Matthew
Robertson
D · NYR · Balanced · Around average
- PAL
- 42
- WAR
- 0.8
- Value
- 55
- PTS
- 18
2025-26№ 82 / 325
Matthew Robertson (New York Rangers) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Matthew Robertson
#29D
New York Rangers
HEIGHT : 193 cm · WEIGHT : 99 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : March 8, 2001 · Edmonton, Canada
Drafted : 2019 · NYR · round 2, pick #49
Contract : $775,000 · 2025-26 → 2026-27 · Two-Way Contract (Extension) · RFA (Arb)
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | New York Rangers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-26 | New York Rangers | 72 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 38 |
| 2024-25 | New York Rangers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NHL totals | 75 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 38 | |
Matthew Robertson: our analysis
2025-26 season: 72 GP, 6 G, 12 A, 18 PTS, -1 +/-, 17:24 TOI. WAR 0.8 (82nd of 325) · PAL 42, around average.
In 2025-26, Matthew Robertson, 25, posts a PAL Rating of 42 out of 100 (around average), and his WAR of 0.8 ranks 82nd among 325 regulars, in the top half.
His strengths: penalty kill (71, above average) and shooting (63, above average). On the other hand, discipline (5, among the weakest in the league) and creation (29, below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: finishing (+2.8); his biggest cost: penalties (-2.5).
His WAR went from 0.0 in 2024-25 to 0.8.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 55 (good value) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Matthew Robertson's story
Raised in Edmonton, Matthew Robertson came through the local development pipeline and established himself as a tall, mobile left-shot defenceman during his junior years. Chosen seventh overall in the WHL bantam draft by the Edmonton Oil Kings, he skated with that club from his debut in 2016–17 through the end of the 2020–21 season, steadily increasing his production and finishing the shortened 2020–21 campaign at roughly a point-per-game pace while earning WHL Eastern Conference second-team honours.
Selected 49th overall by the New York Rangers in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, Robertson signed an entry-level contract and completed his junior eligibility before turning pro. He joined the Hartford Wolf Pack, the Rangers’ AHL affiliate, for the 2021–22 season and logged significant minutes as he adapted to the professional game. Throughout 2021–24 he was recalled to New York multiple times but did not play in an NHL game until 2025.
Robertson’s pro timeline includes a full first AHL season in 2021–22, a 2022–23 campaign curtailed by a shoulder injury, and further development in Hartford the following years. He made his NHL debut on 14 April 2025 against the Florida Panthers. In the off-season he agreed to a two-year extension with the Rangers organization in June 2025, made the Rangers’ opening-night roster in 2025–26 and scored his first NHL goal on 18 October 2025 versus the Montreal Canadiens.
On the international stage, Robertson helped Canada win gold at the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, contributing two goals and two assists in five games. Evaluators have consistently pointed to his 6-foot-4 frame and skating as defining traits: he is praised for defensive positioning, the ability to skate the puck out of danger and to eat heavy minutes while using reach and physicality to shut down opponents, with occasional offensive instincts on breakouts and joins in the rush.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 11:14
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:00
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:00
- Pts/GP
- 0.00
- EV points
- 0
- Hits
- 1
- Blocks
- 1
- Takeaways
- 0
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 33.3 %
- Off. zone starts
- 12.5 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
12between 3 and 20 (80% range)
- Goals
- 4
- Assists
- 8
- Games
- 48
So far: 0 pts in 1 games. The team has played 18 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.25 pts per game (last season: 0.25).
The projection follows last season's pace. Tested on 2,265 player seasons (2022-23 to 2025-26): average miss of 9 points over 82 games; for players at 0.9 points per game and up, it ran 5 points high on average.
This is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes; one player in five finishes outside the range.
Player ratings, 2025-26
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 56 %
75
Established NHL
- SK
- Skating
- 70
- Confidence 57 %
- ST
- Strength
- 86
- Confidence 61 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 71
- Confidence 50 %
- DU
- Durability
- 61
- Confidence 57 %
- CK
- Checking
- 83
- Confidence 61 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 76
- Confidence 31 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 55
- Confidence 61 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 73
- Confidence 56 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 78
- Confidence 56 %
- DF
- Defense
- 77
- Confidence 51 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 43
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating70
- Top speed (35 %)35.3 · 74
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)1.633 · 72
- Distance /60 (20 %)13.8 · 64
- Speed consistency (15 %)34.3 · 70
ST — Strength86
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)5.917 · 80
- Body mass (50 %)1.088 · 84
EN — Endurance71
- Ice time per game (45 %)17.9 · 70
- Total ice time (20 %)1,237 · 72
- Shift length (15 %)45.7 · 67
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)17.3 · 75
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)1.912 · 68
DU — Durability61
- Share of games played (100 %)0.701 · 61
CK — Checking83
- Hits /60 (70 %)4.621 · 82
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)4.127 · 83
- Season volume (10 %)4.682 · 83
FG — Fighting76
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.845 · 76
DI — Discipline55
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.095 · 56
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.827 · 65
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.264 · 61
PA — Passing73
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.299 · 67
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.379 · 72
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.017 · 76
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.21 · 78
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.252 · 76
SC — Scoring78
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.277 · 80
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.177 · 71
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.592 · 85
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)0.073 · 68
- xG per shot (10 %)0.033 · 65
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)10.4 · 78
DF — Defense77
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.052 · 78
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.007 · 75
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.559 · 79
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.009 · 77
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-2.043 · 74
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)58.4 · 74
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)4.119 · 71
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)32.7 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience43
- Career regular-season games (65 %)61
- Career playoff games (25 %)0
- NHL seasons (10 %)37
OV — Overall75
- DF · Defense (30 %)77
- PA · Passing (22 %)73
- SK · Skating (12 %)70
- SC · Scoring (12 %)78
- EN · Endurance (9 %)71
- ST · Strength (6 %)86
- DI · Discipline (5 %)55
- CK · Checking (4 %)83
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2025-26
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
WAR
0.8
wins above replacement
82 of 325
PAL Rating
42/ 100
Performance · Around average
141 of 250 at the position
Value Rating
55/ 100
Good value
0.78 M$ · expected PAL 36
ProfileBalancedNeither end dominates
- Offense
- 48
- Defense
- 62
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- Offense
- 51
- Creation
- 29
- Shooting
- 63
- Possession
- 50
- Defense
- 59
- Discipline
- 5
- Power play
- 36
- Penalty kill
- 71
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
Hockey IQ, 2025-26
Rankings and method →The quality of the player's decisions with and against the puck at 5-on-5, against regulars at the same position (50 = average). PAL measures output; IQ measures how the player plays.
Overall IQ
10/ 100
Low
better than 10% of defensemen, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
12/ 100
Low
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
23/ 100
Below average
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Overall IQ isn't an average of the two scores: it's the player's rank with offense and defense combined, 202 of 225 defensemen.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 42
- Shot selection
- 14
- Penalties drawn
- 17
- Puck management
- 63
Defense
- Takeaways
- 9
- Discipline
- 12
- Safe zone exits
- 88
Percentiles: 80 means better than 80% of regulars at the same position. Play without the puck (positioning, coverage) isn't measured: the NHL doesn't publish that data.
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
0.8
wins above replacement
0.0 to 1.7 — 90% interval
82 of 325 defensemen
+4.5 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +0.3
- EV defense
- +1.2
- Power play
- 0.0
- Penalty kill
- +0.1
- Shooting
- +2.8
- Penalties
- -2.5
- Average → replacement
- +2.6
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | NYR | 72 | 0.8 | 0.0 to 1.7 | 82/325 |
| 2024-25 | NYR | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | 193/314 |
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →Speed, shot power, distance covered, time by zone: measured by chips in the puck and shoulder pads. 90th percentile = better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 134.1 km/h24th percentileleague avg. 139.7 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 29.2 km/h0th percentileleague avg. 34.0 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 00th percentileleague avg. 8
- Offensive zone time
- 45.2 %91st percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
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- Total distance, season
- 2.2 km0th percentileleague avg. 56.1 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 2.25 km0th percentileleague avg. 4.98 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 45.2 %93rd percentileleague avg. 42.8 %
- Neutral zone time
- 18.1 %48th percentileleague avg. 16.9 %
- Defensive zone time
- 36.7 %91st percentileleague avg. 40.8 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 03rd percentile | 049th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| High danger | 051st percentile | 084th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Mid range | 020th percentile | 073rd percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Long range | 07th percentile | 077th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2026-2027 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Game log, 2026-27
SEAMatthew Robertson: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Matthew Robertson have in 2026-27?
Matthew Robertson has 0 goals and 0 points (0 assists) in 1 game in 2026-27.
How old is Matthew Robertson?
Matthew Robertson is 25 years old: he was born on March 9, 2001.
How tall is Matthew Robertson, and how much does he weigh?
Matthew Robertson is 6'4" (193 cm) and weighs 218 lb (99 kg).
Where is Matthew Robertson from?
Canada: Matthew Robertson was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
What team does Matthew Robertson play for?
Matthew Robertson plays for the New York Rangers in the NHL, at D, wearing number 29.
Is Matthew Robertson injured?
No: Matthew Robertson is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Matthew Robertson?
Matthew Robertson produced 0.8 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 82nd of 325 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 42 out of 100: around average for his position.
How much does Matthew Robertson make?
Matthew Robertson earns $775K for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 55 out of 100 (good value): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Matthew Robertson's contract end?
Matthew Robertson's contract runs through the 2026-27 season; he will then be a restricted free agent.
Is Matthew Robertson overpaid?
No, he gives more than he costs. His Value rating is 55 out of 100 (good value), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Matthew Robertson a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 82nd of 325 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
What are Matthew Robertson's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Matthew Robertson has 75 games, 6 goals, 12 assists and 18 points. His best season: 2025-26, with 18 points in 72 games.
Where was Matthew Robertson drafted?
Matthew Robertson was drafted 49th overall (round 2) by New York Rangers in 2019.
How does Matthew Robertson perform in the playoffs?
Matthew Robertson has not played in the NHL playoffs yet.
Which player is most similar to Matthew Robertson?
Shakir Mukhamadullin: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Shakir Mukhamadullin's page →Is Matthew Robertson a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 12 points in 2026-27, or 0.25 points per game.
Does Matthew Robertson have siblings?
Yes: his brother Tyler Robertson (forward for the Edmonton Oil Kings).
What is Matthew Robertson's nationality?
Matthew Robertson is Canadian. Internationally: Canada national junior team: gold medal at the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup (2 goals, 2 assists in 5 games).
What awards has Matthew Robertson won?
WHL Eastern Conference Second Team All-Star (2020–21 season) ; Defenceman of the Year, WHL Eastern Conference Central Division (2020–21 season).
How many championships has Matthew Robertson won?
1: Gold medal with Canada national junior team at the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup.
Where did Matthew Robertson play before turning pro?
Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL), 2017–2021; selected in the 2016 WHL bantam draft, 7th overall.
How many points is Matthew Robertson projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 12 points in 48 games in 2026-27 (3 to 20 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his New York Rangers teammates
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