'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 attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
6 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 50 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 20.53 mph, hardest shot 72.67 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.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.53@
BOS5 Oct · 3rd 15:28 - 19.44@
TOR3 Oct · 1st 02:23 - 19.31@TOR3 Oct · 2nd 02:46
- 19.00@BOS5 Oct · 2nd 11:34
- 18.87@BOS5 Oct · 1st 19:09
- 18.47@BOS5 Oct · 1st 05:11
- 18.42@BOS5 Oct · 1st 19:17
- 18.31@TOR3 Oct · 1st 16:34
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 72.67@TOR3 Oct · 3rd 02:19
- 53.01@BOS5 Oct · 3rd 15:28
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.45@
DET6 Oct · 16:35 TOI - 3.01@BOS5 Oct · 20:15 TOI
- 2.54@TOR3 Oct · 18:48 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.66 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 Philadelphia, a point in zero of one
PHIW 2-10002010:55DETW 5-30002016:35BOSL 1-40001+220:15TORL 2-30001018:485 points in 50 games on a team that finished 9th
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.1). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Ottawa'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.
No goals yet: all 5 points are assists
How the 0 goals and 5 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
104 attempts across the 46 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 50 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 in the 92nd percentile of defencemen: 23.13 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.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (5 of 50)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Philadelphia, a point in zero of one
PHIW 2-10002010:55TORW 3-10000+118:39
NJDOTL 3-4 OT0000−120:35
NYIW 3-00000010:42
FLAW 5-10001+117:09
TBLW 6-20002018:55
CARW 6-30000015:59
MINL 1-40001−217:39
BUFW 4-10002−124:29FLAL 3-60000−116:36TBLL 2-40003016:41DETW 5-30002016:35BOSL 1-40001+220:15TORL 2-30001018:48Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 5.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 95th of 191 defencemen 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 Ottawa
Three seasons · 2023-24 to 2025-26225th 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 playoffsThree seasons, all with the Senators
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct