23 G · 36 A · 82 GP
0.720 P/GP · 18 PPP · 24:41 ATOI
New York Islanders#48Active
Matthew Schaefer
D · 6′2″ / 186 lb · Shoots L · Hamilton, CAN · Age 19 · 2025 #1 by NYI
59Career points
0.720Career P/GP
82Games played
23Goals
1 seasonsNHL service
Overview
2025-2659points
The latest read.
59 points in 82 games in 2025-26. Career: 59 points across 82 games.
82GP
23goals
36assists
59points
222shots
18PP points
The career ledger.
Regular season and playoffsofficial NHL landing
0 G · 0 A · 0 GP
— P/GP · 0 PPP · — ATOI
The height of the career.
Peak season and the best five41+ GP qualified seasons
2025-26 peak: 82 GP / 23 G / 36 A / 59 Pts / 0.720 P/GP · 24:41 TOI
| Best five | GP | G | A | PTS | P/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 82 | 23 | 36 | 59 | 0.720 |
| Prime-five | 82 | 23 | 36 | 59 | 0.720 |
Last five games.
Most recent official appearancesofficial game log
2026-04-14vs CAR24:13 TOI0G 0A0 P · 5 S
2026-04-12vs MTL28:01 TOI0G 0A0 P · 4 S
2026-04-11vs OTT24:56 TOI0G 0A0 P · 4 S
2026-04-09vs TOR24:50 TOI1G 0A1 P · 3 S
2026-04-04@ CAR27:11 TOI0G 1A1 P · 1 S
What this draft slot returns.
Observed careers at the same pick, across all positionsdraft history · 2026-08-14 00:35 UTC
2025 draft#1round 1 · NYI
29Players in sample
100.0%Reached the NHL
Most games in this sample: Joe Thornton (1997, BOS), 1,714 NHL games.
Sample: 29 players taken #1, across all positions, from draft classes through 2018 on file. Historical totals reflect the 2026-08-14 00:35 UTC snapshot; Matthew Schaefer's games use this page's NHL career record. Active careers can still grow.
These are observed outcomes, not a forecast for Matthew Schaefer. Exact-slot rates require at least 12 players. Draft Value methodology.
Against history.
Percentile against every NHL peercareer totals · position-aware
Honours.
Trophies won and near missesofficial NHL landing
Calder Memorial Trophy2025-26All-Star Team9th · 2026James Norris Memorial Trophy12th · 2026Hart Memorial Trophy16th · 2026Lady Byng Memorial Trophy24th · 2026
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 apart1 regular-season rows
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26Peak | New York Islanders | 82 | 23 | 36 | 59 | +13 | 18 | 222 |
No NHL playoff row is available.
Before the NHL.
Junior, college, European and international rowsofficial NHL landing · season totals
| Season | League | Team | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Hlinka Gretzky Cup | Canada U18 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2024-25 | OHL | Erie Otters | 17 | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| 2024-25 | Prospects Challenge | Team CHL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024-25 | WJC-20 | Canada U20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023-24 | OHL | Erie Otters | 56 | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| 2023-24 | WHC-17 | Canada White U17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023-24 | WJC-18 | Canada U18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2023-24 | OHL | Erie Otters | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022-23 | CWG | Team Ontario | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2022-23 | OHL Cup | Halton Hurricanes U16 AAA | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022-23 | SCTA U16 | Halton Hurricanes U16 AAA | 25 | 12 | 20 | 32 |
| 2022-23 | SCTA U16 | Halton Hurricanes U16 AAA | 5 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 2021-22 | SCTA U15 | Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs U15 AAA | 31 | 17 | 34 | 51 |
| 2021-22 | SCTA U16 | Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs U16 AAA | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021-22 | WSI U15 | Draftday Selects U15 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2021-22 | SCTA U15 | Hamilton Steel U15 AAA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021-22 | SCTA U16 | Hamilton Steel U16 AAA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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 82 (or ±10 games, whichever band is wider: 66 to 98); 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: 25 of them cleared the band.
Charle-Edouard D'AstousD · Undrafted · active70 GP · 6 G · 23 A · 29 P0.414 P/GP · −0.305Alexander NikishinD · 2020 #69 · active81 GP · 11 G · 22 A · 33 P0.407 P/GP · −0.312Artyom LevshunovD · 2024 #2 · active86 GP · 2 G · 28 A · 30 P0.349 P/GP · −0.371Zeev BuiumD · 2024 #12 · active76 GP · 6 G · 20 A · 26 P0.342 P/GP · −0.377Axel Sandin-PellikkaD · 2023 #17 · active68 GP · 7 G · 14 A · 21 P0.309 P/GP · −0.411
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 speed93.9mph71.8
151.1 km/h equivalent · league average 88.9 mph
Max skating speed23.1mph94.4
37.2 km/h equivalent · league average 21.6 mph
Distance skated480.5km99.1
298.6 mi equivalent · league average 214.3 km
Most distance in one game7.6km99.4
4.7 mi equivalent · league average 5.2 km
Bursts over 20 mph269bursts100.0
league average 31.3
Where the shift was spent
Offensive zone time43.7%80.0
league average 42.3
Neutral zone time16.8%1.8
league average 16.8
Defensive zone time39.5%62.7
league average 40.9
Shots on goal, by location
All shots on goal222shots99.7
league average 62.1 shots
High-danger shots on goal18shots97.8
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: 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 Point465 G98th
L Point453 G99th
L Circle305 G100th
High Slot284 G99th
R Circle233 G98th
Low Slot162 G98th
R Point110 G66th
Beyond Red Line100 G94th
Outside L90 G83th
Crease21 G92th
L Net Side10 G65th
R Net Side10 G61th
Behind the Net00 G0th
L Corner00 G0th
Offensive Neutral Zone00 G0th
Outside R00 G0th
R Corner00 G0th
18high danger3 G · 16.7%
81mid danger12 G · 14.8%
102long range8 G · 7.8%
Method: 222 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.
Awards voting.
1 trophy win · 1 top-three finish · 5 ballot appearances · 201 first-place votesNHL award ballot history
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 Schaefer has faced 55 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
19age at snapshot
NHLlatest league
2025 #1draft 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.
Fantasy Desk.
2026-27 rankings on a three-season blend, most recent season weighted heaviestHockey Insights fantasy pool · 2026-09-29
2.11blended ESPN pts/gm
ESPN#55Yahoo#54Fantrax#54Roto#54
25-2682 GP23 G36 A2.11 pts/gm
2nd half-0.02Market avg#46.8Point games56%Worst blank run5
This desk has Matthew Schaefer No. 55 among skaters on the ESPN points board — the market has him 8 seats higher.
The room.
Every current New York Islanders teammate, one click awaycanonical player directory