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Philadelphia Flyers

Matt Niskanen

#15Defenseman

2019-20 regular season
68
GP
8
G
25
A
33
P
126
SOG
6.3% SH
21:54
TOI/GP

D · PHI · NHL id 8471702

Matt Niskanen has played 68 games for the Philadelphia Flyers in 2019-20, scoring 8 goals and 25 assists (33 points) on 126 shots while averaging 21:54 a night (16:43 at even strength, 2:02 on the power play and 2:38 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Flyers have controlled 52% of shot attempts with Niskanen on the ice (53-42 in goals, 43% offensive-zone starts). In the Flyers' most recent game against BOS he was on D1 with Ivan Provorov and on PP2. He is shooting 6.3% this season against 5.6% across the 247 games in our data.

Right now

From the Mar 10 game vs BOS, detected from shift data

Last 5: D3/PP2 · D2/PP2 · D3/PP1 · D1/PP2 · D2/PP2

Deployment timeline

2019-20 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 20 games, 21:20 average time on ice, PP1 in 2 games, 14 line changes.

PPLine31▲112▼3▼2▲21▲3▼2▲22▲1▲2▼3▼2▲3▲1▲2▼0m8m17m25m33mJan 21Feb 1Feb 6Feb 10Feb 13Feb 18Feb 22Feb 28Mar 4Mar 7
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
20 games shown, 21:20 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

2019-20 · 232 attempts, 126 on goal, 8 goals

Shot map, OPP at PHI: 232 attempts, 126 on goal, 8 goals, 7.13 expected goals; best chance Matt Niskanen at 0.45 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

2019-20 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

0246810+0.9goals above expected0.4σOct 4Mar 10
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2019-20 regular season · 68 of 68 games through the sequence engine

MethodLeaders
−0.054
Season net
−1.00xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.38
Attempts
7
0.003

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−0.44G
Per 60
−0.018
Drawn / taken
11.5 / 14.5minors

MethodLeaders
52.9%
54.2%
53.0%
Transition CF/60
3.7
Turnovers won/60
17.1
Turnovers lost/60
16.2

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
126 shots on goal, 8 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
R Point40%7%1
Low Slot6%23%2
R Circle6%11%1
L Circle6%11%1
Outside L1%5%0
High Slot5%8%1
Outside R8%4%0

Linemates

2019-20 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Niskanen

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

68 games in 2019-20, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Mar 10vs BOSL 0-200001012—24:2516:352:412:54
Mar 7vs BUFW 3-1000+10022—22:5616:401:294:04
Mar 5vs CARW 4-1000+41022—19:2517:232:02—
Mar 4@ WSHW 5-2000+20002—22:0612:523:006:14
Mar 1@ NYRW 5-3101+13273—22:2213:271:295:11
Feb 28vs NYRW 5-2000+23012—21:1115:521:423:37
Feb 25vs SJSW 4-2011+33003—24:1218:341:332:44
Feb 22vs WPGW 4-2011+20010—21:1118:111:390:35
Feb 20@ CBJW 4-301102051—21:3019:35—1:55
Feb 18vs CBJW 5-1000+11022—21:3818:31—3:07
Feb 15@ TBLL 3-5011-20030—21:4511:112:195:10
Feb 13@ FLAW 6-2022+11032—25:0122:091:381:14
Feb 11@ NYIL 3-5000-11012—20:5217:510:551:08
Feb 10vs FLAW 4-101103020—20:5013:142:394:57
Feb 8@ WSHW 7-201102022—19:5813:552:503:13
Feb 6vs NJDL 0-500003001—21:4315:023:512:28
Feb 3@ DETW 3-0101+14000—22:0918:121:301:30
Feb 1vs COLW 6-3112+43020—24:1516:303:252:24
Jan 31@ PITOTL 3-402201020—23:2219:282:421:12
Jan 21vs PITW 3-0000+13011—20:5313:442:164:27

Season splits by strength

2019-20 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations681489:3221:541311124851.2%51.6%772683826954%73.368.938%
Even strength681136:5616:43102293352.3%52.7%602502534554%51.444.742%
5v5681113:5516:23100392052.2%52.6%592495534256%49.744.143%
Power play66138:222:061945278.9%76.9%1093617385%11.42.490%
Penalty kill64178:472:484923717.1%20.0%3813241818%3.016.83%
4v42318:210:48121250.0%50.0%66030%1.10.525%
3v3 (OT)84:400:357187.5%85.7%4100—0.70.10%
5v466136:422:041895278.4%76.5%1073617385%10.92.489%
4v563170:402:434721617.9%20.6%3612341818%2.914.73%
3v585:290:4121511.8%15.4%2700—0.01.80%
6v5, own net empty2318:110:4732880.0%78.6%1433350%2.13.7100%
5v6, opponent net empty2114:460:42101737.0%38.1%61040100%4.80.90%
3v442:380:40060.0%0.0%0200—0.00.30%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2019-20PHI6882533+15291266.3%1248421:54
2018-19PlayoffsWSH70220070.0%211624:44
2018-19WSH8081725-3411435.6%16713721:56
2017-18PlayoffsWSH24189+68323.1%475725:23
2017-18WSH6872229+24361205.8%1179822:36

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.