Matt Boldy

#12Left WingShoots L6'2"198 lb

-0.2 in 4 days

2026-27 regular season

SOG

0.0% SH

19:47

TOI/GP

LW · MIN · NHL id 8481557

Matt Boldy has played 2 games for the Minnesota Wild in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 9 shots while averaging 19:47 a night (12:17 at even strength, 4:15 on the power play and 1:51 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 90% of his 5v5 minutes with Joel Eriksson Ek and 66% with Blake Coleman over the last 2 games, and the Wild have controlled 56% of shot attempts with Boldy on the ice (1-1 in goals, 63% offensive-zone starts). In the Wild's most recent game against BOS he was on L2 with Blake Coleman and Joel Eriksson Ek and on PP1; dropped to L2 (from L1) in the last game. He is shooting 0.0% this season against 12.7% across the 392 games in our data.

Right now

From the Oct 3 game vs BOS, detected from shift data

Line

Blake Coleman Joel Eriksson Ek

Power play

PP1

Joel Eriksson Ek Kirill Kaprizov Quinn Hughes Maxim Shabanov

Penalty kill

PK2F

Joel Eriksson Ek

Dropped to L2 (from L1) in the last gameLast 2: L1/PP1 · L2/PP1

Ascension61Risinglast 2 games vs previous 20 (incl. last season), through Oct 3, 2026

ixG/60 2.57 (was 0.90)
+0:59 PP TOI

Deployment timeline

2026-27 · 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

2 games shown, 18:23 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

Only 2 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.

Top speed52nd5222.3 mph

Bursts 20+ mph67th6893

Hardest shot94th9493.6 mph

Offensive-zone time84th8444.9%

Distance skated93rd93238.7 mi

High-danger SOG95th9684

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

2026-27 · 19 attempts, 9 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 · 76 GP · 85 points vs 74.7 expected

Luck Meter →

Sell high

Luck meter+65

Last 20 games: +11. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting+8.4 G

On-ice SH%+6.3 G

On-ice SV%+6.8 G

IPP+4.1 G

Points vs expected+10.3 P

: 16.5%
: 103.0
: 71.4%
G vs xG: 42 / 33.6

• Role shrank over the last 10 games (TOI down 2:01 a game, 4 demotion events): the cold spell may not be all luck.
• Shot diet worsened: 0.060 xG per attempt lately vs 0.085 before.

Goals against expected goals

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Player analytics

Compare with another player →

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

2026-27 so far: 2 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 9 SOG.

Fantasy box score

Games played76
Goals429th of 715
Assists4349th of 715
Points8519th of 715
Power-play points3014th of 715
Shorthanded points47th of 715
Shots on goal25415th of 715
Hits60337th of 715
Blocked shots58207th of 715
Plus/minus+1847th of 715
Penalty minutes30294th of 715
Faceoffs won55210th of 715

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

Corsi (CF%)51.5%207th of 719
Fenwick (FF%)51.6%200th of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)51.9%226th of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)51.9%221st of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)51.5%279th of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)50.4%294th of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /601.5696th of 719
Turnover Ledger /60−0.091618th of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.19628th of 719
Faceoff win %44.4%184th of 238
Draw Equity /100−0.044161st of 238

Usage

Ice time per game20:34105th of 715
Power-play time per game3:4612th of 715
Power-play share74.6%33rd of 713
Ice-time share33.7%108th of 715
Offensive-zone start %49.3%386th of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60+0.3881st of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO103180th of 719
Goals above expected+8.42nd of 715
Luck Meter+6516th of 828
Ascension score6183rd of 561

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed22.3359th of 715
20+ mph bursts93216th of 715
Hardest shot93.6127th of 715
Offensive-zone time44.9%91st of 715

Compare head to head

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 · 76 of 76 games through the sequence engine

Method Leaders

: −0.034
Season net: −0.60xG

Offensive TK/600.81 (14)

Offensive GV/601.96 (34)

Neutral TK/600.17 (3)

Neutral GV/600.75 (13)

Defensive TK/600.17 (3)

Defensive GV/600.98 (17)

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

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: −0.044
Season: −0.06G
: 44.4%124 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 42-45 · NZ 3-12 · DZ 10-12

Method Leaders

Per 60: 1.56
Attempts: 27
: 0.078

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

Method Leaders

Season: +2.04G
Per 60: +0.078
Drawn / taken: 25 / 15minors

Method Leaders

: 51.9%
: 51.5%
: 51.9%
Transition CF/60: 4.4
Turnovers won/60: 18.7
Turnovers lost/60: 19.9

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

254 shots on goal, 42 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
R Net Side	7%	3%	3
L Point	2%	5%	0
R Circle	15%	12%	6
Center Point	6%	9%	0
Outside R	2%	4%	0
L Circle	11%	13%	4
R Point	4%	6%	1

Role changes

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

All alerts →

Moved up to L1 from L2Apr 25, 2026 alerts →
Moved down to L4 from L2Nov 1, 2025 alerts →
Moved up to L1 from L2Apr 20, 2025 alerts →
Moved up to L1 from L2Apr 12, 2025 alerts →
Moved down to L3 from L1Jan 26, 2025 alerts →
Played 7:40 less than his 5-game averageJan 26, 2025 alerts →
Moved up to L1 from L2Dec 29, 2024 alerts →
Moved up to L1 from L4Jan 8, 2023 alerts →

How the goals happened

40 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method

Goal anatomy
Game	Play	Entry	Passes	Shot mph	Notes
May 9, 2026 vs COL	Forecheck turnover	—	0	6.8	—
Apr 30, 2026 vs DAL	Forecheck turnover	—	0	3.2	—
Apr 30, 2026 vs DAL	Odd-man rush	carry	0	28.4	1-on-0
Apr 28, 2026 @ DAL	Cycle	—	2	66.9	—
Apr 25, 2026 vs DAL	Deflection	—	0	27.7	deflection
Apr 18, 2026 @ DAL	Point shot	—	0	61.4	—
Apr 18, 2026 @ DAL	Cycle	—	0	3.1	—
Apr 7, 2026 vs SEA	Deflection	carry	0	14.0	2-on-1, rebound
Apr 5, 2026 @ DET	Odd-man rush	carry	0	62.4	3-on-1
Apr 2, 2026 vs VAN	Odd-man rush	loose	0	48.0	1-on-0
Apr 2, 2026 vs VAN	Forecheck turnover	—	1	52.3	—
Mar 14, 2026 vs NYR	Odd-man rush	carry	1	56.4	5-on-4
Mar 12, 2026 vs PHI	Rush	carry	2	67.0	—
Mar 10, 2026 vs UTA	Odd-man rush	carry	0	70.0	2-on-1, one-timer
Feb 27, 2026 @ UTA	Forecheck turnover	—	1*	14.9	—
Feb 26, 2026 @ COL	Odd-man rush	pass	2	56.8	2-on-1
Feb 26, 2026 @ COL	Point shot	—	0	60.1	—
Feb 4, 2026 @ NSH	Rush	pass	1	8.5	—
Feb 4, 2026 @ NSH	Deflection	—	1	5.4	—
Feb 4, 2026 @ NSH	Odd-man rush	carry	0	42.2	1-on-0
Jan 29, 2026 vs CGY	Deflection	—	4*	27.2	one-timer
Jan 24, 2026 vs FLA	Odd-man rush	carry	1	63.0	1-on-0
Jan 10, 2026 vs NYI	Cycle	—	7*	67.9	one-timer
Jan 3, 2026 @ LAK	Deflection	carry	0	6.9	3-on-2
Dec 29, 2025 @ VGK	Odd-man rush	carry	0	44.1	2-on-1
Dec 27, 2025 @ WPG	Odd-man rush	carry	3*	70.2	3-on-2, one-timer
Dec 27, 2025 @ WPG	Deflection	—	1	30.2	deflection
Dec 20, 2025 vs EDM	Cycle	—	4*	65.4	one-timer
Dec 20, 2025 vs EDM	Point shot	—	0	16.5	—
Dec 18, 2025 @ CBJ	Odd-man rush	carry	0	19.5	1-on-0
Dec 16, 2025 vs WSH	Rush	loose	1	53.3	—
Dec 14, 2025 vs BOS	Rebound	—	0	13.8	rebound
Dec 11, 2025 vs DAL	Odd-man rush	pass	1	23.2	1-on-0
Nov 29, 2025 vs BUF	Forecheck turnover	—	0	36.5	—
Nov 26, 2025 @ CHI	Point shot	—	1	33.5	—
Nov 21, 2025 @ PIT	Deflection	loose	1	44.4	deflection
Nov 21, 2025 @ PIT	Dump and chase	dump	2	20.3	2-on-0
Nov 19, 2025 vs CAR	Odd-man rush	carry	0	75.3	1-on-0
Nov 15, 2025 vs ANA	Cycle	—	0	63.8	—
Nov 11, 2025 vs SJS	Cycle	—	2	58.6	one-timer

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

Linemates

2026-27 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Boldy

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Boldy apart	CF% mate apart
Joel Eriksson Ek	C	2	22:01	90%	59.2%	100% (1-0)	0.0% 2:32	50.0% 1:41
Blake Coleman	LW	2	16:19	66%	42.4%	— (0-0)	78.9% 8:14	71.4% 4:56
Quinn Hughes	D	2	14:31	59%	55.3%	100% (1-0)	57.1% 10:02	56.8% 25:08
Jared Spurgeon	D	2	11:55	49%	56.3%	100% (1-0)	55.0% 12:38	45.5% 19:44
Olli Maatta	D	2	7:26	30%	58.3%	0% (0-1)	55.0% 17:07	56.1% 27:39
Jonas Brodin	D	2	7:19	30%	50.0%	— (0-0)	56.8% 17:14	68.6% 24:28
Kirill Kaprizov	LW	2	6:03	25%	83.3%	100% (1-0)	41.2% 18:30	33.3% 21:37
Zach Bogosian	D	2	4:51	20%	63.6%	0% (0-1)	53.7% 19:42	42.9% 17:52
Daemon Hunt	D	2	3:07	13%	33.3%	— (0-0)	57.1% 21:26	43.3% 19:39

Linemate and opposition quality

2025-26 · 5v5 · 1,039 min on ice · ranked against 510 forwards · last season, until this season has enough games to rank

51.3%

teammates' average xGF%

72nd percentile · higher = stronger linemates

29.7%

opponents' average ice-time share

98th percentile · higher = faces more top-line minutes

Top-line role: strong linemates against the other team's best.

QoT averages the season xGF% of Boldy's 5v5 teammates; QoC averages how much of their team's ice time Boldy'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.

Usage by score state

2026-27, 2 games, topped up with last season.

Leading: 19.3; min per 60
Tied: 20.5; min per 60
Trailing: 20.8; min per 60

Boldy plays 86 more seconds per 60 minutes when the team trails than when it leads: more minutes when chasing a game. Power play: 3.9 min per 60 trailing, against 3.4 leading. On the ice for 89% of the team's 6-on-5 time (7:30 of 8:25).

Next game at BUF (2026-10-06): team win probability ≈45%, projected 20:27 TOI (+0:02 from the expected script). Game-script forecast

Faceoffs

Dot map, splits and head-to-head →

Model rating: 45.8%; 90%: 42.0%–49.7% vs an average centre
2026-27: —; 0 of 2 so far: too early for a percentage
Next game: 1.6 FOW; 2026-10-06 vs BUF: 3 draws at 51.1%, range 0–3

Rating adjusts for opponents, home ice and dot side. All faceoff leaders

Game log

2 games in 2026-27, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Oct 3	vs BOS	W 4-1	0	0	0	+1	4	0	2	1	0%	18:05	12:02	2:57	1:51
Oct 1	@ NSH	W 3-1	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0%	21:28	12:32	5:32	1:51

Season splits by strength

2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	2	39:33	19:47	55	33	62.5%	59.7%	29	19	3	1	75%	4.4	1.7	46%
Even strength	2	24:34	12:17	29	23	55.8%	53.3%	15	14	1	1	50%	1.2	1.3	63%
5v5	2	24:33	12:17	29	23	55.8%	53.3%	15	14	1	1	50%	1.2	1.3	63%
Power play	2	8:29	4:15	18	1	94.7%	92.9%	10	0	1	0	100%	1.4	0.0	100%
Penalty kill	2	3:42	1:51	2	5	28.6%	33.3%	2	2	0	0	—	0.2	0.3	0%
5v4	2	5:57	2:59	11	1	91.7%	90.0%	7	0	1	0	100%	0.9	0.0	100%
4v5	2	3:42	1:51	2	5	28.6%	33.3%	2	2	0	0	—	0.2	0.3	0%
5v3	2	2:32	1:16	7	0	100.0%	100.0%	3	0	0	0	—	0.5	0.0	—
5v6, opponent net empty	2	2:06	1:03	4	4	50.0%	50.0%	1	3	1	0	100%	1.5	0.1	—

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
2026-27	MIN	2	0	0	0	+1	2	9	0.0%	2	1	19:47
2025-26Playoffs	MIN	11	7	6	13	+5	4	48	14.6%	19	8	23:36
2025-26	MIN	76	42	43	85	+18	30	254	16.5%	60	58	20:34
2024-25Playoffs	MIN	6	5	2	7	0	2	20	25.0%	12	5	25:01
2024-25	MIN	82	27	46	73	+1	51	271	10.0%	52	69	20:17
2023-24	MIN	75	29	40	69	+5	48	227	12.8%	33	32	18:55
2022-23Playoffs	MIN	6	0	3	3	-5	4	24	0.0%	5	4	20:53
2022-23	MIN	81	31	32	63	+1	39	255	12.2%	65	26	18:30
2021-22Playoffs	MIN	6	1	0	1	-1	4	13	7.7%	3	3	13:19
2021-22	MIN	47	15	24	39	+17	10	113	13.3%	23	24	15:23

Matt Boldy news

3 Takeaways From Day 1 Of 2026 Minnesota Wild Training Camp
The Hockey WritersSep 18, 2026
Minnesota Wild Award Candidates 2026-27
The Hockey WritersAug 31, 2026
Minnesota Wild Fans Have Reasons for Optimism in 2026-27
The Hockey WritersAug 28, 2026
Wild 2025-26 Report Cards: Matt Boldy
The Hockey WritersAug 4, 2026
Minnesota Wild’s 3 Best Contracts for 2026-27
The Hockey WritersJul 27, 2026
NHL Rumors: Minnesota Wild, Winnipeg Jets, and the Buffalo Sabres
NHLRumors.comJul 18, 2026
Jason Robertson Trade Options, and Minnesota Wild Trade Targets
NHLRumors.comMay 19, 2026
Matthew Boldy with a Goal vs. Colorado Avalanche | Minnesota Wild
NHL.comMay 9, 2026

Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.

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

Luck

Player analytics

Fantasy box score

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

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Compare head to head

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

How the goals happened

Linemates

Linemate and opposition quality

Usage by score state

Faceoffs

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season

Matt Boldy news