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Matt Cooke

#24 · Left wing · Minnesota Wild

Born Sep 7, 1978 in Belleville, Ontario, CAN · 5'11", 216 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 144th overall in 1997 by VAN (round 6)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2008-09

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Seth Griffith BOS · 10 P in 30 GP Viktor Stalberg NSH · 10 P in 25 GP Emerson Etem ANA · 10 P in 45 GP Joakim Lindstrom TOR · 10 P in 53 GP Olli Jokinen STL · 10 P in 62 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

0102030401998-99: 2 points298-991999-00: 12 points122000-01: 27 points2700-012001-02: 33 points332002-03: 42 points4202-032003-04: 23 points232005-06: 18 points1805-062006-07: 30 points302007-08: 23 points2307-082008-09: 31 points312009-10: 30 points3009-102010-11: 30 points302011-12: 38 points3811-122012-13: 21 points212013-14: 28 points2813-142014-15: 10 points10

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
1998-99 VAN 30 0 2 2 -12 27 22 43 0.07
1999-00 VAN 51 5 7 12 3 39 58 124 0.24
2000-01 VAN 81 14 13 27 5 94 121 198 0.33
2001-02 VAN 82 13 20 33 4 111 103 238 0.40
2002-03 VAN 82 15 27 42 21 82 118 82 0.51
2003-04 VAN 53 11 12 23 5 73 79 134 0.43
2005-06 VAN 45 8 10 18 -8 71 67 129 0.40
2006-07 VAN 81 10 20 30 0 64 133 209 0.37
2007-08 VAN 61 7 9 16 -4 64 68 154 0.26
2007-08 WSH 17 3 4 7 5 27 18 44 0.41
2008-09 PIT 76 13 18 31 0 101 86 262 0.41
2009-10 PIT 79 15 15 30 17 106 105 183 0.38
2010-11 PIT 67 12 18 30 14 129 95 192 0.45
2011-12 PIT 82 19 19 38 5 44 147 160 0.46
2012-13 PIT 48 8 13 21 -2 36 61 97 0.44 $1.8M
2013-14 MIN 82 10 18 28 8 54 104 190 0.34 $2.5M
2014-15 MIN 29 4 6 10 0 13 24 39 0.34 $2.5M
16 seasons Career 1046 167 231 398 61 1135 1409 2478 0.38

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2000-01 VAN 4 0 0 0 -3 4 1 10 0.00
2001-02 VAN 6 3 2 5 3 0 11 26 0.83
2002-03 VAN 14 2 1 3 3 12 15 42 0.21
2006-07 VAN 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0.00
2007-08 WSH 7 0 0 0 -1 4 8 22 0.00
2008-09 PIT 24 1 6 7 -2 22 31 85 0.29
2009-10 PIT 13 4 2 6 -4 22 18 41 0.46
2011-12 PIT 6 0 4 4 3 16 3 21 0.67
2012-13 PIT 15 0 4 4 1 35 17 63 0.27
2013-14 MIN 6 0 3 3 1 8 4 32 0.50
2014-15 MIN 7 0 2 2 1 4 8 15 0.29
11 seasons Playoffs 103 10 24 34 2 129 117 361 0.33

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
29 4 6 10 0 13 24 39 0.34 16.7 12:36

Contract

$2.5MCap hit2014-15
$250KCap dollars per point10 points in 29 games
$2.465MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.0 goals above replacement
$1.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.3MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 649 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2013-14 to 2014-15 $2.5M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $1.8M

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2014-15 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2014-15 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.1Even-strength defence-0.3Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties-0.2

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-202462010-112011-122012-132013-142014-15Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

49.2Corsi for %58 attempts for, 60 against
+3.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.7Expected goals for %2.1 expected for, 2.5 against
-9.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
66.7Goals for %2 for, 1 against
104.4PDO7.4% shooting + 97.0% saves
15Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Cooke · Kyle Brodziak · Justin Fontaine321:2751.550.31-0
Matt Cooke · Kyle Brodziak · Jordan Schroeder211:4170.678.00-0
Matt Cooke · Kyle Brodziak · Erik Haula18:0042.152.40-0
Matt Cooke · Jordan Schroeder · Erik Haula17:5957.164.11-0

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.6Expected goalsfrom 11 unblocked attempts
-0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.46 expected goals per 60 minutes19th
Shot quality 5.4% chance per attempt11th
Finishing -0.6 goals above expected43rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 63 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.6Goals 0

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 11, 2015 @ STL L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13:15
Apr 9, 2015 @ NSH W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 12:53
Feb 1, 2015 @ VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:30
Jan 29, 2015 @ CGY W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:59
Jan 27, 2015 @ EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 11:39
Jan 20, 2015 @ DET L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 13:47
Jan 19, 2015 vs CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:58
Jan 17, 2015 vs ARI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:03
Jan 15, 2015 @ BUF W 7-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 14:17
Jan 13, 2015 @ PIT L 2-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:11
Jan 11, 2015 @ CHI L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 12:26
Jan 10, 2015 vs NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 09:57
Jan 8, 2015 vs CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:15
Jan 6, 2015 vs SJS L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 15:42
Jan 3, 2015 @ DAL L 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:37
Jan 2, 2015 vs TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:35
Dec 31, 2014 @ CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14:50
Dec 29, 2014 @ WPG W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:31
Dec 27, 2014 vs WPG L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:58
Dec 23, 2014 vs PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 14:52
Dec 20, 2014 vs NSH L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:27
Oct 28, 2014 @ BOS W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 12:54
Oct 27, 2014 @ NYR L 4-5 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 11:10
Oct 25, 2014 vs TBL W 7-2 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 12:07
Oct 23, 2014 vs ARI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:09
Oct 19, 2014 @ LAK L 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 07:47
Oct 17, 2014 @ ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:56
Oct 11, 2014 @ COL W 3-0 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 11:50
Oct 9, 2014 vs COL W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:49