3 G · 10 A · 99 GP
0.131 P/GP · 0 PPP · 14:27 ATOI
New York Islanders#51Active
Matthew Kessel
D · 6′3″ / 212 lb · Shoots R · Bloomfield Hills, USA · Age 26 · 2020 #150 by STL
13Career points
0.131Career P/GP
99Games played
3Goals
4 seasonsNHL service
Overview
2025-263points
The latest read.
3 points in 29 games in 2025-26. Career: 13 points across 99 games.
29GP
2goals
1assists
3points
20shots
0PP points
The career ledger.
Regular season and playoffsofficial NHL landing
0 G · 0 A · 0 GP
— P/GP · 0 PPP · — ATOI
The arc.
Points and points per game by seasonNHL season log · 4 seasons
Last five games.
Most recent official appearancesofficial game log
2026-04-14vs PIT12:54 TOI0G 0A0 P · 1 S
2026-03-26vs SJS13:07 TOI0G 0A0 P · 3 S
2026-03-08@ ANA18:21 TOI0G 0A0 P · 2 S
2026-03-06@ SJS14:21 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S
2026-03-04@ SEA13:10 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S
Milestone watch.
The next round number on the league's own fileleague milestone watch · api.nhle.com · fetched 2026-10-05
1away from 100 games playedGames Played · 99 now · regular season
Published by the league, not computed here: the milestone and the current total are both on the NHL milestone feed, and the number printed is the difference. Playoff milestone rows are held out, because a playoff total read as a career total is a false statement.
What this draft slot returns.
Base rate for the exact pick, a history, never a forecastdraft-position study · 2026-07-14-prospect-translation-v2.32
2020 draft#150round 5 · STL
Rates: insufficient sample (n=10 of 32): no NHLer/impact/star/stayer rate shown for this cohort.
Sample: 10 players taken #150, drawn only from classes old enough to judge, on the Schuckers-style pick curve published on Draft Value. A base rate describes a slot, not a person: it cannot predict this career and is not used to grade it.
Floor rule: rates below a minimum sample are suppressed, not shown thin. Exact slot needs 12+ players, the pooled pick-curve band needs 32+, matching this site's builders to the nhl-draft-intel engine's own bucket-calibration floors (12 / 18 / 32).
Against history.
Percentile against every NHL peercareer totals · position-aware
The height of the career.
Peak season and the best five41+ GP qualified seasons
2023-24 peak: 39 GP / 1 G / 6 A / 7 Pts / 0.179 P/GP · 16:48 TOI
Career
Where he stands right now.
2025-26 league position and career shapeNHL league browser 2025-26
Season by season.
Every NHL season · peak highlighted, split seasons kept apart4 regular-season rows
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | St. Louis Blues | 29 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 20 |
| 2024-25 | St. Louis Blues | 29 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 17 |
| 2023-24Peak | St. Louis Blues | 39 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 2022-23 | St. Louis Blues | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 |
No NHL playoff row is available.
The same numbers, in the league that produced them.
Every qualified season levelled to a 3.00-goal NHLofficial final standings · 1990-91 onward
2023-24 is the best season either way: 0.179 raw, 0.173 once the league it happened in is levelled out.
| Season | GP | Raw P/GP | League GF/gm | Adj. P/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 29 | 0.103 | 3.13 | 0.099 |
| 2024-25 | 29 | 0.103 | 3.04 | 0.102 |
| 2023-24Best adjusted | 39 | 0.179 | 3.11 | 0.173 |
Method: each season's raw points per game is multiplied by 3.00 ÷ that season's league goals per team-game, taken from the official final standings. Seasons under 20 games are excluded. It levels scoring climate and nothing else (not role, ice time, teammates, schedule or injury), so treat it as one comparison, not a verdict.
Before the NHL.
Junior, college, European and international rowsofficial NHL landing · season totals
| Season | League | Team | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | AHL | Springfield Thunderbirds | 29 | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| 2023-24 | AHL | Springfield Thunderbirds | 36 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2023-24 | International | Team USA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023-24 | WC | USA | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022-23 | AHL | Springfield Thunderbirds | 71 | 5 | 28 | 33 |
| 2022-23 | AHL | Springfield Thunderbirds | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | AHL | Springfield Thunderbirds | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021-22 | NCAA | Univ. of Massachusetts | 37 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 2021-22 | AHL | Springfield Thunderbirds | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020-21 | NCAA | Univ. of Massachusetts | 29 | 10 | 13 | 23 |
| 2019-20 | NCAA | Univ. of Massachusetts | 34 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2018-19 | USHL | Sioux Falls Stampede | 62 | 2 | 17 | 19 |
| 2018-19 | USHL | Sioux Falls Stampede | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017-18 | USA-S17 | Team Royal | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017-18 | USHL | Fargo Force | 32 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017-18 | USHL | Chicago Steel | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-18 | USHL | Chicago Steel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-17 | HPHL 16U | Compuware 16U AAA | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2016-17 | USA-S16 | Team Orange | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2015-16 | HPHL 16U | Little Caesars 16U AAA | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015-16 | USA-S15 | Team Royal | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2014-15 | HPHL 14U | Little Caesars 14U AAA | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2013-14 | HPHL 13U | Little Caesars 13U AAA | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2012-13 | QC Int PW | Detroit Honeybaked | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The comparable set.
Chosen by a printed rule, not by feelNHL dossier pool · 1,162 careers
Selection rule. Defencemen only; career games played within ±20% of 99 (or ±10 games, whichever band is wider: 79 to 119); then the five nearest by career P/GP, ties broken by the closest games played. The pool is the 1,162 players in this site's NHL dossier set who own at least one official regular-season game: 33 of them cleared the band.
Colton WhiteD · 2015 #97 · active107 GP · 0 G · 14 A · 14 P0.131 P/GP · −0.000Elias PetterssonD · 2022 #80 · active98 GP · 4 G · 9 A · 13 P0.133 P/GP · +0.001William LagessonD · 2014 #91 · active107 GP · 0 G · 12 A · 12 P0.112 P/GP · −0.019Dysin MayoD · 2014 #133 · retired85 GP · 4 G · 9 A · 13 P0.153 P/GP · +0.022David JiricekD · 2022 #6 · active85 GP · 2 G · 11 A · 13 P0.153 P/GP · +0.022
Similar career shape is not similar player. The rule matches volume and rate only; it knows nothing about era, position within the group, usage or role, and two careers can land on the same line for opposite reasons.
Game log
Compare observed minutes, shots and finishing across game windows →
Official game ledger
Every 2025-26 appearance.
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Insights
NHL Edge tracking.
Measured puck and player tracking · 2025-26 regular seasonNHL Edge tracking · api-web.nhle.com · coverage from 2021-22 · fetched 2026-08-17
Tracked axisMeasuredPercentile, 0 to 100Pct
Top shot speed95.2mph79.9
153.1 km/h equivalent · league average 88.9 mph
Max skating speed21.5mph43.5
34.6 km/h equivalent · league average 21.6 mph
Distance skated87.0km29.3
54.1 mi equivalent · league average 214.3 km
Most distance in one game4.0km16.4
2.5 mi equivalent · league average 5.2 km
Bursts over 20 mph17bursts46.0
league average 31.3
Where the shift was spent
Offensive zone time40.7%34.7
league average 42.3
Neutral zone time18.6%89.3
league average 16.8
Defensive zone time40.7%47.6
league average 40.9
Shots on goal, by location
All shots on goal20shots29.3
league average 62.1 shots
High-danger shots on goal1shots29.6
league average 4.0 shots
Method: every figure and every percentile on this panel is published by the NHL Edge endpoint. This site converts nothing and ranks nothing. The percentile column is the league's own, against the tracked population for 2025-26. Speeds arrive in mph and km/h; distance is read in kilometres with the mile conversion stated beside it. Tracked seasons on file for this player: 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26.
The shot map.
Where his shots came from · 2025-26 regular season · NHL Edge areasNHL Edge shot-location detail · api-web.nhle.com · fetched 2026-08-18
Hover, tap or focus an area for its exact figures. Net at the top; left and right as the shooter sees them.
AreaShotsShare of hisPct
Center Point70 G44th
L Point20 G32th
Outside R20 G54th
R Circle21 G44th
R Point20 G31th
Beyond Red Line10 G28th
Crease11 G75th
Offensive Neutral Zone10 G56th
Outside L10 G36th
R Net Side10 G61th
Behind the Net00 G0th
High Slot00 G0th
L Circle00 G0th
L Corner00 G0th
L Net Side00 G0th
Low Slot00 G0th
R Corner00 G0th
1high danger1 G · 100.0%
2mid danger1 G · 50.0%
11long range0 G · 0.0%
Method: 20 shots on goal in 2025-26, placed by the NHL into the areas it names; each area is shaded by its share of his total, so this map is his distribution and not a comparison to any other player. The percentile column is the league's own for shots from that area, where it publishes one; nothing is converted, ranked or combined. Areas as the NHL names them; the drawing is to rink proportion with the net at the top.
Development trails.
How the scoring rate movedNHL AI Development contract
Strict monotonic scoring-rate chains ending in 2025-26. Only 25-plus-game seasons count, and a trail needs at least three consecutive qualified seasons.
Assists / game
3 consecutive qualified seasons · 32.3 average GP
Descriptive, not evaluative: raw P/GP, G/GP or A/GP movement. It does not control for age, role, ice time, teammates, injury, schedule or uncertainty, and it is not a forecast or player-quality grade.
Opponent atlas.
Career results by opponentlocal NHL AI Opponent Atlas
Career volume leaders
Career vs.BOS1 points5 GP · 0 G · 1 A1 shots · 0 PP points
Career vs.SEA1 points5 GP · 0 G · 1 A2 shots · 0 PP points
Career vs.PHI1 points6 GP · 0 G · 1 A4 shots · 0 PP points
Career vs.SJS0 points6 GP · 0 G · 0 A4 shots · 0 PP points
Career vs.CAR0 points5 GP · 0 G · 0 A2 shots · 0 PP points
Career vs.MIN0 points5 GP · 0 G · 0 A6 shots · 0 PP pointsBest points-per-game matchups
Pace vs.BOS0.20 P/GP5 GP · 0 G · 1 A1 shots · 0 PP pointsPace vs.SEA0.20 P/GP5 GP · 0 G · 1 A2 shots · 0 PP pointsPace vs.PHI0.17 P/GP6 GP · 0 G · 1 A4 shots · 0 PP pointsPace vs.SJS0.00 P/GP6 GP · 0 G · 0 A4 shots · 0 PP pointsPace vs.CAR0.00 P/GP5 GP · 0 G · 0 A2 shots · 0 PP pointsPace vs.MIN0.00 P/GP5 GP · 0 G · 0 A6 shots · 0 PP pointsFrozen from the local NHL AI Opponent Atlas. These are descriptive career splits through the source snapshot, not a projection of the next matchup and not evidence that the opponent caused the result.
Against the goaltenders.
Goaltenders faced, from play-by-playNHL play-by-play · 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 4,192 games · fetched 2026-08-18
Matthew Kessel has faced 48 goaltenders in this dataset but none of them for the 20 shots on goal a published rate requires here. The counts exist; the rates would be noise, so they are not printed.
The development file.
Draft path and latest leagueNHL API Draft Intelligence
26age at snapshot
NHLlatest league
2020 #150draft path
The source receipt.
Official basics plus named researchOfficial NHL API Web player landing, with local nhl api draft cache reuse
Career, season, game-log, bio, draft and award rows come from official NHL endpoints. Redraft is a separate hindsight model with its own snapshot clock. Pressure is a descriptive Gamelogs layer. Development Trails uses its own declared clock. Missing evidence stays unavailable rather than being drawn as zero.
Official endpoint: player landing · redraft 2026-07-10-redraft-v5.2 snapshot 2026-07-09.
The room.
Every current New York Islanders teammate, one click awaycanonical player directory