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
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.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
Puck and player tracking
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, 7.37 expected goals; best chance Matt Niskanen at 0.45 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2019-20 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2019-20 regular season · 68 of 68 games through the sequence engine
- −0.055
- Season net
- −1.01xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.38
- Attempts
- 7
- 0.003
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 PP1Apr 6, 2019 alerts →
- Moved up to PP1Nov 9, 2018 alerts →
- Moved up to PP1 from PP2Dec 12, 2017 alerts →
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
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10 | vs BOS | L 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 24:25 | 16:35 | 2:41 | 2:54 |
| Mar 7 | vs BUF | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 22:56 | 16:40 | 1:29 | 4:04 |
| Mar 5 | vs CAR | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 19:25 | 17:23 | 2:02 | — |
| Mar 4 | @ WSH | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 22:06 | 12:52 | 3:00 | 6:14 |
| Mar 1 | @ NYR | W 5-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | — | 22:22 | 13:27 | 1:29 | 5:11 |
| Feb 28 | vs NYR | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 21:11 | 15:52 | 1:42 | 3:37 |
| Feb 25 | vs SJS | W 4-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | 24:12 | 18:34 | 1:33 | 2:44 |
| Feb 22 | vs WPG | W 4-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 21:11 | 18:11 | 1:39 | 0:35 |
| Feb 20 | @ CBJ | W 4-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 21:30 | 19:35 | — | 1:55 |
| Feb 18 | vs CBJ | W 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 21:38 | 18:31 | — | 3:07 |
| Feb 15 | @ TBL | L 3-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 21:45 | 11:11 | 2:19 | 5:10 |
| Feb 13 | @ FLA | W 6-2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | 25:01 | 22:09 | 1:38 | 1:14 |
| Feb 11 | @ NYI | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 20:52 | 17:51 | 0:55 | 1:08 |
| Feb 10 | vs FLA | W 4-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 20:50 | 13:14 | 2:39 | 4:57 |
| Feb 8 | @ WSH | W 7-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 19:58 | 13:55 | 2:50 | 3:13 |
| Feb 6 | vs NJD | L 0-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 21:43 | 15:02 | 3:51 | 2:28 |
| Feb 3 | @ DET | W 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 22:09 | 18:12 | 1:30 | 1:30 |
| Feb 1 | vs COL | W 6-3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 24:15 | 16:30 | 3:25 | 2:24 |
| Jan 31 | @ PIT | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 23:22 | 19:28 | 2:42 | 1:12 |
| Jan 21 | vs PIT | W 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 20:53 | 13:44 | 2:16 | 4:27 |
Season splits by strength
2019-20 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 68 | 1489:32 | 21:54 | 1311 | 1248 | 51.2% | 51.6% | 772 | 683 | 82 | 69 | 54% | 73.9 | 69.2 | 38% |
| Even strength | 68 | 1136:56 | 16:43 | 1022 | 933 | 52.3% | 52.7% | 602 | 502 | 53 | 45 | 54% | 50.8 | 43.1 | 43% |
| 5v5 | 68 | 1113:55 | 16:23 | 1003 | 920 | 52.2% | 52.6% | 592 | 495 | 53 | 42 | 56% | 49.1 | 42.6 | 43% |
| Power play | 66 | 138:22 | 2:06 | 194 | 52 | 78.9% | 76.9% | 109 | 36 | 17 | 3 | 85% | 12.5 | 2.4 | 90% |
| Penalty kill | 64 | 178:47 | 2:48 | 49 | 237 | 17.1% | 20.0% | 38 | 132 | 4 | 18 | 18% | 3.0 | 18.5 | 3% |
| 4v4 | 23 | 18:21 | 0:48 | 12 | 12 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0% | 1.0 | 0.5 | 25% |
| 3v3 (OT) | 8 | 4:40 | 0:35 | 7 | 1 | 87.5% | 85.7% | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0% |
| 5v4 | 66 | 136:42 | 2:04 | 189 | 52 | 78.4% | 76.5% | 107 | 36 | 17 | 3 | 85% | 12.0 | 2.4 | 89% |
| 4v5 | 63 | 170:40 | 2:43 | 47 | 216 | 17.9% | 20.6% | 36 | 123 | 4 | 18 | 18% | 3.0 | 16.0 | 3% |
| 3v5 | 8 | 5:29 | 0:41 | 2 | 15 | 11.8% | 15.4% | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 23 | 18:11 | 0:47 | 32 | 8 | 80.0% | 78.6% | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 50% | 2.4 | 3.7 | 100% |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 21 | 14:46 | 0:42 | 10 | 17 | 37.0% | 38.1% | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 100% | 4.8 | 1.0 | 0% |
| 3v4 | 4 | 2:38 | 0:40 | 0 | 6 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.2 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | PHI | 68 | 8 | 25 | 33 | +15 | 29 | 126 | 6.3% | 124 | 84 | 21:54 |
| 2018-19Playoffs | WSH | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0% | 21 | 16 | 24:44 |
| 2018-19 | WSH | 80 | 8 | 17 | 25 | -3 | 41 | 143 | 5.6% | 167 | 137 | 21:56 |
| 2017-18Playoffs | WSH | 24 | 1 | 8 | 9 | +6 | 8 | 32 | 3.1% | 47 | 57 | 25:23 |
| 2017-18 | WSH | 68 | 7 | 22 | 29 | +24 | 36 | 120 | 5.8% | 117 | 98 | 22:36 |
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.