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Matthew Kessel

Position Right Defense Current Team St. Louis Blues
Shoots Right Current Contract 2 years
Height 6'2" Expires 2025-26
Weight (lbs) 205 Expiry Age (Jun 30) 26
Age 24 (June 23, 2000) Expiry Status RFA-arb
Drafted 2020, Round 5, Overall 150 (STL)
Date Team Transaction
Mar 7, 2025 St. Louis Blues Recalled from AHL
Feb 5, 2025 St. Louis Blues Assigned to AHL
Jan 31, 2025 St. Louis Blues Recalled from AHL
Mar 13, 2024 St. Louis Blues Signed 2 years @ $800K AAV starting in 2024-25
Mar 27, 2022 St. Louis Blues Signed to an entry level contract.
Status History Coming Soon
Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM Shots Sh% TOI/G GP G A Pts +/- PIM Shots Sh% TOI/G
2022-23 STL 2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0.0 15:10
2023-24 STL 39 1 6 7 0 12 28 3.6 16:48
2024-25 STL 29 0 3 3 -3 10 17 0.0 13:08
Career 70 1 9 10 -4 22 48 2.1 15:14

5v5 Individual Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI G/60 A/60 Pts/60 xG/60 GAE/60 Sh% xSh% Sh%AE %SA Rush %SA Reb.
2022-23 STL 2 29:06 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.18 -0.18 0.00 2.88 -2.88 0.00 0.00
2023-24 STL 39 620:26 0.10 0.58 0.68 0.13 -0.03 3.57 4.67 -1.10 2.33 0.00
2024-25 STL 29 367:10 0.00 0.49 0.49 0.15 -0.15 0.00 5.46 -5.46 0.00 0.00

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAF/60 GF/60 xGF/60 SAA/60 GA/60 xGA/60 GF% xGF% xGF Rel xGA Rel xGF% Rel
2022-23 STL 2 29:06 51.55 0.00 3.03 22.68 2.06 1.33 0.00 69.49 0.65 -2.26 29.63
2023-24 STL 39 620:26 35.68 1.84 2.03 41.58 1.84 2.54 50.00 44.41 -0.18 -0.26 0.25
2024-25 STL 29 367:10 35.30 2.29 2.12 37.75 2.78 2.29 45.16 48.04 -0.01 -0.21 2.09

NHL Edge Stats

Skating Shooting Zone Time
Season GP Top Speed Bursts>20/mi Avg. Speed ES Avg. Speed Top Speed Avg. Speed %Long Range %Mid Range %High Danger ES DZ% ES NZ% ES OZ%
2021-22 - - - - - - - - - - - -
2022-23 2 19.6 0.0 9.0 9.0 83.5 73.3 66.7 33.3 0.0 35.8 17.1 47.1
2023-24 39 20.9 0.1 8.4 8.5 93.7 65.0 73.9 26.1 0.0 41.8 18.3 40.0
2024-25 29 21.5 0.2 8.7 8.8 90.9 73.2 53.8 46.2 0.0 38.1 18.0 43.9

Legend

Percentile 0-25 Percentile 25-50 Percentile 50-75 Percentile 75-100
Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Defense Pairs

Season
Season Teammate     Team TOI GF/60 GA/60 GF% xGF/60 xGA/60 xGF% xGF Rel xGA Rel xGF% Rel
2024-25 Joseph, P STL 108:08 2.22 2.77 44.44 1.98 2.22 47.13 -0.06 -0.29 2.30
2024-25 Suter, R STL 94:23 1.91 2.54 42.86 2.00 2.32 46.29 -0.23 -0.12 -1.41
2024-25 Perunovich, S STL 68:45 2.62 4.36 37.50 1.96 2.66 42.43 -0.18 0.28 -4.92
2024-25 Schueneman, C STL 30:24 0.00 0.00 - 2.91 1.36 68.16 0.37 -1.35 19.71
2024-25 Faulk, J STL 24:04 0.00 4.99 0.00 1.06 3.48 23.37 -1.06 1.07 -23.36
2023-24 Krug, T STL 374:28 1.44 2.08 40.91 2.15 2.55 45.73 -0.02 -0.22 1.79
2023-24 Leddy, N STL 78:47 3.81 0.76 83.33 2.78 2.57 51.91 0.67 -0.15 8.27
2023-24 Perunovich, S STL 61:01 3.93 0.98 80.00 1.35 2.21 37.88 -0.78 -0.57 -5.50
2023-24 Scandella, M STL 44:19 0.00 0.00 - 1.23 2.84 30.24 -0.74 0.14 -11.96
2023-24 Parayko, C STL 23:50 2.52 2.52 50.00 2.37 2.14 52.54 0.26 -0.57 8.73
2022-23 Rosen, C STL 22:46 0.00 2.64 0.00 3.28 1.66 66.38 0.92 -1.64 24.66

Glossary

Type Statistic Definition
IndividualG/60Goals Against per 60 minutes.
IndividualA/60Assists per 60 minutes.
IndividualPts/60Points per 60 minutes.
IndividualxG/60Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
IndividualGAE/60Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
IndividualSh%Shooting Percentage.
IndividualxSh%Expected Shooting Percentage.
IndividualSh%AEShooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual%SA RushPercentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual%SA Reb.Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On IceSAF/60Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On IceGF/60Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IcexGF/60Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IceSAA/60Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGA/60Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IcexGA/60Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGF%Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On IcexGF%Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On IcexGF RelxGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On IcexGA RelxGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On IcexGF% RelxGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.
Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

Current Contract

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2024-25 24 $800,000 $800,000 - - $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 RFA-arb
2025-26 25 $800,000 $800,000 - - $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 RFA-arb
Total - - $1,600,000 $1,600,000 $1,600,000
Signed: Mar 13, 2024
Team: St. Louis Blues
GM: -
Exp. Status: RFA-arb
Cap %: 0.91

Previous Contracts

Entry Level Contract

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2022-23 22 $883,750 $925,000 $8,250 $92,500 $750,000 $842,500 $80,000 ELC
2023-24 23 $883,750 $925,000 - $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $80,000 ELC
Total $8,250 $185,000 $1,582,500 $1,767,500 $160,000
Signed: Mar 27, 2022
Team: St. Louis Blues
GM: -
Exp. Status: RFA-arb

*Age is as of September 15