Columbus Blue Jackets · #5 · Defense

Denton Mateychuk

Age22Ht5'11"Wt185 lbShootsLeftBornWinnipeg, CAN

2026-27 regular season

10GP

22:47TOI

Next game

Sat Oct 31, 12:00 AM · American Airlines Center

Dallas StarsRoad game · 1 day off

DAL defense (2025-26)2nd in goals allowed2.76 goals a game, 26.2 shots against

His games vs DAL1 G, 0 A in 3 GP1.0 shots a game

Linemates

Projected for Oct 29, via @krashboard

Pair 2He plays RD

Jake ChristiansenLD

PP unit 2He plays PP4

Season profile

2026-27 regular season. Rates ranked against 238 defensemen with 3+ games.

GP10

+/--3

SOG21

S%14.3%

PPP0

Blk18

PIM6

TOI/GP22:47

G/GP98th

0.30

A/GP30th

0.10

P/GP70th

0.40

SOG/GP91st

2.10

HIT/GP10th

0.20

BLK/GP85th

1.80

TOI86th

22:47

PPP/GP37th

0.00

P/6062nd

1.05

G/6095th

0.79

SOG/6085th

5.5

HDC/6078th

0.53

ixG/6080th

0.36

Key rates

Regular season, per 60 minutes where it says so.

Points / 601.05

Shots / 605.5

Attempts / 6011.6

HD chances / 600.53

ixG1.4+1.6 goals vs expected

PP shot share4%3 of 72 attempts

Primary points75%3 of 4

Where his attempts come from

High danger2 att, 1 G7%

Medium danger2 att, 1 G7%

Low danger26 att, 1 G87%

Production by strength

Even4 P, 41 att100%

Power play0 P, 3 att0%

Shorthanded0 P, 0 att0%

Ice time

Season average22:47

Last 10 games22:47steady

Last 5 games21:42-1:04

Shifts a game27.2

Ice time by strength is not in the game logs yet, so this is his total minutes.

Prop hit rates

How often he went over, regular season. A line of 1.5 needs 2 blocked shots.

Line

Last 540%2 of 5, avg 2.0

Last 1040%4 of 10, avg 1.8

Last 2040%4 of 10, avg 1.8

Season40%4 of 10, avg 1.8

Home57%4 of 7, avg 2.3

Away0%0 of 3, avg 0.7

vs DAL33%1 of 3, avg 1.7

Best priceOdds soon

Over 1.5--

Under 1.5--

Blocks prices from the books land here once NHL odds are live.

Game by game

Splits

Regular season. Last column follows the prop picked above. Opponent ranks are not in yet for this season.

Split	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	SOG/GP	HIT/GP	BLK/GP	TOI	Blocks o1.5
All games	10	3	1	4	0.40	2.10	0.20	1.80	22:47	40%4/10
Venue
Home	7	2	1	3	0.43	2.57	0.14	2.29	23:37	57%4/7
Away	3	1	0	1	0.33	1.00	0.33	0.67	20:49	0%0/3
Rest
Back-to-back	2	0	0	0	0.00	1.00	0.50	0.50	20:34	0%0/2
1 day off	2	0	0	0	0.00	2.00	0.00	2.00	24:16	50%1/2
2+ days off	5	3	0	3	0.60	2.60	0.20	2.60	22:08	60%3/5
Opponent defense
vs top 10 D	0	No games
vs middle 12	0	No games
vs bottom 10 D	0	No games
Result
In wins	5	2	1	3	0.60	2.40	0.20	2.40	23:50	60%3/5
In losses	5	1	0	1	0.20	1.80	0.20	1.20	21:43	20%1/5

Shot map

2026-27

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Game log

10 games. The blocks column is marked against over 1.5.

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	SHF
TueOct 27	@PHI	W 4-3 OT	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	21:19	25
SatOct 24	VGK	W 2-1 OT	1	0	1	2	0	6	+1	0	21:39	28
TueOct 20	TOR	L 2-6	0	0	0	3	0	1	-2	0	20:25	27
SunOct 18B2B	@MIN	L 1-2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	19:54	23
SatOct 17	NYR	W 1-0 OT	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	25:15	30
TueOct 13	FLA	L 3-7	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	18:58	24
SatOct 10B2B	@STL	L 3-5	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	21:13	30
FriOct 9	PIT	W 3-2 SO	0	0	0	4	1	3	-1	0	23:29	27
SatOct 3	UTA	L 1-4	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	28:07	28
ThuOct 1	BUF	W 6-3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	27:28	30
10 GPTotals, averages for TOI and shifts			3	1	4	21	2	18	-3	6	22:47	27.2