D · NYR · NHL id 8481525
Matthew Robertson has played 72 games for the New York Rangers in 2025-26, scoring 6 goals and 12 assists (18 points) on 79 shots while averaging 17:24 a night (15:45 at even strength, 0:03 on the power play and 1:30 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 81% of his 5v5 minutes with Will Borgen and 28% with Mika Zibanejad over the last 10 games, and the Rangers have controlled 49% of shot attempts with Robertson on the ice (44-47 in goals, 36% offensive-zone starts). In the Rangers' most recent game against TBL he was on D3 with Will Borgen and off the power play. He is shooting 7.6% this season against 7.4% across the 74 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 15 game vs TBL, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 20 games, 17:46 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 11 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
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 · 216 attempts, 79 on goal, 6 goals
Shot map, OPP at NYR: 216 attempts, 79 on goal, 6 goals, 3.38 expected goals; best chance Matthew Robertson at 0.24 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 72 GP · 18 points vs 16.2 expected
Last 20 games: +50. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 7.6%
- 100.4
- 38.3%
- G vs xG
- 6 / 3.7
- • Role shrank over the last 10 games (3 demotion events): the cold spell may not be all luck.
- 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 defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.
Fantasy box score
- Games played72
- Goals6408th of 715
- Assists12419th of 715
- Points18421st of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal79396th of 715
- Hits107163rd of 715
- Blocked shots80141st of 715
- Plus/minus−1343rd of 715
- Penalty minutes38205th of 715
- Faceoffs won0451st of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)48.8%406th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)48.5%439th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)47.5%467th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)47.8%455th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)51.5%280th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)50.4%302nd of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.32600th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.069532nd of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.35141st of 719
Usage
- Ice time per game17:24269th of 715
- Power-play time per game0:03552nd of 715
- Offensive-zone start %36.2%634th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.72642nd of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1004290th of 719
- Goals above expected+2.3109th of 715
- Luck Meter+35148th of 828
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed22.5283rd of 715
- 20+ mph bursts28541st of 715
- Hardest shot94.0119th of 715
- Offensive-zone time41.1%416th 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 · 69 of 72 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.052
- Season net
- −0.97xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.32
- Attempts
- 6
- 0.009
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
How his goals happened
6 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2026 @ FLA | Deflection | — | 1 | 54.8 | deflection | |
| Mar 27, 2026 vs CHI | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 60.6 | — | |
| Jan 26, 2026 vs BOS | Odd-man rush | carry | 1 | 38.1 | 2-on-1 | |
| Jan 19, 2026 @ ANA | Point shot | — | 3* | 47.8 | — | |
| Dec 15, 2025 vs ANA | Rush | carry | 1 | 75.2 | — | |
| Oct 18, 2025 @ MTL | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 79.8 | one-timer |
* 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 Robertson
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Robertson apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Borgen | D | 44 | 431:49 | 39% | 47.0% | 44% (18-23) | 52.5% 279:05 | 44.1% 260:12 |
| Alexis Lafrenière | LW | 70 | 309:41 | 28% | 53.2% | 43% (10-13) | 47.0% 775:27 | 52.4% 699:02 |
| Will Cuylle | LW | 70 | 292:20 | 26% | 49.3% | 38% (9-15) | 48.2% 798:06 | 49.2% 615:56 |
| Noah Laba | C | 64 | 286:14 | 26% | 47.1% | 53% (10-9) | 49.3% 698:32 | 44.0% 452:06 |
| Mika Zibanejad | C | 69 | 285:43 | 26% | 47.1% | 45% (10-12) | 49.5% 791:27 | 50.0% 715:19 |
| Vincent Trocheck | C | 60 | 249:45 | 22% | 55.3% | 50% (12-12) | 45.5% 683:24 | 47.8% 615:50 |
| Braden Schneider | D | 41 | 238:51 | 21% | 46.8% | 56% (9-7) | 47.6% 410:11 | 42.1% 465:39 |
| Conor Sheary | LW | 52 | 221:49 | 20% | 50.2% | 63% (12-7) | 50.3% 566:46 | 49.0% 437:33 |
| J.T. Miller | C | 55 | 215:54 | 19% | 49.5% | 57% (12-9) | 47.7% 644:30 | 50.5% 554:54 |
| Gabe Perreault | RW | 46 | 206:55 | 19% | 50.1% | 47% (8-9) | 47.9% 537:00 | 48.0% 455:40 |
| Scott Morrow | D | 26 | 203:54 | 18% | 50.3% | 45% (5-6) | 44.2% 184:14 | 51.5% 157:56 |
| Taylor Raddysh | RW | 56 | 199:15 | 18% | 45.8% | 46% (6-7) | 50.0% 664:13 | 45.8% 382:45 |
| Artemi Panarin | C | 41 | 193:01 | 17% | 55.3% | 53% (9-8) | 47.5% 423:49 | 53.9% 475:04 |
| Jonny Brodzinski | C | 48 | 170:57 | 15% | 43.8% | 36% (4-7) | 48.6% 579:55 | 50.1% 339:55 |
Game log
72 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15 | @ TBL | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 16:41 | 16:01 | — | 0:40 |
| Apr 13 | @ FLA | L 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 17:05 | 16:31 | — | 0:34 |
| Apr 11 | @ DAL | L 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 13:19 | 11:42 | — | 1:37 |
| Apr 8 | vs BUF | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 15:52 | 15:12 | — | 0:39 |
| Apr 5 | vs WSH | W 8-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 17:50 | 15:14 | — | 2:36 |
| Apr 4 | vs DET | W 4-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 18:18 | 14:57 | — | 2:39 |
| Apr 2 | vs MTL | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 17:34 | 15:30 | — | 2:04 |
| Mar 31 | vs NJD | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 18:32 | 18:32 | — | — |
| Mar 29 | vs FLA | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 16:22 | 14:01 | — | 2:21 |
| Mar 27 | vs CHI | W 6-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 15:53 | 14:08 | 0:55 | 0:50 |
| Mar 25 | @ TOR | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 16:34 | 15:29 | — | 0:56 |
| Mar 23 | vs OTT | L 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 18:41 | 13:19 | — | 5:22 |
| Mar 22 | vs WPG | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 23:16 | 22:04 | — | 1:12 |
| Mar 19 | @ CBJ | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 15:21 | 12:12 | 0:14 | 2:55 |
| Mar 18 | vs NJD | L 3-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 21:11 | 19:45 | — | 1:26 |
| Mar 16 | vs LAK | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | 18:24 | 18:22 | — | — |
| Mar 14 | @ MIN | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 16:16 | 15:58 | 0:14 | — |
| Mar 12 | @ WPG | W 6-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 21:22 | 20:33 | 0:15 | 0:04 |
| Mar 10 | vs CGY | W 4-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 19:15 | 19:15 | — | — |
| Mar 9 | @ PHI | W 6-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 19:27 | 17:00 | — | 2:02 |
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 | 72 | 1253:07 | 17:24 | 1073 | 1297 | 45.3% | 45.1% | 470 | 610 | 47 | 62 | 43% | 45.6 | 63.5 | 30% |
| Even strength | 72 | 1134:12 | 15:45 | 1043 | 1092 | 48.9% | 48.6% | 449 | 504 | 45 | 48 | 48% | 43.3 | 47.9 | 36% |
| 5v5 | 72 | 1114:14 | 15:29 | 1027 | 1079 | 48.8% | 48.5% | 443 | 495 | 44 | 47 | 48% | 42.4 | 46.8 | 36% |
| Power play | 15 | 4:11 | 0:17 | 4 | 2 | 66.7% | 75.0% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.0 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 58 | 107:50 | 1:52 | 23 | 185 | 11.1% | 13.5% | 18 | 98 | 1 | 14 | 7% | 1.5 | 14.7 | 7% |
| 4v4 | 18 | 16:13 | 0:54 | 9 | 9 | 50.0% | 53.3% | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.5 | 0.4 | 50% |
| 3v3 (OT) | 7 | 3:45 | 0:32 | 7 | 4 | 63.6% | 55.6% | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0% |
| 5v4 | 15 | 4:11 | 0:17 | 4 | 2 | 66.7% | 75.0% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.0 | 100% |
| 4v5 | 58 | 106:09 | 1:50 | 23 | 183 | 11.2% | 13.6% | 18 | 96 | 1 | 14 | 7% | 1.5 | 14.4 | 7% |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 13 | 4:23 | 0:20 | 1 | 8 | 11.1% | 16.7% | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.5 | 0.2 | — |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | NYR | 72 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -1 | 38 | 79 | 7.6% | 107 | 80 | 17:24 |
| 2024-25 | NYR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 2 | 1 | 17:38 |
Matthew Robertson news
- Matthew Robertson HomeNHL.com
- Why Matthew Robertson Should Be Third-Pair Defenseman for NY RangersYahoo Sports
- Matthew Robertson StatsNHL.com
- Matthew Robertson Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- New York Rangers' 2025-26 Report Cards: Matthew RobertsonThe Hockey Writers
- New York Rangers’ 2025-26 Report Cards: Matthew RobertsonThe Hockey Writers
- Rangers Still Right to Trade K’Andre Miller Almost a Year LaterThe Hockey Writers
- Matthew Robertson's six-year wait ends with a definitive Rangers arrivalBlue Line Station
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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.