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Matt Kiersted

#26

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

Last 5 games

Date	Opp	GS	SOG	+/−	TOI
Nov 12	@TOR	-0.1	0	+1	12:31
Nov 10	@MTL	-0.1	0	+1	10:19
Nov 7	TBL	0.0	2	0	14:30
Nov 6	SJS	0.0	2	0	12:59
Nov 3	@PHI	-0.0	0	0	12:05

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 / 604.4471st

Blocks / 606.2920th

Takeaways / 601.1145th

Giveaways / 603.70156th

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.

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

20.8

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

83.7

D 87.2

Every shot this season

Shot on goal11Missed5Shot blocked4

NHL regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/−	SOG	S%	TOI
2026-27	Minnesota Wild	13	0	1	1	+7	12	–	12:27
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		58	2	7	9	0	47	4.3	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