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Shawn Matthias

#16 · Left wing · Winnipeg Jets

Born Feb 19, 1988 in Mississauga, Ontario, CAN · 6'4", 231 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 47th overall in 2006 by DET (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Marko Dano WPG · 3 P in 23 GP Alan Quine NYI · 3 P in 21 GP Seth Griffith BUF · 3 P in 21 GP Frederick Gaudreau NSH · 3 P in 20 GP A.J. Greer COL · 3 P in 17 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.

010202007-08: 2 points207-082008-09: 2 points208-092009-10: 16 points1609-102010-11: 16 points1610-112011-12: 24 points2411-122012-13: 21 points2112-132013-14: 23 points2313-142014-15: 27 points2714-152015-16: 28 points2815-162016-17: 12 points1216-172017-18: 3 points317-18

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2007-08 FLA 4 2 0 2 -2 2 5 1 0.50
2008-09 FLA 16 0 2 2 -3 2 11 8 0.13
2009-10 FLA 55 7 9 16 -3 10 67 57 0.29
2010-11 FLA 52 6 10 16 0 16 90 60 0.31
2011-12 FLA 79 10 14 24 -2 49 133 60 0.30 $852K
2012-13 FLA 48 14 7 21 -8 16 106 66 0.44 $852K
2013-14 FLA 59 9 7 16 0 14 88 73 0.27 $1.75M
2013-14 VAN 18 3 4 7 -3 12 39 20 0.39
2014-15 VAN 78 18 9 27 -3 16 132 66 0.35 $1.75M
2015-16 TOR 51 6 11 17 -10 12 66 60 0.33 $2.3M
2015-16 COL 20 6 5 11 -7 8 35 8 0.55
2016-17 WPG 45 8 4 12 0 13 51 47 0.27 $2.125M
2017-18 WPG 27 1 2 3 -1 10 26 22 0.11 $2.125M
11 seasons Career 552 90 84 174 -42 180 849 548 0.32

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2011-12 FLA 7 0 1 1 -2 6 9 9 0.14
2014-15 VAN 6 1 1 2 -3 10 4 10 0.33
2 seasons Playoffs 13 1 2 3 -5 16 13 19 0.23

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
27 1 2 3 -1 10 26 22 0.11 3.8 11:10

Contract

$2.125MCap hit2017-18
$708KCap dollars per point3 points in 27 games
$17KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.1MValueworth less cap hit

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 691 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
2016-17 to 2017-18 $2.125M
2015-16 to 2015-16 $2.3M
2013-14 to 2014-15 $1.75M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $852K
2011-12 to 2012-13 $852K

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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Rating

-0.9Goals above replacement589th of 691 skaters, 399th of 451 forwards
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 451 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-0.5 45th percentileEven-strength defence-0.3 38th percentilePower play-0.1 51st percentilePenalty kill-0.3 13th percentilePenalties-0.6 17th 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-202462010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-18Goals 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

43.9Corsi for %216 attempts for, 276 against
-5.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.3Expected goals for %9.7 expected for, 10.8 against
-2.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
47.4Goals for %9 for, 10 against
100.8PDO7.6% shooting + 93.2% saves
37Attempts 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
Shawn Matthias · Andrew Copp · Brandon Tanev863:0150.048.83-1
Matt Hendricks · Shawn Matthias · Joel Armia940:3844.252.61-1
Shawn Matthias · Joel Armia · Andrew Copp835:2342.454.40-1
Shawn Matthias · Adam Lowry · Brandon Tanev216:5146.450.00-0

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
3.1Expected goalsfrom 30 unblocked attempts
-2.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.63 expected goals per 60 minutes33rd
Shot quality 10.5% chance per attempt99th
Finishing -2.1 goals above expected29thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 423 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Expected 3.1Goals 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. 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 3, 2018 @ MTL W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:02
Mar 13, 2018 @ NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:22
Jan 12, 2018 @ CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:47
Jan 9, 2018 @ BUF W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:08
Jan 7, 2018 vs SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15:16
Jan 5, 2018 vs BUF W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 06:10
Jan 2, 2018 @ COL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 06:25
Dec 31, 2017 @ EDM W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 10:23
Dec 29, 2017 vs NYI W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 07:01
Dec 3, 2017 vs OTT W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:49
Nov 14, 2017 vs ARI W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:12
Nov 11, 2017 @ ARI W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 07:21
Nov 10, 2017 @ VGK L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:01
Nov 6, 2017 @ DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 07:23
Nov 4, 2017 vs MTL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:08
Nov 2, 2017 vs DAL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:19
Oct 31, 2017 @ MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:42
Oct 29, 2017 vs PIT W 7-1 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 14:59
Oct 27, 2017 @ CBJ L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 10:55
Oct 26, 2017 @ PIT L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:02
Oct 20, 2017 vs MIN W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:47
Oct 17, 2017 vs CBJ L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 12:36
Oct 14, 2017 vs CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:02
Oct 12, 2017 @ VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:52
Oct 9, 2017 @ EDM W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:22
Oct 7, 2017 @ CGY L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 15:03
Oct 4, 2017 vs TOR L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 14:33