Matthew Kessel
01/Where he scores from
30 located attempts over 2025-26 — too few shots to map. The four counts are the whole of what this sample supports; a rink drawn from them would read as a pattern that is not there. A wider window may carry the graphic.
Kessel scored 3 regular season goals on 101 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 1 of his 3 goals came from here, on 4 of his 101 attempts.
Slot. 1 of his 3 goals came from here, on 19 of his 101 attempts.
Perimeter. 1 of his 3 goals came from here, on 33 of his 101 attempts.
Point. 0 of his 3 goals came from here, on 45 of his 101 attempts.
Under 150 located attempts, so the counts are raw. A share of 101 shots moves by more than a point on one bounce, and printing it would give the sample an authority it has not earned.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Kessel scored 3 regular season goals on 104 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2022-23 to 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 1 of his 3 goals came from here, on 4 of his 104 attempts.
Slot. 1 of his 3 goals came from here, on 20 of his 104 attempts.
Perimeter. 1 of his 3 goals came from here, on 34 of his 104 attempts.
Point. 0 of his 3 goals came from here, on 46 of his 104 attempts.
Under 150 located attempts, so the counts are raw. A share of 104 shots moves by more than a point on one bounce, and printing it would give the sample an authority it has not earned.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2022-23 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
02/When his goals came
1 of his 2 goals came in the 1st period, on 8 shots. That is a record of last season, not a description of the player: which period a skater scores in does not carry from one year to the next.
03/Game log
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | S | H | +/- | PIM | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15 | PIT | W 7-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 12:54 |
| Mar 27 | SJS | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 13:07 |
| Mar 9 | @ANA | W 4-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:21 |
| Mar 7 | @SJS | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:21 |
| Mar 5 | @SEA | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:10 |
| Mar 1 | @MIN | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:31 |
| Feb 28 | NJD | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13:39 |
| Feb 5 | @DAL | L 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 7:49 |
| Jan 14 | CAR | W 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:02 |
| Jan 2 | VGK | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:37 |
| Jan 1 | @COL | L 1-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:03 |
| Dec 18 | WPG | W 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:03 |
| Dec 7 | @OTT | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:45 |
| Dec 2 | ANA | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Nov 30 | UTA | W 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Nov 28 | OTT | W 4-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Nov 22 | @NYI | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Nov 21 | @PHI | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Nov 19 | @TOR | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Nov 16 | VGK | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Nov 14 | PHI | OTL 5-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Nov 12 | CGY | W 3-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Nov 9 | SEA | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11:47 |
| Nov 7 | @BUF | W 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 9:05 |
| Nov 4 | EDM | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:58 |
Showing the 25 most recent of 29 regular season games.
04/Splits
Home / Road
In wins / In losses
Every split prints its own denominator. Any split under eight games is greyed rather than hidden, so the edge of the sample is visible instead of guessed at.
05/Career
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2023-24 | – | 39 | 1 | 6 | 7 | — | 12 | 28 | 3.6 | 40 | 65 | – |
| 2024-25 | – | 29 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | 10 | 17 | 0.0 | 22 | 23 | – |
| 2025-26 | STL | 29 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 10 | 20 | 10.0 | 22 | 27 | 8:39 |
| Career | 99 | 3 | 10 | 13 | +4 | 32 | 68 | 4.4 | 84 | 116 | 8:39 |
06/Bio
- Position
- Defense
- Jersey
- #51
- Shoots
- R
- Height
- 6'3"
- Weight
- 212 lb
- Born
- Jun 23, 2000 (age 26)
- Birthplace
- Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA
- Drafted
- 2020 · Round 5 · Pick 26 · STL
- Club
- St. Louis Blues
