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Matt Fraser

#28 · Right wing · Edmonton Oilers

Born May 20, 1990 in Red Deer, Alberta, CAN · 6'3", 206 lb · Shoots left

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.

Barclay Goodrow SJS · 12 P in 60 GP David Moss ARI · 12 P in 60 GP Eric Nystrom NSH · 12 P in 60 GP Daniel Brière COL · 12 P in 57 GP Dennis Everberg COL · 12 P in 55 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.

05102011-12: 0 points011-122012-13: 3 points312-132013-14: 2 points213-142014-15: 12 points1214-15

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2011-12 DAL 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
2012-13 DAL 12 1 2 3 0 0 17 13 0.25
2013-14 BOS 14 2 0 2 0 10 13 10 0.14 $625K
2014-15 BOS 24 3 0 3 -5 7 29 42 0.13 $625K
2014-15 EDM 36 5 4 9 -11 10 63 69 0.25
4 seasons Career 87 11 6 17 -16 27 123 134 0.20

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2013-14 BOS 4 1 1 2 2 0 4 4 0.50
1 season Playoffs 4 1 1 2 2 0 4 4 0.50

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
60 8 4 12 -16 17 92 111 0.20 8.7 11:13

Contract

$625KCap hit2014-15
$52KCap dollars per point12 points in 60 games
-$564KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.2MValueworth 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 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
2014-15 to 2014-15 $625K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $625K

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

Rating

-1.9Goals above replacement600th of 665 skaters, 399th of 432 forwards
-0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.7Goals 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-3.7 6th percentileEven-strength defence-0.9 28th percentilePower play-0.1 38th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 30th percentilePenalties+1.1 75th 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.

-2-10122011-122012-132013-142014-15Goals 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

45.7Corsi for %500 attempts for, 593 against
-3.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
39.5Expected goals for %17.0 expected for, 26.0 against
-7.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
34.0Goals for %16 for, 31 against
96.5PDO6.3% shooting + 90.2% saves
122Attempts 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 lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Loui Eriksson · Carl Soderberg · Matt FraserBOS1282:4253.345.13-2
Teddy Purcell · Anton Lander · Matt FraserEDM859:4146.131.22-1
Anton Lander · Matt Fraser · Tyler PitlickEDM335:0154.159.62-0
Gregory Campbell · Daniel Paille · Matt FraserBOS830:0534.536.30-3

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.

7Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.0Expected goalsfrom 114 unblocked attempts
+1.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.54 expected goals per 60 minutes24th
Shot quality 5.3% chance per attempt3rd
Finishing +1.0 goals above expected66thOne 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.

0246Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 7Expected 6.0

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 11, 2015 @ VAN L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:39
Apr 9, 2015 vs SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:27
Apr 7, 2015 vs LAK W 4-2 2 0 2 3 0 2 5 14:34
Apr 4, 2015 vs CGY L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 13:44
Apr 2, 2015 @ LAK L 2-8 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 11:18
Apr 1, 2015 @ ANA L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 07:27
Mar 30, 2015 @ COL W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 09:18
Mar 27, 2015 vs DAL W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 06:33
Mar 16, 2015 vs TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:16
Mar 13, 2015 @ CBJ L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 5 11:13
Mar 12, 2015 @ PIT L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:07
Mar 9, 2015 @ DET L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 2 6 6 11:09
Mar 8, 2015 @ CAR L 4-7 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 14:03
Mar 6, 2015 @ CHI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 11:01
Mar 3, 2015 vs LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 7 11:03
Feb 24, 2015 @ MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:54
Feb 20, 2015 vs MIN L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:11
Feb 18, 2015 vs BOS W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:44
Feb 16, 2015 @ WPG L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 07:02
Feb 9, 2015 @ NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 14:18
Feb 7, 2015 @ TOR L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 2 2 3 14:32
Feb 4, 2015 vs PIT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:05
Feb 2, 2015 @ SJS W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 10:42
Jan 31, 2015 @ CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 11:17
Jan 29, 2015 vs BUF W 3-2 1 2 3 3 0 1 0 12:44
Jan 27, 2015 vs MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 10:12
Jan 20, 2015 @ WSH W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 10:05
Jan 17, 2015 @ FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 11:01
Jan 15, 2015 @ TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 12:05
Jan 11, 2015 vs FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:53
Jan 9, 2015 vs CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 11:31
Jan 6, 2015 vs DET L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:51
Jan 4, 2015 vs NYI W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 10:49
Jan 2, 2015 @ COL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 14:37
Dec 31, 2014 @ CGY L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 11:50
Dec 30, 2014 vs LAK W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:17
Dec 27, 2014 @ CBJ L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 05:34
Dec 23, 2014 vs NSH W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 05:40
Dec 21, 2014 vs BUF W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:07
Dec 16, 2014 @ NSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:31
Dec 13, 2014 vs OTT L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11:40
Dec 11, 2014 vs CHI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 10:59
Dec 6, 2014 @ ARI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 12:08
Dec 4, 2014 @ SJS L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 11:49
Dec 2, 2014 @ LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12:20
Dec 1, 2014 @ ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 09:42
Nov 22, 2014 vs MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:42
Nov 21, 2014 @ CBJ W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 12:34
Nov 18, 2014 vs STL W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 14:48
Nov 15, 2014 vs CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:56
Nov 13, 2014 @ MTL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 07:54
Nov 12, 2014 @ TOR L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 12:05
Nov 10, 2014 vs NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 11:45
Nov 6, 2014 vs EDM W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 08:53
Nov 4, 2014 vs FLA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:55
Nov 1, 2014 vs OTT W 4-2 2 0 2 1 0 5 1 10:50
Oct 18, 2014 @ BUF W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:45
Oct 11, 2014 vs WSH L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:10
Oct 9, 2014 @ DET L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:30
Oct 8, 2014 vs PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:16