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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 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

David Booth VAN · 3 P in 12 GP Max Reinhart CGY · 3 P in 11 GP Patrick Maroon ANA · 3 P in 13 GP Aaron Gagnon WPG · 3 P in 10 GP Gabriel Dumont MTL · 3 P in 10 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

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
12 1 2 3 0 0 17 13 0.25 5.9 11:48

Contract

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 2012-13 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.

2012-13 analytics

Rating

+1.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.6Even-strength defence+0.6Power play-0.2Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.8

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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

51.8Corsi for %114 attempts for, 106 against
+5.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.0Expected goals for %3.1 expected for, 4.0 against
-3.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
57.1Goals for %4 for, 3 against
102.2PDO7.8% shooting + 94.3% saves
29Attempts 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
Loui Eriksson · Cody Eakin · Matt Fraser850:0454.252.81-1
Reilly Smith · Cody Eakin · Matt Fraser319:3363.359.31-1
Tom Wandell · Antoine Roussel · Matt Fraser211:5750.052.41-0
Ray Whitney · Loui Eriksson · Matt Fraser110:0758.336.00-0

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
1.0Expected goalsfrom 23 unblocked attempts
0.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.43 expected goals per 60 minutes8th
Shot quality 4.4% chance per attempt1st
Finishing 0.0 goals above expected54thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 355 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Expected 1.0Goals 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 19, 2013 @ STL L 1-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 10:31
Apr 18, 2013 vs VAN W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:03
Apr 15, 2013 @ CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 14:09
Apr 13, 2013 vs SJS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:08
Apr 12, 2013 @ NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:03
Apr 9, 2013 vs LAK W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:07
Apr 7, 2013 @ SJS W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 11:06
Apr 5, 2013 @ ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 14:23
Apr 3, 2013 @ ANA L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:14
Mar 9, 2013 @ PHX L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:19
Feb 26, 2013 @ CBJ W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11:35
Feb 25, 2013 @ NSH L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 09:52