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Pittsburgh Penguins

Matt Nieto

#83Left Wing

2024-25 regular season
32
GP
1
G
2
A
3
P
31
SOG
3.2% SH
12:15
TOI/GP

LW · PIT · NHL id 8476442

Matt Nieto has played 32 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2024-25, scoring 1 goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 31 shots while averaging 12:15 a night (10:05 at even strength, 0:02 on the power play and 2:03 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Penguins have controlled 45% of shot attempts with Nieto on the ice (5-12 in goals, 13% offensive-zone starts). In the Penguins' most recent game against CHI he was on L1 with Noel Acciari and Joona Koppanen and off the power play; moved up to L3 (from L4) in the last game. He is shooting 3.2% this season against 9.8% across the 466 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 8 game vs CHI, detected from shift data

Line
L1
Noel AcciariJoona Koppanen
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
PK2F
Joona Koppanen
Moved up to L3 (from L4) in the last gameLast 5: L4 · L3 · L4 · L3 · L3

Deployment timeline

2024-25 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 1 games, 12:55 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.

PPLine30m3m7m10m13mFeb 25Mar 1Mar 4Mar 9Mar 13Mar 18Mar 23Mar 27Apr 3Apr 6
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
1 games shown, 12:55 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2024-25 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed57th5822.4 mph
Bursts 20+ mph44th4451
Hardest shot43rd4485.0 mph
Offensive-zone time8th838.4%
Distance skated31st3261.7 mi
High-danger SOG29th2910
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

2024-25 · 46 attempts, 31 on goal, 1 goal

Shot map, OPP at PIT: 46 attempts, 31 on goal, 1 goal, 1.82 expected goals; best chance Matt Nieto at 0.26 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

2024-25 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

0123-0.8goals below expected-0.6σNov 15Apr 8
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2024-25 regular season · 26 of 32 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.055
Season net
−0.29xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
1.49
Attempts
8
0.039

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−0.19G
Per 60
−0.029
Drawn / taken
1 / 2minors

MethodLeaders
40.0%
45.7%
40.6%
Transition CF/60
4.3
Turnovers won/60
19.6
Turnovers lost/60
21.4

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
31 shots on goal, 1 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Low Slot29%21%1
Outside L13%5%0
L Circle6%13%0
R Circle6%13%0
Center Point6%8%0
Outside R3%4%0
L Corner0%1%0

Role changes

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

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How the goals happened

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

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Dec 12, 2024 @ MTLDeflectioncarry029.03-on-2, one-timer
Nov 4, 2023 @ SJSReboundcarry016.32-on-1, rebound

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

Linemates

2024-25 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Nieto

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Linemate and opposition quality

2024-25 · 5v5 · 322 min on ice · ranked against 495 forwards

46.0%

teammates' average xGF%

10th percentile · higher = stronger linemates

50.0%

opponents' average ice-time share

60th percentile · higher = faces more top-line minutes

Plays with weaker-than-usual linemates.

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

Game log

32 games in 2024-25, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 8vs CHIW 5-000001210—12:5512:16—0:39
Feb 23vs NYRL 3-5000-14020—10:4110:120:060:23
Feb 22vs WSHL 3-8000-31011—12:279:39—2:48
Feb 8@ PHIL 2-3000-11030—11:3511:35——
Jan 27@ SJSL 1-200002040100%10:287:27—3:01
Jan 25@ SEAL 1-400000010—10:128:36—1:36
Jan 23@ ANAL 1-5000-12010—9:417:38—2:03
Jan 20@ LAKW 5-100001002—13:5312:21—1:32
Jan 12vs TBLL 2-5000010200%10:2510:15——
Jan 11vs OTTL 0-500002201—11:589:130:302:09
Jan 9vs EDMW 5-300000010—12:309:20—2:56
Jan 7vs CBJOTL 3-400000001—13:5313:01—0:47
Jan 5@ CAROTL 3-400000012—11:057:56—3:09
Jan 3@ FLAOTL 2-300000011—13:0810:040:082:56
Dec 31@ DETL 2-400002010—13:5511:22—2:33
Dec 29vs NYIW 3-2000010000%12:0310:12—1:20
Dec 28@ NYIL 3-601100041—12:5410:400:092:05
Dec 23vs PHIW 7-301101010—14:5114:310:06—
Dec 21@ NJDL 0-300001000—12:2111:23—0:58
Dec 19@ NSHW 5-400000033—15:3811:34—4:04

Season splits by strength

2024-25 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations32392:0012:1525742937.5%36.2%12119862321%8.220.310%
Even strength32322:3810:0524529645.3%43.8%11213051229%7.611.113%
5v532322:0910:0424529645.3%43.8%11213051229%7.611.113%
Power play71:100:1010100.0%100.0%1010100%0.10.0100%
Penalty kill2965:412:1691266.7%7.1%7640100%0.39.02%
4v52962:302:0991147.3%7.6%760080%0.37.72%
3v533:111:040120.0%0.0%04020%0.01.20%
5v6, opponent net empty62:150:23070.0%0.0%04010%0.00.20%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2024-25PIT32123-84313.2%392012:15
2023-24PIT22134+54137.7%14911:37
2022-23PlayoffsCOL70000290.0%8111:41
2022-23COL, SJS81121224-151611510.4%433213:31
2021-22SJS7061117-2019827.3%964714:24
2020-21SJS28527-444511.1%251914:00
2019-20COL7081321+76859.4%372313:30
2018-19PlayoffsCOL12437+621822.2%101114:19
2018-19COL6441923+28864.7%502613:46
2017-18PlayoffsCOL6033-1250.0%8615:21
2017-18COL74151126+6148417.9%275614:55

Matt Nieto news

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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.