D · OTT · NHL id 8484321
Nikolas Matinpalo has played 1 game for the Ottawa Senators in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 1 shots while averaging 18:48 a night (13:49 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 4:08 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 48% of his 5v5 minutes with Tyler Kleven and 33% with Drake Batherson in his only game so far, and the Senators have controlled 36% of shot attempts with Matinpalo on the ice (0-0 in goals, 0% offensive-zone starts). In the Senators' most recent game against TOR he was on D2 with Tyler Kleven and off the power play.
Right now
From the Oct 3 game vs TOR, detected from shift data
- On-ice xGF/60 7.42 (was 2.77)
- +2:34 TOI a game
- 33% of 5v5 TOI with Batherson (was 27%)
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 1 games, 17:57 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 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
No Edge data yet in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.
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 · 1 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at OTT: 1 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals, 0.01 expected goals; best chance Nikolas Matinpalo at 0.01 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 50 GP · 5 points vs 8.8 expected
Last 20 games: -58. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 0.0%
- 98.7
- 18.5%
- G vs xG
- 0 / 1.6
- • Role rose over the last 10 games (TOI up 2:38 a game, 2 promotion events): some of the heat may be real.
- 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.
- 2026-27 so far: 1 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 1 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played50
- Goals0685th of 715
- Assists5603rd of 715
- Points5655th of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points1111th of 715
- Shots on goal37603rd of 715
- Hits49405th of 715
- Blocked shots55224th of 715
- Plus/minus−1343rd of 715
- Penalty minutes16507th of 715
- Faceoffs won0451st of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)45.7%596th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)45.5%620th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)51.8%232nd of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)51.9%223rd of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)49.8%358th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)47.6%475th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.43539th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.079575th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.26449th of 719
Usage
- Ice time per game15:38390th of 715
- Power-play time per game0:00697th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %46.7%457th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.08344th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO987473rd of 719
- Goals above expected−1.6536th of 715
- Luck Meter−58777th of 828
- Ascension score6183rd of 561
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed23.190th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts44435th of 715
- Hardest shot92.8156th of 715
- Offensive-zone time40.5%492nd 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 · 49 of 50 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.057
- Season net
- −0.66xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.43
- Attempts
- 5
- 0.006
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved up to D1 from D3Mar 24, 2026 alerts →
How the goals happened
1 goal since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 2025 vs CBJ | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 3.3 | — |
* 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 Matinpalo
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Matinpalo apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Kleven | D | 1 | 6:42 | 48% | 25.0% | — (0-0) | 40.0% 7:07 | 30.8% 10:32 |
| Drake Batherson | RW | 1 | 4:37 | 33% | 77.8% | — (0-0) | 15.8% 9:12 | 16.7% 8:32 |
| Tim Stützle | C | 1 | 4:17 | 31% | 40.0% | — (0-0) | 34.8% 9:32 | 35.0% 10:09 |
| Claude Giroux | RW | 1 | 4:04 | 29% | 33.3% | — (0-0) | 36.8% 9:45 | 52.4% 9:04 |
| Michael Amadio | RW | 1 | 3:43 | 27% | 16.7% | — (0-0) | 40.9% 10:06 | 63.6% 10:28 |
| Shane Pinto | C | 1 | 3:38 | 26% | 37.5% | — (0-0) | 35.0% 10:11 | 60.0% 8:23 |
| Stephen Halliday | C | 1 | 3:33 | 26% | 33.3% | — (0-0) | 38.5% 10:16 | 66.7% 3:09 |
| Warren Foegele | LW | 1 | 3:22 | 24% | 66.7% | — (0-0) | 32.0% 10:27 | 35.3% 7:56 |
| Nick Cousins | C | 1 | 3:21 | 24% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 58.8% 10:28 | 20.0% 3:17 |
| Fabian Zetterlund | LW | 1 | 2:48 | 20% | 75.0% | — (0-0) | 29.2% 11:01 | 57.1% 5:59 |
| William Eklund | LW | 1 | 2:48 | 20% | 100.0% | — (0-0) | 25.0% 11:01 | 23.1% 8:07 |
| Jordan Spence | D | 1 | 2:45 | 20% | 33.3% | — (0-0) | 37.5% 11:04 | 46.9% 16:08 |
| Hayden Hodgson | RW | 1 | 2:36 | 19% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 52.6% 11:13 | 20.0% 2:34 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | 1 | 2:35 | 19% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 37.0% 11:14 | 8.3% 8:00 |
Linemate and opposition quality
2025-26 · 5v5 · 699 min on ice · ranked against 270 defencemen · last season, until this season has enough games to rank
teammates' average xGF%
91st percentile · higher = stronger linemates
opponents' average ice-time share
8th percentile · higher = faces more top-line minutes
Favourable spot: strong linemates against weaker opponents.
QoT averages the season xGF% of Matinpalo's 5v5 teammates; QoC averages how much of their team's ice time Matinpalo'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
1 game in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3 | @ TOR | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 18:48 | 13:49 | — | 4:08 |
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 | 1 | 18:48 | 18:48 | 11 | 31 | 26.2% | 33.3% | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0% |
| Even strength | 1 | 13:49 | 13:49 | 10 | 18 | 35.7% | 42.1% | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0% |
| 5v5 | 1 | 13:49 | 13:49 | 10 | 18 | 35.7% | 42.1% | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0% |
| Penalty kill | 1 | 4:08 | 4:08 | 1 | 10 | 9.1% | 16.7% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0% |
| 4v5 | 1 | 4:08 | 4:08 | 1 | 10 | 9.1% | 16.7% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0% |
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 | OTT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 18:48 |
| 2025-26Playoffs | OTT | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 0.0% | 3 | 7 | 20:53 |
| 2025-26 | OTT | 50 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 16 | 37 | 0.0% | 49 | 55 | 15:38 |
| 2024-25Playoffs | OTT | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0% | 3 | 8 | 13:04 |
| 2024-25 | OTT | 41 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 20 | 43 | 2.3% | 25 | 29 | 12:37 |
| 2023-24 | OTT | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 4 | 2 | 7:00 |
Nikolas Matinpalo news
- Nikolas Matinpalo Pregame Media vs TORNHL.com
- Nikolas Matinpalo Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- Nikolas Matinpalo StatsNHL.com
- 2026 Ottawa Senators Report Cards: Nikolas Matinpalosilversevensens.com
- Nikolas Matinpalo Wins Gold with Team Finland at World ChampionshipsHarianBasis.co
- Senators At The Worlds: Ottawa Defenseman Nikolas Matinpalo Wins Gold With FinlandYahoo Sports
- Nikolas Matinpalo Pregame Media vs CARNHL.com
- Nikolas Matinpalo Pregame Media vs TORNHL.com
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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.