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Matt Beleskey

#39 · Left wing · New York Rangers

Born Jun 7, 1988 in Windsor, Ontario, CAN · 6'0", 207 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 112th overall in 2006 by ANA (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

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

Steve Bernier NJD · 32 P in 67 GP Jonathan Drouin TBL · 32 P in 70 GP Derek Roy EDM · 32 P in 72 GP Ales Hemsky DAL · 32 P in 76 GP Martin Erat ARI · 32 P in 79 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.

01020302008-09: 0 points008-092009-10: 18 points1809-102010-11: 10 points1010-112011-12: 15 points1511-122012-13: 13 points1312-132013-14: 24 points2413-142014-15: 32 points3214-152015-16: 37 points3715-162016-17: 8 points816-172017-18: 0 points017-182018-19: 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
2008-09 ANA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
2009-10 ANA 60 11 7 18 -10 35 123 94 0.30
2010-11 ANA 35 3 7 10 -10 36 58 64 0.29
2011-12 ANA 70 4 11 15 -2 72 75 104 0.21 $738K
2012-13 ANA 42 8 5 13 2 56 61 103 0.31 $738K
2013-14 ANA 55 9 15 24 8 64 112 132 0.44 $1.35M
2014-15 ANA 65 22 10 32 13 39 145 159 0.49 $1.35M
2015-16 BOS 80 15 22 37 6 65 168 260 0.46 $3.8M
2016-17 BOS 49 3 5 8 -10 47 79 98 0.16 $3.8M
2017-18 BOS 14 0 0 0 -8 17 17 27 0.00 $3.8M
2017-18 NYR 1 0 0 0 -1 4 0 7 0.00
2018-19 NYR 4 1 0 1 1 5 3 7 0.25 $3.8M
11 seasons Career 477 76 82 158 -11 440 841 1055 0.33

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2010-11 ANA 6 1 0 1 -1 4 8 9 0.17
2012-13 ANA 7 2 1 3 1 2 13 26 0.43
2013-14 ANA 5 2 2 4 0 8 13 24 0.80
2014-15 ANA 16 8 1 9 -4 2 45 63 0.56
2016-17 BOS 3 0 0 0 -2 4 3 7 0.00
5 seasons Playoffs 37 13 4 17 -6 20 82 129 0.46

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
65 22 10 32 13 39 145 159 0.49 15.2 14:29

Contract

$1.35MCap hit2014-15
$42KCap dollars per point32 points in 65 games
$250KCap dollars per goal above replacement5.4 goals above replacement
$3.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.4MValueworth 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
2018-19 to 2019-20 $3.8M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $3.8M
2015-16 to 2019-20 $3.8M
2013-14 to 2014-15 $1.35M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $738K
2011-12 to 2012-13 $738K

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 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+5.4Goals above replacement199th of 665 skaters, 143rd of 432 forwards
+0.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+2.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 432 ranked forwards: 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.

Even-strength offence+2.6 79th percentileEven-strength defence+0.2 47th percentilePower play+0.1 69th percentilePenalty kill-0.4 10th percentilePenalties+0.2 45th percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. 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.

-4-202462010-112012-132014-152016-172018-19Goals 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

53.9Corsi for %789 attempts for, 675 against
+4.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.5Expected goals for %32.1 expected for, 26.9 against
+4.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
61.4Goals for %43 for, 27 against
103.6PDO11.1% shooting + 92.5% saves
276Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 585 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
Ryan Kesler · Matt Beleskey · Kyle Palmieri29240:1353.448.613-8
Ryan Getzlaf · Corey Perry · Matt Beleskey25137:0854.863.811-4
Ryan Kesler · Matt Beleskey · Jakob Silfverberg1869:4358.966.25-1
Ryan Kesler · Matt Beleskey · Emerson Etem663:5655.354.01-3

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.

22Goalsnot counting empty-netters
14.1Expected goalsfrom 230 unblocked attempts
+7.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.90 expected goals per 60 minutes84th
Shot quality 6.1% chance per attempt14th
Finishing +7.9 goals above expected97thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

05101520Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 22Expected 14.1

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 this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 11, 2015 @ ARI W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 12:30
Apr 8, 2015 vs DAL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:42
Mar 28, 2015 @ NYI W 3-2 0 1 1 1 2 2 5 14:24
Mar 26, 2015 @ BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 15:26
Mar 24, 2015 @ CBJ L 3-5 1 0 1 1 0 6 4 15:15
Mar 20, 2015 vs COL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:59
Mar 18, 2015 vs LAK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:58
Mar 15, 2015 vs NSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 15:48
Mar 13, 2015 @ MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 14:20
Feb 15, 2015 vs WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 03:23
Feb 12, 2015 @ CAR W 2-1 1 1 2 2 0 4 3 14:53
Feb 10, 2015 @ FLA L 2-6 0 0 0 0 2 5 6 15:07
Feb 8, 2015 @ TBL L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 12:20
Feb 6, 2015 @ WSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 13:25
Feb 5, 2015 @ NSH W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 12:49
Feb 3, 2015 vs CAR W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 14:47
Jan 30, 2015 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 12:23
Jan 29, 2015 @ SJS L 3-6 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 14:47
Jan 27, 2015 @ VAN W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 13:53
Jan 21, 2015 vs CGY W 6-3 0 1 1 -1 2 0 1 10:09
Jan 17, 2015 @ LAK W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 6 16:16
Jan 16, 2015 vs NJD W 5-1 0 1 1 1 5 2 4 10:20
Jan 11, 2015 vs WPG W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 2 3 1 11:45
Jan 7, 2015 vs NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 13:57
Jan 4, 2015 vs NSH W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 2 0 2 4 15:22
Jan 2, 2015 vs STL W 4-3 1 1 2 2 0 3 2 13:47
Dec 31, 2014 vs SJS L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 13:40
Dec 28, 2014 vs VAN W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 17:27
Dec 27, 2014 @ ARI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 15:56
Dec 22, 2014 vs SJS W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 18:23
Dec 19, 2014 @ OTT L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 16:45
Dec 18, 2014 @ MTL W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 15:01
Dec 16, 2014 @ TOR L 2-6 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 14:08
Dec 13, 2014 @ WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:45
Dec 12, 2014 @ EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:41
Dec 10, 2014 vs EDM W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 14:11
Dec 7, 2014 @ WPG W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 14:38
Dec 5, 2014 @ MIN W 5-4 1 0 1 3 0 3 4 15:57
Dec 3, 2014 vs PHI W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 16:23
Dec 1, 2014 vs BOS W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 15:18
Nov 29, 2014 @ SJS L 4-6 1 0 1 1 2 5 3 13:42
Nov 28, 2014 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 14:33
Nov 25, 2014 vs CGY W 3-2 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 13:53
Nov 23, 2014 vs ARI W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 14:07
Nov 20, 2014 @ VAN W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 17:29
Nov 18, 2014 @ CGY L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 5 14:52
Nov 16, 2014 vs FLA L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 16:06
Nov 15, 2014 @ LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:43
Nov 12, 2014 vs LAK W 6-5 (SO) 0 1 1 3 0 1 4 19:32
Nov 9, 2014 vs VAN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:48
Nov 7, 2014 vs ARI L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 18:32
Nov 5, 2014 vs NYI L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 15:49
Nov 2, 2014 @ COL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 13:10
Oct 31, 2014 @ DAL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 12:11
Oct 30, 2014 @ STL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 14:45
Oct 28, 2014 @ CHI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:00
Oct 26, 2014 vs SJS L 1-4 1 0 1 0 10 5 2 15:30
Oct 24, 2014 vs CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:29
Oct 22, 2014 vs BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:12
Oct 19, 2014 vs STL W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 11:39
Oct 17, 2014 vs MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 16:57
Oct 14, 2014 @ PHI W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 5 8 17:16
Oct 13, 2014 @ BUF W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 13:29
Oct 11, 2014 @ DET W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 13:35
Oct 9, 2014 @ PIT L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 11:45