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Matt Ellis

#37 · Left wing · Buffalo Sabres

Born Aug 31, 1981 in Welland, Ontario, CAN · 6'0", 208 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2009-10. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jerred Smithson NSH · 13 P in 69 GP Chris Thorburn ATL · 13 P in 76 GP Petteri Nokelainen PHX · 13 P in 67 GP Zack Stortini EDM · 13 P in 77 GP Jamie McGinn SJS · 13 P in 59 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.

05102006-07: 0 points006-072007-08: 8 points807-082008-09: 12 points1208-092009-10: 13 points1309-102010-11: 0 points010-112011-12: 8 points811-122012-13: 0 points012-132013-14: 6 points613-142014-15: 2 points214-15

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2006-07 DET 16 0 0 0 -1 6 22 8 0.00
2007-08 DET 35 2 4 6 1 12 28 15 0.17
2007-08 LAK 19 1 1 2 2 14 38 13 0.11
2008-09 BUF 45 7 5 12 4 12 73 21 0.27
2009-10 BUF 72 3 10 13 -1 12 112 34 0.18
2010-11 BUF 14 0 0 0 -4 0 20 8 0.00
2011-12 BUF 60 3 5 8 -3 25 85 34 0.13
2012-13 BUF 6 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.00
2013-14 BUF 50 4 2 6 -6 4 70 37 0.12 $550K
2014-15 BUF 39 1 1 2 -12 4 29 10 0.05 $550K
9 seasons Career 356 21 28 49 -20 89 485 180 0.14

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2009-10 BUF 3 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 0.33
2010-11 BUF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 4 1 0 1 1 0 5 3 0.25

2009-10 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
72 3 10 13 -1 12 112 34 0.18 2.7 9:03

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2013-14 to 2014-15 $550K

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 2009-10 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.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 11, 2010 @ NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 07:46
Apr 10, 2010 @ OTT W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 11:50
Apr 8, 2010 @ BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10:35
Apr 6, 2010 vs NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 03:02
Apr 3, 2010 @ MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:06
Apr 1, 2010 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 08:54
Mar 31, 2010 vs FLA W 6-2 0 2 2 1 0 4 2 11:51
Mar 29, 2010 @ BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 11:29
Mar 27, 2010 vs TBL W 7-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12:15
Mar 26, 2010 vs OTT L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 08:11
Mar 24, 2010 vs MTL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:18
Mar 21, 2010 @ CAR W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:37
Mar 20, 2010 @ FLA W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 11:37
Mar 18, 2010 @ TBL W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:54
Mar 16, 2010 @ ATL L 3-4 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 09:20
Mar 13, 2010 @ DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:05
Mar 12, 2010 vs MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:42
Mar 10, 2010 vs DAL W 5-3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 09:30
Mar 7, 2010 @ NYR W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 11:42
Mar 5, 2010 vs PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:24
Mar 3, 2010 vs WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 2 10:45
Feb 13, 2010 vs SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 08:07
Feb 11, 2010 @ CAR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 08:58
Feb 9, 2010 vs BOS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 12:49
Feb 6, 2010 @ CBJ L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:13
Feb 3, 2010 vs OTT L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 07:33
Jan 29, 2010 vs BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:18
Jan 27, 2010 vs NJD W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 15:12
Jan 25, 2010 @ VAN L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 11:22
Jan 19, 2010 @ ANA L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:13
Jan 18, 2010 @ PHX W 7-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 11:55
Jan 9, 2010 vs COL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 07:08
Jan 8, 2010 vs TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 10:36
Jan 6, 2010 vs TBL W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 08:50
Jan 3, 2010 @ MTL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:13
Jan 1, 2010 vs ATL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 07:42
Dec 29, 2009 vs PIT W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:49
Dec 27, 2009 @ STL W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:47
Dec 26, 2009 vs OTT L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:32
Dec 23, 2009 @ WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:21
Dec 21, 2009 @ TOR W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 09:48
Dec 19, 2009 vs PIT L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:03
Dec 18, 2009 vs TOR W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 10:44
Dec 16, 2009 @ OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:04
Dec 14, 2009 @ MTL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:44
Dec 12, 2009 @ NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 06:41
Dec 11, 2009 vs CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:54
Dec 9, 2009 vs WSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:16
Dec 7, 2009 vs NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:29
Dec 5, 2009 vs NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 04:49
Nov 30, 2009 @ TOR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 07:58
Nov 28, 2009 vs CAR W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:57
Nov 25, 2009 @ WSH L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:36
Nov 21, 2009 @ OTT L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 07:47
Nov 20, 2009 vs BOS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 06:03
Nov 18, 2009 vs FLA L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:54
Nov 14, 2009 @ PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:15
Nov 13, 2009 vs CGY W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 07:25
Nov 11, 2009 vs EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:23
Nov 7, 2009 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10:23
Nov 6, 2009 vs PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 06:50
Nov 4, 2009 vs NYI W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 11:59
Oct 31, 2009 @ NYI L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 09:58
Oct 30, 2009 vs TOR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:53
Oct 28, 2009 @ NJD W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 09:45
Oct 24, 2009 @ TBL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:32
Oct 21, 2009 @ FLA W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 07:40
Oct 16, 2009 vs NYI W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 12:12
Oct 13, 2009 vs DET W 6-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 10:47
Oct 10, 2009 @ NSH W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 08:05
Oct 8, 2009 vs PHX W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:08
Oct 3, 2009 vs MTL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:05