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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 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jordan Nolan LAK · 8 P in 46 GP William Carrier BUF · 8 P in 41 GP Jayson Megna VAN · 8 P in 58 GP Zachary Sanford STL · 8 P in 39 GP Joe Colborne COL · 8 P in 62 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

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
49 3 5 8 -10 47 79 98 0.16 3.8 13:16

Contract

$3.8MCap hit2016-17
$475KCap dollars per point8 points in 49 games
-$1.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$4.9MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 664 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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-2.6Goals above replacement639th of 664 skaters, 420th of 435 forwards
-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 435 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-3.1 9th percentileEven-strength defence+0.6 60th percentilePower play-0.7 11th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 70th percentilePenalties-1.3 6th 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

53.6Corsi for %508 attempts for, 440 against
-1.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.4Expected goals for %19.0 expected for, 16.6 against
-1.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
35.3Goals for %12 for, 22 against
94.1PDO4.1% shooting + 90.0% saves
132Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 565 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
Matt Beleskey · Riley Nash · Austin Czarnik17105:3059.066.51-2
David Krejci · Matt Beleskey · David Pastrnak1658:1646.844.61-3
Matt Beleskey · Riley Nash · Jimmy Hayes951:2150.556.80-0
David Backes · David Krejci · Matt Beleskey1440:4158.149.40-3

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.0Expected goalsfrom 113 unblocked attempts
-3.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.55 expected goals per 60 minutes22nd
Shot quality 5.3% chance per attempt2nd
Finishing -3.0 goals above expected19thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 421 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

024Game 20Game 40Expected 6.0Goals 3

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. 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 8, 2017 vs WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 15:02
Apr 6, 2017 vs OTT L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:49
Apr 4, 2017 vs TBL W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:12
Apr 2, 2017 @ CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 08:24
Apr 1, 2017 vs FLA W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:38
Mar 30, 2017 vs DAL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 09:22
Mar 23, 2017 vs TBL L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 07:05
Mar 21, 2017 vs OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 11:48
Mar 20, 2017 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:17
Mar 16, 2017 @ EDM L 4-7 0 0 0 -2 0 3 3 09:19
Mar 15, 2017 @ CGY W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 12:26
Mar 13, 2017 @ VAN W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:50
Mar 11, 2017 vs PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 1 5 1 4 13:50
Mar 2, 2017 vs NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 08:07
Feb 23, 2017 @ LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 11:54
Feb 22, 2017 @ ANA L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:20
Feb 12, 2017 vs MTL W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:37
Feb 9, 2017 vs SJS W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:46
Feb 4, 2017 vs TOR L 5-6 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 12:36
Feb 1, 2017 @ WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:38
Jan 31, 2017 @ TBL W 4-3 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 11:44
Jan 26, 2017 vs PIT W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 13:41
Jan 24, 2017 vs DET W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 13:09
Jan 22, 2017 @ PIT L 1-5 0 1 1 -2 7 2 3 18:24
Jan 20, 2017 vs CHI L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 11:06
Dec 3, 2016 @ BUF W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 05:27
Dec 1, 2016 vs CAR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 16:53
Nov 29, 2016 @ PHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 14:46
Nov 27, 2016 vs TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 4 4 16:17
Nov 25, 2016 vs CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 1 2 6 3 17:40
Nov 24, 2016 @ OTT L 1-3 0 1 1 -2 0 2 7 18:00
Nov 22, 2016 vs STL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 3 16:54
Nov 19, 2016 vs WPG W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 13:19
Nov 17, 2016 @ MIN L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:44
Nov 13, 2016 @ COL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16:38
Nov 12, 2016 @ ARI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:14
Nov 10, 2016 vs CBJ W 5-2 1 1 2 2 4 2 0 14:26
Nov 8, 2016 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 14:29
Nov 7, 2016 vs BUF W 4-0 0 1 1 1 5 2 3 15:52
Nov 5, 2016 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 17:56
Nov 1, 2016 @ FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:37
Oct 29, 2016 @ DET W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:37
Oct 26, 2016 @ NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 14:36
Oct 25, 2016 vs MIN L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 18:50
Oct 22, 2016 vs MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 11:23
Oct 20, 2016 vs NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:06
Oct 17, 2016 @ WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 17:04
Oct 15, 2016 @ TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 16:08
Oct 13, 2016 @ CBJ W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 16:01