Olli Maatta
Age 32 · Shoots left · 6′2″ · 207 lb · Born Jyväskylä, FIN
Drafted 2012, #22 overall by Pittsburgh
2025-262025-26: 43 games, 2-13-15, 0.35 points per game Season detail →
Olli Maatta has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 15 points in 43 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample1 point in 3 games for the 5th-placed Minnesota
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 (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-pair defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Minnesota'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: 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.
Distance per 60 in the 83rd percentile of defencemen: 8.94 miles
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
- 20.84vs
BOS3 Oct · 1st 03:19 - 19.57vsBOS3 Oct · 1st 07:55
- 19.48vsBOS3 Oct · 1st 13:43
- 19.41@
NSH1 Oct · 1st 05:20 - 19.08@NSH1 Oct · 2nd 13:23
- 19.08@NSH1 Oct · 3rd 07:22
- 18.65vsBOS3 Oct · 2nd 12:59
- 18.11@NSH1 Oct · 2nd 05:05
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 66.45vsBOS3 Oct · 2nd 07:53
- 60.51vsBOS3 Oct · 2nd 16:01
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.86@
BUF6 Oct · 19:18 TOI - 3.43vsBOS3 Oct · 23:13 TOI
- 3.27@NSH1 Oct · 21:34 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.18 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 Tampa Bay, a point in zero of two
TBLW 4-3 OT0002023:55TBLL 2-40002+113:14BUFW 3-2 OT0000−119:18BOSW 4-10001023:13NSHL 1-30110021:3415 points in 43 games
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 (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Minnesota's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 2 goals and 13 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 2 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Minnesota trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
67 attempts across the 30 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 · 43 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 leadersDistance per 60 in the 96th percentile of defencemen: 9.00 miles
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 (13 of 43)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Tampa Bay, a point in zero of two
TBLW 4-3 OT0002023:55TBLL 2-40002+113:14
LAKW 3-10002022:12
COLL 1-30001−124:26
UTAW 4-10110+223:08
SEAL 1-40110−123:06COLL 1-30001022:19
DALOTL 3-4 OT0110030:00
ANAW 5-30111+119:55
VGKL 3-60001−319:50COLL 2-90001022:12
VANW 7-31122+220:55BUFW 3-2 OT0000−119:18BOSW 4-10001023:13NSHL 1-30110021:34Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$3.5M a season through 2027-28
In 2025-26 he scored 4.3 points per $1M of cap hit, 130th 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 Minnesota
248th 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 playoffsThirteen seasons, with 6 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct