Matthew Phillips

#45Right Wing

2023-24 regular season

SOG

4.8% SH

10:11

TOI/GP

RW · WSH · NHL id 8479547

Matthew Phillips has played 31 games for the Washington Capitals in 2023-24, scoring 1 goal and 4 assists (5 points) on 21 shots while averaging 10:11 a night (9:02 at even strength, 1:03 on the power play and 0:02 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Capitals have controlled 43% of shot attempts with Phillips on the ice (9-11 in goals, 61% offensive-zone starts). In the Capitals' most recent game against CAR he was on L4 with Hendrix Lapierre and Ivan Miroshnichenko and off the power play; dropped to L4 (from L3) in the last game. He is shooting 4.8% this season against 4.2% across the 34 games in our data.

Right now

From the Mar 22 game vs CAR, detected from shift data

Line

Hendrix Lapierre Ivan Miroshnichenko

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Dropped to L4 (from L3) in the last gameLast 5: L4 · L3/PP2 · L3/PP2 · L4/PP1 · L4

Deployment timeline

2023-24 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

1 games shown, 4:15 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2023-24 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Top speed36th3621.9 mph

Bursts 20+ mph41st4241

Hardest shot4th467.4 mph

Offensive-zone time5th537.5%

Distance skated28th2951.8 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

2023-24 · 41 attempts, 21 on goal, 1 goal

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

2023-24 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Beyond the box score

2023-24 regular season · 23 of 31 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: +0.015
Season net: +0.07xG

Offensive TK/600.43 (2)

Offensive GV/600.86 (4)

Neutral TK/600.43 (2)

Neutral GV/600.00 (0)

Defensive TK/600.21 (1)

Defensive GV/600.00 (0)

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

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.43
Attempts: 2
: 0.026

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

Method Leaders

Season: +0.39G
Per 60: +0.074
Drawn / taken: 2 / 0minors

Method Leaders

: 45.7%
: 47.7%
: 46.3%
Transition CF/60: 2.6
Turnovers won/60: 17.8
Turnovers lost/60: 18.2

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

21 shots on goal, 1 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
Low Slot	43%	22%	1
L Net Side	14%	3%	0
Center Point	0%	8%	0
L Point	0%	6%	0
R Point	0%	6%	0
Outside L	0%	5%	0
Outside R	0%	5%	0

How his goals happened

1 goal since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method

Goal anatomy
Game	Play	Entry	Passes	Shot mph	Notes	Replay
Oct 16, 2023 vs CGY	Odd-man rush	carry	0	22.8	4-on-1

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

Linemates

2023-24 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Phillips

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

31 games in 2023-24, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	A	P	+/-		HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Mar 22	vs CAR	W 7-6	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0%	4:15	4:15	—	—
Feb 22	vs MTL	W 4-1	0	0	+1	1	0	0	—	9:59	8:52	1:07	—
Feb 20	vs NYI	OTL 4-5	0	0	0	2	0	0	—	13:00	10:14	2:46	—
Feb 18	vs LAK	L 1-2	0	0	-1	1	1	1	—	11:00	8:01	2:59	—
Feb 8	@ FLA	L 2-4	0	0	0	1	1	0	—	8:54	8:54	—	—
Jan 3	vs NJD	L 3-6	0	0	-1	0	0	0	—	11:51	11:42	0:09	—
Jan 2	@ PIT	W 4-3	0	0	+1	1	0	1	—	7:30	7:06	—	—
Dec 30	vs NSH	OTL 2-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	6:59	6:59	—	—
Dec 29	@ NYI	L 1-5	0	0	-1	0	0	2	—	9:25	9:25	—	—
Dec 21	@ CBJ	W 3-2	0	0	-1	1	0	0	—	12:11	12:01	0:10	—
Dec 20	vs NYI	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	11:23	10:29	0:54	—
Dec 17	@ CAR	W 2-1	0	0	-1	0	0	1	—	5:32	4:43	0:49	—
Dec 14	@ PHI	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	2:44	0:43	2:01	—
Dec 7	vs DAL	OTL 4-5	1	1	+1	0	0	1	—	11:40	10:33	1:07	—
Dec 4	@ ARI	L 0-6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	15:32	10:57	4:06	—
Nov 29	@ LAK	W 2-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	12:07	11:34	—	—
Nov 27	@ SJS	L 1-2	0	0	-1	3	1	0	—	12:19	12:19	—	—
Nov 14	vs VGK	W 3-0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	—	13:52	9:03	4:49	—
Nov 11	@ NYI	W 4-1	1	1	+1	0	0	1	—	10:26	10:11	0:15	—
Nov 10	@ NJD	W 4-2	0	0	-1	0	0	0	—	10:23	9:42	0:41	—

Season splits by strength

2023-24 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	31	315:40	10:11	277	316	46.7%	47.4%	132	139	11	12	48%	12.9	12.8	64%
Even strength	31	280:11	9:02	229	302	43.1%	43.5%	103	133	9	11	45%	9.9	11.5	61%
5v5	31	280:11	9:02	229	302	43.1%	43.5%	103	133	9	11	45%	9.9	11.5	61%
Power play	22	32:46	1:29	48	9	84.2%	85.7%	29	5	2	1	67%	3.0	0.7	88%
Penalty kill	2	0:58	0:29	0	3	0.0%	0.0%	0	1	0	0	—	0.0	0.5	100%
5v4	22	32:46	1:29	48	9	84.2%	85.7%	29	5	2	1	67%	3.0	0.7	88%

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
2023-24	WSH, PIT	31	1	4	5	-3	0	21	4.8%	8	15	10:11
2022-23	CGY	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0%	0	0	9:02
2020-21	CGY	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0%	0	0	14:19