Mathieu Perreault

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2021-22 regular season

SOG

14.8% SH

11:15

TOI/GP

C · MTL · NHL id 8473618

Mathieu Perreault has played 25 games for the Montreal Canadiens in 2021-22, scoring 4 goals and 5 assists (9 points) on 27 shots while averaging 11:15 a night (9:46 at even strength, 1:21 on the power play and 0:02 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Canadiens have controlled 44% of shot attempts with Perreault on the ice (14-13 in goals, 37% offensive-zone starts). In the Canadiens' most recent game against FLA he was on L1 with Josh Anderson and Christian Dvorak and on PP1; moved up to L2 (from L4) in the last game. He is shooting 14.8% this season against 13.2% across the 304 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 29 game vs FLA, detected from shift data

Line

Josh Anderson Christian Dvorak

Power play

PP1

Chris Wideman Brendan Gallagher Josh Anderson Rem Pitlick

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Moved up to L2 (from L4) in the last gamePromoted to PP1 (from PP2) in the last gameStarted killing penalties in the last gameLast 5: L4/PP2 · L4 · L3/PP2 · L4/PP2 · L2/PP1

Deployment timeline

2021-22 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

7 games shown, 9:23 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2021-22 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Top speed61st6122.4 mph

Bursts 20+ mph22nd2312

Hardest shot21st2280.3 mph

Offensive-zone time41st4141.3%

Distance skated30th3042.7 mi

High-danger SOG33rd3413

Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

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

2021-22 · 46 attempts, 27 on goal, 4 goals

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Puck luck

2021-22 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Beyond the box score

2021-22 regular season · 23 of 25 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: +0.021
Season net: +0.08xG

Offensive TK/600.98 (4)

Offensive GV/600.25 (1)

Neutral TK/600.25 (1)

Neutral GV/600.74 (3)

Defensive TK/601.23 (5)

Defensive GV/600.74 (3)

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: −0.071
Season: −0.05G
: 50.7%71 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 9-14 · NZ 21-13 · DZ 6-8

Method Leaders

Per 60: 1.48
Attempts: 6
: 0.037

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

Method Leaders

Season: +0.71G
Per 60: +0.152
Drawn / taken: 6 / 2minors

Method Leaders

: 43.0%
: 50.5%
: 42.6%
Transition CF/60: 3.7
Turnovers won/60: 17.2
Turnovers lost/60: 16.7

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

27 shots on goal, 4 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
Low Slot	44%	23%	2
R Circle	4%	11%	0
High Slot	4%	9%	0
Outside L	0%	4%	0
L Net Side	7%	3%	0
Outside R	0%	4%	0
R Net Side	0%	4%	0

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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Dropped off PP1 to PP2Dec 9, 2021 alerts →

Linemates

2021-22 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Perreault

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

25 games in 2021-22, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Apr 29	vs FLA	W 10-2	1	1	2	+2	1	0	2	1	100%	15:57	13:39	2:02	0:16
Apr 24	vs BOS	L 3-5	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	—	7:43	6:36	1:07	—
Apr 23	@ OTT	L 4-6	0	0	0	-2	3	0	1	0	67%	10:03	6:30	3:11	—
Apr 21	vs PHI	L 3-6	0	0	0	-2	2	0	5	2	—	9:17	9:17	—	—
Apr 19	vs MIN	L 0-2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	—	9:42	8:23	1:19	—
Mar 29	@ FLA	L 4-7	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	0%	7:34	7:34	—	—
Mar 27	@ NJD	OTL 2-3	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	—	5:45	5:13	0:32	—
Mar 15	vs ARI	L 3-6	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	—	10:32	9:48	0:44	—
Mar 5	@ EDM	W 5-2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	50%	10:32	7:29	3:03	—
Mar 1	@ WPG	L 4-8	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	1	0%	10:56	6:46	4:10	—
Feb 26	@ OTT	W 2-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	8:41	7:34	0:52	—
Dec 14	@ PIT	L 2-5	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	100%	13:33	13:05	0:28	—
Dec 11	@ STL	L 1-4	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	—	14:37	13:12	1:25	—
Dec 9	vs CHI	L 0-2	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3	0	0%	15:06	13:41	0:46	—
Dec 7	vs TBL	L 2-3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	—	14:57	13:45	1:03	0:09
Dec 4	@ NSH	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	10:39	7:58	2:41	—
Dec 2	vs COL	L 1-4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	57%	14:00	9:05	4:55	—
Oct 30	@ LAK	L 2-5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	38%	14:39	14:39	—	—
Oct 28	@ SJS	W 4-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	43%	11:04	10:34	—	0:30
Oct 26	@ SEA	L 1-5	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	55%	12:14	11:55	0:19	—

Season splits by strength

2021-22 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	25	281:22	11:15	256	264	49.2%	49.1%	141	132	20	14	59%	13.0	12.6	51%
Even strength	25	244:15	9:46	202	255	44.2%	44.9%	115	127	14	13	52%	8.8	11.8	37%
5v5	25	243:49	9:45	202	255	44.2%	44.9%	115	127	14	13	52%	8.8	11.8	37%
Power play	19	33:42	1:46	52	4	92.9%	89.5%	24	3	5	0	100%	3.2	0.5	94%
Penalty kill	3	0:55	0:18	0	2	0.0%	0.0%	0	2	0	1	0%	0.0	0.2	—
5v4	19	33:37	1:46	52	4	92.9%	89.5%	24	3	5	0	100%	3.2	0.5	93%

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
2021-22	MTL	25	4	5	9	+2	4	27	14.8%	35	11	11:15
2020-21Playoffs	WPG	8	1	1	2	+1	4	7	14.3%	29	9	12:24
2020-21	WPG	56	9	10	19	+6	16	57	15.8%	84	18	11:43
2019-20	WPG	49	7	8	15	-9	10	71	9.9%	69	19	13:06
2018-19Playoffs	WPG	5	0	2	2	+1	8	2	0.0%	8	4	10:02
2018-19	WPG	82	15	15	30	-1	44	95	15.8%	127	25	12:14
2017-18Playoffs	WPG	9	1	0	1	+1	4	11	9.1%	11	4	12:59
2017-18	WPG	70	17	22	39	+4	38	139	12.2%	120	25	14:28

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.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Puck luck

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Draw EquityDraw Equity (DrEq)Faceoff results in goals: each win or loss scored against a coin flip and weighted by the zone. 100 extra offensive- or defensive-zone wins are worth about 1.9 goals.Σ (win − 0.5) × V(zone)Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

Role changes

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season