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Buffalo Sabres

Matt Hunwick

#48Defenseman

2018-19 regular season
14
GP
0
G
2
A
2
P
10
SOG
0.0% SH
15:41
TOI/GP

D · BUF · NHL id 8471436

Matt Hunwick has played 14 games for the Buffalo Sabres in 2018-19, scoring 0 goals and 2 assists (2 points) on 10 shots while averaging 15:41 a night (14:16 at even strength, 0:01 on the power play and 1:17 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Sabres have controlled 47% of shot attempts with Hunwick on the ice (3-10 in goals, 47% offensive-zone starts). In the Sabres' most recent game against CAR he was on D3 with Casey Nelson and off the power play. He is shooting 0.0% this season against 6.5% across the 56 games in our data.

Right now

From the Mar 16 game vs CAR, detected from shift data

Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
PK1D
Rasmus Ristolainen
Last 5: D3 · D3 · D3 · D2 · D3

Deployment timeline

2018-19 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 11 games, 15:37 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 3 line changes.

PPLine32▲33333332▲3▼0m8m17m25mFeb 5Feb 9Feb 12Feb 17Feb 21Feb 25Mar 1Mar 4Mar 9Mar 14
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
11 games shown, 15:37 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

Puck and player tracking

Source: NHL EDGE

No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.

Shot map

2018-19 · 18 attempts, 10 on goal, 0 goals

Shot map, OPP at BUF: 18 attempts, 10 on goal, 0 goals, 0.45 expected goals; best chance Matt Hunwick at 0.13 xG.

  • 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

2018-19 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

00.20.40.60.81-0.5goals below expected-0.7σDec 16Mar 16
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2018-19 regular season · 12 of 14 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.015
Season net
−0.05xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.00
Attempts
0
0.000

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

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.00G
Per 60
+0.000
Drawn / taken
2 / 2minors

MethodLeaders
45.1%
47.1%
44.9%
Transition CF/60
3.6
Turnovers won/60
16.0
Turnovers lost/60
12.6

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

Linemates

2018-19 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Hunwick

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

14 games in 2018-19, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Mar 16@ CARL 2-4011-10002—13:5913:05—0:54
Mar 14vs PITL 0-5000-10011—21:1116:59—4:12
Mar 12vs DALL 0-200002000—16:4915:000:081:41
Mar 4vs EDML 3-400001001—14:3212:52—1:40
Mar 1vs PITW 4-300000410—14:1913:27—0:29
Feb 25@ TORL 3-5000-20001—13:3912:40—0:59
Feb 23vs WSHW 5-201102001—16:5714:58—1:50
Feb 21@ TBLOTL 1-200001000—12:1410:33—1:41
Feb 17@ NJDL 1-400000010—15:4514:57—0:48
Feb 12vs NYIW 3-100001020—18:2418:24——
Feb 10vs WPGL 1-3000-10000—14:3514:160:040:15
Jan 29@ CBJW 5-4000-11002—13:3013:27—0:03
Dec 18vs FLAL 2-500000000—15:2013:07—2:13
Dec 16@ BOSW 4-2000-12011—18:2416:03—1:17

Season splits by strength

2018-19 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations14219:3815:4118123143.9%42.5%10214831319%9.113.039%
Even strength14199:4814:1618020147.2%45.7%10112931023%9.111.247%
5v514199:2114:1417920047.2%45.6%10012831023%9.111.247%
Power play20:120:0600——0000—0.00.0—
Penalty kill1318:021:231244.0%4.8%117030%0.01.613%
4v51317:461:221234.2%5.0%117030%0.01.413%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2018-19BUF14022-74100.0%6915:41
2017-18PIT424610-421527.7%515317:31

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.