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Montreal Canadiens

Mattias Norlinder

#59Defenseman26 years oldShoots L6'0"192 lb

2021-22 regular season
6
GP
0
G
1
A
1
P
2
SOG
0.0% SH
12:18
TOI/GP

D · MTL · NHL id 8481555

Mattias Norlinder has played 6 games for the Montreal Canadiens in 2021-22, scoring 0 goals and 1 assist (1 points) on 2 shots while averaging 12:18 a night (11:59 at even strength, 0:19 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Canadiens have controlled 42% of shot attempts with Norlinder on the ice (3-1 in goals, 62% offensive-zone starts). In the Canadiens' most recent game against NSH he was on D3 with Chris Wideman and off the power play.

Right now

From the Dec 4 game vs NSH, detected from shift data

Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Last 5: D3 · D3 · D3 · D3 · D3

Deployment timeline

2021-22 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 6 games, 12:18 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.

PPLine33▼33330m3m7m10m13m17m20mNov 18Nov 20Nov 24Nov 26Nov 27Nov 29Dec 2Dec 4
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
6 games shown, 12:18 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2021-22 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Only 6 GP in 2021-22: NHL EDGE percentiles are noisy before about 15-20 games.

Top speed50th5021.6 mph
Bursts 20+ mph6th71
Hardest shot41st4190.8 mph
Offensive-zone time9th1039.0%
Distance skated10th1110.4 mi
High-danger SOG1st00
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

2021-22 · 3 attempts, 2 on goal, 0 goals

Shot map, OPP at MTL: 3 attempts, 2 on goal, 0 goals, 0.08 expected goals; best chance Mattias Norlinder at 0.04 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

2021-22 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

00.20.40.60.81-0.1goals below expected-0.3σNov 18Dec 4
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2021-22 regular season · 3 of 6 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
+0.000
Season net
+0.00xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.00
Attempts
0
0.000

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−0.18G
Per 60
−0.145
Drawn / taken
0 / 1minors

MethodLeaders
44.2%
31.0%
43.6%
Transition CF/60
3.3
Turnovers won/60
11.7
Turnovers lost/60
14.2

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

Linemates

2021-22 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Norlinder

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

6 games in 2021-22, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Dec 4@ NSHOTL 3-4000+10000—8:588:58——
Nov 29vs VANL 1-200001001—12:2712:27——
Nov 27@ PITW 6-3011+10221—9:508:471:03—
Nov 26@ BUFL 1-4000-10000—13:3913:39——
Nov 20vs NSHW 6-3000+10010—11:1211:12——
Nov 18vs PITL 0-600001011—17:3916:490:50—

Season splits by strength

2021-22 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations673:4512:18608541.4%41.0%32553175%2.83.662%
Even strength671:5211:59608242.3%41.4%32543175%2.83.662%
5v5671:5211:59608242.3%41.4%32543175%2.83.662%
Power play21:530:57030.0%0.0%0100—0.00.0—

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2021-22MTL6011+2220.0%4312:18

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.