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Matthew Schaefer

#48

D · 6'3", 193 lb · 19 years old · Shoots left · Hamilton, Ontario, CAN

Drafted 2025 · NYI · round 1 · #1 overall

Last 5 games

Date	Opp	A	PTS	SOG	+/−	TOI
Oct 20	ANA	1	1	1	-1	26:20
Oct 17	@TOR	1	1	5	0	24:21
Oct 15	@OTT	0	0	3	0	29:29
Oct 13	VAN	2	2	4	+2	25:23
Oct 10	TBL	1	1	8	-1	27:01

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 / 601.03186th

Blocks / 601.54222nd

Takeaways / 602.835th

Giveaways / 603.86149th

Penalty minutes4108th

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	New York Islanders	9	0	8	8	+1	32	–	25:51
2025-26	New York Islanders	82	23	36	59	+13	222	10.4	24:41
Career		91	23	44	67	+14	254	9.1	24:48

Other competitions

Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
2024-25	OHL	Erie Otters	17	7	15	22
2024-25	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Canada U18	5	2	4	6
2024-25	Prospects Challenge	Team CHL	2	1	1	2
2024-25	WJC-20	Canada U20	2	1	1	2
2023-24	OHL	Erie Otters	56	3	14	17
2023-24	WHC-17	Canada White U17	8	1	3	4
2023-24	WJC-18	Canada U18	7	1	4	5
2022-23	SCTA U16	Halton Hurricanes U16 AAA	25	12	20	32
2022-23	CWG	Team Ontario	6	3	3	6
2022-23	OHL Cup	Halton Hurricanes U16 AAA	4	1	3	4
2021-22	SCTA U15	Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs U15 AAA	31	17	34	51
2021-22	SCTA U16	Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs U16 AAA	3	1	1	2
2021-22	WSI U15	Draftday Selects U15	9	1	6	7

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.