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Matthew Wood

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R · 6'4", 202 lb · 21 years old · Shoots right · Nanaimo, British Columbia, CAN

Drafted 2023 · NSH · round 1 · #15 overall

Last 5 games

Date	Opp	G	PTS	SOG	+/−	TOI
Oct 17	STL	0	0	0	0	9:42
Oct 15	SJS	0	0	3	+1	19:39
Oct 13	VGK	0	0	0	-2	13:44
Oct 10	@OTT	0	0	4	0	15:22
Oct 8	@MTL	1	1	1	0	13:29

Against his position

This playerAverage forward

Against 443 forwards, on rates per 60 minutes so a shortened season is not read as a worse one.

Role

Hits / 604.90207th

Blocks / 601.47273rd

Takeaways / 600.49267th

Giveaways / 605.39414th

Faceoff win %33.9%278th

Penalty minutes2113th

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	Nashville Predators	8	1	1	2	-1	12	8.3	15:17
2025-26	Nashville Predators	71	17	13	30	-3	103	16.5	12:19
2024-25	Nashville Predators	6	0	1	1	0	8	–	11:35
Career		85	18	15	33	-4	123	14.6	12:33

Other competitions

Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
2025-26	AHL	Milwaukee Admirals	5	1	3	4
2024-25	NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota	39	17	22	39
2023-24	NCAA	Univ. of Connecticut	35	16	12	28
2023-24	WJC-20	Canada U20	5	2	2	4
2022-23	NCAA	Univ. of Connecticut	35	11	23	34
2022-23	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Canada U18	5	2	3	5
2022-23	WJC-18	Canada U18	7	7	6	13
2021-22	BCHL	Victoria Grizzlies	46	45	40	85
2021-22	WJC-18	Canada U18	4	2	0	2
2020-21	BCHL	Victoria Grizzlies	18	5	8	13
2020-21	CSSHL U18	North Island Silvertips U18 AAA	2	2	2	4
2019-20	CSSHL U15	North Shore Warriors U15 Prep	30	40	31	71
2019-20	John Reid Memorial	West Van Academy Bantam Prep	5	7	6	13
2014-15	Brick Invitational	BC Junior Canucks	6	1	2	3

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.