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Matt Read

#10 · Right wing · Minnesota Wild

Born Jun 14, 1986 in Ilderton, Ontario, CAN · 5'10", 188 lb · Shoots right

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.

Beau Bennett NJD · 19 P in 65 GP Joel Armia WPG · 19 P in 57 GP Tom Wilson WSH · 19 P in 82 GP Oscar Lindberg NYR · 20 P in 65 GP Alan Quine NYI · 18 P in 61 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.

0102030402011-12: 47 points4711-122012-13: 24 points2412-132013-14: 40 points4013-142014-15: 30 points3014-152015-16: 26 points2615-162016-17: 19 points1916-172017-18: 1 points117-182018-19: 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
2011-12 PHI 79 24 23 47 13 12 155 82 0.59 $900K
2012-13 PHI 42 11 13 24 1 2 72 49 0.57 $900K
2013-14 PHI 75 22 18 40 -4 16 151 72 0.53 $900K
2014-15 PHI 80 8 22 30 -4 14 142 108 0.38 $3.625M
2015-16 PHI 79 11 15 26 -5 27 127 81 0.33 $3.625M
2016-17 PHI 63 10 9 19 3 8 92 95 0.30 $3.625M
2017-18 PHI 19 1 0 1 -2 2 16 21 0.05 $3.625M
2018-19 MIN 12 1 0 1 -2 2 13 11 0.08 $650K
8 seasons Career 449 88 100 188 0 83 768 519 0.42

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 PHI 11 3 2 5 0 4 8 12 0.45
2013-14 PHI 7 1 2 3 -3 4 11 19 0.43
2015-16 PHI 6 0 0 0 1 2 5 8 0.00
2017-18 PHI 6 1 1 2 1 4 4 13 0.33
4 seasons Playoffs 30 5 5 10 -1 14 28 52 0.33

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
63 10 9 19 3 8 92 95 0.30 10.9 13:48

Contract

$3.625MCap hit2016-17
$191KCap dollars per point19 points in 63 games
$961KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.8 goals above replacement
$3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$648KValueworth 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 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 2018-19 $650K
2014-15 to 2017-18 $3.625M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $900K
2011-12 to 2013-14 $900K

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

Rating

+3.8Goals above replacement254th of 664 skaters, 178th of 435 forwards
+0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.4Goals 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-1.2 34th percentileEven-strength defence+2.4 88th percentilePower play-0.3 29th percentilePenalty kill+0.2 79th percentilePenalties+0.3 50th 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.

-2024682011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-182018-19Goals 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

54.7Corsi for %752 attempts for, 622 against
+4.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.4Expected goals for %25.5 expected for, 24.1 against
+1.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
52.6Goals for %20 for, 18 against
99.7PDO5.6% shooting + 94.2% saves
147Attempts 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 Read · Nick Cousins · Sean Couturier13106:4055.853.44-1
Matt Read · Michael Raffl · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare1664:5460.566.83-2
Chris VandeVelde · Matt Read · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare2054:3550.639.01-0
Claude Giroux · Jakub Voracek · Matt Read953:5850.047.82-1

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.

10Goalsnot counting empty-netters
8.4Expected goalsfrom 123 unblocked attempts
+1.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.58 expected goals per 60 minutes25th
Shot quality 6.9% chance per attempt29th
Finishing +1.6 goals above expected71stOne 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.

0246810Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 10Expected 8.4

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
Mar 30, 2017 vs NYI W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:23
Mar 28, 2017 vs OTT W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:14
Mar 26, 2017 @ PIT W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 14:38
Mar 25, 2017 @ CBJ L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 16:06
Mar 23, 2017 @ MIN W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 13:47
Mar 21, 2017 @ WPG L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 09:51
Mar 19, 2017 vs CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 11:36
Mar 16, 2017 @ NJD L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:00
Mar 15, 2017 vs PIT W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:27
Mar 13, 2017 vs CBJ L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 11:26
Mar 11, 2017 @ BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 15:07
Mar 9, 2017 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:25
Mar 7, 2017 @ BUF W 6-3 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 14:44
Mar 4, 2017 @ WSH L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 12:49
Mar 2, 2017 vs FLA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 15:56
Feb 28, 2017 vs COL W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:34
Feb 25, 2017 @ PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 05:44
Feb 22, 2017 vs WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 09:50
Feb 19, 2017 @ VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:07
Feb 16, 2017 @ EDM L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 16:06
Feb 15, 2017 @ CGY L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 12:50
Feb 11, 2017 vs SJS W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:25
Feb 9, 2017 vs NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:32
Feb 4, 2017 vs LAK L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:16
Feb 2, 2017 vs MTL W 3-1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 16:24
Jan 31, 2017 @ CAR L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 14:04
Jan 26, 2017 vs TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 17:03
Jan 25, 2017 @ NYR W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:55
Jan 22, 2017 @ NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:47
Jan 21, 2017 vs NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:44
Jan 12, 2017 vs VAN W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 08:43
Jan 10, 2017 @ BUF L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:46
Jan 8, 2017 @ CBJ L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:52
Jan 7, 2017 vs TBL W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 16:52
Jan 4, 2017 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:03
Jan 1, 2017 @ ANA L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:53
Dec 4, 2016 @ NSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 01:57
Dec 3, 2016 vs CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:13
Dec 1, 2016 @ OTT W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14:56
Nov 29, 2016 vs BOS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:12
Nov 27, 2016 vs CGY W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:34
Nov 25, 2016 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 13:39
Nov 23, 2016 @ TBL L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 15:01
Nov 22, 2016 @ FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:49
Nov 19, 2016 vs TBL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 17:28
Nov 17, 2016 vs WPG W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 15:57
Nov 15, 2016 vs OTT L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:16
Nov 12, 2016 vs MIN W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 15:45
Nov 11, 2016 @ TOR L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 13:15
Nov 8, 2016 vs DET L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 15:09
Nov 5, 2016 @ MTL L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14:24
Nov 3, 2016 @ NYI W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 16:30
Nov 2, 2016 vs DET W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 13:26
Oct 30, 2016 @ CAR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:19
Oct 29, 2016 vs PIT L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:41
Oct 27, 2016 vs ARI L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 17:19
Oct 25, 2016 vs BUF W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 18:24
Oct 24, 2016 @ MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 12:48
Oct 22, 2016 vs CAR W 6-3 1 0 1 2 0 1 4 16:57
Oct 20, 2016 vs ANA L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 14:10
Oct 18, 2016 @ CHI L 4-7 2 0 2 -1 0 3 1 17:13
Oct 15, 2016 @ ARI L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 11:08
Oct 14, 2016 @ LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 12:37