Matthew Schaefer #48

D · New York Islanders · Age 18 · Shoots L · 6′3″, 194 lb · Draft: 2025, round 1, 1st overall

2025-26 regular season. Shading and Pctl are the percentile among the season's defensemen who meet the tables' minimum (darker is better).

Summary		Pctl
GP	82	92nd
TOI/GP	24:41	95th
G	23	99th
A	36	91st
P	59	94th
P/60	1.75	92nd
ixG	16.3	98th
G−ixG	+6.7	98th
xGF%	50.0	53rd
Rel xGF%	+3.7	86th
GS/GP	+0.72	90th
Pen ±	+18	99th

Scoring		Pctl
G	23	99th
A1	17	88th
A2	19	90th
P	59	94th
P1	40	96th
P/60	1.75	92nd
5v5 P/60	1.16	81st
PPP	18	92nd
SHP	0	35th
ENG	0	43rd

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	222	99th
iCF	527	98th
iFF	306	98th
ixG	16.3	98th
ixG/60	0.48	97th
G	23	99th
G−ixG	+6.7	98th
Sh%	10.4	93rd
xSh%	5.3	95th
Blk'd	221	99th
5v5 iCF/60	13.5	93rd

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	1500	95th
CF%	49.9	54th
FF%	50.3	59th
xGF%	50.0	53rd
GF%	55.1	79th
xGF/60	2.74	76th
xGA/60	2.75	24th
oiSh%	9.6	50th
oiSv%	91.4	77th
PDO	101.0	69th
Rel CF%	+1.5	73rd
Rel xGF%	+3.7	86th
OZS%	58.6	87th

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	24:41	95th
EV/GP	20:17	96th
5v5/GP	18:18	86th
PP/GP	3:19	96th
SH/GP	1:06	33rd
Shifts/GP	26.9	82nd
Shift	0:55	90th
OZ	303	92nd
NZ	351	90th
DZ	214	53rd
OZS%	58.6	87th

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+58.7	93rd
GS/GP	+0.72	90th
GS/60	+1.74	87th
Scoring	+39.6	95th
Shooting	+10.6	98th
On ice	+1.8	62nd
Penalties	+2.2	99th
Faceoffs	0.0	51st
Other	+4.5	73rd

Other		Pctl
Hits	40	41st
Blk	111	71st
Tk	38	96th
Gv	90	22nd
PenD	38	99th
PenT	20	25th
Pen ±	+18	99th
PP min ±	+29.3	99th
FOW	0	50th
FOL	0	52nd
FO%	–

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2026-27	Regular season	8	0	7	7	1.9	51.1	+0.85	25:48
2025-26	Regular season	82	23	36	59	16.3	50.0	+0.72	24:41

Rolling 10-game averages

5v5 xGF% (scale at right)Game Score per game (±1.7), centred on 0 · each point the 10 games to that one, 82 games in all

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Mathew Barzal	C	887:56	51.1	51.7
Ryan Pulock	D	879:08	46.1	44.6
Bo Horvat	C	750:23	53.1	53.3
Emil Heineman	L	583:21	50.2	48.3
Anders Lee	L	555:23	52.0	52.6
Simon Holmstrom	R	488:34	47.9	50.6
Jonathan Drouin	L	451:20	47.8	42.7
Jean-Gabriel Pageau	C	409:17	46.0	45.5

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Apr 14	vs CAR	L 1–2	24:13	0	0	5	0.44	68	65	+0.59
Apr 12	vs MTL	L 1–4	28:01	0	0	4	0.32	57	63	+0.57
Apr 11	vs OTT	L 0–3	24:56	0	0	4	0.10	48	76	+0.70
Apr 9	vs TOR	W 5–3	24:50	1	0	3	0.21	62	76	+2.56
Apr 4	@ CAR	L 3–4	27:11	0	1	1	0.27	24	34	−0.16
Apr 3	vs PHI	L 1–4	28:43	0	0	2	0.17	59	49	−0.07
Mar 31	@ BUF	L 3–4	29:40	0	1	4	0.33	37	26	+0.11
Mar 30	vs PIT	L 3–8	22:14	0	0	4	0.21	44	12	−2.24
Mar 28	vs FLA	W 5–2	27:51	0	2	5	0.40	55	71	+3.12
Mar 26	vs DAL	W 2–1	26:38	0	2	3	0.45	50	60	+2.67
Mar 24	vs CHI	L 3–4	31:59	0	1	8	0.50	72	80	+3.33
Mar 22	vs CBJ	W 1–0	26:43	0	0	3	0.09	47	27	−0.26
Mar 21	@ MTL	L 3–7	22:25	1	0	3	0.11	47	48	+0.67
Mar 19	@ OTT	L 2–3	24:11	1	0	3	0.05	30	22	+0.76
Mar 17	@ TOR	W 3–1	22:57	0	1	3	0.11	57	59	+0.96
Mar 14	vs CGY	W 3–2	22:06	0	0	2	0.12	36	56	+0.65
Mar 13	vs LAK	L 2–3	29:24	0	1	3	0.23	65	74	+2.20
Mar 10	@ STL	W 4–3 OT	27:21	0	1	6	0.33	67	77	+2.67
Mar 7	@ SJS	W 2–1 OT	29:01	0	1	3	0.08	60	41	+0.48
Mar 5	@ LAK	L 3–5	27:47	0	1	2	0.21	48	58	+0.80
Mar 4	@ ANA	L 1–5	24:13	0	0	5	0.14	57	57	+0.07
Mar 1	vs FLA	W 5–4	23:17	2	1	5	0.17	43	46	+2.75
Feb 28	@ CBJ	W 4–3 OT	25:31	0	0	1	0.14	65	62	+0.75
Feb 26	@ MTL	W 4–3 OT	25:56	2	0	3	0.24	56	72	+2.41
Feb 5	@ NJD	W 3–1	24:17	0	0	0	0.00	48	40	−0.08
Feb 3	vs PIT	W 5–4 OT	27:59	1	1	2	0.06	40	24	+0.20
Feb 2	@ WSH	L 1–4	23:23	0	0	1	0.24	51	46	−0.19
Jan 31	vs NSH	L 3–4	23:25	1	0	3	0.26	54	42	+0.49
Jan 29	@ NYR	W 2–1	23:25	1	0	2	0.04	50	35	+0.54
Jan 28	vs NYR	W 5–2	24:36	0	1	3	0.25	64	49	+0.82
Jan 26	@ PHI	W 4–0	22:19	0	0	1	0.00	45	18	−0.27
Jan 24	vs BUF	L 0–5	23:14	0	0	1	0.08	62	61	+0.17
Jan 21	@ SEA	L 1–4	25:54	0	0	0	0.02	53	34	−0.39
Jan 19	@ VAN	W 4–3	25:04	0	2	2	0.19	46	40	+1.10
Jan 17	@ CGY	L 2–4	25:35	0	2	3	0.10	59	61	+1.45
Jan 15	@ EDM	W 1–0	26:35	0	0	3	0.51	27	28	−0.72
Jan 13	@ WPG	L 4–5	22:39	1	0	1	0.04	50	62	+1.05
Jan 10	@ MIN	W 4–3 OT	27:41	0	0	0	0.00	33	25	−1.41
Jan 8	@ NSH	L 1–2 OT	28:53	0	0	2	0.22	33	32	−0.31
Jan 6	vs NJD	W 9–0	20:40	0	1	0	0.00	19	38	+0.08
Jan 3	vs TOR	W 4–3 OT	22:11	2	0	2	0.49	53	61	+2.27
Jan 1	vs UTA	L 2–7	24:24	1	0	3	0.14	55	40	+0.54
Dec 30	@ CHI	W 3–2 OT	26:54	0	1	1	0.35	50	34	+0.35
Dec 28	@ CBJ	L 2–4	25:00	0	0	5	0.24	43	40	+0.24
Dec 27	vs NYR	W 2–0	27:03	0	0	2	0.10	33	41	0.00
Dec 23	vs NJD	W 2–1	21:12	0	0	2	0.15	54	43	−0.07
Dec 20	@ BUF	L 2–3 OT	23:36	0	1	3	0.24	50	33	+0.04
Dec 19	vs VAN	L 1–4	21:37	0	0	2	0.12	47	19	−1.04
Dec 16	@ DET	L 2–3	25:56	0	0	1	0.13	44	32	−0.62
Dec 13	vs TBL	W 3–2 OT	26:16	1	0	2	0.23	33	41	+0.78
Dec 11	vs ANA	W 5–2	25:19	0	0	3	0.27	56	60	+0.78
Dec 9	vs VGK	W 5–4 OT	28:14	0	1	4	0.34	56	56	+0.87
Dec 7	@ FLA	L 1–4	22:38	0	1	2	0.09	41	42	+0.66
Dec 6	@ TBL	W 2–0	24:27	0	0	4	0.07	53	48	+0.05
Dec 4	vs COL	W 6–3	25:41	0	1	3	0.27	35	52	+1.40
Dec 2	vs TBL	W 2–1	21:21	0	0	1	0.01	31	36	−0.31
Nov 30	vs WSH	L 1–4	26:12	0	1	1	0.08	47	58	+0.49
Nov 28	vs PHI	L 3–4 OT	28:53	1	1	1	0.20	75	76	+2.81
Nov 26	vs BOS	L 1–3	25:18	0	1	7	0.36	83	94	+2.37
Nov 23	vs SEA	W 1–0 OT	27:23	0	0	4	0.20	74	76	+0.99
Nov 22	vs STL	L 1–2	27:29	0	0	1	0.02	46	44	−0.14
Nov 20	@ DET	W 5–0	24:12	0	0	2	0.28	47	49	+0.93
Nov 18	@ DAL	W 3–2	21:05	0	0	1	0.01	44	46	+0.10
Nov 16	@ COL	L 1–4	21:39	0	0	2	0.21	57	66	+0.57
Nov 14	@ UTA	W 3–2 OT	25:49	1	0	2	0.37	52	72	+1.52
Nov 13	@ VGK	W 4–3 OT	25:59	1	1	4	0.26	30	5	+0.14
Nov 10	@ NJD	W 3–2 OT	21:26	0	1	3	0.06	33	31	+0.52
Nov 8	@ NYR	W 5–0	24:16	0	0	3	0.09	59	54	+0.55
Nov 7	vs MIN	L 2–5	23:59	0	0	1	0.17	44	44	−0.09
Nov 4	vs BOS	L 3–4 OT	22:31	0	1	5	0.87	60	76	+1.89
Nov 2	vs CBJ	W 3–2	17:24	2	0	3	0.24	57	57	+1.78
Oct 31	@ WSH	W 3–1	17:58	0	0	2	0.10	54	62	+0.50
Oct 30	@ CAR	L 2–6	18:38	1	0	3	0.09	35	33	+0.37
Oct 28	@ BOS	L 2–5	23:39	0	0	5	0.22	71	78	+0.68
Oct 25	@ PHI	L 3–4 OT	27:40	0	0	3	0.20	61	50	+0.18
Oct 23	vs DET	W 7–2	25:14	0	0	1	0.06	39	53	+0.57
Oct 21	vs SJS	W 4–3	22:34	1	1	4	0.66	38	64	+2.46
Oct 18	@ OTT	W 5–4	22:33	0	1	2	0.08	48	52	+0.79
Oct 16	vs EDM	W 4–2	17:38	0	1	0	0.07	35	36	+0.32
Oct 13	vs WPG	L 2–5	26:35	0	1	4	0.15	67	71	+1.34
Oct 11	vs WSH	L 2–4	26:04	1	0	8	0.57	57	39	+0.81
Oct 9	@ PIT	L 3–4	17:15	0	1	1	0.03	52	71	+1.76