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Matt Kiersted

#26

D · 6'0", 182 lb · 28 years old · Shoots left · Elk River, Minnesota, USA

Last 3 games

Date	Opp	SOG	+/−	TOI
Oct 20	@EDM	0	0	10:54
Oct 18	CBJ	3	0	12:30
Oct 15	STL	0	+2	12:08

Against his position

This playerAverage defencemen

Against 233 defencemen, on rates per 60 minutes so a shortened season is not read as a worse one.

Role

Hits / 603.37103rd

Blocks / 606.7526th

Takeaways / 601.6827th

Giveaways / 606.75229th

Penalty minutes01st

Off the radar because these describe a role rather than a quality — a shutdown defenceman blocks more than a power-play specialist, and neither is better for it.

NHL regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/−	SOG	S%	TOI
2026-27	Minnesota Wild	3	0	0	0	+2	3	–	11:51
2025-26	Minnesota Wild	6	0	1	1	0	4	–	15:44
2024-25	Florida Panthers	2	0	1	1	+1	0	–	12:41
2022-23	Florida Panthers	20	1	3	4	+4	14	7.1	9:51
2021-22	Florida Panthers	10	1	1	2	-8	11	9.1	14:03
2020-21	Florida Panthers	7	0	0	0	-4	6	–	15:10
Career		47	2	6	8	-5	38	5.3	12:30

Other competitions

Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
2026-27	AHL	Iowa Wild	2	0	0	0
2025-26	AHL	Iowa Wild	49	4	8	12
2024-25	AHL	Charlotte Checkers	64	1	28	29
2023-24	AHL	Charlotte Checkers	57	4	11	15
2022-23	AHL	Charlotte Checkers	49	6	15	21
2021-22	AHL	Charlotte Checkers	63	5	15	20
2020-21	NCAA	Univ. of North Dakota	29	3	19	22
2019-20	NCAA	Univ. of North Dakota	33	6	23	29
2018-19	NCAA	Univ. of North Dakota	36	7	11	18
2017-18	NCAA	Univ. of North Dakota	29	4	4	8
2016-17	USHL	Chicago Steel	23	2	12	14
2016-17	WJAC-19	USA U19	5	0	3	3
2015-16	USA-S17	Team Grey	5	1	3	4
2015-16	JCWC	Chicago Steel	5	0	2	2
2015-16	USHL	Chicago Steel	57	4	19	23
2015-16	MNHP-17	B17 - Red (Final 54)	3	2	1	3
2014-15	USHS-MN	Elk River/Zimmerman High	25	8	28	36
2014-15	USA-S16	Team Grey	6	1	2	3
2014-15	USHL	Chicago Steel	11	0	1	1
2014-15	UMHSEHL	Team Twin Cities Orthopedics	18	3	12	15
2014-15	MNHP-16	B16 - Blue (Final 54)	3	0	1	1
2014-15	USDP	U.S. National U17 Team	3	0	1	1
2013-14	USHS-MN	Elk River/Zimmerman High	24	6	15	21
2013-14	UMHSEHL	Team MPLS Magazine	2	0	0	0
2013-14	USA-S15	Team Red	5	2	0	2

Shot maps, expected goals and comparisons against league average at this position are coming to this page. They come from Puckflow’s own model rather than the NHL feed, and an empty chart would be worse than this sentence.