C · OTT · NHL id 8478146
Matthew Highmore has played 41 games for the Ottawa Senators in 2024-25, scoring 2 goals and 4 assists (6 points) on 33 shots while averaging 11:10 a night (9:44 at even strength, 0:01 on the power play and 1:22 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Senators have controlled 45% of shot attempts with Highmore on the ice (8-13 in goals, 57% offensive-zone starts). In the Senators' most recent game against TOR he was on L4 with Adam Gaudette and Fabian Zetterlund and off the power play. He is shooting 6.1% this season against 7.0% across the 188 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 20 game vs TOR, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2024-25 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 19 games, 10:20 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2024-25 percentiles among skaters at his position
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shot map
2024-25 · 68 attempts, 34 on goal, 2 goals
Shot map, OPP at OTT: 68 attempts, 34 on goal, 2 goals, 4.18 expected goals; best chance Matthew Highmore at 0.92 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2024-25 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2024-25 regular season · 35 of 41 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.041
- Season net
- −0.27xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.90
- Attempts
- 6
- 0.036
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
How his goals happened
2 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2025 vs FLA | Rush | loose | 1 | 41.7 | — | |
| Jan 12, 2025 vs DAL | Rebound | — | 0 | 4.9 | rebound |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2024-25 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Highmore
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
42 games in 2024-25, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20PO | @ TOR | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | 9:10 | 7:06 | — | 2:04 |
| Apr 15 | vs CHI | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50% | 9:56 | 9:56 | — | — |
| Apr 13 | vs PHI | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 11:43 | 9:51 | — | 1:52 |
| Apr 11 | vs MTL | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11:32 | 10:23 | 0:02 | 1:07 |
| Apr 8 | @ CBJ | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 11:17 | 9:26 | 0:00 | 1:51 |
| Apr 6 | vs CBJ | W 4-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 11:10 | 11:10 | — | — |
| Apr 5 | vs FLA | W 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 11:50 | 9:24 | — | 2:00 |
| Apr 3 | vs TBL | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 9:39 | 7:35 | — | 1:39 |
| Apr 1 | vs BUF | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6:36 | 5:27 | — | 1:09 |
| Mar 30 | @ PIT | OTL 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 10:43 | 9:56 | — | 0:47 |
| Mar 29 | vs CBJ | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 8:39 | 8:10 | — | 0:29 |
| Mar 27 | @ DET | W 4-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 10:36 | 7:06 | — | 3:30 |
| Mar 25 | @ BUF | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 9:11 | 8:16 | 0:05 | 0:50 |
| Mar 22 | @ NJD | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 9:43 | 6:32 | — | 3:11 |
| Mar 20 | vs COL | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 12:12 | 8:55 | 0:04 | 3:13 |
| Mar 18 | @ MTL | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 10:52 | 7:28 | — | 3:24 |
| Mar 15 | @ TOR | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33% | 11:42 | 10:49 | — | 0:53 |
| Mar 13 | vs BOS | W 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 10:21 | 9:26 | — | 0:55 |
| Mar 11 | @ PHI | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 10:28 | 8:51 | — | 1:37 |
| Mar 10 | vs DET | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 9:38 | 7:04 | — | 2:34 |
Season splits by strength
2024-25 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 41 | 457:46 | 11:10 | 351 | 514 | 40.6% | 38.9% | 154 | 253 | 9 | 21 | 30% | 12.8 | 22.5 | 42% |
| Even strength | 41 | 398:53 | 9:44 | 334 | 412 | 44.8% | 43.2% | 142 | 199 | 8 | 13 | 38% | 11.3 | 14.2 | 57% |
| 5v5 | 41 | 398:48 | 9:44 | 334 | 412 | 44.8% | 43.2% | 142 | 199 | 8 | 13 | 38% | 11.3 | 14.2 | 57% |
| Power play | 7 | 0:21 | 0:03 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 32 | 55:52 | 1:45 | 14 | 100 | 12.3% | 13.3% | 11 | 53 | 0 | 7 | 0% | 0.5 | 8.1 | 2% |
| 4v5 | 32 | 55:52 | 1:45 | 14 | 100 | 12.3% | 13.3% | 11 | 53 | 0 | 7 | 0% | 0.5 | 8.1 | 2% |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 6 | 2:01 | 0:20 | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | 33.3% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 0.9 | 0.3 | — |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25Playoffs | OTT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 0.0% | 3 | 1 | 9:10 |
| 2024-25 | OTT | 41 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 10 | 33 | 6.1% | 50 | 19 | 11:10 |
| 2023-24 | OTT | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 3 | 4 | 7:43 |
| 2022-23 | STL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 4 | 0 | 10:45 |
| 2021-22 | VAN | 46 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +1 | 14 | 61 | 8.2% | 41 | 38 | 12:42 |
| 2020-21 | VAN, CHI | 42 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 8 | 40 | 7.5% | 43 | 21 | 11:38 |
| 2019-20 | CHI | 36 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 6 | 35 | 5.7% | 38 | 9 | 9:49 |
| 2017-18 | CHI | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 27 | 7.4% | 9 | 7 | 12:09 |
Matthew Highmore news
- Matthew Highmore StatsNHL.com
- Islanders Headlines: Hosting 2027 All-Star Weekend, Ness Retires, & Highmore Re-SignsThe Hockey Writers
- Islanders' Matthew Highmore: Returned to AHLCBS Sports
- Matthew Highmore - NHL Player News, Rankings, StatsDaily Faceoff
- Islanders Recall Matthew Highmore, Marshall WarrenPro Hockey Rumors
- Islanders' Matthew Highmore: Up from minorsCBS Sports
- Islanders' Matthew Highmore: Lands on waiversCBS Sports
- What can ex-Senator Matthew Highmore really bring for the Islanders?SenShot
Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.
On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.