SCRATCHEDMissed 2 straight team games
Mike Matheson
Montréal Canadiens · #8 · Defenseman · age 32 · 6'2" · 196 lb · shoots LBorn 🇨🇦 Pointe-Claire, Quebec · Drafted 2012 · Rd 1 #23
4 points in 8 games — 84th of 228 defensemen. The average defenseman has 4.2.
22HEAT · FORM, LAST 5 GAMEShotter than 73% of defensemen · average defenseman 15
100ENERGY · FRESHaverage defenseman 92 · last game 6 days ago
SCOUTING REPORT · AI, FROM THE NUMBERS
The player.
WHO HE IS · LONG TERM
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RIGHT NOW · LAST 5 GAMES
FORM OVER TIME · GAME BY GAME
Heat over time.
Steady around 22 lately — hotter than 73% of defensemen, against an average defenseman at 15.
Now 22 · +15 over these 8 games
━● Heat after each game╍ average defenseman (15)┈ top 5% of defensemen (44)
LAST 5 GAMES
The last stretch.
3 points and 1 goal in 5 games — 1.2× his usual pace, and 1.8× what an average defenseman scores in 5 games.
| LAST 5 GAMES | HIM | HIS USUAL · PER 5 GAMES | AVERAGE DEFENSEMAN | VERDICT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | ▲ 1.6× his usual |
| Assists | 2 | 1.9 | 1.3 | ≈ 1.1× his usual |
| Points | 3 | 2.5 | 1.6 | ▲ 1.2× his usual |
| Shots | 7 | 9 | 6 | ▼ 0.8× his usual |
| Shooting % | 14.3% | 7.1% | 6.3% | ▲ 2.0× his usual |
| Plus/minus | +4 | +0.6 | +0.0 | +3 vs his usual |
| Ice time a game | 23:12 | 23:45 | 18:32 | ≈ 1.0× his usual |
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | G | A | POINTS | SOG | +/- | TOI | HEAT AFTER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27 | @ STL | W | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 23:25 | 22 |
| Oct 25 | @ WPG | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 25:37 | 7 |
| Oct 23 | @ CHI | W | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 20:15 | 0 |
| Oct 10 | vs DET | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23:01 | 7 |
| Oct 8 | vs NSH | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:42 | 7 |
THIS SEASON · 2026–27 · AMONG 228 DEFENSEMEN
Where he stands.
The bar runs from zero to the league's best defenseman; the white tick is the average defenseman.
Points84th of 228 defensemen4leader 
Bouchard 26
Bouchard 26Goals56th of 228 defensemen1leader Bouchard 8
Bouchard 8Assists78th of 228 defensemen3leader Bouchard 18
Bouchard 18Shots94th of 228 defensemen14leader 
Schaefer 52
Schaefer 52Power-play points63rd of 228 defensemen0leader 
Jones 11
Jones 11Plus/minus80th of 228 defensemen+1leader Bouchard +22
Bouchard +22Ice time a game25th of 228 defensemen23:45leader 
Werenski 28:50
Werenski 28:50PERFORMANCE RADAR · PER GAME, PERCENTILE VS DEFENSEMEN
Shape of his game.
Separates in: ice time (89th), shots (82nd), assists (77th). Below the middle: power-play points (0th).
■ Matheson this season╍ the average defenseman┈ top 5% of defensemen
CAREER · NHL REGULAR SEASON · SOURCE: NHL.COM
Season by season.
On pace for 41 points over 82 games, against his best season so far: 62 in 2023–24.
| SEASON | TEAM | GP | G | A | PTS | POINTS PER GAME | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 · now | MTL | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.50 | +1 |
| 2025–26 | MTL | 78 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 0.47 | +9 |
| 2024–25 | MTL | 80 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 0.39 | −6 |
| 2023–24 · best | MTL | 82 | 11 | 51 | 62 | 0.76 | −24 |
| 2022–23 | MTL | 48 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 0.71 | +7 |
| 2021–22 |  PIT | 74 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 0.42 | +12 |
| 2020–21 | PIT | 44 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0.36 | +9 |
| 2019–20 | FLA | 59 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 0.34 | −1 |
| 2018–19 | FLA | 75 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 0.36 | −24 |
| 2017–18 | FLA | 81 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 0.33 | −1 |
| 2016–17 | FLA | 81 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 0.21 | −5 |
| 2015–16 | FLA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | +1 |