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Mike Matheson has 18 points (4 goals, 14 assists) in 39 games for the Montreal Canadiens this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 23) of the 2012 NHL Draft by the Florida Panthers, he has 283 points (78 goals, 205 assists) in 666 regular-season games for the Florida Panthers, the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Montréal Canadiens.

He also has 8 points (1 goals, 7 assists) in 25 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 31.9 yrs (27.02.1994)
    Height / Weight: 188 cm / 88 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 23rd in 2012
    Draft Team: Team logoFlorida Panthers
    Awards: -
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The 31-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Canadiens controlling 42% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Mike Matheson is off the ice, the Canadiens control 54% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a defense-leaning role, starting 16% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 41% in the defensive zone.

  • 77

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 69th of 282 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 85th of 282 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    82.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.11
    0.03
    IceTimePerGame
    15 - 25
    25.55
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.05 - 0.67
    0.31
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.69
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.77
    xGoals/60
    0.09 - 0.38
    0.29
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    3.09
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    3.06
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.54
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 10
    8.14
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4.5
    3.59
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2 - 4.5
    3.75
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.83
    ShotsBlocked/60
    2 - 6
    5.33
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    1.40
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1 - 4
    1.83
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.40
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    7.98
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    4 - 12
    9.05
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Actual AAV: $4.875M
Player Contract Value: $5.600M
Remaining: 6 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2031 UFA
Age at the end: 38.3 yrs (27.02.1994)
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Mike Matheson
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
23.12.2025 Team Logo Bruins 1 0 0 0 -1 23:34 3 0.0% 0
28.12.2025 Team Logo Lightning 1 0 1 1 0 26:37 2 0.0% 0
30.12.2025 Team Logo Panthers 1 0 0 0 0 27:13 1 0.0% 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Blues 1 0 0 0 0 21:22 0 0
04.01.2026 Team Logo Stars 1 0 0 0 -3 26:37 0 0
Total 5 0 1 1 -4 6 0.0% 0
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2015-16 Team Logo Panthers 3 0 0 0 1 17:31 4 0.0% 2
2016-17 Team Logo Panthers 81 7 10 17 -5 21:03 179 3.9% 36
2017-18 Team Logo Panthers 81 10 17 27 -1 21:19 167 6.0% 61
2018-19 Team Logo Panthers 75 8 19 27 -24 22:19 129 6.2% 44
2019-20 Team Logo Panthers 59 8 12 20 -1 18:01 104 7.7% 14
2020-21 Team Logo Penguins 44 5 11 16 9 18:37 86 5.8% 28
2021-22 Team Logo Penguins 74 11 20 31 12 18:48 140 7.9% 33
2022-23 Montréal Canadiens 48 8 26 34 7 24:26 126 6.3% 33
2023-24 Montréal Canadiens 82 11 51 62 -24 25:33 187 5.9% 58
2024-25 Montréal Canadiens 80 6 25 31 -6 25:04 149 4.0% 51
2025-26 Montréal Canadiens 39 4 14 18 6 25:01 49 8.2% 18
Season Projection 79 8 28 36 12 25:02 99 8.1% 36
Total 666 78 205 283 -26 1320 5.9% 378
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2015-16 Team Logo Panthers 5 0 1 1 1 21:40 8 0.0% 0
2019-20 Team Logo Panthers 2 0 0 0 -2 13:13 0 8
2020-21 Team Logo Penguins 6 0 0 0 -2 21:38 14 0.0% 0
2021-22 Team Logo Penguins 7 1 5 6 -1 25:11 17 5.9% 6
2024-25 Montréal Canadiens 5 0 1 1 -1 24:49 11 0.0% 2
Total 25 1 7 8 -5 50 2.0% 16
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Mike Matheson Team Logo D 31.9 yrs 188 cm / 88 kg 0.46 0.42 71 80 $4.875M
88% Damon Severson Team Logo D 31.4 yrs 188 cm / 93 kg 0.40 0.40 73 76 $6.250M
86% John Marino Team Logo D 28.6 yrs 185 cm / 90 kg 0.42 0.34 68 79 $4.400M
86% Brandt Clarke Team Logo D 22.9 yrs 188 cm / 90 kg 0.46 0.42 76 81 $0.863M
85% Jacob Trouba Team Logo D 31.9 yrs 191 cm / 96 kg 0.42 0.39 72 76 $8.000M
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