- Age
- 21
- Height
- 6′4″
- Weight
- 202 lb
- Shoots
- R
- Born
- Nanaimo, British Columbia, CAN
- GP
- 6
- G
- 1
- A
- 1
- P
- 2
- +/-
- -2
- SOG
- 9
2026–27 regular season
Drafted 2023 · Round 1, #15 overall (NSH)
This season vs last
| Stat | 2026–27 | 2025–26 first 6 GP |
|---|---|---|
| GP | 6 | 6 |
| G | 1 | 2-1 |
| A | 1 | 2-1 |
| P | 2 | 4-2 |
| SOG | 9 | 14-5 |
| PPP | 2 | 1+1 |
| +/- | -2 | +2-4 |
| PIM | 2 | 0+2 |
| TOI/GP | 15:30 | 12:13+3:16 |
| SH% | 11.1 | 14.3-3.2 |
Regular season. Small numbers are this season’s change: green better, red worse. Totals are only compared over the same number of games; TOI/GP and SH% are compared in every column.
Shooting:Wood is shooting 11.1% (1 on 9 shots) against 15.3% over 2024–26. Too few shots yet to read much into it.
Shot quality says 1.4 expected goals this season (G − xG -0.4).
Advanced · 2026–27
- CF%
- 50.0
- Share of 5v5 shot attempts while on ice
- xGF%
- 44.2
- Share of 5v5 expected goals while on ice
- Rel CF%
- +3.9
- vs. team with the player off ice
- PDO
- 0.910
- On-ice Sh% + Sv% (≈1.000 is average)
- ixG
- 1.4
- Individual expected goals
- G − xG
- -0.4
- Finishing above expectation
- OZS%
- 63.0
- Offensive-zone start share
- 5v5 TOI/GP
- 11:10
- Even-strength minutes per game
Shot attempts
20 attempts, attacking the net on the right. Filled = goal; bigger = higher expected-goal value.
How Wood is used
#71 · R · Nashville Predators
Matthew Wood
How he’s used · 2026–27 · 5 games with shift charts
- Line 1
- PP2
- PK1
- Ice time / game
- 15:07
- 11:10 at 5v5
- Offensive-zone starts
- 63.0%
- of his 5v5 zone faceoffs
- Expected goals share
- 44.2%
- at 5v5 with him on
- Shot attempt share
- 50.0%
- at 5v5 with him on
Shift profile · against NHL forwards
Average shift
Shifts that ran 60 seconds or longer
Shifts include power-play and penalty-kill time. Across the league, 5v5 shots go in nearly twice as often against a skater 80s+ into his shift.
Most-used linemates · 5v5
| Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | Nashville Predators | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025–26 | Nashville Predators | 71 | 17 | 13 | 30 |
| 2024–25 | Nashville Predators | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Opp | TOI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Oct 13 | vs VGK | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:44 |
| Sat, Oct 10 | @ OTT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:22 |
| Thu, Oct 8 | @ MTL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:29 |
| Tue, Oct 6 | @ TOR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:54 |
| Sat, Oct 3 | vs DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:06 |
| Thu, Oct 1 | vs MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:22 |
| Team / League | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | Milwaukee Admirals · AHL | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024–25 | Univ. of Minnesota · NCAA | 39 | 17 | 22 | 39 |
| 2023–24 | Univ. of Connecticut · NCAA | 35 | 16 | 12 | 28 |
| 2023–24 | Canada U20 · WJC-20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2022–23 | Univ. of Connecticut · NCAA | 35 | 11 | 23 | 34 |
| 2022–23 | Canada U18 · Hlinka Gretzky Cup | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2022–23 | Canada U18 · WJC-18 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2021–22 | Victoria Grizzlies · BCHL | 46 | 45 | 40 | 85 |
| 2021–22 | Canada U18 · WJC-18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021–22 (P) | Victoria Grizzlies · BCHL | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020–21 | Victoria Grizzlies · BCHL | 18 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2020–21 | North Island Silvertips U18 AAA · CSSHL U18 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019–20 | North Shore Warriors U15 Prep · CSSHL U15 | 30 | 40 | 31 | 71 |
| 2019–20 | West Van Academy Bantam Prep · John Reid Memorial | 5 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2019–20 (P) | North Shore Warriors U15 Prep · CSSHL U15 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2014–15 | BC Junior Canucks · Brick Invitational | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014–15 (P) | BC Junior Canucks · Brick Invitational | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
