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Mike Matheson
Defenseman #8 Canadiens
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Mike Matheson has 20 points (4 goals, 16 assists) in 41 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 285 points (78 goals, 207 assists) in 668 regular-season games for the Florida Panthers, the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Montreal Canadiens.

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

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  • 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 55% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a defense-leaning role, starting 15% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 41% in the defensive zone.

  • 72

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 89th of 283 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 156th of 283 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    -0.13
    -0.140.11
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.42
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    25.01
    1525
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.23
    0.050.7
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.41
    0.11
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.53
    0.11
    xGoals/60
    0.24
    0.090.38
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    2.73
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    2.87
    1.45.5
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.00
    0.51.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    3.77
    2.54.5
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    3.80
    24.5
    Penalties/60
    0.53
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    5.32
    26
    Takeaways/60
    0.99
    0.52
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1.99
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.41
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    7.59
    512
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $4.875M
Player Contract Value: $3.600M
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
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
07.01.2026 Team Logo Flames 1 0 0 0 0 23:10 4 0.0% 0
08.01.2026 Team Logo Panthers 1 0 2 2 1 25:49 1 0.0% 0
Total 5 0 2 2 -2 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 Team Logo Canadiens 48 8 26 34 7 24:26 126 6.3% 33
2023-24 Team Logo Canadiens 82 11 51 62 -24 25:33 187 5.9% 58
2024-25 Team Logo Canadiens 80 6 25 31 -6 25:04 149 4.0% 51
2025-26 Team Logo Canadiens 41 4 16 20 7 25:01 54 7.4% 18
Season Projection 79 8 31 39 13 25:00 104 7.7% 35
Total 668 78 207 285 -25 1325 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 Team Logo 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 0.49 0.43 65 76 $4.875M
87% John Marino Team Logo D 28.6 yrs 185 cm / 90 kg 0.44 0.35 66 77 $4.400M
84% Cam Fowler Team Logo D 34.1 yrs 188 cm / 96 kg 0.33 0.47 64 73 $2.500M
84% Thomas Harley Team Logo D 24.4 yrs 191 cm / 96 kg 0.50 0.52 70 78 $4.000M
83% MacKenzie Weegar Team Logo D 32 yrs 183 cm / 93 kg 0.36 0.45 64 79 $6.250M
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