Matthew
Wood
R · SEA · Balanced · Below average
- PAL
- 29
- WAR
- 1.4
- Value
- 44
- PTS
- 30
2025-26№ 114 / 615
Matthew Wood (Seattle Kraken) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Matthew Wood
#71RPlays: Right wing and centre · 34% of faceoffs
Seattle Kraken
HEIGHT : 193 cm · WEIGHT : 92 kg · SHOOTS : R
Born : February 5, 2005 · Nanaimo, Canada
Drafted : 2023 · NSH · round 1, pick #15
Contract : $950,000 · 2024-25 → 2026-27 · Entry-Level Contract · RFA (10.2) · Signing bonus $95,000
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Seattle Kraken | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-27 | Nashville Predators | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 2025-26 | Nashville Predators | 71 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 14 |
| 2024-25 | Nashville Predators | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| NHL totals | 93 | 18 | 17 | 35 | 20 | |
Matthew Wood: our analysis
2025-26 season: 71 GP, 17 G, 13 A, 30 PTS, -3 +/-, 12:19 TOI. WAR 1.4 (114th of 615) · PAL 29, below average.
In 2025-26, Matthew Wood, 21, posts a PAL Rating of 29 out of 100 (below average), and his WAR of 1.4 ranks 114th among 615 regulars, in the top quarter.
His strengths: discipline (86, among the best in the league), shooting (79, well above average) and offense (68, above average). On the other hand, possession (7, among the weakest in the league) and defense (21, well below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: finishing (+5.5); his biggest cost: EV defense (-0.9).
His WAR went from -0.1 in 2024-25 to 1.4.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 44 (poor return) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Matthew Wood's story
Born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Matthew Wood developed an attacking instinct that showed early in his youth hockey and carried into the collegiate ranks. His game grew around quick bursts off the wall, a knack for finding loose pucks in the slot and creating chances from traffic.
Selected 15th overall by the Nashville Predators in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, Wood committed to the university route to sharpen his skills. At the University of Connecticut he was the youngest player in college hockey during his freshman year, finishing with 11 goals and 34 points in 35 games and earning a spot on Hockey East’s All-Rookie team. He led UConn in scoring the following season with 16 goals and 12 assists in 35 contests, then announced a transfer to the University of Minnesota for 2024–25.
Wood continued to raise his offensive output over his collegiate career, recording 17 goals and 22 assists in 39 games in his junior season. He signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Predators on March 29, 2025, and made his NHL debut on April 5, 2025, against the Montreal Canadiens—his first appearance at the top professional level.
Internationally, Wood made an early impact with Canada’s youth teams. He collected five points in five games en route to gold at the 2022 Hlinka-Gretzky Cup, then led Canada in scoring at the 2023 U18 World Championship with 13 points in seven games, where the team earned bronze.
On the ice, Wood is defined by his speed and goal-scoring instincts. He consistently attacks the net, excels at creating space in tight areas and finishes plays around the crease—traits that helped propel him from NCAA standout to NHL debutant in a short span.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 14:16
- PP TOI/GP
- 1:44
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:37
- Pts/GP
- 0.25
- EV points
- 2
- Hits
- 14
- Blocks
- 8
- Takeaways
- 1
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 46.6 %
- Off. zone starts
- 33.8 %
- Faceoffs
- 35.6 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
29between 12 and 45 (80% range)
- Goals
- 13
- Assists
- 16
- Games
- 76
So far: 4 pts in 16 games. The team has played 16 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.42 pts per game (last season: 0.42).
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 47 %
72
Established NHL
- SK
- Skating
- 69
- Confidence 57 %
- ST
- Strength
- 78
- Confidence 52 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 68
- Confidence 50 %
- DU
- Durability
- 62
- Confidence 57 %
- CK
- Checking
- 74
- Confidence 52 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 76
- Confidence 31 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 85
- Confidence 52 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- 63
- Confidence 34 %
- PA
- Passing
- 72
- Confidence 47 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 79
- Confidence 47 %
- DF
- Defense
- 66
- Confidence 42 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 67
- Confidence 8 %
- EX
- Experience
- 44
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating69
- Top speed (35 %)35.1 · 60
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)4.669 · 71
- Distance /60 (20 %)16.7 · 89
- Speed consistency (15 %)34.3 · 61
ST — Strength78
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)3.993 · 76
- Body mass (50 %)0.268 · 79
EN — Endurance68
- Ice time per game (45 %)13.2 · 65
- Total ice time (20 %)857 · 69
- Shift length (15 %)47.2 · 79
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)12.9 · 71
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)1.839 · 70
DU — Durability62
- Share of games played (100 %)0.706 · 62
CK — Checking74
- Hits /60 (70 %)4.202 · 74
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)4.138 · 77
- Season volume (10 %)3.989 · 71
FG — Fighting76
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.846 · 76
DI — Discipline85
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.056 · 85
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.568 · 78
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.899 · 80
FO — Faceoffs63
- Faceoff % (85 %)47 · 63
- Faceoffs /60 (15 %)23.7 · 64
PA — Passing72
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.719 · 77
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.332 · 60
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.008 · 65
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.472 · 77
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.608 · 80
SC — Scoring79
- Goals /60 (25 %)1.098 · 81
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.846 · 72
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.849 · 86
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.321 · 75
- xG per shot (10 %)0.079 · 73
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)14 · 75
DF — Defense66
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)-0.041 · 67
- Relative xG against (20 %)0.137 · 65
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.775 · 64
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.036 · 78
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.884 · 67
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)61.2 · 61
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)2.221 · 73
PS — Penalty shot67
- Shootouts (60 %)32 · 65
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience44
- Career regular-season games (65 %)61
- Career playoff games (25 %)0
- NHL seasons (10 %)37
OV — Overall72
- SC · Scoring (28 %)79
- PA · Passing (22 %)72
- DF · Defense (18 %)66
- SK · Skating (12 %)69
- EN · Endurance (8 %)68
- DI · Discipline (5 %)85
- ST · Strength (4 %)78
- CK · Checking (3 %)74
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
1.4
wins above replacement
114 of 615
PAL Rating
29/ 100
Performance · Below average
323 of 476 at the position
Value Rating
44/ 100
Poor return
0.95 M$ · expected PAL 36
ProfileBalancedNeither end dominates
- Offense
- 52
- Defense
- 14
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- Offense
- 68
- Creation
- 45
- Shooting
- 79
- Possession
- 7
- Defense
- 21
- Discipline
- 86
- Power play
- 57
- Penalty kill
- 22
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
41/ 100
Average
better than 41% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
58/ 100
Average
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
33/ 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, 249 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 70
- Shot selection
- 39
- Penalties drawn
- 64
- Puck management
- 68
Defense
- Takeaways
- 23
- Discipline
- 47
- Safe zone exits
- 36
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.
1.4
wins above replacement
0.2 to 2.5 — 90% interval
114 of 615 forwards
+7.2 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- -0.7
- EV defense
- -0.9
- Power play
- -0.1
- Penalty kill
- 0.0
- Shooting
- +5.5
- Penalties
- +1.2
- Average → replacement
- +2.2
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | NSH | 71 | 1.4 | 0.2 to 2.5 | 114/615 |
| 2024-25 | NSH | 2 | -0.1 | -0.1 to -0.0 | 438/596 |
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
- 128.1 km/h36th percentileleague avg. 130.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 35.3 km/h53rd percentileleague avg. 35.2 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 2056th percentileleague avg. 21
- Offensive zone time
- 42.5 %54th percentileleague avg. 43.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 63.2 km58th percentileleague avg. 52.2 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 5.55 km82nd percentileleague avg. 4.52 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 42.5 %76th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 18.3 %61st percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 39.2 %55th percentileleague avg. 40.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 2255th percentile | 139th percentile | 4.6 %8th percentile |
| High danger | 1174th percentile | 157th percentile | 9.1 %20th percentile |
| Mid range | 867th percentile | 054th percentile | 0.0 %32nd percentile |
| Long range | 031st percentile | 092nd 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
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MINMatthew Wood: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Matthew Wood have in 2026-27?
Matthew Wood has 1 goal and 4 points (3 assists) in 16 games in 2026-27.
How old is Matthew Wood?
Matthew Wood is 21 years old: he was born on February 6, 2005.
How tall is Matthew Wood, and how much does he weigh?
Matthew Wood is 6'4" (193 cm) and weighs 203 lb (92 kg).
Where is Matthew Wood from?
Canada: Matthew Wood was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.
What team does Matthew Wood play for?
Matthew Wood plays for the Seattle Kraken in the NHL, at R, wearing number 71.
Is Matthew Wood injured?
No: Matthew Wood is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Matthew Wood?
Matthew Wood produced 1.4 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 114th of 615 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 29 out of 100: below average for his position.
How much does Matthew Wood make?
Matthew Wood earns $950K for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 44 out of 100 (poor return): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Matthew Wood's contract end?
Matthew Wood's contract runs through the 2026-27 season; he will then be a restricted free agent.
Is Matthew Wood overpaid?
Yes, his output falls short of what his salary should buy. His Value rating is 44 out of 100 (poor return), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Matthew Wood a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 114th of 615 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
How has Matthew Wood played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Matthew Wood has 2 points (0 goals, 2 assists).
What are Matthew Wood's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Matthew Wood has 93 games, 18 goals, 17 assists and 35 points. His best season: 2025-26, with 30 points in 71 games.
Where was Matthew Wood drafted?
Matthew Wood was drafted 15th overall (round 1) by Nashville Predators in 2023.
Is Matthew Wood better at home or on the road?
On the road: in 2026-27, he averages 0.09 points per game at home (1 in 11 games) and 0.60 on the road (3 in 5 games).
How does Matthew Wood perform in the playoffs?
Matthew Wood has not played in the NHL playoffs yet.
Which player is most similar to Matthew Wood?
Ryan Leonard: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Ryan Leonard's page →Is Matthew Wood a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 29 points in 2026-27, or 0.38 points per game.
What is Matthew Wood's nationality?
Matthew Wood is Canadian. Internationally: Canada — gold medal at the 2022 Hlinka‑Gretzky tournament; bronze at the 2023 U18 World Championships (led Canada with 13 points in 7 games).
What awards has Matthew Wood won?
Named to Hockey East's All‑Rookie team.
How many championships has Matthew Wood won?
2: Gold medal — 2022 Hlinka‑Gretzky tournament (with Team Canada); Bronze medal — 2023 U18 World Championships (with Team Canada).
Where did Matthew Wood play before turning pro?
University of Connecticut (UConn) — freshman: 11 goals and 34 points in 35 games; sophomore: 16 goals and 12 assists in 35 games; announced transfer to the University of Minnesota for 2024‑25.
How many points is Matthew Wood projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 29 points in 76 games in 2026-27 (12 to 45 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Seattle Kraken teammates
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