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Mattias
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D · New Jersey Devils Devils · SWE
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Status
Pro 100%
Age / YOB
36 (1990)
Contract
$7,000,000 × 2yr
Expires
UFA 2028 · age 38
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
Free Agent · Aug 2025
Drafted
2009 Rd 4 (#114) CAR
Vitals
6'5" · 225 lb
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Ratings

Percentile vs 254 d-men
CK 71 44th
FG 44 42nd
DI 88 69th
SK 78 70th
ST 85 92nd
EN 81 70th
DU 99 100th
PH 64 63rd
FO 25 98th
PA 69 89th
SC 49 68th
DF 85 54th
PS 25 67th
EX 85 92nd
LD 91 93rd
OV 74 82nd

Contract

Cap hit $7,000,000 6.7% of cap
Year 2 of 3
2025-26
2026-27
2027-28
Expiry Status
UFA
2028 age 38
Clauses —

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2014-15 EDM 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0% 0
2015-16 EDM 68 4 11 15 0.22 +5 55 0 0 0 42 9.5% 100
2016-17 EDM 82 6 31 37 0.45 +18 41 1 4 0 72 8.3% 58
2017-18 EDM 75 4 21 25 0.33 +3 30 0 2 0 79 5.1% 69
2018-19 EDM 82 8 36 44 0.54 +11 52 4 3 0 127 6.3% 138
2019-20 EDM 82 8 34 42 0.51 -3 37 2 2 0 95 8.4% 80
2020-21 EDM 82 10 38 48 0.59 +26 22 1 2 0 137 7.3% 45
2021-22 NJD 77 8 33 41 0.53 -3 26 3 3 0 118 6.8% 52
2022-23 NJD 71 4 37 41 0.58 -27 10 2 1 0 110 3.6% 50
2023-24 NJD 80 12 45 57 0.71 +23 28 3 6 1 116 10.3% 68
2024-25 NJD 73 8 31 39 0.53 +7 49 3 4 0 97 8.2% 101
2025-26 NJD 82 11 38 49 0.60 +8 46 3 3 0 95 11.6% 86
CAREER 12 yrs 856 83 355 438 0.51 +68 396 22 30 1 -- 7.6% 847
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2015-16 EDM 10 0 2 2 0.20 +4 13 0 0 0 2 0.0% 0
2016-17 EDM 6 0 0 0 0.00 -5 4 0 0 0 1 0.0% 7
2018-19 EDM 6 0 0 0 0.00 -2 2 0 0 0 3 0.0% 4
2019-20 EDM 7 1 0 1 0.14 +1 2 0 1 0 9 11.1% 8
2020-21 EDM 11 2 8 10 0.91 +4 2 0 1 0 18 11.1% 10
2021-22 NJD 7 1 4 5 0.71 +1 6 0 0 0 8 12.5% 4
2023-24 NJD 5 1 4 5 1.00 +2 0 0 1 0 13 7.7% 7
2024-25 NJD 5 0 0 0 0.00 -5 2 0 0 0 8 0.0% 1
2025-26 NJD 5 0 2 2 0.40 -4 6 0 0 0 3 0.0% 10
CAREER 9 app. 62 5 20 25 0.40 -4 37 0 3 0 -- 7.7% 51
2026-27 · no games in this range

No games logged in this range.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S TOI
2025-26 EDM 82 6 35 41 32 30 2 0 3 131 20:36
On Pace - 82 6 35 41 32 30 2 0 3 131 -
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2011-12 NSH 2 0 0 0 0.00 -1 0 0 0 0 0.0% 12:25
2012-13 NSH 1 0 0 0 0.00 -1 0 0 0 0 - 16:05
2013-14 NSH 62 1 8 9 0.15 -8 10 0 0 0 1.7% 16:49
2014-15 NSH 80 7 11 18 0.23 12 52 1 1 2 8.1% 19:01
2015-16 NSH 82 8 27 35 0.43 14 44 3 1 5 7.0% 20:15
2016-17 NSH 82 3 20 23 0.28 4 34 1 0 3 2.5% 23:28
2017-18 NSH 81 10 24 34 0.42 25 46 1 5 13 7.4% 23:35
2018-19 NSH 80 8 36 44 0.55 27 47 3 2 7 5.5% 23:22
2019-20 NSH 68 8 25 33 0.49 -1 32 2 0 5 5.2% 23:22
2020-21 NSH 48 6 17 23 0.48 19 14 2 0 2 5.5% 22:52
2021-22 NSH 76 6 25 31 0.41 14 44 1 0 4 4.1% 23:29
2022-23 NSH 57 5 13 18 0.32 0 24 0 0 3 5.1% 21:44
2022-23 EDM 21 4 10 14 0.67 28 4 0 0 1 11.1% 20:47
2023-24 EDM 79 11 34 45 0.57 44 47 3 2 3 6.2% 21:03
2024-25 EDM 65 9 24 33 0.51 11 30 1 3 7 6.3% 22:12
2025-26 EDM 82 6 35 41 0.50 32 30 2 0 3 4.6% 20:36
Career NHL 966 92 309 401 0.42 219 458 20 14 58 5.6% -

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
2014-15 24 D EDM 57 37 83 65 81 51 55 46 30 51 47 69 49 60 62 60
2015-16 25 D EDM 58 37 70 65 81 63 77 49 30 50 53 78 51 62 62 64
2016-17 26 D EDM 71 43 84 82 77 76 98 68 25 68 53 80 25 64 65 72
2017-18 27 D EDM 69 43 87 84 77 88 99 73 25 59 48 83 25 66 67 72
2018-19 28 D EDM 73 44 83 84 77 89 99 77 25 65 53 89 25 68 69 75
2019-20 29 D EDM 73 54 83 84 82 88 98 71 25 72 50 81 25 68 70 74
2020-21 30 D EDM 69 43 86 84 81 88 91 70 25 67 53 88 25 70 72 74
2021-22 31 D NJD 65 43 90 84 81 86 86 75 25 66 54 82 25 72 75 73
2022-23 32 D NJD 75 44 83 82 81 88 88 72 25 65 49 91 25 74 77 75
2023-24 33 D NJD 77 45 88 82 81 83 94 72 25 63 53 86 25 76 79 74
2024-25 34 D NJD 82 56 83 82 82 82 96 68 25 69 56 81 25 78 82 74
2025-26 35 D NJD 67 44 86 77 85 85 84 65 25 67 56 82 25 82 88 73
2026-27 36 D NJD 71 44 88 78 85 81 99 64 25 69 49 85 25 85 91 74
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2014-15 24 D EDM 57 37 83 65 81 51 55 46 30 51 47 69 49 60 62 60
2015-16 25 D EDM +1 · −13 · · +12 +22 +3 · −1 +6 +9 +2 +2 · +4
2016-17 26 D EDM +13 +6 +14 +17 −4 +13 +21 +19 −5 +18 · +2 −26 +2 +3 +8
2017-18 27 D EDM −2 · +3 +2 · +12 +1 +5 · −9 −5 +3 · +2 +2 ·
2018-19 28 D EDM +4 +1 −4 · · +1 · +4 · +6 +5 +6 · +2 +2 +3
2019-20 29 D EDM · +10 · · +5 −1 −1 −6 · +7 −3 −8 · · +1 −1
2020-21 30 D EDM −4 −11 +3 · −1 · −7 −1 · −5 +3 +7 · +2 +2 ·
2021-22 31 D NJD −4 · +4 · · −2 −5 +5 · −1 +1 −6 · +2 +3 −1
2022-23 32 D NJD +10 +1 −7 −2 · +2 +2 −3 · −1 −5 +9 · +2 +2 +2
2023-24 33 D NJD +2 +1 +5 · · −5 +6 · · −2 +4 −5 · +2 +2 −1
2024-25 34 D NJD +5 +11 −5 · +1 −1 +2 −4 · +6 +3 −5 · +2 +3 ·
2025-26 35 D NJD −15 −12 +3 −5 +3 +3 −12 −3 · −2 · +1 · +4 +6 −1
2026-27 36 D NJD +4 · +2 +1 · −4 +15 −1 · +2 −7 +3 · +3 +3 +1
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2014-15 EDM $1,025,000 3 yr 1.5% 24 ELC Rookie
2017-18 EDM $5,000,000 5 yr 6.7% 27 RFA
2022-23 NJD $6,500,000 3 yr 7.9% 32 UFA
2025-26 NJD $7,000,000 3 yr 7.3% 35 UFA CURRENT
2011-12
Nov 24 2011
2011-12
to OILERS
2021-22
Sep 11 2021
2021-22
to DEVILS
  • Mattias Ekholm 73

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