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Matthew Kessel

D · 6'3", 215 lb · 26 years old · Shoots right · Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA

Drafted 2020 · STL · round 5 · #150 overall

Last 5 games

Date	Opp	A	PTS	GS	SOG	+/−	TOI
Nov 12	@LAK	0	0	0.0	0	-1	3:44
Nov 9	@SJS	0	0	-0.4	1	+1	13:48
Nov 7	NJD	0	0	-0.4	0	+1	18:20
Nov 5	CAR	1	1	0.3	0	+2	14:13
Oct 31	EDM	0	0	-0.1	1	0	14:00

Against their position

This playerAverage defencemen

Against 240 defencemen, on rates per 60 minutes so a shortened season is not read as a worse one.

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Role

Hits / 602.76126th

Blocks / 601.97226th

Takeaways / 600.7995th

Giveaways / 603.55142nd

Penalty minutes679th

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.

Per game, against the average defenseman

Goals

D 0.08

Assists

D 0.27

SOG

Shots on goal

D 1.2

Expected goals

D 0.08

Attempts for

D 14.6

Attempts against

D 14.7

TOI

Ice time

D 19:05

Speed

Top, mph

21.5

D 21.2

Hits

D 1.0

Hit±

Dealt minus taken

D -0.7

BLK

Shot blocks

D 1.3

bxG

Block xG margin

D +.02

Poss±

Take minus give

D -0.8

Pen±

Drawn minus taken

D -0.1

FO%

Faceoffs won

Shot

Hardest, mph

93.4

D 87.2

Every shot this season

Shot on goal9Missed6Shot blocked12

NHL regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/−	SOG	S%	TOI
2026-27	New York Islanders	12	0	2	2	+4	10	–	12:39
2025-26	St. Louis Blues	29	2	1	3	+1	20	10.0	12:32
2024-25	St. Louis Blues	29	0	3	3	-3	17	–	13:08
2023-24	St. Louis Blues	39	1	6	7	0	28	3.6	16:48
2022-23	St. Louis Blues	2	0	0	0	-1	3	–	15:10
Career		111	3	12	15	+1	78	3.8	14:15

Other competitions

Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
2024-25	AHL	Springfield Thunderbirds	29	5	12	17
2023-24	AHL	Springfield Thunderbirds	36	3	5	8
2023-24	WC	USA	2	0	1	1
2023-24	International	Team USA	1	0	1	1
2022-23	AHL	Springfield Thunderbirds	71	5	28	33
2021-22	NCAA	Univ. of Massachusetts	37	6	11	17
2021-22	AHL	Springfield Thunderbirds	15	0	3	3
2020-21	NCAA	Univ. of Massachusetts	29	10	13	23
2019-20	NCAA	Univ. of Massachusetts	34	7	4	11
2018-19	USHL	Sioux Falls Stampede	62	2	17	19
2017-18	USHL	Fargo Force	32	0	3	3
2017-18	USA-S17	Team Royal	5	2	0	2
2017-18	USHL	Chicago Steel	20	0	0	0
2016-17	HPHL 16U	Compuware 16U AAA	20	1	3	4
2016-17	USA-S16	Team Orange	5	0	6	6
2015-16	USA-S15	Team Royal	5	0	4	4
2015-16	HPHL 16U	Little Caesars 16U AAA	8	0	0	0
2014-15	HPHL 14U	Little Caesars 14U AAA	17	3	4	7
2013-14	HPHL 13U	Little Caesars 13U AAA	20	0	4	4
2012-13	QC Int PW	Detroit Honeybaked	2	0	0	0