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Denton Mateychuk has 21 points (8 goals, 13 assists) in 41 games for the Columbus Blue Jackets this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 12) of the 2022 NHL Draft by the Columbus Blue Jackets, he has 34 points (12 goals, 22 assists) in 86 regular-season games for the Columbus Blue Jackets.

  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 21.5 yrs (12.07.2004)
    Height / Weight: 180 cm / 85 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 12th in 2022
    Draft Team: Team logoColumbus Blue Jackets
    Awards: -
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The 21-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Blue Jackets controlling 45% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Denton Mateychuk is off the ice, the Blue Jackets control 49% of expected goals, indicating the team is noticeably worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a defense-leaning role, starting 25% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 39% in the defensive zone.

  • 73

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 53rd of 283 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 179th of 283 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    41.00
    PlayDriving
    -0.14 - 0.11
    -0.04
    IceTimePerGame
    15 - 25
    20.93
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.05 - 0.67
    0.56
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.56
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.35
    xGoals/60
    0.09 - 0.38
    0.21
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    2.94
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    2.87
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.00
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 10
    0.00
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4.5
    3.61
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2 - 4.5
    3.64
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.14
    ShotsBlocked/60
    2 - 6
    4.20
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    0.77
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1 - 4
    2.03
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.39
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    11.04
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    4 - 12
    11.98
  • Career Trajectory Most comparable players to Denton Mateychuk at his age (21.5 yrs):
    Olen Zellweger (Rating of 73 in 2024, Today 75)
    Ryan Lindgren (Rating of 73 in 2019, Today 70)
    Connor Murphy (Rating of 72 in 2014, Today 68)
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $0.887M
Player Contract Value: $3.700M
Remaining: 2 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2027 RFA
Age at the end: 24.0 yrs (12.07.2004)
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Denton Mateychuk
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
29.12.2025 Team Logo Senators 1 1 0 1 2 27:25 2 50.0% 0
31.12.2025 Team Logo Devils 1 0 0 0 -1 21:31 2 0.0% 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Sabres 1 1 1 2 2 24:15 1 100.0% 0
04.01.2026 Team Logo Penguins 1 0 2 2 3 25:01 2 0.0% 0
06.01.2026 Team Logo Sharks 1 0 0 0 0 20:07 2 0.0% 2
Total 5 2 3 5 6 9 22.2% 2
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2024-25 Team Logo Blue Jackets 45 4 9 13 4 18:01 44 9.1% 20
2025-26 Team Logo Blue Jackets 41 8 13 21 5 20:55 50 16.0% 4
Season Projection 81 16 26 42 10 20:55 99 16.2% 8
Total 86 12 22 34 9 94 12.8% 24
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
No games played
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Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Denton Mateychuk Team Logo D 21.5 yrs 180 cm / 85 kg 0.51 0.40 74 72 $0.887M
86% Zeev Buium Team Logo D 20.1 yrs 183 cm / 82 kg 0.43 0.43 72 69 $0.967M
85% Olen Zellweger Team Logo D 22.3 yrs 178 cm / 87 kg 0.38 0.35 78 73 $0.844M
85% Simon Nemec Team Logo D 21.9 yrs 185 cm / 86 kg 0.58 0.35 78 69 $0.918M
82% Jordan Spence Team Logo D 24.9 yrs 180 cm / 85 kg 0.42 0.35 72 77 $1.500M
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