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Matt Boldy

#12 · Left wing · Minnesota Wild

Born Apr 5, 2001 in Milford, Massachusetts, USA (age 25) · 6'2", 201 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 12th overall in 2019 by MIN (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Evander Kane EDM · 39 P in 43 GP Connor Brown OTT · 39 P in 64 GP Alexander Barabanov SJS · 39 P in 70 GP Max Domi CAR · 39 P in 72 GP Jean-Gabriel Pageau NYI · 39 P in 77 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.

0204060802021-22: 39 points3921-222022-23: 63 points6322-232023-24: 69 points6923-242024-25: 73 points7324-252025-26: 85 points8525-262026-27: 2 points226-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2021-22 MIN 47 15 24 39 17 10 113 23 0.83 $881K
2022-23 MIN 81 31 32 63 1 39 255 65 0.78 $881K
2023-24 MIN 75 29 40 69 5 48 227 33 0.92 $7M
2024-25 MIN 82 27 46 73 1 51 271 52 0.89 $7M
2025-26 MIN 76 42 43 85 18 30 254 60 1.12 $7M
2026-27 MIN 5 1 1 2 1 4 23 7 0.40 $7M
6 seasons Career 366 145 186 331 43 182 1143 240 0.90

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2021-22 MIN 6 1 0 1 -1 4 13 3 0.17
2022-23 MIN 6 0 3 3 -5 4 24 5 0.50
2024-25 MIN 6 5 2 7 0 2 20 12 1.17
2025-26 MIN 11 7 6 13 5 4 48 19 1.18
4 seasons Playoffs 29 13 11 24 -1 14 105 39 0.83

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
47 15 24 39 17 10 113 23 0.83 13.3 15:23

Contract

$881KCap hitends in 2023, then RFA
$23KCap dollars per point39 points in 47 games
$120KCap dollars per goal above replacement7.4 goals above replacement
$6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$5.1MValueworth 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 716 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Minnesota Wild on Apr 1, 2021, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $3.975M, beginning in 2020-21. It runs through 2022-23, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2020-21 $881K $700K $93K $133K $793K
2021-22 $881K $833K $93K $600K $925K
2022-23 $881K $833K $93K $600K $925K

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
Jan 16, 2023 Minnesota Wild Extension 2023-24 to 2029-30 7 $49M $7M
Apr 1, 2021 Minnesota Wild Entry-level 2020-21 to 2022-23 3 $3.975M $881K

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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.2Even-strength defence+0.6Power play-0.2Penalty kill0.0Penalties-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. 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.

0510152021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

55.5Corsi for %61 attempts for, 49 against
+2.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
60.3Expected goals for %2.9 expected for, 1.9 against
+5.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
58.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %1 for, 2 against
95.1PDO2.5% shooting + 92.6% saves
17Attempts 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
Frederick Gaudreau · Kevin Fiala · Matt Boldy646:3259.066.71-1
Kevin Fiala · Joel Eriksson Ek · Matt Boldy21:4833.329.10-0
Frederick Gaudreau · Connor Dewar · Matt Boldy11:400.00.00-0
Ryan Hartman · Kirill Kaprizov · Matt Boldy31:360.00.00-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.3Expected goalsfrom 19 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.00 expected goals per 60 minutes71st
Shot quality 7.0% chance per attempt18th
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected52ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 89 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.51Expected 1.3Goals 1

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 29, 2022 vs COL W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 15:10
Apr 28, 2022 vs CGY W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:18
Apr 26, 2022 vs ARI L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 14:55
Apr 24, 2022 @ NSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 8 0 15:51
Apr 22, 2022 vs SEA W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 15:49
Apr 21, 2022 vs VAN W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:57
Apr 19, 2022 @ MTL W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12:12
Apr 17, 2022 vs SJS W 5-4 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 15:01
Apr 16, 2022 @ STL L 5-6 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 12:32
Apr 14, 2022 @ DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 13:41
Apr 12, 2022 vs EDM W 5-1 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 16:41
Apr 10, 2022 vs LAK W 6-3 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 13:08
Mar 31, 2022 vs PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 09:17
Mar 29, 2022 vs PHI W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 12:40
Mar 27, 2022 vs COL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:36
Mar 26, 2022 vs CBJ W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:40
Mar 24, 2022 vs VAN W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13:43
Mar 21, 2022 vs VGK W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:35
Mar 19, 2022 vs CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12:53
Mar 16, 2022 vs BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:26
Mar 13, 2022 vs NSH L 2-6 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 19:02
Mar 11, 2022 @ CBJ L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:55
Mar 10, 2022 @ DET W 6-5 (SO) 2 0 2 -1 0 3 2 15:11
Mar 8, 2022 vs NYR W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 16:31
Mar 6, 2022 vs DAL L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 15:37
Mar 4, 2022 @ BUF L 4-5 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 16:58
Mar 3, 2022 @ PHI W 5-4 1 0 1 2 0 4 1 15:31
Mar 1, 2022 vs CGY L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 17:16
Feb 26, 2022 @ CGY L 3-7 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 15:09
Feb 24, 2022 @ TOR L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 17:02
Feb 22, 2022 @ OTT L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 18:33
Feb 20, 2022 @ EDM W 7-3 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 15:05
Feb 18, 2022 vs FLA L 2-6 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 19:07
Feb 16, 2022 @ WPG L 3-6 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 17:11
Feb 14, 2022 vs DET W 7-4 3 1 4 0 0 6 0 17:11
Feb 12, 2022 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 14:02
Feb 8, 2022 @ WPG L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:51
Feb 2, 2022 @ CHI W 5-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 16:27
Jan 30, 2022 @ NYI W 4-3 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 13:06
Jan 28, 2022 @ NYR W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 15:40
Jan 24, 2022 vs MTL W 8-2 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 18:21
Jan 22, 2022 vs CHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:09
Jan 21, 2022 @ CHI W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 17:13
Jan 17, 2022 @ COL L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 17:14
Jan 14, 2022 vs ANA W 7-3 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 14:28
Jan 8, 2022 vs WSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 20:54
Jan 6, 2022 @ BOS W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 13:13