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Matt Read

#10 · Right wing · Minnesota Wild

Born Jun 14, 1986 in Ilderton, Ontario, CAN · 5'10", 188 lb · Shoots right

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Michael McCarron MTL · 1 P in 18 GP Freddie Hamilton ARI · 1 P in 16 GP Brooks Laich LAK · 1 P in 12 GP Dryden Hunt FLA · 1 P in 11 GP Lawson Crouse ARI · 1 P in 11 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.

0102030402011-12: 47 points4711-122012-13: 24 points2412-132013-14: 40 points4013-142014-15: 30 points3014-152015-16: 26 points2615-162016-17: 19 points1916-172017-18: 1 points117-182018-19: 1 points118-19

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2011-12 PHI 79 24 23 47 13 12 155 82 0.59 $900K
2012-13 PHI 42 11 13 24 1 2 72 49 0.57 $900K
2013-14 PHI 75 22 18 40 -4 16 151 72 0.53 $900K
2014-15 PHI 80 8 22 30 -4 14 142 108 0.38 $3.625M
2015-16 PHI 79 11 15 26 -5 27 127 81 0.33 $3.625M
2016-17 PHI 63 10 9 19 3 8 92 95 0.30 $3.625M
2017-18 PHI 19 1 0 1 -2 2 16 21 0.05 $3.625M
2018-19 MIN 12 1 0 1 -2 2 13 11 0.08 $650K
8 seasons Career 449 88 100 188 0 83 768 519 0.42

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2011-12 PHI 11 3 2 5 0 4 8 12 0.45
2013-14 PHI 7 1 2 3 -3 4 11 19 0.43
2015-16 PHI 6 0 0 0 1 2 5 8 0.00
2017-18 PHI 6 1 1 2 1 4 4 13 0.33
4 seasons Playoffs 30 5 5 10 -1 14 28 52 0.33

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
19 1 0 1 -2 2 16 21 0.05 6.3 10:54

Contract

$3.625MCap hit2017-18
$3.625MCap dollars per point1 points in 19 games
$14.593MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.2 goals above replacement

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.

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
2018-19 to 2018-19 $650K
2014-15 to 2017-18 $3.625M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $900K
2011-12 to 2013-14 $900K

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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.4Goals 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-0.2Even-strength defence-0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties-0.3

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.

-2024682011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-182018-19Goals 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

46.7Corsi for %43 attempts for, 49 against
-2.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
32.2Expected goals for %1.2 expected for, 2.4 against
-14.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %2 for, 2 against
101.8PDO9.5% shooting + 92.3% saves
3Attempts 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
Jori Lehtera · Matt Read · Scott Laughton314:3945.726.30-1
Jori Lehtera · Dale Weise · Matt Read210:5452.644.70-1
Jori Lehtera · Matt Read · Oskar Lindblom29:4443.821.10-0
Valtteri Filppula · Matt Read · Michael Raffl21:1633.319.00-0

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
0.1Expected goalsfrom 3 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.08 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 3.3% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected48thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 75 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.1Goals 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 7, 2018 vs NYR W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:54
Apr 5, 2018 vs CAR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:34
Apr 3, 2018 @ NYI L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:28
Apr 1, 2018 vs BOS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 13:52
Mar 28, 2018 @ COL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 14:37
Mar 27, 2018 @ DAL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:32
Mar 25, 2018 @ PIT L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:23
Mar 22, 2018 vs NYR W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 13:52
Mar 20, 2018 @ DET L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 08:22
Mar 18, 2018 vs WSH W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 12:16
Mar 17, 2018 @ CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:58
Mar 15, 2018 vs CBJ L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 09:02
Mar 12, 2018 vs VGK L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:21
Mar 10, 2018 vs WPG W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10:22
Mar 8, 2018 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:58
Oct 30, 2017 vs ARI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:38
Oct 28, 2017 @ TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:16
Oct 26, 2017 @ OTT L 4-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 10:20
Oct 21, 2017 vs EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:23