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Auston Matthews

#34 · Center · Toronto Maple Leafs

Shoots left · 29 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season52461622:14
Last season6027265322720:48

Role

Where he fits on Toronto right now.

Line

L1 with J. Roslovic and K. Marchenko · 9:43 a game together

Power play

PP1

Penalty kill

Rarely kills penalties · not a regular in 15 kills

Ice time

22:14 a game, most among Toronto forwards · 15:22 5-on-5 · 4:01 PP

Competition

Tougher opponents than 98% of forwards · home 96%, road 98%

Tougher opponents than 63% of forwards · home about average

Where he stands out

What he does better or worse than most players at his position.

Better than most at his position

  • Creating his own chancesTop 5

    1.01 expected goals /60better than 98% of centers

  • Takeaways

    takeaway score 1441.46 takeaways /60better than 94% of forwardsmore than 93% of forwards

  • Shooting volume

    15.2 shot attempts /60better than 93% of centers

  • Faceoffs

    57.5% wonbetter than 93% of forwards

Behind most at his position

  • Drawing penalties

    0.63 penalties drawn /60behind 77% of forwards

  • Hitting

    hitting score 322.03 hits /60behind 76% of forwardsfewer than 77% of forwards

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.

Better than most at his position

Nothing yet where we can be confident he is above most forwards.

Behind most at his position

Nothing yet where we can be confident he is below most forwards.

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 3 games.

All ratings

Every rating, against other forwards.

Auston MatthewsAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 5 games blended with last season’s 60, and pulled toward the average forward by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.

Shooting volume, creating his own chances, shot blocking, hardest shot and distance skated compare centers with centers, because centers and wingers really differ there. Everything else compares all forwards.

This season’s 5 games only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.

Driving play at 5-on-5

  • Creating chances
    Along for the rideDrives play

    +0.15 expected goals /60top 18%

    +0.03 expected goals /60average

  • Preventing chances
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    −0.13 expected goals against /60top 18%

    no measurable changeaverage

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    15.2 shot attempts /60top 7%

    11.9 shot attempts /60top 39%

  • Creating his own chancesTop 5
    Few chancesDangerous

    1.01 expected goals /60top 2%

    0.68 expected goals /60average

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    −0.7 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 20%

    −0.3 goals above expected /100 shotstop 42%

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.69 first assists /60top 12%

    0.68 first assists /60top 13%

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    1.82 expected goals /60average

    1.82 expected goals /60average

  • Shorthanded threat
    Pure defensePower kill

    0.90 expected goals for /60top 37%

    0.89 expected goals for /60too few games

Physical and puck

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penalties
    RarelyDraws calls

    0.63 penalties drawn /60bottom 23%

    0.76 penalties drawn /60bottom 42%

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    0.39 penalties taken /60top 9%

    0.55 penalties taken /60top 29%

  • Faceoffs
    Loses drawsWins draws

    57.5% wontop 7%

    52.8% wontop 34%

Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average forward); switch “Hits and takeaways” to Raw in the settings to see the numbers as recorded. How the ratings work.

Shots

Where his shots come from, and how his misses miss.

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348 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 6 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

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22 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.

How his misses miss

  • Wide left32
  • Wide right45
  • Over the net17
  • Off the post or crossbar10
  • Short or other6

110 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

  • Wide left2
  • Wide right1
  • Over the net1
  • Off the post or crossbar1
  • Short or other2

7 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

The NHL’s game data records how a shot missed, but not where in the net a goal or save went (glove side, blocker, five-hole). That needs paid camera tracking, so we don’t show it.

Skating and shot

Speed, bursts, shot power and where he spends his shifts, from the NHL’s own tracking (NHL EDGE).

Top speed and hardest shot are his best single moments over this season and lastthis season; bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of his ice time. Tracking data: NHL EDGE.