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Matthew Wood

#71 · Right wing · Nashville Predators

Shoots right · 21 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season4112515:58
Last season7117133010312:19

Role

Where he fits on Nashville right now.

Line

L1 with F. Forsberg and N. Hoglander · 6:00 a game together

Power play

PP1

Penalty kill

Starts the kill 10 of 10 kills · 0:42 a kill · starts 5 · takes the draw

Ice time

15:58 a game, 5th-most among Nashville forwards · 10:22 5-on-5 · 3:02 PP · 1:44 PK

Competition

Easier opponents than 88% of forwards · home 90%, road 82%

Easier opponents than 61% of forwards

What’s changed

  • M. Wood has started killing penalties: on the ice for 39% of the team’s shorthanded time in 4 games, up from 0% last season.

Where he stands out

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

Better than most at his position

  • Distance skated

    10.14 miles /60farther than 94% of wingers

Behind most at his position

  • Faceoffs

    41.1% wonbehind 95% of forwards

  • Preventing chances

    +0.17 expected goals against /60behind 93% of forwards

  • Hardest shot

    80.4 mphsofter than 93% of wingers

  • Takeaways

    takeaway score 690.64 takeaways /60behind 91% of forwardsfewer than 84% 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.

Matthew WoodAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 4 games blended with last season’s 71, 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 wingers with wingers, because centers and wingers really differ there. Everything else compares all forwards.

This season’s 4 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

    −0.08 expected goals /60bottom 26%

    +0.02 expected goals /60average

  • Preventing chances
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    +0.17 expected goals against /60bottom 7%

    +0.03 expected goals against /60bottom 34%

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    12.3 shot attempts /60average

    13.2 shot attempts /60top 42%

  • Creating his own chances
    Few chancesDangerous

    0.73 expected goals /60bottom 44%

    0.79 expected goals /60top 37%

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    +0.3 goals above expected /100 shotstop 10%

    −0.4 goals above expected /100 shotsaverage

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.58 first assists /60top 38%

    0.55 first assists /60average

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    1.77 expected goals /60bottom 34%

    1.85 expected goals /60top 39%

  • Shorthanded threat
    Pure defensePower kill

    0.93 expected goals for /60too few games

    0.85 expected goals for /60average

Physical and puck

  • Hitting
    Avoids contactPhysical

    hitting score 80average3.77 hits /60average

    hitting score 85average5.64 hits /60top 34%

  • Shot blocking
    Rarely blocksShot blocker

    blocking score 81bottom 31%2.05 blocks /60bottom 41%

    blocking score 85bottom 37%0.94 blocks /60bottom 2%

  • Takeaways
    RarePuck thief

    takeaway score 69bottom 9%0.64 takeaways /60bottom 16%

    takeaway score 88bottom 35%0.00 takeaways /60bottom 1%

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penalties
    RarelyDraws calls

    0.80 penalties drawn /60average

    0.71 penalties drawn /60bottom 36%

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    0.60 penalties taken /60top 40%

    0.73 penalties taken /60bottom 39%

  • Faceoffs
    Loses drawsWins draws

    41.1% wonbottom 5%

    46.3% wontoo few games

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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161 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 2 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

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

How his misses miss

  • Wide left19
  • Wide right17
  • Over the net9
  • Off the post or crossbar5
  • Short or other3

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

  • Wide left1
  • Wide right2
  • Over the net3
  • Off the post or crossbar1
  • Short or other0

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
    SlowerBurner

    21.9 mphbottom 20%

    20.8 mphbottom 22%

  • Fast bursts
    RareFrequent

    3.6 bursts /60bottom 28%

    3.8 bursts /60bottom 32%

  • Hardest shot
    SofterCannon

    80.4 mphbottom 7%

    72.2 mphbottom 18%

  • Distance skated
    ShorterCovers ground

    10.14 miles /60top 6%

    9.98 miles /60top 22%

  • Time in the offensive zone
    DefendingAttacking

    42.2% of his timetop 28%

    43.6% of his timetop 22%

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.