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Matthew Tkachuk

#19 · Left wing · Florida Panthers

Born Dec 11, 1997 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA (age 28) · 6'2", 202 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 6th overall in 2016 by CGY (round 1)

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Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Sean Monahan CBJ · 57 P in 54 GP Kent Johnson CBJ · 57 P in 68 GP Pavel Buchnevich STL · 57 P in 76 GP Morgan Geekie BOS · 57 P in 77 GP Bo Horvat NYI · 57 P in 81 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.

0501002016-17: 48 points4816-172017-18: 49 points4917-182018-19: 77 points7718-192019-20: 61 points6119-202020-21: 43 points4320-212021-22: 104 points10421-222022-23: 109 points10922-232023-24: 88 points8823-242024-25: 57 points5724-252025-26: 34 points3425-262026-27: 4 points426-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2016-17 CGY 76 13 35 48 14 105 142 65 0.63 $925K
2017-18 CGY 68 24 25 49 -1 61 188 80 0.72 $925K
2018-19 CGY 80 34 43 77 14 62 207 104 0.96 $925K
2019-20 CGY 69 23 38 61 -5 74 188 122 0.88 $7M
2020-21 CGY 56 16 27 43 6 55 151 132 0.77 $7M
2021-22 CGY 82 42 62 104 57 68 253 93 1.27 $7M
2022-23 FLA 79 40 69 109 29 123 322 68 1.38 $9.5M
2023-24 FLA 80 26 62 88 19 88 280 151 1.10 $9.5M
2024-25 FLA 52 22 35 57 -3 54 156 84 1.10 $9.5M
2025-26 FLA 31 13 21 34 -6 48 88 29 1.10 $9.5M
2026-27 FLA 5 3 1 4 1 2 11 12 0.80 $9.5M
11 seasons Career 678 256 418 674 125 740 1986 940 0.99

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2016-17 CGY 4 0 0 0 -2 4 6 7 0.00
2018-19 CGY 5 2 1 3 -4 18 10 12 0.60
2019-20 CGY 6 1 1 2 1 10 10 14 0.33
2021-22 CGY 12 4 6 10 -6 20 35 14 0.83
2022-23 FLA 20 11 13 24 12 74 61 58 1.20
2023-24 FLA 24 6 16 22 0 31 83 72 0.92
2024-25 FLA 23 8 15 23 7 33 41 46 1.00
7 seasons Playoffs 94 32 52 84 8 190 246 223 0.89

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
52 22 35 57 -3 54 156 84 1.10 14.1 18:14

Contract

$9.5MCap hitends in 2030, then UFA
$167KCap dollars per point57 points in 52 games
$1.363MCap dollars per goal above replacement7.0 goals above replacement
$6.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$3.3MValueworth 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 698 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Calgary Flames on Jul 22, 2022, as a new contract: 8 years and $76M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2029-30, with 5 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2022-23 $9.5M $1M $8M $9M
2023-24 $9.5M $1M $10.25M $11.25M NMC
2024-25 $9.5M $1M $10.25M $11.25M NMC
2025-26 $9.5M $1M $10.25M $11.25M NMC
2026-27 $9.5M $1M $9M $10M NMC
2027-28 $9.5M $1M $7.75M $8.75M NMC
2028-29 $9.5M $1M $6.5M $7.5M M-NTC
2029-30 $9.5M $1M $6M $7M M-NTC

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 22, 2022 Calgary Flames New contract 2022-23 to 2029-30 8 $76M $9.5M
Sep 25, 2019 Calgary Flames New contract 2019-20 to 2021-22 3 $21M $7M
Jul 7, 2016 Calgary Flames Entry-level 2016-17 to 2018-19 3 $5.325M $925K

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 2024-25 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.

2024-25 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+3.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.6Even-strength defence+0.7Power play+0.9Penalty kill+0.0Penalties-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.

05101520252016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

60.0Corsi for %353 attempts for, 235 against
+9.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
58.4Expected goals for %13.8 expected for, 9.8 against
+5.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
66.7Goals for %18 for, 9 against
105.5PDO12.8% shooting + 92.7% saves
67Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 153 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Carter Verhaeghe · Sam Bennett · Matthew Tkachuk19127:1560.654.110-5
Sam Bennett · Evan Rodrigues · Matthew Tkachuk17106:4261.465.83-3
Sam Bennett · Matthew Tkachuk · Mackie Samoskevich318:1740.543.31-0
Matthew Tkachuk · Eetu Luostarinen · Anton Lundell84:3366.743.61-0

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.

8Goalsnot counting empty-netters
5.2Expected goalsfrom 73 unblocked attempts
+2.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.79 expected goals per 60 minutes58th
Shot quality 7.2% chance per attempt41st
Finishing +2.8 goals above expected93rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 83 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

02468Game 20Goals 8Expected 5.2

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
Feb 8, 2025 vs OTT W 5-1 1 2 3 2 0 8 1 21:54
Feb 6, 2025 @ STL W 3-2 2 1 3 2 0 7 1 20:59
Feb 4, 2025 @ WSH L 3-6 1 0 1 -2 0 2 5 15:55
Feb 2, 2025 vs NYI W 6-3 1 1 2 1 0 6 1 15:42
Feb 1, 2025 vs CHI W 5-1 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 16:06
Jan 29, 2025 vs LAK W 3-0 1 2 3 2 2 2 0 19:11
Jan 26, 2025 @ VGK L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 22:25
Jan 25, 2025 @ SJS W 7-2 1 2 3 1 0 2 0 16:40
Jan 22, 2025 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 22:32
Jan 21, 2025 @ ANA W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 18:28
Jan 18, 2025 vs ANA W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20:29
Jan 16, 2025 vs DET L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 2 2 3 20:11
Jan 14, 2025 @ NJD W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 4 1 5 19:29
Jan 13, 2025 @ PHI L 3-4 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 18:06
Jan 11, 2025 vs BOS L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 22:50
Jan 8, 2025 @ UTA W 4-1 0 2 2 1 2 2 5 16:15
Jan 6, 2025 @ COL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 7 0 19:49
Jan 3, 2025 vs PIT W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 0 12 5 1 14:20
Jan 2, 2025 vs CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 18:10
Dec 30, 2024 vs NYR W 5-3 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 16:46
Dec 28, 2024 vs MTL L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 16:18
Dec 23, 2024 vs TBL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 11:14
Dec 22, 2024 @ TBL W 4-2 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 13:40
Dec 20, 2024 vs STL W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 22:35
Dec 18, 2024 @ MIN W 6-1 2 0 2 1 2 2 6 19:02
Dec 16, 2024 @ EDM W 6-5 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 20:08
Dec 14, 2024 @ CGY L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:04
Dec 12, 2024 @ VAN L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 19:19
Dec 10, 2024 @ SEA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:42
Dec 7, 2024 vs SJS W 3-1 2 0 2 2 2 7 1 19:19
Dec 5, 2024 @ PHI W 7-5 1 4 5 0 0 4 2 17:57
Dec 3, 2024 @ PIT L 4-5 (OT) 2 2 4 2 0 7 2 20:23
Nov 30, 2024 vs CAR W 6-0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 16:39
Nov 29, 2024 @ CAR W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 17:43
Nov 27, 2024 vs TOR W 5-1 0 1 1 1 4 3 1 21:31
Nov 25, 2024 vs WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 2 0 5 18:11
Nov 23, 2024 vs COL L 4-7 0 2 2 -2 2 5 1 20:27
Nov 21, 2024 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 20:13
Nov 19, 2024 @ WPG L 3-6 1 1 2 -2 0 3 5 19:00
Nov 16, 2024 vs WPG W 5-0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 12:48
Nov 14, 2024 vs NJD L 2-6 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 19:34
Nov 12, 2024 vs NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 2 5 2 18:12
Nov 9, 2024 vs PHI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:17
Nov 7, 2024 vs NSH W 6-2 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 15:41
Nov 2, 2024 vs DAL W 4-2 1 0 1 -1 2 4 3 17:25
Nov 1, 2024 @ DAL W 6-4 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 17:50
Oct 28, 2024 @ BUF W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 19:02
Oct 26, 2024 @ NYI W 6-3 2 1 3 0 0 6 1 16:14
Oct 24, 2024 @ NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 18:19
Oct 22, 2024 vs MIN L 1-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 5 16:49
Oct 10, 2024 @ OTT L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 17:27
Oct 8, 2024 vs BOS W 6-4 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 16:42