Points by season
Career NHL points, ending with the 84-game projection (violet).
Pool value
Projected full-season fantasy worth.
why 27?
Each row is one fantasy category turned into points over a full 84-game season. Add the rows up and that is his total fantasy worth.
- proj goals5 × 3+15
- proj assists16 × 1+16
- PP points0 × 0.5+0
- game-winning goals0 × 0.5+0
- OT goals0 × 0.25+0
- shots28 × 0.1+2.8
- PIM0 × 0.05+0
- ice time (min)1011 × 0.01+10.1
- total44 pool points · an elite defenseman season scores 16644 = 27/100
Weights follow what the average fantasy league actually counts: goals at 3× assists (the universal core), power-play points and game-winners at half weight (common extra categories), OT goals, shots and PIM small (many leagues skip them), and ice time as a quiet availability bonus. The scale: add up a whole season of those categories and compare against the best defensemen in the NHL — an elite season scores about 166 points, and that is what 100 means. So 44 points is 27 out of a perfect fantasy season at his position. Defensemen and forwards are graded on separate scales because the D slot can only be filled by a defenseman. Goals and assists come from the backtested season model; the rest ride your own season-to-date pace over 84 games (3 games so far — small sample, secondary lines will move as roles settle). Hits/blocks are excluded: the free NHL feeds don't publish full-season totals, and we don't invent them.
The Situation
- Availability: played 3 of 14 for NYR — missed 11 games (2026-10-26, 2026-11-01, 2026-11-03, 2026-11-05, …).
- Ironman warning: multiple absences already — treat nightly projections for this player as low-confidence.
- Not on the NHL Status Report — recent absences were healthy scratches or coach's decisions unless a wire note says otherwise.
Every line is measured from our own boxscore ledger; absence reasons from the NHL Status Report and our transaction wire only — no insider guessing.
Season stats
NHL regular-season totals, season by season. The 84-G proj line extends the current season with our public model — methodology in the caption below the table.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPP | SHG | TOI/GP | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Rangers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:38 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2025-26 | Rangers | 72 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:24 | 2 | 1 | 79 | 7.6% | 0.0% |
| 2026-27 | Rangers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:02 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 84-G proj | Rangers | 84 | 5 | 16 | 21 | — | 39 | — | 0 | — | 17:40 | — | — | 89 | — | — |
84-G proj — current pace blended with the player's own history (recent seasons weighted heaviest), mixed with a similarity projection from historical players with comparable profiles, then adjusted for the aging curve (league-average peak at 27; decline after) — at age 25 that is 1%. Dashes mark stats the model doesn't project.
Line mates
Teammates sharing the most ice time with Matthew over the last 3 games — reconstructed shift-by-shift from the NHL's official timing feed (goalies excluded).
| Player | Shared min | GP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Morrow NYR | 28 | 3 | |
| Will Cuylle NYR | 12 | 3 | |
| Tye Kartye NYR | 11 | 3 | |
| Eeli Tolvanen NYR | 10 | 3 | |
| Noah Laba NYR | 10 | 3 |
Data via the public NHL API · 2026 Pro Hockey Stats