Blueline model coming

Nikolas Matinpalo

OTT●D●Age 27.3

Pythia scores forwards today. A defenceman model is on the roadmap — no skater breakout score for blueliners yet.

Underlying profile · 2025-26descriptive · not a call

Points/600.385th pctile (D)

Expected G/600.1430th pctile (D)

Shots/602.821st pctile (D)

Points/600.38

Goals0

Expected Goals1.9

Shots/602.8

TOI/GP15.6

Games50

Percentiles are within the defencemen pool this season — a descriptive read of the underlying game, not a forecast.

Career History

3 seasons · MoneyPuck.com · advanced metrics from 2008-09

Season ▲	Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	P/60	xG	xG/60	Sh	Sh/60	TOI	PP
2023-24	OTT	25.3	4	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0.06	2	4.3	7.0	0.03
2024-25	OTT	26.3	41	1	3	4	0.46	1.9	0.22	43	5.0	12.6	0.00
2025-26	OTT	27.3	50	0	5	5	0.38	1.9	0.14	37	2.8	15.6	0.01
Career			95	1	8	9	0.41	3.8	0.17	82	3.7	14.0

Basic stats left of the divider; Pythia's advanced metrics (xG, xG/60, shots/60, TOI/GP, PP/GP) to the right. Plus-minus is not in MoneyPuck data.