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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 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Michael McCarron MTL · 1 P in 18 GP Freddie Hamilton ARI · 1 P in 16 GP Brooks Laich LAK · 1 P in 12 GP Dryden Hunt FLA · 1 P in 11 GP Lawson Crouse ARI · 1 P in 11 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

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
19 1 0 1 -2 2 16 21 0.05 6.3 10:54

Contract

$3.625MCap hit2017-18
$3.625MCap dollars per point1 points in 19 games
$14.593MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.2 goals above replacement

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.

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 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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.4Even-strength defence+0.7Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.2Penalties+0.2

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.

-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

51.5Corsi for %155 attempts for, 146 against
+1.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.6Expected goals for %5.1 expected for, 5.9 against
-4.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
28.6Goals for %2 for, 5 against
95.4PDO2.7% shooting + 92.6% 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
Jori Lehtera · Matt Read · Scott Laughton1169:2964.365.81-2
Jori Lehtera · Matt Read · Travis Konecny424:3647.745.80-0
Matt Read · Scott Laughton · Michael Raffl312:3823.510.00-0
Jordan Weal · Matt Read · Scott Laughton58:5852.430.60-0

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
2.2Expected goalsfrom 25 unblocked attempts
-1.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.63 expected goals per 60 minutes35th
Shot quality 8.8% chance per attempt83rd
Finishing -1.2 goals above expected40thOne 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.

00.511.52Expected 2.2Goals 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 7, 2018 vs NYR W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:54
Apr 5, 2018 vs CAR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:34
Apr 3, 2018 @ NYI L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:28
Apr 1, 2018 vs BOS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 13:52
Mar 28, 2018 @ COL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 14:37
Mar 27, 2018 @ DAL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:32
Mar 25, 2018 @ PIT L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:23
Mar 22, 2018 vs NYR W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 13:52
Mar 20, 2018 @ DET L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 08:22
Mar 18, 2018 vs WSH W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 12:16
Mar 17, 2018 @ CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:58
Mar 15, 2018 vs CBJ L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 09:02
Mar 12, 2018 vs VGK L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:21
Mar 10, 2018 vs WPG W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10:22
Mar 8, 2018 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:58
Oct 30, 2017 vs ARI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:38
Oct 28, 2017 @ TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:16
Oct 26, 2017 @ OTT L 4-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 10:20
Oct 21, 2017 vs EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:23