Nikolas Matinpalo

23.1

#33Defenseman6'3"212 lb

0.0 in 3 days

2025-26 regular season

SOG

0.0% SH

15:38

TOI/GP

D · OTT · NHL id 8484321

Nikolas Matinpalo has played 50 games for the Ottawa Senators in 2025-26, scoring 0 goals and 5 assists (5 points) on 37 shots while averaging 15:38 a night (14:01 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 1:32 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 30% of his 5v5 minutes with Dylan Cozens and 29% with Ridly Greig over the last 10 games, and the Senators have controlled 46% of shot attempts with Matinpalo on the ice (22-28 in goals, 47% offensive-zone starts). In the Senators' most recent game against CAR he was on D1 with Tyler Kleven and off the power play. He is shooting 0.0% this season against 1.2% across the 105 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 25 game vs CAR, detected from shift data

Pair

Tyler Kleven

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

PK1D

Tyler Kleven

Last 5: D3 · D2 · D2 · D2 · D2

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · 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

20 games shown, 17:40 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Top speed95th9523.1 mph

Bursts 20+ mph75th7544

Hardest shot65th6592.8 mph

Offensive-zone time32nd3240.5%

Distance skated41st41105.9 mi

High-danger SOG59th594

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

2025-26 · 104 attempts, 38 on goal, 0 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).

Luck

2025-26 · 50 GP · 5 points vs 8.8 expected

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Luck meter-58

Last 20 games: -58. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting−1.6 G

On-ice SH%−3.3 G

On-ice SV%+0.3 G

IPP−2.9 G

Points vs expected−3.8 P

: 0.0%
: 98.7
: 18.5%
G vs xG: 0 / 1.6

• Role rose over the last 10 games (TOI up 2:38 a game, 2 promotion events): some of the heat may be real.

Goals against expected goals

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Player analytics

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2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

Games played50
Goals0685th of 715
Assists5603rd of 715
Points5655th of 715
Power-play points0437th of 715
Shorthanded points1111th of 715
Shots on goal37603rd of 715
Hits49405th of 715
Blocked shots55224th of 715
Plus/minus−1343rd of 715
Penalty minutes16507th of 715
Faceoffs won0451st of 715

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Corsi (CF%)45.7%596th of 719
Fenwick (FF%)45.5%620th of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)51.8%232nd of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)51.9%223rd of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)49.8%358th of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)47.6%475th of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /600.43539th of 719
Turnover Ledger /60−0.079575th of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.26449th of 719
Faceoff win %—
Draw Equity /100—

Usage

Ice time per game15:38390th of 715
Power-play time per game0:00697th of 715
Power-play share2.4%671st of 713
Ice-time share25.8%385th of 715
Offensive-zone start %46.7%457th of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60−0.08344th of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO987473rd of 719
Goals above expected−1.6536th of 715
Luck Meter−58777th of 828
Ascension score—

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed23.190th of 715
20+ mph bursts44435th of 715
Hardest shot92.8156th of 715
Offensive-zone time40.5%492nd of 715

Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).

Beyond the box score

2025-26 regular season · 49 of 50 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: −0.057
Season net: −0.66xG

Offensive TK/600.26 (3)

Offensive GV/600.43 (5)

Neutral TK/600.00 (0)

Neutral GV/600.26 (3)

Defensive TK/600.60 (7)

Defensive GV/602.32 (27)

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

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.43
Attempts: 5
: 0.006

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

Method Leaders

Season: −0.20G
Per 60: −0.016
Drawn / taken: 7 / 8minors

Method Leaders

: 51.9%
: 49.8%
: 51.8%
Transition CF/60: 4.3
Turnovers won/60: 19.2
Turnovers lost/60: 19.9

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

37 shots on goal, 0 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League
R Point	19%	6%
Low Slot	11%	23%
High Slot	0%	7%
Outside L	11%	4%
L Point	11%	5%
L Circle	8%	13%
Outside R	8%	4%

Role changes

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

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Moved up to D1 from D3Mar 24, 2026 alerts →

How the goals happened

1 goal since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method

Goal anatomy
Game	Play	Entry	Passes	Shot mph	Notes	Replay
Apr 6, 2025 vs CBJ	Forecheck turnover	—	0	3.3	—

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Matinpalo

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Matinpalo apart	CF% mate apart
Dylan Cozens	C	53	220:07	29%	48.5%	42% (5-7)	42.8% 536:28	57.4% 479:11
Nick Jensen	D	19	217:10	28%	48.0%	47% (7-8)	55.2% 36:46	44.1% 58:35
Fabian Zetterlund	LW	52	215:36	28%	44.8%	53% (9-8)	44.7% 522:40	55.6% 397:54
Drake Batherson	RW	51	210:58	27%	48.7%	62% (8-5)	42.1% 519:01	56.0% 465:34
Tim Stützle	C	51	197:49	26%	50.4%	56% (10-8)	42.3% 530:13	54.5% 504:18
Nick Cousins	C	52	192:52	25%	40.6%	42% (5-7)	46.6% 555:48	55.4% 383:01
Michael Amadio	RW	49	176:45	23%	40.9%	38% (6-10)	45.5% 528:53	50.9% 533:03
Ridly Greig	C	46	174:16	23%	42.8%	33% (3-6)	43.6% 487:04	53.7% 436:12
Lars Eller	C	42	171:38	22%	42.4%	45% (5-6)	46.7% 434:09	44.7% 256:32
Tyler Kleven	D	24	169:28	22%	43.2%	44% (4-5)	44.8% 169:40	50.7% 232:56
Claude Giroux	RW	49	146:34	19%	46.3%	50% (4-4)	43.2% 560:12	55.5% 452:54
Shane Pinto	C	39	130:24	17%	35.4%	33% (4-8)	46.3% 435:31	55.2% 394:41
Brady Tkachuk	LW	37	119:34	16%	50.2%	30% (3-7)	41.3% 419:34	60.9% 360:55
David Perron	LW	29	111:28	15%	46.8%	50% (3-3)	46.5% 287:00	55.0% 231:55

Linemate and opposition quality

2025-26 · 5v5 · 699 min on ice · ranked against 270 defencemen

54.3%

teammates' average xGF%

91st percentile · higher = stronger linemates

28.1%

opponents' average ice-time share

8th percentile · higher = faces more top-line minutes

Favourable spot: strong linemates against weaker opponents.

QoT averages the season xGF% of Matinpalo's 5v5 teammates; QoC averages how much of their team's ice time Matinpalo's opponents get, so a high QoC means facing top lines. Both are weighted by time shared on the ice, lean on last season for small samples, and are ranked within forwards or defence.

Game log

54 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Apr 25PO	vs CAR	L 2-4	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	—	16:01	10:57	0:11	4:42
Apr 23PO	vs CAR	L 1-2	0	0	+1	0	0	1	3	—	19:21	15:19	—	4:02
Apr 20PO	@ CAR	OTL 2-3	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	—	31:03	30:15	—	0:30
Apr 18PO	@ CAR	L 0-2	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	—	17:08	12:55	—	4:13
Apr 15	vs TOR	W 3-1	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	—	18:39	15:33	—	2:51
Apr 12	@ NJD	OTL 3-4	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1	—	20:35	15:29	0:05	4:59
Apr 11	@ NYI	W 3-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	—	10:42	8:40	—	1:59
Apr 9	vs FLA	W 5-1	0	0	+1	1	0	4	1	—	17:09	17:09	—	—
Apr 7	vs TBL	W 6-2	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	—	18:55	17:35	—	1:20
Apr 5	vs CAR	W 6-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	—	15:59	14:51	—	1:08
Apr 4	vs MIN	L 1-4	0	0	-2	1	0	0	2	—	17:39	15:47	—	1:52
Apr 2	vs BUF	W 4-1	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	—	24:29	21:36	—	2:53
Mar 31	@ FLA	L 3-6	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	—	16:36	13:18	—	3:18
Mar 28	@ TBL	L 2-4	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	—	16:41	14:37	—	2:04
Mar 26	vs PIT	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	—	18:00	16:07	—	1:53
Mar 24	@ DET	W 3-2	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	—	19:57	17:42	—	2:06
Mar 23	@ NYR	W 2-1	0	0	0	2	2	1	4	—	18:19	14:52	—	3:17
Mar 21	vs TOR	W 5-2	0	0	+1	1	0	1	1	—	14:20	13:19	—	1:01
Mar 19	vs NYI	W 3-2	1	1	+1	0	0	1	1	—	12:44	9:31	—	3:13
Mar 18	@ WSH	L 1-4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—	10:08	9:22	—	0:46

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	50	781:22	15:38	596	813	42.3%	41.7%	290	377	27	38	42%	31.0	37.3	40%
Even strength	50	701:06	14:01	577	680	45.9%	45.7%	278	301	22	28	44%	27.4	25.2	47%
5v5	50	699:00	13:59	573	680	45.7%	45.5%	276	301	22	28	44%	27.0	25.2	47%
Power play	2	0:15	0:08	2	0	100.0%	—	0	0	0	0	—	0.0	0.0	100%
Penalty kill	40	76:58	1:55	14	130	9.7%	10.2%	10	73	3	10	23%	1.7	11.9	0%
4v4	6	2:06	0:21	4	0	100.0%	100.0%	2	0	0	0	—	0.3	0.0	50%
4v5	40	70:44	1:46	14	107	11.6%	12.6%	10	58	3	6	33%	1.7	8.7	0%
3v5	3	2:40	0:53	0	8	0.0%	0.0%	0	5	0	2	0%	0.0	1.2	0%
5v6, opponent net empty	11	2:13	0:12	2	3	40.0%	40.0%	2	3	2	0	100%	1.9	0.2	0%
3v4	4	3:34	0:54	0	15	0.0%	0.0%	0	10	0	2	0%	0.0	2.0	0%

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
2025-26Playoffs	OTT	4	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0.0%	3	7	20:53
2025-26	OTT	50	0	5	5	-1	16	37	0.0%	49	55	15:38
2024-25Playoffs	OTT	6	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0.0%	3	8	13:04
2024-25	OTT	41	1	3	4	-2	20	43	2.3%	25	29	12:37
2023-24	OTT	4	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0.0%	4	2	7:00