Matthew Knies
- Position
- Left wing
- Age
- 24Oct 17, 2002
- Height
- 6'3"191 cm
- Weight
- 227 lbs103 kg
- Shoots
- Left
- Born
- Phoenix, AZ, USA
- Nationality
- USA
- Draft
- 2021 · Round 2 · 57th overall · TOR
Matthew Knies, Columbus Blue Jackets left wing, stats: this season, career totals, game log, recent trends and advanced metrics, plus players with a similar profile — from the NHL’s official data updated daily.
Trends
Points Per Game Trend
Contract
2026-27 cap $104.0MContract data not yet available.
Career
Born in Phoenix, AZ, USA · Draft: 2021 · Round 2, pick 25 (#57 overall) · TOR · 5 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 252
- G
- 69
- A
- 96
- PTS
- 165
- +/-
- -15
Playoffs
- GP
- 27
- G
- 8
- A
- 6
- PTS
- 14
- +/-
- -2
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits26#135 of 659
- Hits per game1.73#166 of 659
- Hits per 605.70#206 of 659
- Blocked shots2#598 of 659
- Takeaways4#177 of 659
- Giveaways12#306 of 659
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)2.64#230 of 659
- Expected goals per 600.58#293 of 659
- Goals above expected-0.64#446 of 659
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.120#21 of 659
- High-danger shots12#165 of 659
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)48.3%#386 of 659
- Corsi relative to team-0.1%#334 of 659
- Fenwick (unblocked share)46.1%#464 of 659
- PDO at 5v51.018#218 of 659
- Offensive zone starts46.9%#407 of 659
- Time on ice per game18:13#212 of 659
Ranks among 659 skaters with 5+ GP.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 14 tracked games this season · updated Nov 6
Longer bar = better than more of the league’s skaters. The tick marks the middle of the league.
Territory
- Offensive-zone time while on the iceLeague avg 43.1%44.1%Beats 74%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 41.0%40.6%Beats 42%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 39.3%37.5%Beats 76%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.8 mph21.7 mphBeats 44%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 2013Beats 38%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 10Beats 0%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 54.6 mph59.6 mphBeats 81%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 80.4 mph87.8 mphBeats 83%
Where the shots come from
Close = crease, low slot and net sides. Mid = high slot and faceoff circles. Long = points and outside the circles.
Schematic rink; area borders are approximate.
- Left corner: 0 shots
- Behind the net: 0 shots
- Right corner: 0 shots
- Left side of the net: 0 shots
- Crease: 1 shots
- Right side of the net: 0 shots
- Low slot: 10 shots
- Left circle: 1 shots
- Right circle: 2 shots
- High slot: 2 shots
- Outside left: 1 shots
- Outside right: 1 shots
- Left point: 1 shots
- Centre point: 0 shots
- Right point: 0 shots
- Neutral zone: 1 shots
- Beyond the red line: 0 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 811Beats 77%
- Close-range shooting %League avg 19.8%9.1%Beats 20%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 75Beats 51%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 21More than 55%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →FO%
50.0%
Won–Lost
4–4
8 taken
League rank
—
Unranked — under 100 FO
By zone
- Offensive zone40.0% · 2/5
- Neutral zone50.0% · 1/2
- Defensive zone100.0% · 1/1
By situation
- Even strength50.0% · 4/8
- Power play— · 0/0
- Shorthanded— · 0/0
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