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Mike Matheson
Defenseman #8 Canadiens $4.875M
Player Information

Mike Matheson has 28 points (5 goals, 23 assists) in 54 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 293 points (79 goals, 214 assists) in 681 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: 32 yrs (27.02.1994)
    Height / Weight: 188 cm / 88 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 23rd in 2012
    Draft Team: Team logoFlorida Panthers
    Awards: -
Player Evaluation

The 32-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Canadiens controlling 43% 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 42% in the defensive zone.

  • 72

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 80th of 285 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 148th of 285 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    -0.11
    -0.140.11
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.43
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    24.77
    1525
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.24
    0.050.7
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.47
    0.11
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.57
    0.11
    xGoals/60
    0.22
    0.090.38
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    2.75
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    2.99
    1.45.5
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.00
    0.51.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    3.69
    2.54.5
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    3.75
    24.5
    Penalties/60
    0.52
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    5.03
    26
    Takeaways/60
    0.95
    0.52
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    2.09
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.42
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    7.48
    512
Contract Information
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
27.01.2026 Team Logo Golden Knights 1 0 1 1 2 24:25 2 0.0% 0
29.01.2026 Team Logo Avalanche 1 0 1 1 2 21:36 2 0.0% 0
31.01.2026 Team Logo Sabres 1 0 0 0 -1 27:33 2 0.0% 0
02.02.2026 Team Logo Wild 1 0 1 1 -3 25:40 1 0.0% 0
04.02.2026 Team Logo Jets 1 0 0 0 2 24:49 2 0.0% 0
Total 5 0 3 3 2 9 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 54 5 23 28 14 24:49 78 6.4% 22
Season Projection 79 7 34 41 20 24:50 114 6.1% 32
Total 681 79 214 293 -18 1349 5.9% 382
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 Match
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 32 yrs 188 cm / 88 kg 0.52 0.43 66 76 $4.875M
87% John Marino Team Logo D 28.8 yrs 185 cm / 90 kg 0.49 0.35 67 80 $4.400M
87% Jacob Trouba Team Logo D 32 yrs 191 cm / 95 kg 0.45 0.40 65 75 $8.000M
86% Gustav Forsling Team Logo D 29.7 yrs 185 cm / 90 kg 0.37 0.40 61 75 $5.750M
85% Filip Hronek Team Logo D 28.3 yrs 183 cm / 86 kg 0.56 0.53 69 75 $7.250M
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