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Washington Capitals

Matt Irwin

#52Defenseman

2022-23 regular season
61
GP
2
G
3
A
5
P
79
SOG
2.5% SH
13:02
TOI/GP

D · WSH · NHL id 8475625

Matt Irwin has played 61 games for the Washington Capitals in 2022-23, scoring 2 goals and 3 assists (5 points) on 79 shots while averaging 13:02 a night (12:06 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 0:54 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Capitals have controlled 48% of shot attempts with Irwin on the ice (22-31 in goals, 33% offensive-zone starts). In the Capitals' most recent game against NJD he was on D3 with Alexander Alexeyev and off the power play. He is shooting 2.5% this season against 1.9% across the 244 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 13 game vs NJD, detected from shift data

Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
PK2D
Martin Fehérváry
Last 5: D3 · D3 · D3 · D3 · D3

Deployment timeline

2022-23 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 16 games, 14:42 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 3 line changes.

PPLine23▼32▲3▼333333333330m8m17m25mMar 1Mar 6Mar 11Mar 15Mar 19Mar 23Mar 29Apr 2Apr 8Apr 11
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
16 games shown, 14:42 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2022-23 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed26th2721.0 mph
Bursts 20+ mph39th4011
Hardest shot81st8196.5 mph
Offensive-zone time28th2940.2%
Distance skated45th45116.2 mi
High-danger SOG46th463
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

2022-23 · 140 attempts, 79 on goal, 2 goals

Shot map, OPP at WSH: 140 attempts, 79 on goal, 2 goals, 2.53 expected goals; best chance Matt Irwin at 0.18 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

2022-23 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

01234-0.5goals below expected-0.3σOct 31Apr 13
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2022-23 regular season · 59 of 61 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.026
Season net
−0.32xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.41
Attempts
5
0.012

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−0.19G
Per 60
−0.014
Drawn / taken
17 / 18minors

MethodLeaders
45.7%
49.8%
45.5%
Transition CF/60
4.1
Turnovers won/60
13.6
Turnovers lost/60
17.7

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
79 shots on goal, 2 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
L Point29%6%0
Low Slot3%24%0
R Circle3%11%0
R Point13%6%0
Outside L9%5%0
High Slot5%8%1
Center Point11%8%0

Role changes

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

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Linemates

2022-23 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Irwin

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

61 games in 2022-23, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 13vs NJDOTL 4-5000+11000—13:1312:46—0:27
Apr 11@ BOSL 2-500000232—16:0216:02——
Apr 10vs NYIW 5-200003002—13:4513:31—0:14
Apr 8vs FLAL 2-400000002—10:519:06—1:45
Apr 6@ MTLL 2-600001012—13:3711:45—1:52
Apr 2vs NYRL 2-5000-10510—12:3411:38—0:56
Mar 21vs CBJOTL 6-7000-15202—14:1614:16——
Mar 19@ MINL 3-5000-22710—11:4110:33—1:08
Mar 17vs STLL 2-5000-11020—15:5514:40—1:15
Mar 15vs BUFW 5-400001001—13:1211:35—1:37
Mar 14@ NYRL 3-5112+21033—11:179:25—1:52
Mar 11@ NYIW 5-1000-14011—13:529:56—3:28
Mar 9vs NJDOTL 2-300001042—19:2916:16—3:13
Mar 6@ LAKL 2-4000-21012—14:2712:250:041:58
Mar 4@ SJSW 8-3101+32034—18:3414:040:044:26
Mar 1@ ANAW 3-200002003—22:4720:39—2:08
Feb 26@ BUFL 4-7000-31001—14:2112:18—2:03
Feb 25vs NYRW 6-3000-22012—18:4116:18—2:23
Feb 23vs ANAL 2-400001000—12:0810:48—1:20
Feb 18@ CARL 1-400002021—10:239:47—0:36

Season splits by strength

2022-23 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations61795:1913:0265478645.4%46.3%346393233341%26.836.230%
Even strength61737:5012:0664169548.0%48.7%338346223142%25.130.133%
5v561737:3212:0564169548.0%48.7%338346223142%25.130.133%
Power play30:150:0520100.0%100.0%1000—0.40.0—
Penalty kill4255:121:199889.3%9.1%546020%0.76.011%
4v54255:121:199889.3%9.1%546020%0.76.011%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2022-23WSH61235-836792.5%1177513:02
2021-22WSH1713406293.4%362112:39
2020-21BUF24022-1019270.0%564316:15
2019-20ANA, NSH36033-1515580.0%805414:28
2018-19NSH44167+538502.0%803711:18
2017-18PlayoffsNSH12000+1260.0%211310:41
2017-18NSH50268+28623.2%785413:26

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.