Career profile Last roster: 2024-25 MTL
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Matt Irwin

D · BC
+ 7 other teams
Status
Retired 1 yr ago
Career
2012–2025 (13 yrs)
Age
38 (37 in 2025)
Vitals
6'1" · 207 lb
Drafted
Undrafted

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2013-14 PHL 82 9 9 18 0.22 +5 24 1 3 0 52 17.3% 74
2014-15 PHL 39 2 5 7 0.18 -9 16 0 2 0 17 11.8% 34
2015-16 PHL 73 2 10 12 0.16 -13 21 1 0 0 36 5.6% 52
2017-18 BOS 61 2 15 17 0.28 +18 46 0 0 0 34 5.9% 101
2018-19 STL / NYR / VAN 79 5 11 16 0.20 +3 30 1 2 0 48 10.4% 88
2019-20 MIN 13 0 0 0 0.00 -2 6 0 0 0 0 - 9
2020-21 MTL 68 4 11 15 0.22 +6 86 0 1 0 48 8.3% 150
2021-22 NJD 81 11 14 25 0.31 +7 66 1 3 0 62 17.7% 145
2022-23 NJD 26 0 3 3 0.12 -4 16 0 0 0 13 0.0% 33
2023-24 MTL 43 4 10 14 0.33 +6 39 1 0 0 27 14.8% 87
2024-25 MTL 82 2 10 12 0.15 -26 70 1 0 0 23 8.7% 121
CAREER 11 yrs 647 41 98 139 0.21 -9 420 6 11 0 -- 11.4% 894
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2013-14 PHL 12 1 2 3 0.25 0 0 0 0 0 5 20.0% 9
2014-15 PHL 8 0 4 4 0.50 +3 4 0 0 0 3 0.0% 5
2017-18 BOS 6 0 0 0 0.00 -2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0% 7
2021-22 NJD 12 0 1 1 0.08 -3 8 0 0 0 5 0.0% 12
CAREER 4 app. 38 1 7 8 0.21 -2 12 0 0 0 -- 6.7% 33
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2012-13 SJS 38 6 6 12 0.32 -1 10 0 4 5 7.6% 19:06
2013-14 SJS 62 2 17 19 0.31 5 35 0 1 6 1.4% 18:49
2014-15 SJS 53 8 11 19 0.36 3 18 1 1 3 8.6% 17:01
2015-16 BOS 2 0 0 0 0.00 -5 0 0 0 0 0.0% 14:56
2016-17 NSH 74 3 11 14 0.19 15 26 1 0 0 3.1% 16:16
2017-18 NSH 50 2 6 8 0.16 2 8 0 0 0 3.2% 13:26
2018-19 NSH 44 1 6 7 0.16 5 38 0 0 0 2.0% 11:18
2019-20 NSH 27 0 2 2 0.07 -8 11 0 0 0 0.0% 11:49
2019-20 ANH 9 0 1 1 0.11 -7 4 0 0 0 0.0% 22:27
2020-21 BUF 24 0 2 2 0.08 -10 19 0 0 0 0.0% 16:15
2021-22 WSH 17 1 3 4 0.24 0 6 0 0 0 3.4% 12:39
2022-23 WSH 61 2 3 5 0.08 -8 36 0 0 0 2.5% 13:02
Career NHL 461 25 68 93 0.20 -9 211 2 6 14 3.4% -

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Defensemen, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2012-13 25 D PHL 50 35 74 67 76 55 58 55 30 50 51 64 54 62 57 58
2013-14 26 D PHL 57 37 79 70 77 69 79 56 30 51 60 71 57 64 57 64
2014-15 27 D PHL 60 40 79 69 77 63 70 55 30 58 51 69 53 66 57 63
2015-16 28 D PHL 63 40 78 71 77 55 58 59 30 54 59 68 56 68 58 62
2016-17 29 D ARI 84 78 99 79 78 69 74 48 25 60 39 65 37 60 61 64
2017-18 30 D BOS 81 45 89 76 78 69 87 61 25 52 48 76 25 64 65 67
2018-19 31 D VAN 81 45 94 73 78 63 81 61 25 51 48 71 25 65 66 65
2019-20 32 D MIN 83 75 76 73 77 57 64 58 25 52 47 62 25 65 67 63
2020-21 33 D MTL 87 60 87 73 76 64 60 59 25 47 47 77 25 66 68 65
2021-22 34 D NJD 88 46 78 73 75 69 57 58 25 47 47 85 25 67 69 67
2022-23 35 D NJD 86 45 89 73 75 61 52 63 25 53 48 74 25 67 67 64
2023-24 36 D MTL 84 88 83 73 77 61 59 57 25 44 48 80 25 69 69 65
2024-25 37 D MTL 78 75 86 65 75 72 79 49 25 37 41 69 39 69 69 62
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2012-13 25 D PHL 50 35 74 67 76 55 58 55 30 50 51 64 54 62 57 58
2013-14 26 D PHL +7 +2 +5 +3 +1 +14 +21 +1 · +1 +9 +7 +3 +2 · +6
2014-15 27 D PHL +3 +3 · −1 · −6 −9 −1 · +7 −9 −2 −4 +2 · −1
2015-16 28 D PHL +3 · −1 +2 · −8 −12 +4 · −4 +8 −1 +3 +2 +1 −1
2016-17 29 D ARI +21 +38 +21 +8 +1 +14 +16 −11 −5 +6 −20 −3 −19 −8 +3 +2
2017-18 30 D BOS −3 −33 −10 −3 · · +13 +13 · −8 +9 +11 −12 +4 +4 +3
2018-19 31 D VAN · · +5 −3 · −6 −6 · · −1 · −5 · +1 +1 −2
2019-20 32 D MIN +2 +30 −18 · −1 −6 −17 −3 · +1 −1 −9 · · +1 −2
2020-21 33 D MTL +4 −15 +11 · −1 +7 −4 +1 · −5 · +15 · +1 +1 +2
2021-22 34 D NJD +1 −14 −9 · −1 +5 −3 −1 · · · +8 · +1 +1 +2
2022-23 35 D NJD −2 −1 +11 · · −8 −5 +5 · +6 +1 −11 · · −2 −3
2023-24 36 D MTL −2 +43 −6 · +2 · +7 −6 · −9 · +6 · +2 +2 +1
2024-25 37 D MTL −6 −13 +3 −8 −2 +11 +20 −8 · −7 −7 −11 +14 · · −3
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2012-13 PHL $650,000 1 yr 0.9% 25 RFA Rookie
2013-14 PHL $950,000 3 yr 1.5% 26 RFA
2016-17 ARI $600,000 1 yr 0.8% 29 UFA
2017-18 BOS $1,200,000 3 yr 1.6% 30 UFA
2020-21 MTL $2,000,000 1 yr 2.5% 33 UFA
2021-22 NJD $1,350,000 2 yr 1.7% 34 UFA
2023-24 MTL $3,500,000 2 yr 4.2% 36 UFA
2018-19
Sep 10 2018
2018-19
to JETS
to BRUINS
Oct 8 2018
2018-19
to BLUES
  • Matt Irwin 65
to JETS
  • $1,000,000
Feb 18 2019
2018-19
to RANGERS
  • Matt Irwin 65
Mar 3 2019
2018-19
to CANUCKS
to RANGERS
2019-20
Feb 9 2020
2019-20
to CANUCKS

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