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Matt Boldy

#12 · Left wing · Minnesota Wild

Born Apr 5, 2001 in Milford, Massachusetts, USA (age 25) · 6'2", 201 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 12th overall in 2019 by MIN (round 1)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Arttu Hyry DAL · 0 P in 4 GP Barclay Goodrow SJS · 0 P in 4 GP Beck Malenstyn BUF · 0 P in 4 GP Bo Groulx TOR · 0 P in 4 GP Bokondji Imama FLA · 0 P in 4 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.

0204060802021-22: 39 points3921-222022-23: 63 points6322-232023-24: 69 points6923-242024-25: 73 points7324-252025-26: 85 points8525-262026-27: 0 points026-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2021-22 MIN 47 15 24 39 17 10 113 23 0.83 $881K
2022-23 MIN 81 31 32 63 1 39 255 65 0.78 $881K
2023-24 MIN 75 29 40 69 5 48 227 33 0.92 $7M
2024-25 MIN 82 27 46 73 1 51 271 52 0.89 $7M
2025-26 MIN 76 42 43 85 18 30 254 60 1.12 $7M
2026-27 MIN 4 0 0 0 -1 2 19 6 0.00 $7M
6 seasons Career 365 144 185 329 41 180 1139 239 0.90

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2021-22 MIN 6 1 0 1 -1 4 13 3 0.17
2022-23 MIN 6 0 3 3 -5 4 24 5 0.50
2024-25 MIN 6 5 2 7 0 2 20 12 1.17
2025-26 MIN 11 7 6 13 5 4 48 19 1.18
4 seasons Playoffs 29 13 11 24 -1 14 105 39 0.83

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
4 0 0 0 -1 2 19 6 0.00 0.0 21:18

Contract

$7MCap hitends in 2030, then UFA
$523KCap dollars per goal above replacement13.4 goals above replacement, projected
$13.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$6.6MValueworth 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. The season is still being played, so each rating is projected over the whole season: the games played so far, plus the games left at the rate of the last three seasons and this one. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 648 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Minnesota Wild on Jan 16, 2023, as an extension of the contract he was on: 7 years and $49M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2029-30, with 3 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $7M $8M $0 $8M
2024-25 $7M $9.7M $0 $9.7M
2025-26 $7M $7.7M $0 $7.7M
2026-27 $7M $6M $0 $6M
2027-28 $7M $5.96M $0 $5.96M
2028-29 $7M $5.82M $0 $5.82M M-NTC
2029-30 $7M $5.82M $0 $5.82M M-NTC

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jan 16, 2023 Minnesota Wild Extension 2023-24 to 2029-30 7 $49M $7M
Apr 1, 2021 Minnesota Wild Entry-level 2020-21 to 2022-23 3 $3.975M $881K

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 2026-27 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.

2026-27 analytics

Rating, projected over the full season

2026-27 is still being played, so these are a projection of his whole season, not a count so far: what he has done in 4 games (+0.7 goals above replacement), plus the 76 more he is taken to play, going by how much of his team's games he has played before, at a rate set by his last three seasons and this one. The more he plays, the more this season counts, and by the last game it is simply his season.

+13.4Goals above replacement24th of 648 skaters, 16th of 423 forwards
+2.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+8.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 423 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+4.7 89th percentileEven-strength defence+2.1 87th percentilePower play+0.5 80th percentilePenalty kill+0.6 94th percentilePenalties+0.9 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.

0510152021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

54.6Corsi for %59 attempts for, 49 against
+8.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.6Expected goals for %2.5 expected for, 1.9 against
+15.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %1 for, 2 against
94.1PDO3.2% shooting + 90.9% saves
20Attempts 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
Blake Coleman · Joel Eriksson Ek · Matt Boldy426:3551.951.80-1
Joel Eriksson Ek · Kirill Kaprizov · Matt Boldy418:4263.472.41-0
Ryan Hartman · Bobby Brink · Matt Boldy12:0133.30.90-0
Kirill Kaprizov · Matt Boldy · Danila Yurov21:030.00.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.8Expected goalsfrom 27 unblocked attempts
-1.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.23 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 6.5% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -1.8 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 0 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.5Expected 1.8Goals 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
Oct 8, 2026 @ TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 22:14
Oct 6, 2026 @ BUF L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 7 0 23:24
Oct 3, 2026 vs BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 18:05
Oct 1, 2026 @ NSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 21:28