Nikolas Matinpalo
- Position
- Defence
- Age
- 28Oct 5, 1998
- Height
- 6'3"191 cm
- Weight
- 213 lbs97 kg
- Shoots
- Right
- Born
- Espoo, FIN
- Nationality
- FIN
- Draft
- Undrafted
Nikolas Matinpalo, Ottawa Senators defenceman, 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 Espoo, FIN · Draft: Undrafted · 4 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 108
- G
- 1
- A
- 11
- PTS
- 12
- +/-
- 2
Playoffs
- GP
- 10
- G
- 0
- A
- 0
- PTS
- 0
- +/-
- 2
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits13#348 of 659
- Hits per game0.81#390 of 659
- Hits per 603.20#369 of 659
- Blocked shots12#227 of 659
- Takeaways1#490 of 659
- Giveaways15#420 of 659
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)0.44#587 of 659
- Expected goals per 600.11#625 of 659
- Goals above expected-0.44#397 of 659
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.026#638 of 659
- High-danger shots1#499 of 659
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)52.2%#213 of 659
- Corsi relative to team+3.4%#149 of 659
- Fenwick (unblocked share)50.8%#269 of 659
- PDO at 5v50.991#357 of 659
- Offensive zone starts47.6%#397 of 659
- Time on ice per game15:12#379 of 659
Ranks among 659 skaters with 5+ GP.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 16 tracked games this season · updated Nov 7
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 40.6%40.6%Beats 43%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 41.0%43.0%Beats 65%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 40.2%41.6%Beats 36%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.2 mph22.3 mphBeats 90%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 817Beats 88%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 01Beats 82%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 68.3 mph68.8 mphBeats 58%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 86.7 mph89.6 mphBeats 62%
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: 0 shots
- Right side of the net: 0 shots
- Low slot: 0 shots
- Left circle: 1 shots
- Right circle: 0 shots
- High slot: 0 shots
- Outside left: 0 shots
- Outside right: 4 shots
- Left point: 1 shots
- Centre point: 0 shots
- Right point: 3 shots
- Neutral zone: 1 shots
- Beyond the red line: 1 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 10Beats 52%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 31Beats 36%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 84More than 36%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →No faceoffs taken this season.
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