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Denton Mateychuk
Defenseman #5 Blue Jackets
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Denton Mateychuk has 21 points (8 goals, 13 assists) in 44 games for the Columbus Blue Jackets this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 12) of the 2022 NHL Draft by the Columbus Blue Jackets, he has 34 points (12 goals, 22 assists) in 89 regular-season games for the Columbus Blue Jackets.

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  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 21.5 yrs (12.07.2004)
    Height / Weight: 180 cm / 85 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 12th in 2022
    Draft Team: Team logoColumbus Blue Jackets
    Awards: -
    Injury: Day to Day with Upper Body Injury
Player EvaluationPowered by CORE

The 21-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Blue Jackets controlling 45% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Denton Mateychuk is off the ice, the Blue Jackets control 49% of expected goals, indicating the team is noticeably worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a defense-leaning role, starting 26% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 39% in the defensive zone.

  • 71

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 68th of 283 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 187th of 283 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    -0.04
    -0.140.11
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.45
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    20.79
    1525
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.54
    0.050.7
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.54
    0.11
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.34
    0.11
    xGoals/60
    0.20
    0.090.38
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    2.96
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    2.89
    1.45.5
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.00
    0.51.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    3.58
    2.54.5
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    3.69
    24.5
    Penalties/60
    0.13
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    4.23
    26
    Takeaways/60
    0.74
    0.52
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1.95
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.39
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    11.25
    512
  • Career Trajectory Most comparable players to Denton Mateychuk at his age (21.5 yrs):
    Travis Sanheim (Rating of 71 in 2017, Today 76)
    Ryan Lindgren (Rating of 71 in 2019, Today 67)
    Philip Broberg (Rating of 71 in 2022, Today 75)
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $0.887M
Player Contract Value: $3.000M
Remaining: 2 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2027 RFA
Age at the end: 24.0 yrs (12.07.2004)
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Denton Mateychuk
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
04.01.2026 Team Logo Penguins 1 0 2 2 3 25:01 2 0.0% 0
06.01.2026 Team Logo Sharks 1 0 0 0 0 20:07 2 0.0% 2
08.01.2026 Team Logo Golden Knights 1 0 0 0 0 19:13 0 0
10.01.2026 Team Logo Avalanche 1 0 0 0 0 16:55 2 0.0% 0
11.01.2026 Team Logo Mammoth 1 0 0 0 0 0:40 0 0
Total 5 0 2 2 3 6 0.0% 2
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2024-25 Team Logo Blue Jackets 45 4 9 13 4 18:01 44 9.1% 20
2025-26 Team Logo Blue Jackets 44 8 13 21 5 20:19 52 15.4% 4
Season Projection 81 15 24 39 9 20:20 96 15.6% 7
Total 89 12 22 34 9 96 12.5% 24
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
No games played
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Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Denton Mateychuk Team Logo D 21.5 yrs 180 cm / 85 kg 0.48 0.38 68 72 $0.887M
88% Zeev Buium Team Logo D 20.1 yrs 183 cm / 82 kg 0.41 0.41 68 70 $0.967M
85% Simon Nemec Team Logo D 21.9 yrs 185 cm / 86 kg 0.55 0.34 72 70 $0.918M
84% Ryker Evans Team Logo D 24.1 yrs 183 cm / 88 kg 0.34 0.32 63 75 $2.050M
83% Olen Zellweger Team Logo D 22.3 yrs 178 cm / 87 kg 0.39 0.35 75 76 $0.844M
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